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CREATIVE NONFICTION


Overall Creative Nonfiction Winner(s)
  • Boyd, Valerie - Wrapped in Rainbows

  • Monahan, Evelyn & Neidel-Greenlee, Rosemary - And if I Perish




ESSAY DIVISION


  • Division Winner - Blackmarr, Amy - Above the Fall Line


  • Blackmarr, Amy - Above the Fall Line

  • Miller, Zell - A National Party No More

  • Sipp, Carey - The Turn Around Mom

  • Thurmond, Michael - Freedom



BIOGRAPHY DIVISION


  • Division Winner: Boyd, Valerie - Wrapped in Rainbows


  • Boyd, Valerie - Wrapped in Rainbows

  • Carr, Virginia Spencer - The Lonely Hunter

  • Cheatham, Mike - No Man Walks Alone

  • Hyatt, Richard - Charles H. Jones, A Biography




MEMOIR DIVISION


  • Division Winner: Walker, Melissa - Living on Wilderness Time


  • Arbiser, Pola - Give Me the Children

  • Haney, Eric L. - Inside Delta Force

  • Harner, Irene A. - Movin' On

  • Taylor, Richard - Prodigals: A Vietnam Story

  • Walker, Melissa - Living on Wilderness Time



HISTORY DIVISION


  • Division Winner: Monahan, Evelyn & Neidel-Greenlee, Rosemary - And if I Perish


  • Ambrose, Andy - Atlanta: An Illustrated History

  • Darnell, Tim - The Crackers: Early Days of Atlanta Baseball

  • Domin, Gregory Paul - Jimmy Carter , Public Opinion and the Search for Values

  • Galloway, Tammy Harden - Dear Old Roswell

  • Gilliard, Deric A. - Living in the Shadows of a Legend

  • Greene, Melissa Fay - Last Man Out

  • Johnson, Calvin C., Jr. - Exit to Freedom

  • Monahan, Evelyn & Neidel-Greenlee, Rosemary - And if I Perish

  • Smith, Jedwin - Fatal Treasure

  • Turner, Nat (Ed.) - A Southern Soldier's Letters Home




SELF-HELP DIVISION


  • Division Winner: Lewis, Edna & Peacock, Scott - The Gift of Southern Cooking


  • Baer, Greg, M.D. - Real Love

  • Batchelder, Josh - Handwriting Reveals You

  • Evans, Gail - She Wins, You Win

  • Lawson, Leidra - Sugar Daddy 101

  • Lewis, Edna & Peacock, Scott - The Gift of Southern Cooking

  • Marks, Marsha - 101 Simple Lessons for Life

  • Smith, Loran & Myrna - Let the Big Dawg Eat

  • Wayne, Robert - Venice in Context




INSPIRATIONAL/RELIGIOUS DIVISION


  • Division Winner: Allen, Barbara - Still Christian After All These Years


  • Allen, Barbara - Still Christian After All These Years

  • Burch, Jarrett - Adiel Sherwood

  • Carrera, Phyllis - A Journey of My Choosing

  • Chea, Augustine S. - Inspirational Daily Meditation

  • Fillingim, David - Redneck Liberation

  • Hamill, Bryan - Shocking Bible Prophecy

  • Maurer, Marsha - A Fragrant Fullness

  • Murphey, Cecil - The Relentless God



POETRY


  • Winner: Woloch, Cecilia - (Late)


  • Corey, Stephen - There Is No Finished World

  • Giannetti, Robert - Drawn by the Creek

  • Kelley, Collin - Better to travel: Selected Poems

  • Rochelle, Tania - Karaoke Funeral

  • Wilson, Dianna S. - Reflections From the Heart

  • Woloch, Cecilia - Late



FICTION


  • Winner: Kay, Terry - The Valley of Light


  • Andrews, Mary Kay - Little Bitty Lies

  • Cleage, Pearl - Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do

  • Ellis, Virginia - The Photograph

  • Gerdes, Eckhard - Cistern Tawdry

  • Kay, Terry - The Valley of Light

  • Keyes, Greg - The Briar King

  • Lanier, Virginia - A Bloodhound to Die For

  • Magers, Rick - Blue Water Adventure

  • Propst, Milam McGraw - Ociee: On Her Own

  • Ray, Janisse - Wild Card Quilt

  • Singer, Randy - Irreparable Harm

  • Skibell, Joseph - The English Disease

  • Slaughter, Karen - A Faint Cold Fear

  • Smith, Haywood - The Red Hat Club

  • Vail, Emily Blake - Dark Night on Mimosa Trail



ANTHOLOGIES/SHORT STORIES


  • Winner: Ruppersburg, Dr. Hugh (Ed.) - After O'Connor


  • Bishop, Michael - Brighten to Incandescence

  • Denmark, Herbert W. - Second Finger ... Left Hand

  • Denmark, Herbert, (Ed.) - The Night the Animals Screamed

  • Hendricks, Randy J. - The Twelfth Year and Other Times

  • Ruppersburg, Dr. Hugh (Ed.) - After O'Connor




FIRST NOVEL


  • Winner: Riggs, Jack - When the Finch Rises


  • Berry, Steve - The Amber Room

  • Best, Steven M. - When Philosophers Were Kings

  • Carter, Jimmy - The Hornet's Nest

  • Clear, Irvon E. - The Game: Part 1

  • duPont, M. Kay - Loving Mr. Lincoln

  • Graham, Mitchell - The Fifth Ring

  • Hyde, Nancy M. - The Hollow

  • Khoury, Hannah - So Pretty an African

  • Lazenby, H.F. - A Death in Heaven

  • McNaughton, June - Alligator Creek

  • Riggs, Jack - When the Finch Rises

  • Robbins, Carolyn - Caribbean Green

  • Stewart, Fran - Orange as Marmalade

  • Sun, Adam - The Mountain Man

  • Uhler, Margaret B. Anderson - The Floridians




CHILDREN'S AND YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE


  • Winner: Bryant, David & Davidson, George - Georgia's Amazing Coast


  • Bryant, David & Davidson, George - Georgia's Amazing Coast

  • Dell, Marshall - The Enchanted Okefenokee

  • Heyman, Carly - My Extra Special Brother

  • Jones, Melanie D. - Pigs Rock!

  • Shore, Diane Z. - Bus-A-Saurus Bop

  • Tiller, Steven - Rudolf the Red Nose




THE BARRY L. AND ROBERT S. TARAN MEMORIAL AWARD

  • Heyman, Carly - My eXtra Special Brother




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