2023 General Categories 55-88
55. Environment/Ecology
GOLD
A Thousand Trails Home
by Seth Kantner
(Mountaineers Books)
SILVER
Global Burning: Rising Antidemocracy and the Climate Crisis
by Eve Darian-Smith
(Stanford University Press)
BRONZE
Federalism, Preemption, and the Nationalization of American Wildlife Management
by Lowell E. Baier
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)
56. Finance/Investment/Economics
GOLD
Trafficking Data: How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty
by Aynne Kokas
(Oxford University Press)
SILVER
The Fiscal Feminist
by Kimberlee Davis
(Wonderwell)
BRONZE
What Does This Company Do?
by Drago Dimitrov, CFA
(Self-Published)
57. LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction
GOLD
Boy with the Bullhorn: A Memoir and History of ACT UP New York
by Ron Goldberg
(Empire State Editions)
SILVER
No More Neckties: A Memoir in Essays
by Loren A. Olson, MD
(Oak Lane Press)
BRONZE
Moon in Full: A Modern-Day Coming-of-Age Story
by Marpheen Chann
(Islandport Press)
58. Gift/Specialty/Journal
GOLD
The Story of Good
by Victoria Duerstock
(End Game Press)
SILVER
Be the Magic
by Diane Pienta
(Citrine Publishing)
BRONZE
Just Rest
by Melanie Redd
(End Game Press)
59. Holiday
GOLD
Krampus Confidential
by Kyle Sullivan; art by Derek Sullivan
(Hazy Dell Press)
SILVER
The Official White House Christmas Ornament
by Marcia Mallet Anderson and Kristen Hunter Mason
(The White House Historical Association)
BRONZE
A Shepherd’s Tale
by Rocco DeFazio; illustrated by Emily Brooks
(Saratoga Springs Publishing)
60. Health/Medicine
GOLD
Your Health Is at Risk: How to Navigate Information Chaos to Prevent Lifestyle Diseases
by John Poothullil, MD, FRCP
(New Insights Press)
SILVER
Stay Off My Operating Table by Philip Ovadia (Ovadia Heart Health)
BRONZE
Gut Driven Jump-Start Digestive Health to Nourish Body, Mind, and Spirit
by Ellen Postolowski
(Chef Ellen)
61. History (U.S.)
GOLD
Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR’s 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal
by David Pietrusza
(Diversion Books)
SILVER
Counterrevolution: The Crusade to Roll Back the Gains of the Civil Rights Movement
by Stephen Steinberg
(Stanford University Press)
BRONZE
Private Prosecution in America: Its Origins, History, and Unconstitutionality in the Twenty-First Century
by John D. Bessler
(Carolina Academic Press)
62. History (World)
GOLD (tie)
1368: China and the Making of the Modern World
by Ali Humayun Akhtar
(Stanford University Press)
That Tyrant Persuasion: How Rhetoric Shaped the Roman World
by J.E. Lendon
(Princeton University Press)
SILVER
The Blackest Thing in Slavery Was Not the Black Man: The Last Testament of Eric Williams
edited by Brinsley Samaroo
(The University of the West Indies)
BRONZE: Inkling, Historian, Soldier and Brother: A Life of Warren Hamilton Lewis by Don W. King (The Kent State University Press)
63. History (Oversized/Coffee Table)
GOLD
The White House: An Historic Guide
by The White House Historical Association
(The White House Historical Association)
SILVER
Capital City: History of Tishomingo
by Paul Lambert
(Chickasaw Press)/
BRONZE
Tom O’Donnell: Generous Spirit of Palm Springs
by Steve Vaught, Steven Keylon & Tracy Conrad
(Palm Springs Preservation Foundation)
64. Inspirational/Spiritual
GOLD
All for Love
by Matt Kahn
(Sounds True)
SILVER
These Words: Poetic Midrash on the Language of the Torah
by Alden Solovy
(Reform Judaism Publishing/CCAR Press)
BRONZE
A Fraction Stronger
by Mark Berridge
(Major Street)
65. New Age / Mind-Body-Spirit
GOLD
The Fablemakers Animated Tarot Guidebook
by Kamille Areopagita & Misty Bourne
(Hit Point Press)
SILVER
Wisdom of the Wild Ones: The Encyclopedia of Animal Spirit Guides
by Bernadette King
(Building Beautiful Souls, Inc.)
