Animals/Pets: General
Winner The Pet Gundog: A common sense approach to training your gundog by Lez Graham MA Braidwood Books
Finalist A Stranger in the Clearing by Vikki Lynn Smith Mascot Books
Finalist BHANTE: The Corgi of O'side written by Deborah Burggraaf, photography by Chuck Fasilis Protective Hands Communications
Finalist Ferdinand with the Extra Toes by Katie Maskey Green Clover Books
Finalist Sleeping between Giants: Life, If You Could Call It That, With A Terrier, Book I: Budleigh, The Early Year by Dave Jaffe Cray-Cray Publishing
Finalist Will You Hold My Story by Kathy Joy Capture Books
Animals/Pets: Narrative Non-Fiction
Winner Your Pet, Your Pill: 101 Inspirational Stories About How Pets Lead You to a Happy, Healthy and Successful Life by Dr. Margit Gabriele Muller HSH Press
Finalist Ruminations on a Parrot Named Cosmo by Betty Jean Craige Sherman Asher Publishing
Finalist Saving Sun Bears: One man's quest to save a species by Dr. Sarah Pye Estralita Publishing
Finalist The Cat with Three Passports by CJ Fentiman Silver Vine Press
Finalist The Pet Gundog: A common sense approach to training your gundog by Lez Graham MA Braidwood Books
Anthologies: Non-Fiction
Winner Moms Don't Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology edited by Zibby Owens Skyhorse Publishing
Finalist A Message To Your Younger Self: What Would You Say? by Antoinette Pellegrini We Inspire Now Books
Finalist Finding Joy in the Journey: Healthy Ways to Navigate Grief, 90 Day Devotional by Vernessa Blackwell & a collaboration of authors Publish U
Finalist The Black Trans Prayer Book by Dane Edidi and J Mase III The Black Trans Prayer Book
Finalist The Oxford Handbook of Methods for Public Scholarship by Patricia Leavy Oxford University Press
Finalist The Truth About Success by Meggan Larson Fly With Me Publishing
Finalist Voices From the Pandemic edited by Dan Helin Headline Books
Art
Winner NGV Triennial 2020 National Gallery of Victoria
Finalist After The Australian Ugliness by Naomi Stead, Tom Lee, Ewan McEoin & Megan Patty with contributors National Gallery of Victoria
Finalist Dancing, and Other Problems by Norville Parchment Little Hardcovers
Finalist The Centre: On Art and Urbanism in China edited by Annika Aitken, Simon Maidment, Ewan McEoin & Megan Patty National Gallery of Victoria
Finalist Tropical Mandala Journal by David K. Griffin Griffin Publishing, LLC
Autobiography/Memoir
Winner I Am Not Your Slave: A Memoir by Tupa Tjipombo Lawrence Hill Books, An imprint of Chicago Review Press
Finalist Gilligan's Dreams: The Other Side of the Island by Dreama Denver Headline Books
Finalist Hippie Chick, Coming of Age in the '60s by Ilene English She Writes Press
Finalist My Sister's Mother: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Stalin's Siberia by Donna Solecka Urbikas University of Wisconsin Press
Finalist The Ignorance of Bliss: An American Kid in Saigon by Sandy Hanna Post Hill Press
Finalist The Salt & Pepper Gang: A Memoir by Kenneth Arthur Suncoast Books
Finalist The Strongbox: Searching For My Absent Father by Terry Sue Harms She Writes Press
Best Cover Design: Fiction
Winner Prospects of a Woman by Wendy Voorsanger She Writes Press
Finalist Behind Picketwire by M. Day Hampton HuckleberryBlue Press
Finalist Dreaming in a Time of Dragons, written and illustrated by G. Claire Trimble Hollow Press
Finalist Exploration: The Stanfield Chronicles by David Tory River Grove Books
Finalist Folder by Raymond Bolton Regillius Publishing, LLC
Finalist Mr Invisible by Duncan Brockwell Bloodhound Books
Finalist The Night Comes for Us by T.C. Rinascita Moon Child Publishing
Best Cover Design: Non-Fiction
Winner New Way to Care: Social Protections that Put Families First by John C. Goodman Independent Institute
Finalist 10 Rules of Karate: The Immutable Path to Victory by Kris Wilder and Lawrence Kane Stickman Publications, Inc.
Finalist A Rendezvous to Remember: A Memoir of Joy and Heartache at the Dawn of the Sixties by Terry Marshall and Ann Garretson Marshall Sandra Jonas Publishing
Finalist Feel More Alive! 30 Brilliant Ways to reignite Your Inner Spark by Giulietta Nardone Citrine Publishing
Finalist Hot Talk, Cold Science: Global Warming's Unfinished Debate (Revised and Expanded Edition) by S. Fred Singer, David R. Legates and Anthony R. Lupo Independent Institute
Finalist HumanKind: Changing the World One Small Act At a Time by Brad Aronson LifeTree Media
Finalist Moms Don't Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology edited by Zibby Owens Skyhorse Publishing
Best Interior Design
Winner My Creative Space: How to Design Your Home to Stimulate Ideas and Spark Innovation, 48 Science-based Techniques by Donald M. Rattner Skyhorse Publishing
Finalist CO Specs: Recipes & Histories of Classic Cocktails by Cas Oh Cazerac Ltd.
Finalist Feel More Alive! 30 Brilliant Ways to reignite Your Inner Spark by Giulietta Nardone Citrine Publishing
Finalist Love Poems From New England: Reflections on States of Mind and States of Heart, poems and photographs by Jon Meyer Brilliant Light Publishing
Finalist Risking Wonderful: The art of living inside-out by Cal Móre Cal Ann Móre
Finalist The Chief Reinvention Officer Handbook: How to Thrive in Chaos by Nadya Zhexembayeva IdeaPress Publishing
Finalist Through A Sober Lens: A Photographer's Journey by Michael Blanchard Genevieve Press
Best New Fiction
Winner Prospects of a Woman by Wendy Voorsanger She Writes Press
Finalist Behind Picketwire by M. Day Hampton HuckleberryBlue Press
Finalist Dead Money by Srinath Adiga Central Avenue
Finalist Extreme by Joan Gelfand Blue Light Press
Finalist Finding Napoleon, A Novel by Margaret Rodenberg She Writes Press
Finalist First Among Nations by Ira Mosen Olive Blossom Press
Finalist Nutmeg Street: Egyptian Secrets by Sherrill Joseph Acorn Publishing
Best New Non-Fiction
Winner Bigger Better Braver: Conquer Your Fears, Embrace Your Courage, And Transform Your Life by Nancy Pickard Top Reads Publishing
Finalist Compassionate Counterterrorism: The Power of Inclusion in Fighting Fundamentalism by Leena Al Olaimy Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Finalist Life Beyond #MeToo: Creating a Safer World for Our Mothers, Daughters, Sisters & Friends by Christine T. Rose Redemption Press
Finalist Moms Don't Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology edited by Zibby Owens Skyhorse Publishing
Finalist The World Looks Different Now by Margaret Thomson She Writes Press
Finalist Wake Up in Love by Penelope Love Citrine Publishing
Biography: General
Winner The Greatest Hoax on Earth: Catching Truth, While We Can by Alan C. Logan Glass Spider Publishing
Finalist Jack Malloch: Legend of the African Skies by Alan Brough Ex Montibus Media
Finalist Lilia: a true story of love, courage, and survival in the shadow of war by Linda Ganzini Menzini Publishing
Finalist Mostly Medieval: In Memory of Jacek Fisiak by Magdalena Bator, Andrew Breeze, Dominika Buchowska, Katarzyna Buczek, Piotr P. Chruszczewski, Radoslaw Dylewski, Katarzyna DziubalskaKolaczyk, Joanna M. Esquibel, Piotr Gasiorowski, Adam Jezierski, Magdalena Kizeweter, Aleksandra R. Knapik, Barbara Kowalik, Tomasz P. Krzeszowski, Barbara LewandowskaTomaszczyk, Janusz Malak, Rory McTurk, Rafal Molencki, Jerzy Nykiel, Dawid Pietrala, Joanna Rabeda, Hans Sauer, Liliana Sikorska, Aleksander Szwedek, Peter Trudgill, Letizia Vezzosi, Andrzej Wicher, Robert Wieczorek, Alicja Witalisz, Anna Wojtys (21 articles by 30 doctoral authors) AE Academic Publishing
Finalist Never Forsaken by Cindy Scott Cyd Publishing
Finalist Peekaboo: The Story of Veronica Lake, Revised and Expanded Edition by Jeff Lenburg Moonwater Press
Finalist Stuart Hall by Annie Paul The University of the West Indies Press
Business: Careers
Winner Staying in the Game: The Playbook for Beating Workplace Sexual Harassment by Adrienne Lawrence Penguin Random House / Tarcher Perigee
Finalist Inspiring Words for Sky and Space Women: Advice from Historic and Contemporary Trailblazers by Penny Rafferty Hamilton, Ph.D. Mountaintop Legacy Press
Finalist The Million Dollar Organizer: 365 Tips for Professional Union Organizers by Bob Oedy Union Organizer Press
Finalist Unlock!: 7 Steps to Transform Your Career and Realize Your Leadership Potential by Abhijeet Khadikar Vicara Books
Business: Communications/Public Relations
Winner Reimagining Collaboration: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and the Post-COVID World of Work by Phil Simon Motion Publishing
Finalist Can You Get Our Attention? by Kraig Kann Headline Books
Finalist How to Communicate Effectively with Anyone, Anywhere: Your Passport to Connecting Globally by Dan Bullock and Raúl Sánchez, illustrated by Rod Sánchez Red Wheel/Weiser, Career Press Imprint
Finalist Magnetic Stories: Connect with Customers and Engage Employees with Brand Storytelling by Gabrielle Dolan John Wiley & Sons
Finalist Six Foot World by Rajesh Setty IdeaPress Publishing
Finalist The First Minute — How to Start Conversations that get results by Chris Fenning Alignment Group Ltd.
