2007 Writers & Finalists

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Memye Curtis Tucker

TARAN FAMILY MEMORIAL AWARD
Collin Kelley and Kodac Harrison, Java Monkey Speaks: A Poetry Anthology, Vol. 2

ANTHOLOGIES/SHORT STORY
William Walsh, ed., Under the Rock Umbrella

BIOGRAPHY
Joyce Flueckiger, In Amma’s Healing Room

CHILDREN’S MID-READER
Carole Marsh, The Secret of Skullcracker Swamp

CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK
Erin Harris, Elephant on My Roof

ESSAY
Phillip Lee Morris, In the Morning

FICTION
Joshilyn Jackson, Between, Georgia

FIRST NOVEL
Pamela Jackson, On This Side of Heaven

HISTORY
Hank Klibanoff, The Race Beat

INSPIRATIONAL
Joey Hancock, Success Afield

MEMOIR
Barbara Brown Taylor, Leaving Church

POETRY
Jim Elledge, A History of My Tattoo

SELF-HELP
Peter Bowerman, The Well-Fed Publisher

SPECIALTY BOOK
Perry Dilbeck, The Last Harvest

YOUNG ADULT
Tom Dietz, Windmaster’s Bane