BRONZE
Waking Up to the Dark
by Clark Strand
(Monkfish Book Publishing Company)
66. Parenting
GOLD
The Parent Trap
by Nate G. Hilger
(The MIT Press)
SILVER
The Long Devotion
edited by Emily Pérez and Nancy Reddy
(The University of Georgia Press)
BRONZE
Your Passport to Parenting
by Joanne Holbrook
(Aviva Publishing)
67. Popular Culture
GOLD
Rock & Roll in Kennedy’s America
by Richard Aquila
(Johns Hopkins University Press)
SILVER
Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt
by Andrew Simon
(Stanford University Press)
BRONZE
Wonder Woman: Warrior, Disrupter, Feminist Icon
by Regina Luttrell
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)
68. Psychology/Mental Health
GOLD
Beyond Madness: The Pain and Possibilities of Serious Mental Illness
by Rachel A. Pruchno, PhD
(Johns Hopkins University Press)
SILVER
Healing Your Map - A Guide to Understanding Discernment, Trauma and Human Behavior
by Jodee Gibson, MA | PCC
(Jodee Gibson Coaching)
BRONZE
White Flag
by Judy L Mandel
(Legacy Book Press)
69. Sports/Fitness/Recreation
GOLD
Rethinking Fandom
by Craig Calcaterra
(Belt Publishing)
SILVER
When Women Stood
by Alexandra Allred
(Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)
BRONZE
The Diamondback Collection
by Tom Zappala and Ellen Zappala with John Molori and Joe Orlando
(Peter E. Randall Publisher)
70. Reference
GOLD
Lore of Aetherra: The Lost Druid
by Alchemy RPG
(Hit Point Press)
SILVER
Art Imitating Life Imitating Death
by Cónal Creedon
(Irishtown Press)
BRONZE
Oka Holisso: Chickasaw & Choctaw Water Resource Planning Guide
by the Chickasaw and Choctaw nations
(Chickasaw Press)
71. Religion (Eastern/Western)
GOLD
Temples in the Cliffside
by Sonya S. Lee
(University of Washington Press)
SILVER
The Book of Proverbs: A Social Justice Commentary
by Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz
(Reform Judaism Publishing/CCAR Press)
BRONZE
Beyond Worship: Meditations on Queer Worship, Liturgy, & Theology
edited by James Admans
(Riverdale Avenue Books)
72. Science
GOLD:
Dinner on Mars
by Lenore Newman and Evan D.G. Fraser
(ECW Press)
SILVER (tie):
Quantum Physics for Beginners, Into the Light
by John Stoddard
(Self-Published)
Plant Science for Gardeners
by Robert Pavlis
(New Society Publishers)
BRONZE
Revolutionary Red Tractors
by Lee Klancher & Katie Free
(Octane Press)
73. Self Help
GOLD
The Financial Mindset Fix: A Mental Fitness Program for an Abundant Life
by Joyce Marter, LCPC
(Sounds True)
SILVER
Hunting Discomfort
by Sterling Hawkins
(Wonderwell Press)
BRONZE
Relentless
by Natasha Miller
(Poignant Press)
74. Sexuality/Relationships
GOLD
Aimless
by John D’Agostini
(Wise Ink)
SILVER
The Courage to Stay
by Dr. Kathy Nickerson
(Dr. Kathy & Co Press)
BRONZE
Wild Monogamy
by Mali Apple & Joe Dunn
(A Higher Possibility)
75. Transportation (Auto/Aviation/Railroad)
GOLD
Detroit Steel Artists: How Edsel Ford, Ray Dietrich, Tom Hibbard, and Ralph Roberts Turned Motor City into a Styling Mecca Before Harley Earl
by Matthew Kilkenny
(Beaver's Pond Press)
SILVER
Shelby American: The Renegades Who Built the Cars, Won the Races, and Lived the Legend
by Preston Lerner
(Octane Press)
BRONZE
This Is Your Captain Speaking: Stories from the Flight Deck
by Doug Morris
(ECW Press)
76. Travel – Essay
GOLD
Price Per Barrel: The Human Cost of Extraction
by Robin Lynn Behl
(North Dakota State University Press)
SILVER
Escape Clauses - Getting Away With a Travel Writing Life
by Bob Payne
(Bob Carries On Media, LLC)
BRONZE
Travels Across the Roof of the World
by William Frej with Anne Frej
(George F. Thompson Publishing)
77. Travel – Guidebook
GOLD
Hut to Hut USA
by Laurel Bradley & Sam Demas
(Mountaineers Books)
SILVER
A Field Guide to Custer’s Camps: On the March to the Little Bighorn
by Don Weinell
(North Dakota State University Press)
BRONZE
Travel Rangers: Mission to Australia
by Erika Bud
(Big World Publishing, LLC)
78. Women's Issues
GOLD (tie)
Working 9 to 5: A Women’s Movement, A Labor Union, and the Iconic Movie
by Ellen Cassedy
(Chicago Review Press)
Manifesting Justice: Wrongly Convicted Women Reclaim Their Rights
by Valena Beety
(Citadel Press)
SILVER
Carry Me: Stories of Pregnancy Loss
by Frieda Hoffman
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE
It Should Be Easy to Fix
by Bonnie Robichaud
(Between the Lines)
79. Writing/Publishing
GOLD
The Art of Brevity
by Grant Faulkner
(University of New Mexico Press)
SILVER
Righting Writing
by Michael Bailey
(Written Backwards)
BRONZE
From Storyboard to Print
by Kate Heaslip
(The Book Incubator)
80. Book/Author/Publisher Website
GOLD: www.championthechallenges.org
SILVER: www.sgblaise.com
BRONZE: www.jumpfirstthinkfast.com
81. Cover Design – Fiction
GOLD
From the Moon I Watched Her
by Emily English Medley
(Greenleaf Book Group)
SILVER
Do You Follow?