Business: Entrepreneurship & Small Business
Winner Surviving a Startup: Practical Strategies for Starting a Business, Overcoming Obstacles, and Coming Out on Top by Steven S. Hoffman HarperCollins
Finalist Birth of a Unicorn: Six Basic Steps to Success by Heather Wilde Sunbury Press, Inc.
Finalist Learn Lead Lift: How to Think, Act and Inspire Your Way to Greatness by Wendy Ryan Simply Good Press
Finalist The Entrepreneur's Paradox by Curtis J. Morley Mango Publishing Group
Finalist Understanding Startup CEO's: And the Mindset You Need to Successfully Work For One by Dan Slagen Vicara Books
Finalist What Your Customer Wants and Can't Tell You by Melina Palmer Mango Publishing Group
Business: General
Winner Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage by Laura Huang Portfolio
Finalist Amazon Management System: The Ultimate Digital Business Engine That Creates Extraordinary Value for Both Customers and Shareholders by Ram Charan and Julia Yang IdeaPress Publishing
Finalist Fast Times: How Digital Winners Set Direction, Learn, and Adapt by Arun Arora, Peter Dahlstrom, Klemens Hjartar, and Florian Wunderlic Amazon
Finalist Hire Purpose: How Smart Companies Can Close the Skills Gap by Deanna Mulligan Columbia Business School Publishing
Finalist How to Communicate Effectively with Anyone, Anywhere: Your Passport to Connecting Globally by Dan Bullock and Raúl Sánchez, illustrated by Rod Sánchez Red Wheel/Weiser, Career Press Imprint
Finalist Playing for Keeps: How a 21st Century Businesswoman Beat the Boys by Therese Allison TA Books
Finalist Reimagining Collaboration: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and the Post-COVID World of Work by Phil Simon Motion Publishing
Business: Management & Leadership
Winner The Culture Quotient: Ten Dimensions of a High-Performance Culture by Gregory Besner IdeaPress Publishing
Finalist Executive Presence: The P-O-I-S-E Formula for Leadership by Shital Kakkar Mehra HarperCollins Publishers
Finalist The Alchemy of Truly Remarkable Leadership: Ordinary, Everyday Actions that Produce Extraordinary Results by Jonathan H. Westover, Ph.D. HCI Press
Finalist The Culture Solution by Matthew Kelly Blue Sparrow
Finalist The Servant Leader's Manifesto by Omar L. Harris Intent Books
Finalist The Tao of Influence by Karen McGregor Mango Publishing Group
Finalist Working with Americans, How to Build Profitable Business Relationships by Allyson Stewart and Lanie Denslow Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Business: Marketing & Advertising
Winner Quantum Marketing: Mastering the New Marketing Mindset for Tomorrow's Consumers by Raja Rajamannar HarperCollins
Finalist Magnetic Stories: Connect with Customers and Engage Employees with Brand Storytelling by Gabrielle Dolan John Wiley & Sons
Finalist Secrets of Top Selling Agents: Habits, Mindsets, and Tactics of Real Estate's Super Producers by Joe Sesso Independently Published by Homes.com
Finalist What Your Customer Wants and Can't Tell You by Melina Palmer Mango Publishing Group
Business: Personal Finance/Investing
Winner INTRINSIC: Using LEAPS to Retire Early by Mike Yuen Pew Pew Press
Finalist Never Be Poor Again: A Guide to Money as a Spiritual Practice by Matthew Morales Amazon
Finalist Your Best Life by Helen Nan Wealth and Life Planning
Business: Sales
Winner The Visual Sale: How to Use Video to Explode Sales, Drive Marketing, and Grow Your Business in a Virtual World by Marcus Sheridan IdeaPress Publishing
Finalist Magnetic Stories: Connect with Customers and Engage Employees with Brand Storytelling by Gabrielle Dolan John Wiley & Sons
Finalist Succeed Without Selling: The More You Think About Selling The Less You Will Sell by Diane Helbig Morgan James Publishing
Business: Writing/Publishing
Winner Cover to Cover: What First-Time Authors Need to Know about Editing by Sandra Wendel Write On Ink Publishing
Finalist Amazon Reviews for Books: How to Get Book Reviews on Amazon by Dale L. Roberts One Jacked Monkey, LLC
Finalist Going Short: An Invitation to Flash Fiction by Nancy Stohlman Ad Hoc Fiction
Finalist Turn Words into Wealth: Blueprint for Your Business, Brand, and Book by Aurora Winter Same Page, LLC
Children's Educational
Winner I Move A Lot and That's Okay by Shermaine Perry-Knights Innovation Consultants of DeKalb
Finalist A Stranger in the Clearing by Vikki Lynn Smith Mascot Books
Finalist Alphabet of Black Cultures by Jeffrey Daniels Sleeping Elephant
Finalist Darling Hedgehog Goes Down a Foxhole by Auralee Arkinsly Capture Books
Finalist Erin and Roderick Discover Families by Fliss Goldsmith Purple Diamond Press
Finalist Growing Gents by Jonathan C. Harris Jharris Publishing, LLC
Finalist Ten Oni Drummers / Diez tamborileros oni by Matthew Gollub, illustrated by Kazuko G. Stone Tortuga Press
Children's Fiction
Winner Saltwater Secrets by Cindy Callaghan Simon & Schuster's Children's Publishing - Aladdin
Finalist Fossil Frenzy: The Adamson Adventures 3 by Sandra Bennett Rosella Ridge Books
Finalist Ida and the Unfinished City (The Lost Children Book 2) by Carolyn Cohagan Girls With Pens
Finalist Jonathan Davis and the Time Paradox: Destination Hora Prima, Book 1 by Gowri Nat Nightsky Publishers
Finalist Red Dove, Tell Truth to Darkness: Book 2 of the Red Dove Trilogy by Sonia Antaki Guildfest
Finalist Return of the Malpeds: The Trebor Tales, Book 2 by Caroline C. Barney Touch Point Press
Finalist The Friendship Adventure by Carole G. Barton Storm Praise Publishing, LLC
Children's Mind/Body/Spirit
