Special Recognition | Medal Winners| Summaries & Reviews

Founders Award

• Medals, Flags and Memories, by Stacey & John Holley

Presidents Award

• Terry Gould
• Chris Wyatt
• Jim Greenwald

Author of the Year

• Michael Angley

Historical Fiction

• Gold Medal
  • Project Seven Alpha, by Leland "Chip" Shanle Jr.   
• Silver Medal
  • A Passel of Hate, by Joe Epley  
  • The Power and the Glory, by William C. Hammond
• Bronze Medal
  • No Paved Roads to Freedom, by Sharon Rushton  
  • Pass in Review-Duty, by Brian Utermahlen
• Honorable Mention
  • A Wound in the Mind, by Francis J. Partel  
• First Runner-Up
  • Aldric & Anneliese, by Harry E. Gilleland Jr.  

Thriller/Mystery

• Gold Medal
  • Child Finder: Revelation, by Michael Angley
  • Silent Enemy, by Thomas W. Young 
• Silver Medal
  • Solomon’s Men, by Glenn Starkey
  • Another Colorado Kill, by Bob Doerr
• Bronze Medal
  • Mining Sacred Ground, by David E. Knop
• Honorable Mention
  • Rogue Crusader, by John R. Monteith
• First Runner-Up
  • Black Wings, by Kathleen Jabs
• Second Runner-Up
  • Wraith, by James R. Hannibal  

Science Fiction

• Bronze Medal
  • The Warrior Among Us, by Dick Hrebik
• Honorable Mention
  • The Centauri Intervention, by David Michaelson
• First Runner-Up
  • Bittersweet Colony, by David Michaelson

Literary Fiction

• Gold Medal
  • True Surrender, by Tracey Cramer-Kelly
• Silver Medal
  • Small as a Mustard Seed, by Shelli Johnson
• Bronze Medal
  • Seven Lives to Repay Our Country, by Edward H. Carpenter
• Honorable Mention
  • Lost in the Blue Room, by Richard Barone
• First Runner-Up
  • A Golden Weekend, by Larry Carello

Short Story Collection

• Gold Medal
  • Tales Mark Twain Would Have Loved to Steal, by Glenn Wasson

Military Super Romance

• Gold Medal
  • Your Gift to Me, by Bonnie Latino & Bob Vale

History

• Gold Medal
  • That Time, That Place, That War, by Margaret Brown
  • The Insurgency in Chechnya, by Robert W. Schaeffer
  • The Boys of Diamond Hill, by J. Keith Jones
• Honorable Mention
  • Callsign: Spectre, by Jeff Noecker

Memoir

• Gold Medal
  • In the Gray Area, by Seth Folsom
• Silver Medal
  • In Our Duffel Bags, by Richard C. Geschke & Robert A. Toto
• Bronze Medal
  • G-Day, Rendezvous with Eagles, by Stephen D. Wiehe
• Honorable Mention
  • Follow Me, by Elizabeth Carroll Foster
  • Surviving Serendipity, by Lawrence Enders
  • Letters From Long Binh, by Randy Mixter
• First Runner-Up
  • Crossing the Line, by William “Bill” Cain
• Second Runner-Up
  • Hollywood Through My Eyes, by Monica Lewis Lang
  • South of Heaven, by Daniel Flores

Biography

• Gold Medal
  • Fahim Speaks, by Fahim Fazli w/ Michael Moffett
• Silver Medal
  • Front Toward Enemy, by Barbara Allen
  • W.I.A. (Wounded in Action), by Thomas C. Robison
• Bronze Medal
  • Shadow Commander, by Mike Guardia
• Honorable Mention
  • Marcia Gates: Angel of Bataan, by Melissa Bowersock
  • My Friends & Heroes, by Allen F. Hooker

Reference

• Gold Medal
  • Henry Ford’s Moving Picture Show, by Phillip W. Stewart

How-to/Business

• Gold Medal
  • Separated by Duty, by Shellie Vandevoorde
• Silver Medal
  • The Frugal Book Promoter, by Carolyn Howard-Johnson
  • The Second Mouse Gets the Cheese, by Carolyn Schriber
• Bronze Medal
  • Many Genres One Craft: Lessons in Writing, by Lynn Salsi
• Honorable Mention
  • DOD Security Clearances & Contract Guidebook, by Jeffrey W. Bennett
• First Runner-Up
  • You Can’t Outsource Weight Loss, by Ed Boullianne

Creative Non-Fiction

• Gold Medal
  • Military Fly Moms, by Linda Maloney
• Silver Medal
  • The Hidden Legacy of World War ll, by Carol Schultz Vento

Humor

• Honorable Mention
  • Staff Monkeys, by Peter Clark

Spiritual/Religious

• Gold Medal
  • Miracles of the American Revolution, by Larkin Spivey
• Silver Medal
  • Faith Deployed…Again, by Jocelyn Green
• Bronze Medal
  • God in the Trenches, by Larkin Spivey
• Honorable Mention
  • Missing Max, by Julie Burget Schrock
• First Runner-Up
  • In the Shadow of a Badge, by Lillie Leonardi
• Second Runner-Up
  • Walking the Tiger’s Path, by Paul Kendel

Poetry

• Gold Medal
  • Depictions, by Chuck Habermehl
  • Emotional Mélange, by jim greenwald
• Bronze Medal
  • Deeper Into the Pond, by Carolyn Howard-Johnson & M. Ball

Children Age 12 & Below

• Gold Medal
  • Jack & the Dragon, by Lynn Salsi
  • My Daddy is a Marine, by Alia Reese
• Silver Medal
  • When Grandma’s False Teeth Fly, by Mary Lee

Young Adult

• Gold Medal
  • Believing in Horses, by Valerie Ormond
  • Saga of the Sioux, by Dwight Jon Zimmerman