by J.C. Bidonde
(Greenleaf Book Group)
BRONZE (tie)
Muir’s Gambit
by Michael Frost Beckner; illustrated byAndrew Frost Beckner
(Montrose Station Press LLC)
Yeti Needs a Haircut
by Angela Halgrimson; illustrated by Brian Barber
(Beaver's Pond Press)
82. Cover Design – Non-Fiction
GOLD
The Majesty Field
by Sonjan
(Fana Press)
SILVER
Circle Way
by Mary Ann Hogan
(Wonderwell)
BRONZE
Under the Naga Tail
by Mae Bunseng Taing with James Taing
(Greenleaf Book Press)
83. Cover Design - Non-Fiction Oversize
GOLD
The White House in Gingerbread: Memories & Recipes
by Roland Mesnier with Mark Ramsdell
(The White House Historical Association)
SILVER
Passion and Pursuit: The Billings Collection
by David Billings & Beverly Hall Billings
(Ming Press)
BRONZE
MY GRATEFUL DEAD PHOTOS And How I Came to Take Them - 1966-1991
by Rosie McGee
(TIOLI Press & Bytes)
84. Best First Book - Fiction
GOLD
Muir’s Gambit
by Michael Frost Beckner
(Montrose Station Press)
SILVER
Jester
by Brielle D. Porter
(CamCat Books)
BRONZE
Death Warrant
by Bryan Johnston
(CamCat Books)
85. Best First Book - Juv/YA
GOLD
Pack of the Lost - The Uninviting Forest
by Nikita Kapoor
(Paper Lily Press, LLC)
SILVER
Goth Girl, Queen of the Universe
by Lindsay S. Zrull
(Flux)
BRONZE (tie)
LITE: The High Treason Incident
by A.G. Roberts
(Beaver's Pond Press)
Wardenclyffe
by Lloyd Hall
(Self-Published)
86. Best First Book - Non-Fiction
GOLD
Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia
by Natasha Lance Rogoff
(Rowman & Littlefield)
SILVER (tie)
Lennon, the Mobster & the Lawyer: The Untold Story
by Jay Bergen
(Devault Graves Books)
Gaslighting: A Step-by-Step Recovery Guide
by Deborah Vinall, PsyD, LMFT
(Rockridge Press)
BRONZE
Unveiling Estilo Palmer, The 50 Impassioned Years of Mildred Palmer in Guatemala, 1929-1981
by Ana Livingston Paddock
(Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoamérica)
87. Book Series - Fiction
GOLD (tie)
Gold Spun Duology
by Brandie June
(CamCat Books)
Salt Chasers Duology
by A. S. Thornton
(CamCat Books)
SILVER
Defying the Crown Series
by Kerry Chaput
(Black Rose Writing)
BRONZE
Champions of 1940
by Kenneth Tam
(Iceberg Publishing)
88. Book Series - Non-Fiction
GOLD
Ten Things Every ChIld with Autism Wishes You Knew and Ten Things Your Student with Autism Wishes You Knew
by Ellen Notbohm
(Future Horizons Inc.)
SILVER
Champion the Challenges Self-Help Booklet Series
by Deb Shaw
(Champion the Challenges)
BRONZE
Train Gone and Mirrors Strike Back
by Rebekah Mallory
(Unkind Press)