Winner Life of a Firefly: The Incredible Adventures and Mostly True Stories of Sandy Forte by Sandra Brown Lindstedt Independently Published
Finalist Aspire!/¡Aspirar! By Patty York Raymond, illustrated by Chiara Savarese Mascot Books
Finalist Hugs from the Sky by C. Reed Love Creed
Finalist Migrating Hoopoe by Soha Abou Chacra, illustrations by Omar Lafi, translated by Ghenwa Yehia Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press - HBKU Press
Finalist Mystery Pose: A Yoga Guessing Game by Andrea Creel Savasana Press
Finalist Victoria and the Big, Brave Breath by Andrea Vaughan, illustrated by Ryan Feltman Hickory Nut Publishing
Finalist What's So Special About Today? by Kelsey Clark, illustrated by Ashley Belote Headline Books
Children's Non-Fiction
Winner What Would You Do? 46 Situations for Making Good Choices by Jennifer Moore-Mallinos, illustrated by Andy Catling Loyola Press
Finalist Our Heroes of COVID-19 by Phil Riggs Boulder Books
Finalist The New V.P. Looks Like Me by LaKiesha C. Allen Purposed To Publish
Finalist Wildlife Wong and the Sun Bear by Dr. Sarah Pye Estralita Publishing
Children's Novelty & Gift Book
Winner Jazz Fly 3: The Caribbean Sea by Matthew Gollub, illustrated by Karen Hanke Tortuga Press
Finalist Bubble Kisses by Vanessa Williams, illustrated by Tara Nicole Whitaker Sterling Publishing
Finalist Festival Of The Elves: The Magic Around You by Holly Figgyworth, illustrated by Mai S. Kemble eWonderment, LLC
Finalist The Night The Reindeer Came to Play by Maria Votto Ingram Spark
Finalist The Shepherd's Story by Jimmy Dunne, illustrated by Ivan Kravets Loyola Press
Children's Picture Book: Hardcover Fiction
Winner Bubble Kisses by Vanessa Williams, illustrated by Tara Nicole Whitaker Sterling Publishing
Finalist Jazz Fly 3: The Caribbean Sea by Matthew Gollub, illustrated by Karen Hanke Tortuga Press
Finalist Mia and Nattie: One Great Team! by Marlene M. Bell Ewephoric Publishing
Finalist No Ghoulish Green Monsters Here written and illustrated by Dawn Secord Willow Breeze Publishing
Finalist Skadoodle & Snug's Magnificent Plan by Caroline Tuohey, illustrated by Karen Sagovac Larrikin House
Finalist Swish's Winning Smile by Matthias Krug, illustrations by Nikos Yanopulos Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press - HBKU Press
Finalist The Boy and The Boy King by George H. Lewis and A.D. Lubow American University in Cairo Press
Children's Picture Book: Hardcover Non-Fiction
Winner I Wish You Happiness by Michael Wong, illustrated by Ann Baratashvili Picco Puppy
Finalist Coral Gardens by Patricia Gleichauf, illustrated by Karen Staszko Page
Finalist Just Call Me Scholar by Terry Ann Williams-Richard Personalized Educational Services, LLC
Finalist Seek & Find Bible by Elisenda Castells, illustrated by Gabrielle Murphy Loyola Press
Finalist Send a Girl: The True Story of How Women Joined the FDNY Bloomsbury Children's Books
Children's Picture Book: Softcover Fiction
Winner Ferdinand with the Extra Toes by Katie Maskey Green Clover Books
Finalist Gio's Friendly Garden by Joanna Bruyere Cabral PfriendlyKids Press, LLC
Finalist Peter the Picky Polar Bear by Kieshia Chun Blue Falcon Publishing
Finalist The Great Inventor of the Stars by Avery Davis, illustrated by Luo Xi KDP/Amazon
Finalist The Hyrax in the Mogogos by Doug Cochran, illustrated by S. Alex Percival Archway Publishing
Finalist The Last Dinosaur by Echo Liu, illustrated by Yujia Liu Skyky Publishers
Finalist Wonderfully, Perfectly Unusual! A Story about Bullying by Sharon Thayer with Conner Thayer, illustrated by Reuben McHugh and Andrew Smith Carousel Publishing, LLC
Children's Picture Book: Softcover Non-Fiction
Winner What Would You Do? 46 Situations for Making Good Choices by Jennifer Moore-Mallinos, illustrated by Andy Catling Loyola Press
Finalist BHANTE: The Corgi of O'side written by Deborah Burggraaf, photography by Chuck Fasilis Protective Hands Communications
Finalist The New V.P. Looks Like Me by LaKiesha C. Allen Purposed To Publish
Children's Religious
Winner The Shepherd's Story by Jimmy Dunne, illustrated by Ivan Kravets Loyola Press
Finalist Cairo's Christmas Journey by Janet L. Christensen Little Lamb Books
Finalist Life of a Firefly: The Incredible Adventures and Mostly True Stories of Sandy Forte by Sandra Brown Lindstedt Independently Published
Finalist Seek & Find Bible by Elisenda Castells, illustrated by Gabrielle Murphy Loyola Press
Finalist The Zealots by G.K. Johnson Capture Books
Cookbooks: General
Winner Which Fork Do I Use with My Bourbon? Setting the Table for Tastings, Food Pairings, Dinners, and Cocktail Parties by Peggy Noe Stevens and Susan Reigler University Press of Kentucky
Finalist Meatballs & Lefse: Memories and Recipes from a Scandinavian-American Farming Life by Cynthia D. Bertelsen Turquoise Moon Press
Finalist More Lean & Luscious Mediterranean by Millie Snyder Headline Books
Finalist My Collection of Original Desserts: The Art of Creative Baking by Nikos Ligidakis Inkwell Books, LLC
Finalist One Loaf at a Time/One Bowl at a Time: The Recipes That Brought Us Together While We Remained Apart During COVID-19 by CJ Katz CJ Katz
Finalist The Guide to Zero-Proof Cocktails by Sharelle Klaus & Kira Bottles, photography by Joska Borbely Chatwin Books
Finalist Unfunc Your Gut: Boost Your Immune System, Heal Your Gut, and Unlock Your Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, A Functional Medicine Guide Featuring THE KOZ PLAN: 50+ Elimination Diet Recipes with Low-FODMAP Options by Peter Kozlowski, M.D.
Cookbooks: International
Winner CO Specs: Recipes & Histories of Classic Cocktails by Cas Oh Cazerac Ltd.
