2016 Winners & Finalists
CHILDREN’S BOOK
Winner: Malcolm Mitchell, The Magician’s Hat
Finalist: Jamie Bobo, The Birthday Candle
DETECTIVE/MYSTERY
Winner: Linda Sands, 3 Women Walk into a Bar
Finalist: Cliff Yeargin, Hoochy Koochy: A Jake Eliam ChickenBone Mystery
FIRST NOVEL
Winner: Alexandra Curry, The Courtesan
Finalist: Brian Panowich, Bull Mountain
HISTORY/BIOGRAPHY
Winner: Leonard Ray Teel, Reporting the Cuban Revolution: How Castro Manipulated American Journalists
Finalist: William W. Winn, The Triumph of the Ecunnau-Nuxulgee: Land Speculators, George M. Troup, States Rights, and the Removal of the Creek Indians from Georgia and Alabama, 1825-38
INSPIRATIONAL–RELIGIOUS
Winner: Carl McColman, Befriending Silence: Discovering the Gifts of Cistercian Spirituality
Finalist: Lisa M. Allen-McLaurin, Worship Matters! A Collection of Essays on the Practical and Spiritual Discipline of Worship
INSPIRATIONAL–SECULAR
Winner: David Ryback, Secrets of a Zen Millionaire: 8 Steps to Personal Wealth With Real Estate
Finalist: H. James Dallas, Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change: Inspire the People and Succeed Where Others Fail
Honorable Mention: Josh Langston, Write Naked! Secrets of Dynamic Prose Laid Bare!
LITERARY FICTION
Winner: Ravi Howard, Driving the King
Finalist: Sherry Meeks, Finding Tambri: A Novel in Stories
MEMOIR/AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Winner: Gautam Narula, Remain Free
Finalist: Julia McDermott, All the Above: My Son’s Battle with Brain Cancer
Honorable Mention: Jimmy Carter, A Full Life
Honorable Mention: Kit Cummings, Peace behind the Wire, A Nonviolent Resolution
POETRY
Winner: William Wright, Tree Heresies
Finalist: Beth Gylys, Sky Blue Enough To Drink
ROMANCE
Winner: Karin Gillespie, Girl Meets Class
Finalist: Susan Carlisle, His Best Friend’s Baby
SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY
Winner: Constance McKee, The Girl in the Mirror
Finalist: Kathryn Hinds, The Healer’s Choice
SHORT STORY
Winner: Mary Hood, A Clear View of the Southern Sky
Finalist: Sara Kay Rupnik, Women Longing to Fly
SPECIALTY BOOK
Winner: Sandra D. Deal, Jennifer W. Dickey, and Catherine M. Lewis, Memories of the Mansion: The Story of Georgia’s Governor’s Mansion
Finalist: Andrew Feiler, Without Regard to Sex, Race, or Color: The Past, Present, and Future of One Historically Black College
YOUNG ADULT
Winner: Cassie Beasley, Circus Mirandus
Finalist: C. M. Fleming, Halley’s Hope