Finalist A September to Remember: Searching for Culinary Pleasures at the Italian Table by Carole Bumpus She Writes Press
Finalist AMARU COOKS — A Touch of Suriname Through Food & Anecdotes by Amaru URAMA BOOKS
Finalist Cooking With Marika: Clean Cuisine from an Estonian Farm by Marika Blossfeldt Delicious Nutrition
Finalist Searching for Family and Traditions at the French Table, Book One: Savoring the Olde Ways Series by Carole Bumpus She Writes Press
Finalist The Guide to Zero-Proof Cocktails by Sharelle Klaus & Kira Bottles, photography by Joska Borbely Chatwin Books
Current Events
Winner Compassionate Counterterrorism: The Power of Inclusion in Fighting Fundamentalism by Leena Al Olaimy Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Education/Academic
Winner Really Good Schools: Global Lessons for High-Caliber, Low-Cost Education by James Tooley Independent Institute
Finalist How to Achieve Educational Equity by Dr. Howard E. Fields Dr. Howard E. Fields III LLC
Finalist How to Improve Study Habits by Christine Reidhead Four Windows Press
Finalist Intellectuals and Fascism in Interwar Romania: The Criterion Association by Cristina A. Bejan Palgrave Macmillan
Finalist Researching With: A Decolonizing Approach to Community-Based Action Research by Jessica Smartt Gullion and Abigail Tilton Brill/Sense
Finalist Teaching Students with Autism in a Catholic Setting by Dr. Lawrence R. Sutton Loyola Press
Finalist The Oxford Handbook of Methods for Public Scholarship by Patricia Leavy Oxford University Press
Fiction: Anthologies
Winner Dead of Winter edited by Lindy Ryan Black Spot Books
Finalist And Lately, The Sun edited by Calyx Press Calyx Create Group
Finalist Candy Floss Collection (3 Novels) by Patricia Leavy Brill/Sense
Finalist Ekleipsis by Tamel Wino Self-published
Finalist Transit, Tales of Mystery, History, and Crime by E.M. Schorb Hill House New York
Finalist VACATE VICTIMVILLE: An Anthology for Hurt, Hope and Healing by Vernice Cooper KDP
Finalist Without Expiration by William R. Hincy Whiskey-Winged Lit
Fiction: Cross Genre
Winner The Vines by Shelley Nolden Freiling Publishing
Finalist Both Sides of the Border by Terry Overton Ambassador International
Finalist Enemy Queen by Robert Steven Goldstein SparkPress
Finalist Ophelia's Room by Michael Scott Garvin Wide Prairie Works Publishing
Finalist Section Roads by Mike Murphey Acorn Publishing
Finalist The Christmas Spirit by Alexandrea Weis Rosewind Books
Finalist The Dark Chorus by Ashley Meggitt Darkstroke Books
Fiction: Fantasy
Winner The Scarlet Queen by Mitch Reinhardt Mitch Reinhardt
Finalist Constellations of Scars by Melissa Eskue Ousley Midnight Tide Publishing
Finalist General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms by David Bush Self-Published
Finalist Rekindled Prophecy: Greylyn the Guardian Angel Series, Book 1 by KC Freeman KC Freeman
Finalist The Descent of the Drowned by Ana Lal Din White Tigress Press
Finalist The Fate of Stars by S D Simper Endless Night Publications
Finalist The Godma's Daughters: A Love Story, A Time Travel, A Vision Quest by Isabella Ides Lowell Street Press
Fiction: General
Winner How Not to Drown by Jaimee Wriston Alcove Press
Finalist Daytime Drama by Sarahlyn Bruck TouchPoint Press
Finalist Keep Me Afloat by Jennifer Gold Lake Union Publishing
Finalist Legacy Drive by Paul Slavonik DMG United
Finalist Living Dolls and Other Women by S. Montana Katz Guernica Editions
Finalist Ophelia's Room by Michael Scott Garvin Wide Prairie Works Publishing
Finalist The Vines by Shelley Nolden Freiling Publishing
Fiction: Historical
Winner Beneath A Starless Sky by Tessa Harris HQ Digital
Finalist Prospects of a Woman by Wendy Voorsanger She Writes Press
Finalist Rascal On The Run by Howard T. Scott HTS Productions, LLC
Finalist Summer Warrior, book 1 in The Clan Donald Saga by Regan Walker Regan Walker Publishing
Finalist The Book of Uriel by Elyse Hoffman Project 613 Publishing
Finalist The Quarantine Station by Michelle Montebello Self-Published
Finalist The Vines by Shelley Nolden Freiling Publishing
Fiction: Horror
Winner Burn, Beautiful Soul by William J. Donahue Cosmic Egg Books
Finalist As an Old Memory by Vic Kerry Macabre Ink
Finalist His Father's Blood, Legends of the Family Dyer by David W. Thompson Solstice Publishing
Finalist Horde: Zombie Apocalypse: The Chad Halverson Series Book 6 by Bryan Cassiday Bryan Cassiday
Finalist Rave by Konn Lavery Reveal Books
Finalist Shadows on the Page by Vince Font Glass Spider Publishing
Finalist The Resurrectionist by A.R. Meyering Montag Press
Fiction: Inspirational
Winner Valiance by Vanessa Caraveo Vanessa Caraveo
Finalist On Mystic Mountain by Tabatha Waybright Touch Point Press
Finalist Shooting Stars by Patricia Leavy Brill/Sense
Finalist The Mulberry Leaf Whispers by Linda Thompson Mountain Brook Ink
Finalist Verities: A Journey by Tracks by Randy White Belle Isle Books
Fiction: LGBTQ
Winner Wrong Number, Right Woman by Jae Ylva Publishing
Finalist A Prison in the Sun by Isobel Blackthorn Next Chapter Publishing
Finalist Gideon's Wish by Bryan T. Clark Cornbread Publishing Inc.
Finalist Going on Red by Lyn Gardner Self-published
Finalist Gravity Is Heartless by Sarah Lehey She Writes Press
Finalist Heros in Love by David C. Dawson Boroughs Publishing Group
Finalist The Wasteland by Harper Jameson and W.A.W. Parker Level 4 Press
Fiction: Literary
Winner The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Mai Algonquin Books (a division of Workman Publishing)
Finalist How Not to Drown by Jaimee Wriston Alcove Press
Finalist Knock on Wood by Leslie Tall Manning Leslie Tall Manning
Finalist My Famous Brain by Diane Wald She Writes Press
Finalist Playground Zero: A Novel by Sarah Relyea She Writes Press
Finalist Poisoned Jungle by James Ballard Koehler Books
Finalist Toward That Which Is Beautiful by Marian O'Shea Wernicke She Writes Press
Fiction: Multicultural
Winner The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Mai Algonquin Books (a division of Workman Publishing)
Finalist Love and Other Moods by Crystal Z. Lee Balestier Press
Finalist Purple Lotus by Veena Rao She Writes Press
Finalist The Shade Under the Mango Tree by Evy Journey Sojourner Books
Finalist The Talking Drum by Lisa Braxton Inanna Publications
Finalist The Weight of Salt by Sandra Montanino Edwards Publishing
Finalist Valiance by Vanessa Caraveo Vanessa Caraveo
Fiction: Mystery/Suspense
Winner What Lies Between Us by John Marrs Thomas & Mercer
Finalist Crime Beat Girl by Geri L. Dreiling Self-Published
Finalist Margaret Truman's Murder on the Metro: A Capital Crimes Novel by Jon Land Forge Books
Finalist Payback by Joseph Badal Suspense Publishing
Finalist The Book of Extraordinary New Sherlock Holmes Stories by Maxim Jakubowski Mango Publishing Group
Finalist The Family Tree by Steph Mullin & Nicole Mabry Avon Books | HarperCollins
Finalist The Vines by Shelley Nolden Freiling Publishing
Fiction: New Age Fiction
Winner Serpent Rising by Victor Acquista BHC Press
Finalist Awaken: An Azien Realm Series by Tiffany Clark Tiffany Clark
Finalist Buried But Never Forgotten: A Journey Through Earth by Elisa Chastaine Self-Published
Finalist Cali the Destroyer by Sol Luckman Crow Rising Transformational Media
Finalist Visions of Time by Lori B. Hines Written Dreams Publishing
Fiction: Novelette
Winner Apple Pie Ultra 8 by Arthur K. Flam APU8
Fiction: Novella
Winner When the Heart Listens by Mara Purl Bellekeep Books
Finalist Letters to Young Carlos by Carlos Valenzuela Paramount Publisher
Finalist Plight of the Syrenni by Lorin Petrazilka Lorin Z. Pillai
Finalist The Cubby Hole by Sue J. Daniels Stoneface Publishing Ltd
Finalist The Guardian's Speaker: Volume One by Katharine E. Wibell Phaesporia Press
Finalist When Whales Watch by Mara Purl Bellekeep Books
Finalist Sisters of the Moon by Alexandrea Weis Vesuvian Books
Fiction: Religious
Winner Shadow in the Dark: The Harwood Mysteries, Book 1 by Antony Barone Kolenc Loyola Press
Finalist A Cord of Three Strands by Christy Distler Avodah Books
Finalist First Among Nations by Ira Mosen Olive Blossom Press
Finalist I Never Knew You by Patrick Higgins For His Glory Production Company
Finalist Meeting Mara Sloan by Patrick M. Garry Kenric Books
Finalist The Mulberry Leaf Whispers by Linda Thompson Mountain Brook Ink
Fiction: Romance
Winner Enter the Black Oak by Monique Edenwood Self-Published
Finalist Death Takes a Holiday at Pemberley by Kelly Miller Meryton Press
Finalist Mail Order Valentine by Farrah Lee Amazon, KDP
Finalist Sea Cliff by Mary Deal Next Chapter
Finalist Shooting Stars by Patricia Leavy Brill/Sense
Finalist The Weight of Salt by Sandra Montanino Edwards Publishing
Finalist Toward That Which Is Beautiful by Marian O'Shea Wernicke She Writes Press
Fiction: Science Fiction
Winner Unreconciled by W. Michael Gear Daw Books
Finalist A Diary in the Age of Water by Nina Munteanu Inanna Publications
Finalist Children of the Miracle by Daniel Weisbeck DJW Books
Finalist Gravity Is Heartless by Sarah Lehey She Writes Press
Finalist No Way Home: A Time Travel Novel of Adventure and Survival by Christy Cooper-Burnett Black Rose Writing
Finalist Taking Time…a Tale of Physics, Lust and Greed by Mike Murphey Acorn Publishing
Finalist The Rage Room by Lisa de Nikolits Inanna Publications
Fiction: Short Story
Winner Life and Other Shortcomings: Stories by Corie Adjmi She Writes Press
Finalist Mistakes by the Lake by Brian Petkash Madville Publishing
Finalist On Traigh Lar Beach by Dianne Ebertt Beeaff She Writes Press
Finalist Shadows on the Page by Vince Font Glass Spider Publishing
Finalist The Old Men Who Row Boats and Other Stories by David Joseph Portal 6 Press
Finalist Underneath the Water with the Fish by Carol Malyon Inanna Publications
Finalist Without Expiration by William R. Hincy Whiskey-Winged Lit
Fiction: Thriller/Adventure
Winner Tokyo Traffic by Michael Pronko Raked Gravel Press
Finalist Andalon Awakens: Dreamers of Andalon Book One by T.B. Phillips Deckplate Publishing LLC
Finalist Beneath the Flames by Gregory Lee Renz Three Towers Press
Finalist Bishop's Law by Rafael Amadeus Hines KDR Publishing LTD
Finalist Margaret Truman's Murder on the Metro: A Capital Crimes Novel by Jon Land Forge Books
Finalist No Way Out by D C Brockwell Bloodhound Books
Finalist The Lost Symphony by Gabriel Farago Bear & King Publishing
Fiction: Visionary
Winner The Godma's Daughters: A Love Story, A Time Travel, A Vision Quest by Isabella Ides Lowell Street Press
Finalist All This Was Mission by S.J. Cunningham Koehler Books
Finalist Cali the Destroyer by Sol Luckman Crow Rising Transformational Media
Finalist Detours: A Novel by Rosemary N. Gensler, Phyllis W. Hoffman, Marion S. Phillips, Nancy S. Sims, and Ellyn Horn Zarek Citrine Publishing
Finalist The Codes of the Exiled Rogue by Sandeep Adnani Amazon
Finalist The Unsuspected Heroes: A Visionary Fiction Novel by Alex Marcoux 616 Editions, an Imprint of Jenness
Fiction: Western
Winner Gunslingers: A Story of the Old West by John Layne Labrador Publishing
Finalist Cracker Justice by Janet Post Pineapple Press
Finalist Red River Reunion by John Layne Labrador Publishing
Fiction: Women's Fiction
Winner Keep Me Afloat by Jennifer Gold Lake Union
Finalist After Happily Ever After: A Novel by Leslie A. Rasmussen She Writes Press
Finalist Dignity and Grace by Alison Ragsdale Alison Ragsdale
Finalist Purple Lotus by Veena Rao She Writes Press
Finalist The Exit Strategy by Lainey Cameron The Wild Rose Press
Finalist What's Not Said by Valerie Taylor She Writes Press
Finalist When Robins Appear by Densie Webb Red Adept Publishing
Fiction: Young Adult
Winner Cries from the Lost Island by Kathleen O'Neal Gear Daw Books
Finalist Boy at the Crossroads: From Teenage Runaway to Class President by Mary Ford Mary Ford
Finalist Saltwater Secrets by Cindy Callaghan Simon & Schuster's Children's Publishing - Aladdin
Finalist Shadow in the Dark: The Harwood Mysteries, Book 1 by Antony Barone Kolenc Loyola Press
Finalist Talent by B. Lynn Goodwin Koehler Books
Finalist The Scarlet Queen by Mitch Reinhardt Mitch Reinhardt
Finalist Valiance by Vanessa Caraveo Vanessa Caraveo
Health: Addiction and Recovery
Winner Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addition and Tragedy by Eilene Zimmerman Random House
Finalist Eating Secrets: The Ultimate Guide to Overcome Binge Eating and Self Sabotage by Karyn De Mol & Megan Harris Mind Potential Publishing
Finalist Even If Your Heart Would Listen: Losing My Daughter to Heroin by Elise Schiller SparkPress
Finalist Through A Sober Lens: A Photographer's Journey by Michael Blanchard Genevieve Press
Health: Aging/50+
Winner Staying Healthy Living Longer: 7 Powerful Principles for a Healthier You! By Mary DiCaro Sojourn Publishing LLC
Health: Alternative Medicine
Winner Mountain Vortex: Energy Healing Guidance Oracle Cards Guidebook by Heidi DuPree, RN, CTN Energy Healing Solutions, LLC
Finalist Peak Human Clock: How to Get up Early, Fix Eating Time Schedule, and Improve Exercise Routines to be Highly Productive by Said Hasyim Self-Published
Finalist Spirit Guidance by Sarah McLeod Citrine Publishing
Finalist The Autoimmune Warrior's Healing Key by Jo Pronger Faulkner Boondocks Publishing
Finalist The Cosmic Carrot: A Journey to Wellness, Clear Vision & Good Nutrition by Dr. Robert Grand Morgan James
Finalist Unfunc Your Gut: Boost Your Immune System, Heal Your Gut, and Unlock Your Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, A Functional Medicine Guide Featuring THE KOZ PLAN: 50+ Elimination Diet Recipes with Low-FODMAP Options by Peter Kozlowski, M.D.
Health: Cancer
Winner The Living Room: A Lung Cancer Community of Courage by Bonnie Addario with Jon Land Post Hill Press
Finalist I Quit: Facing Cancer with Faith, Family and Friends by Kristina Schnack Kotlus Morgan James
Finalist No Match For Her by Travis Lee Hicks Self-Published
Finalist Voyage To Bravery by Jeremiah Shelton Absolute Author Publishing House
Finalist We've Got Cancer by Kushla Rolls Modern Mind Limited
Health: Death & Dying
Winner The World Looks Different Now by Margaret Thomson She Writes Press
Finalist Even If Your Heart Would Listen: Losing My Daughter to Heroin by Elise Schiller SparkPress
Finalist I'm An Earth Angel by Erin Hourahan, LICSW Palmetto Publishing
Finalist Nightlight: A Caregiver's Guide to the Physical, Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Spiritual Care of the Dying by Jer McGee Amazon KDP
Finalist On Wings of Hope: Leading Lily Home by Cynthia Lynch Bischoff, PhD iUniverse
Finalist The Wind Blows and the Flowers Dance: An Artist Shares Her Life from Loss to Renewal by Terre Reed Sacred Life Publishers
Health: Diet & Exercise
Winner Unfunc Your Gut: Boost Your Immune System, Heal Your Gut, and Unlock Your Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, A Functional Medicine Guide Featuring THE KOZ PLAN: 50+ Elimination Diet Recipes with Low-FODMAP Options by Peter Kozlowski, M.D. Citrine Publishing
Finalist Eating Secrets: The Ultimate Guide to Overcome Binge Eating and Self Sabotage by Karyn De Mol & Megan Harris Mind Potential Publishing
Finalist No More Cakes and Ale? Dietary Intelligence for Gluten-Free Adults and Their Food Dudes by Sophie Newton Turned Brain Books
Finalist Peak Human Clock: How to Get up Early, Fix Eating Time Schedule, and Improve Exercise Routines to be Highly Productive by Said Hasyim Self-Published
Finalist The Fitness Starter Kit — A Guidebook to Help You: Upgrade Your Mindset, Build Muscle, Burn Fat, & Pick the Best Supplements Worth Buying by Theimus Roberson TDR Fitness
Finalist Why Smart People Make Bad Food Choices by Jack Bobo Mango Publishing Group
Health: General
Winner The Ultimate College Student Health Handbook: Your Guide for Everything from Hangovers to Homesickness by Jill Grimes, MD Skyhorse Publishing
Finalist Communication is Care: 9 Empowering Strategies to Guide Patient Healing by Jennifer George Wellness Ink
Finalist Innovative Leadership for Health Care by Maureen Metcalf, M.B.A., Erin S. Barry, M.S., Dukagjin M. Blakaj, M.D., Ph.D., Suzanna Fitzpatrick, DNP, Michael Morrow-Fox, M.B.A., Ed.S., Neil E. Grunberg, Ph.D. Integral Publishers
Finalist New Way to Care: Social Protections that Put Families First by John C. Goodman Independent Institute
Finalist Unfunc Your Gut: Boost Your Immune System, Heal Your Gut, and Unlock Your Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, A Functional Medicine Guide Featuring THE KOZ PLAN: 50+ Elimination Diet Recipes with Low-FODMAP Options by Peter Kozlowski, M.D.
Finalist Welcome To The YOPD Club by William Jonathan Braddock Self-Published
Health: Psychology and Mental Health
Winner The Big Bliss Blueprint: 100 Little Thoughts to Build Positive Life Changes by Shell Phelps Positive Streak Publishing, LLC
Finalist Clarity: A Memoir by Diana Estill Corncob Press
Finalist How My Brain Works: A Guide to Understanding It Better and Keeping It Healthy by Dr. Barbara Koltuska-Haskin Golden Word Books
Finalist Practice, Practice, Practice: This Psychiatrist's Life by Daniela V. Gitlin, MD Corner Office Books
Finalist Spiritual Practices for the Brain: Caring for Mind, Body, and Soul by Anne Kertz Kernion Loyola Press
Finalist Steady: Keeping Calm in a World Gone Viral: A Guide to Better Mental Health Through and Beyond the Coronavirus Pandemic by Dr. Sarb Johal Equanimity
Finalist The CLEAR Way: Five Simple Steps to Be Mentally Prepared for Anything by Shira Gura Three Gems Publishing
Health: Women's Health
Winner Your Pregnancy and Childbirth: Month by Month by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Finalist Eating Secrets: The Ultimate Guide to Overcome Binge Eating and Self Sabotage by Karyn De Mol & Megan Harris Mind Potential Publishing
Finalist EmpowHERed Health: Reforming a Dismissive Health Care System by S. Mayumi "Umi" Grigsby New Degree Press
Finalist Oh Sis, You're Pregnant! by Shanicia Boswell Mango Publishing Group
Finalist The Self-Preservation Guide by Kristina Ruth K R Publishing Pty Ltd
History: General
Winner Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters: Thirty-nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World by Jared Knott Jefferson Central Publishing
Finalist El Tercer Pais - San Diego & Tijuana: Two Countries, Two Cities, One Community by Michael S. Malone Silicon Valley Press
Finalist Intellectuals and Fascism in Interwar Romania: The Criterion Association by Cristina A. Bejan Palgrave Macmillan
Finalist Plantation Coffee in Jamaica, 1790-1848 by Kathleen E.A. Monteith The University of the West Indies Press
Finalist The Great Exodus from China: Trauma, Memory, and Identity in Modern Taiwan by Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang Cambridge University Press
Finalist The Greatest Hoax on Earth: Catching Truth, While We Can by Alan C. Logan Glass Spider Publishing
Finalist Why We Love Pirates by Rebecca Simon Mango Publishing Group
History: Military
Winner Vector to Destiny: Journey of Vietnam F-4 Fighter Pilot by George Kohn Koehler Books
Finalist 100 Days in Vietnam: A Memoir of Love, War, and Survival by Joseph F. Tallon and Matthew A. Tallon Koehler Books
Finalist Battle Carried: Imperial Japanese Tiger Art Good Luck Flags of World War Two by Michael A. Bortner Elm Grove Publishing
Finalist The Ignorance of Bliss: An American Kid in Saigon by Sandy Hanna Post Hill Press
Finalist Tiny Blunders/Big Disasters: Thirty-nine Tiny Mistakes That Changed the World by Jared Knott Jefferson Central Publishing
Finalist Yanks behind the Lines: How the Commission for Relief in Belgium Saved Millions from Starvation During World War I by Jeffrey B. Miller Rowman & Littlefield
History: United States
Winner The Founders' Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms by Stephen P. Halbrook Independent Institute
Finalist America's Amazing Airports: Connecting Communities to the World by Penny Rafferty Hamilton, Ph.D. Mountaintop Legacy Press
Finalist Food Americana by David Page Mango Publishing Group
Finalist Northland Mall: Second Edition by Gerald E. Naftaly Self-Published
Finalist Personality Wins: Who Will Take the White House and How We Know by Merrick Rosenberg with Richard Ellis Post Hill Press
Finalist The Lindbergh Kidnapping-Subject No. 1: The Man Who Got Away by Lise Pearlman Regent Press
Finalist Yanks behind the Lines: How the Commission for Relief in Belgium Saved Millions from Starvation During World War I by Jeffrey B. Miller Rowman & Littlefield
Home & Garden
Winner My Creative Space: How to Design Your Home to Stimulate Ideas and Spark Innovation, 48 Science-based Techniques by Donald M. Rattner Skyhorse Publishing
Finalist In Defense of Plants by Matt Candeias Mango Publishing Group
Humor
Winner Sleeping between Giants: Life, If You Could Call It That, With A Terrier, Book I: Budleigh, The Early Year by Dave Jaffe Cray-Cray Publishing
Finalist Chicken Nibbles: Cartoons About Backyard Chickens by Alan Corbett Amazon KDP
Finalist Highly Inventive: A Highbrow History of Man's Quest for Weed by B.S. Wedeman and Ted Tronnes HighlyInventive, LLC
Finalist Still Amazed by Miles Beauchamp Pacific Indigo
Finalist That Darn Cat by Janos Toldy Amazon
Finalist The Arizona Water Bar: Tales from the Desert Southwest by Drew Aquilina Green Pieces Press
LGBTQ Non-Fiction
Winner A Gay Man's Guide to Life: Get Real, Stand Tall, and Take Your Place by Britt East Scribe Media
Finalist Be an Inclusion Ally: ABCs of LGBTQ+, 2nd Edition, Journal Prompts Included by Lisa Koenecke Lisa Koenecke, LLC
Finalist Beyond Homophobia: Centring LGBTQ Experiences in the Anglophone Caribbean edited by Moji Anderson and Erin C. MacLeod The University of the West Indies Press
Finalist Risking Wonderful: The art of living inside-out by Cal Móre Cal Ann Móre
Multicultural Non-Fiction
Winner Muslim Women Are Everything: Stereotype-Shattering Stories of Courage, Inspiration, and Adventure by Seema Yasmin, illustrated by Fahmida Azim Harper Design, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Finalist El Tercer Pais - San Diego & Tijuana: Two Countries, Two Cities, One Community by Michael S. Malone Silicon Valley Press
Finalist FEAST As a Mirror of Social and Cultural Changes by Frédéric Armao, Ilze Kacane, Bozena Gierek, Tatiana Minniyakhmetova, László Mód, Marek Moron, Ewa Nowicka, Alina Romanovska, Monika Salzbrunn, Tigran Simyan, Kiyoshi Umeya (10 articles by 12 doctoral authors) AE Academic Publishing
Finalist Future World Order: A Global Legitimacy Crisis in the 2020's by Dr. Maha Hosain Aziz Amazon KDP
Finalist Lover's Leap Legends: From Sappho of Lesbos to Wah-Wah-Tee of Waco by Leland and Crystal Payton Lens & Pen Press
Finalist Still Invisible? Examining America's Black Male Crisis by Elvin J. Dowling Inspira Communications, Inc.
Finalist Understanding the Far-Reaching Global Impact of the World Racial Order by Sterlin Williams Stew Book Publishing
Narrative Non-Fiction
Winner North by Shakespeare: A Rogue Scholar's Quest for the Truth by Michael Blanding Hachette Books
Finalist Act Life You're Having A Good Time: Essays by Michele Weldon Northwestern University Press
Finalist Confessions of a Middle-Ages Hippie by Beverley Golden Citrine Publishing
Finalist Dancing in the Narrows: A Mother-Daughter Odyssey Through Chronic Illness by Anna Penenberg She Writes Press
Finalist Get Thee to a Bakery by Rick Bailey University of Nebraska Press
Finalist Women Peacemakers: What We Can Learn From Them by Barbe Chambliss, PhD Red Truck Enterprises, LLC
Finalist The Art of Losing It: A Memoir of Grief and Addiction by Rosemary Keevil She Writes Press
New Age: Non-Fiction
Winner Perfect: A Path to Love, Forgiveness and Transformation by Judi Miller Self-Published
Finalist Awakening the Soul of Power: How to Live Heroically and Set Yourself Free by Christian de la Huerta Soulful Hero Media
Finalist Soul Afterlife: Beyond the Near-Death Experience by Bud Megargee KDP
Finalist Spirit Guidance by Sarah McLeod Citrine Publishing
Finalist The Magic of Special Children: The Remarkable Story of Dorica With a Guide for Parents and Teachers, Plus a Resource Appendix by Astrid Cheney Citrine Publishing
Finalist The Universal Gravity Code: A Guide to Personal and Global Enlightenment by Virginia Adams Virginia Adams Enterprises, Inc.
Finalist The Wind Blows and the Flowers Dance: An Artist Shares Her Life from Loss to Renewal by Terre Reed Sacred Life Publishers
Non-Fiction
Winner Hot Talk, Cold Science: Global Warming's Unfinished Debate (Revised and Expanded Edition) by S. Fred Singer, David R. Legates and Anthony R. Lupo Independent Institute
Finalist New Way to Care: Social Protections that Put Families First by John C. Goodman Independent Institute
Finalist Really Good Schools: Global Lessons for High-Caliber, Low-Cost Education by James Tooley Independent Institute
Novelty & Gift Book
Winner God's Wonderful Word: A transfer sticker and coloring book Loyola Press
Parenting & Family
Winner 365 Ways to Love Your Child: Turning Little Moments into Lasting Memories by Julie Lavender Revell/Baker Publishing Group
Finalist DEAR LOVED ONES: An Honest Guide to Helping the Special Needs Family You Love by Julie Falcone Self-Published
Finalist Growing Your Family: Learn How to Flourish and Thrive as a Military Family by Pearl Gifty Alimo Koehler Books
Finalist Moms Don't Have Time To: A Quarantine Anthology edited by Zibby Owens Skyhorse Publishing
Finalist Raising a Metally Fit Generation by Kari Sutton Kari Sutton Pty Ltd
Finalist Secrets to Parenting Without Giving a F^ck: The Non-Conformist Playbook to Raising Happy Kids Without Public Meltdowns, Power Struggles & Punishments by Sue Donnellan Ask Mom Publishing
Finalist Spoiled Right: Delaying Screens and Giving Children What They Really Need by Meghan Owenz Praeclarus Press
Performing Arts
Winner The Butcher Shop Girl: A Memoir for Misfits & Mavericks by Carmen Kissel-Verrier Friesen Press Canada
Finalist Justice by Dyanna Morrison Dyanna Morrison White
Finalist Modeling Success: You Have the Question. I Have the Answer by Suzanne Von Schaack Suzanne Von Schaack Productions
Finalist The HBCU Experience: The HBCU Band Alumni Edition by Dr. Ashley Little The HBCU Experience Movement, LLC
Finalist The Longest Suicide in Hollywood: The Death of Montgomery Clift by John William Law Aplomb Publishing
Photography
Winner Maya Ruins Revisited: In The Footsteps of Teobert Maler by William Frej Peyton Wright Gallery Press
Finalist Darren Sylvester: Carve a Future, Devour Everything, Become Something by Maggie Finch and contributors National Gallery of Victoria
Finalist Melbourne Shop Signs by Jennifer Theis 183 Productions
Finalist New Zealand Karst: A Voyage across Limestone Landscapes into the Subterranean Realm of Caves by Max Wisshak and Stefanie Wisshak Speleo-Photo Editions
Finalist One of a Kind by Donald Graham Hatje Cantz
Finalist Uncovering Morocco: Materials and Finishes by Michele Wake and Nina Starkey Kingwood Print, Australia
Finalist WANDERING AND WONDERING IN BLACK AND WHITE by Thomas J. Jordan Thomas J. Jordan
Poetry
Winner A Sun Inside My Chest by Terri Kirby Erickson Press 53
Finalist A Raga for George Harrison by Sharmagne Leland-St. John Taj Mahal/Cyberwit Press
Finalist Dear October by Mary Morris Texas Review Press
Finalist One Heart-Many Breaks by Sandeep Kumar Mishra Indian Poetry Review Press
Finalist Prime Meridian by Connie Post Glass Lyre Press
Finalist Spit by Daniel Lassell Wheelbarrow Books, an imprint of Michigan State University Press
Finalist Visiting Hours by Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum Stephen F. Austin University Press
Religion: Christian Inspirational
Winner The Inner Chapel: Embracing the Promises of God by Becky Eldredge Loyola Press
Finalist Char's Gift: A remarkable story of hope through the storms of life by Steve Harryman Elm Hill / HarperCollins Christian Publishing
Finalist Finding God in the Mess: Meditations for Mindful Living by Jim Deeds & Brendan McManus, SJ Loyola Press
Finalist Go Back to Your Country (Or Stay & Defy the Odds) by Issa Musharbash Legacy International Press
Finalist Sorty Makin' a Doctor by J. Douglas Smith, M.D. J. Douglas Smith, M.D.
Finalist Spiritual Practices for the Brain: Caring for Mind, Body, and Soul by Anne Kertz Kernion Loyola Press
Finalist The Way to Manresa: Discoveries Along the Ignatian Camino by Brendan McManus, SJ Loyola Press
Religion: Christianity
Winner Preparing Hearts and Minds: 9 Simple Ways for Catechists to Cultivate a Living Faith by Joe Paprocki Loyola Press
Finalist Broken Lenses Volume 2: Seeing Others' Value in a World of Division by Emily Bernath Morgan James
Finalist For the Sake of His Sorrowful Passion: Praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet with Scripture and Art by Meggie K. Daly Misericordia Publishing
Finalist Natures of Fire: God's Magnificent Angels by Peter Darcy Strength of Soul Books
Finalist Our Road to Damascus: 7 Lessons for a Life of Purpose and Meaning by Dan Assisi Rivail Publishing Company
Finalist Secrets of Our Faith: What the Preacher has been taught, What is preached from the pulpit and…why the difference! by Barry E. Blood, Sr. Independently Published
Finalist So You Have a Disease: Devotions and Stories To Restore Hope by Beth Praed Crosslink
Religion: Eastern
Winner Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam by A. Helwa Naulit Publishing House
Religion: General
Winner Radical Loving: One God, One World, One People by Rabbi Wayne Dosick, PhD Monkfish Book Publishing Company
Finalist A Mother-Daughter Devotional and Shared Journal Experience for Psalm 119 by Sandee Macgregor Castle Quay Books
Finalist A Prayer to Our Father in the Heavens: Possibly the Greatest Jewish Prayer of All Time by Michael Dow Self-Published
Finalist Life is Your Imaginations' Reality by Tricia Renée Self-Published
Self-Help: General
Winner OVERCOMING: Lessons in Triumphing Over Adversity and the Power of Our Common Humanity by Dr. Augustus White, III with Jon Land and David Chanoff Post Hill Press
Finalist Confidence is a Choice: Real Science. Superhero Impact. by Alyssa Dver Mind Full Press
Finalist Just Ask: Why Seeking Support is Your Greatest Strength by Andy Lopata Panoma Press
Finalist The Forgotten Choice: Shift Your Inner Mindset, Shape Your Outer World by Brenda Bence Global Insight Communications, LLC
Finalist The Full Spirit Workout: A Ten-Step System to Shed Your Self-Doubt, Strengthen Your Spiritual Core, and Create a Fun and Fulfilling Life by Kate Eckman New World Library
Finalist The Non-Obvious Guide to Virtual Meetings and Remote Work (Non-Obvious Guides) by Rohit Bhargava IdeaPress Publishing
Finalist Who the Hell Told You That? by Melissa Carver Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc.
Self-Help: Motivational
Winner The Full Spirit Workout: A Ten-Step System to Shed Your Self-Doubt, Strengthen Your Spiritual Core, and Create a Fun and Fulfilling Life by Kate Eckman New World Library
Finalist Bigger Better Braver: Conquer Your Fears, Embrace Your Courage, And Transform Your Life by Nancy Pickard Top Reads Publishing
Finalist Flaunt! Drop Your Cover and Reveal Your Smart, Sexy, and Spiritual Self by Lora Cheadle New World Library
Finalist Perfect: A Path to Love, Forgiveness and Transformation by Judi Miller Self-Published
Finalist The Big Bliss Blueprint: 100 Little Thoughts to Build Positive Life Changes by Shell Phelps Positive Streak Publishing, LLC
Finalist You, Recharged by Polly Campbell Mango Publishing Group
Finalist Your Story, Well Told by Corey Rosen Mango Publishing Group
Self-Help: Relationships
Winner Wake Up in Love by Penelope Love Citrine Publishing
Finalist 99% Be the One! by Valeria Tari Spirit Service Ltd.
Finalist Happily Ever After…Right Now: Stop Searching for Mr. Right and Start Celebrating Being You by Luann Robinson Hull Top Reads Publishing
Finalist Men Chase, Women Choose: The Neuroscience of Meeting, Dating, Losing Your Mind, and Finding True Love by Dawn Maslar HCI Communications
Social Change
Winner i am the rage by Dr. Martina McGowan SourceBooks
Finalist Diversity At College: Real Stories of Students Conquering Bias and Making Higher Education More Inclusive by James Stellar, Chrisel Martinez, Branden Eggan, Chloe Skye Weiser, Benny Poy, Rachel Eagar, Marc Cohen, and Agata Buras IdeaPress Publishing
Finalist New Way to Care: Social Protections that Put Families First by John C. Goodman Independent Institute
Finalist Overcoming Hate Through Dialogue by Özlen Cekic Mango Publishing Group
Finalist Radical Loving: One God, One World, One People by Rabbi Wayne Dosick, PhD Monkfish Book Publishing Company
Finalist Really Good Schools: Global Lessons for High-Caliber, Low-Cost Education by James Tooley Independent Institute
Finalist She Is Me: How Women Will Save The World by Lori Sokol, PhD She Writes Press
Spirituality: General
Winner HumanKind: Changing the World One Small Act At a Time by Brad Aronson LifeTree Media
Finalist Awakening the Soul of Power: How to Live Heroically and Set Yourself Free by Christian de la Huerta Soulful Hero Media
Finalist Fear Is A Choice: Unraveling the Illusion of Our Separation From Love by R. James Case Front Range Press
Finalist Ignatian Discernment of Spirits in Spiritual Direction and Pastoral Care: Going Deeper by Mark E. Thibodeaux, SJ Loyola Press
Finalist Our Road to Damascus: 7 Lessons for a Life of Purpose and Meaning by Dan Assisi Rivail Publishing Company
Finalist The Full Spirit Workout: A Ten-Step System to Shed Your Self-Doubt, Strengthen Your Spiritual Core, and Create a Fun and Fulfilling Life by Kate Eckman New World Library
Finalist The Universal Gravity Code: A Guide to Personal and Global Enlightenment by Virginia Adams Virginia Adams Enterprises, Inc.
Spirituality: Inspirational
Winner Radical Loving: One God, One World, One People by Rabbi Wayne Dosick, PhD Monkfish Book Publishing Company
Finalist Cleanse Your Body, Reveal Your Soul by Judith E. Pentz Mango Publishing Group
Finalist Experiencing God in the Ordinary by William A. Barry, SJ Loyola Press
Finalist HumanKind: Changing the World One Small Act At a Time by Brad Aronson LifeTree Media
Finalist Picking Up The Shards, Healing the Pain of Mother-Wounds, Discovering the Mother-Heart of God by Anita M. Oommen Oxborough Publishing
Finalist Roasting Karma: Awaken From Illusion, Take Responsibility for Your Past Actions, and Create a Life That Is Truly Free by Kirk A. Johnson Healing Digest Publishing
Finalist The Art of Quietude: Spring by Paula Negraes White Maple Press, Inc.
Sports
Winner All In: Driven by Passion, Energy, and Purpose by Porter Moser Loyola Press
Finalist 10 Rules of Karate: The Immutable Path to Victory by Kris Wilder and Lawrence Kane Stickman Publications, Inc.
Finalist A Turbulent Mind: My Journey to Ironman 70.3 by Swetha Amit The Write Place
Finalist Being Brothers by Mike DeLucia Kindle Direct
Finalist One Wild Ride: The Saga of the Dake and Bates Show by Bill Long and Frank Irving Violet Hill Publishing
Travel: Guides & Essays
Winner The Way to Manresa: Discoveries Along the Ignatian Camino by Brendan McManus, SJ Loyola Press
Finalist Angels & Tahina: 18 Lessons From Hiking the Israel Trail by Tzippi Moss Goat Path Publications
Finalist Back on Bonaire: Rediscovering Diver's Paradise as a Father by Andrew Jalbert Neap Tide Press
Finalist Baggage: Confessions of a Globe-Trotting Hypochondria by Jeremy Leon Hance Health Communications Inc EB
Finalist Exploring Wine Regions — Bordeaux France: Discover Wine, Food, Castles, and The French Way of Life by Michael C. Higgins, PhD International Exploration Society
Finalist Immersed in West Africa by Terry Lister Niyah Press
Finalist The Art of Slow Travel: See the World and Savor the Journey On a Budget by Bhavana Gesota Bhavana Gesota
True Crime: Non-Fiction
Winner The Greatest Hoax on Earth: Catching Truth, While We Can by Alan C. Logan Glass Spider Publishing
Finalist Cold Case North: The Search for James Brady and Absolom Halkett by Michael Nest, with Deanna Reder and Eric Bell University of Regina Press
Finalist Shattered: 67 days to a family's self-destruction by Travis Winks Big Sky Publishing
Finalist The Lindbergh Kidnapping-Subject No. 1: The Man Who Got Away by Lise Pearlman Regent Press
Finalist The Potato Masher Murder: Death at the Hands of a Jealous Husband by Gary Sosniecki The Kent State University Press
Finalist The Zodiac Revisited, Volume 1: The Facts of the Case by Michael F. Cole Twin Prime Publishing
Women's Issues
Winner Staying in the Game: The Playbook for Beating Workplace Sexual Harassment by Adrienne Lawrence Penguin Random House / Tarcher Perigee
Finalist Beautiful Unique Faces by Anita East Karen McDermott
Finalist Creatrix Rising: Unlocking the Power of Midlife Women by Stephanie Raffelock She Writes Press
Finalist I Had A Secret For Seventeen Years by Tori Shaw Resource Publications
Finalist Lies of the Magpie, a memoir by Maleah Day Warner Author Academy Elite
Finalist Secrets of the Kashmir Valley (Special New Edition) by Farhana Qazi Newport Publishing
Finalist Single, Again, and Again, and Again…What do you do when life doesn't go to plan? by Louisa Pateman Balboa Press
Young Adult: Non-Fiction
Winner Lilia: a true story of love, courage, and survival in the shadow of war by Linda Ganzini Menzini Publishing
Finalist 9 Ways to Empower Tweens #Lifeskills by Kathleen Boucher Tellwell Talent
Finalist The Boy Who Loved to Pass the Ball by Matthias Krug, illustrations by Inna Ogando Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press - HBKU Press
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