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2012 Sharp Writ Book Awards Winners
Childrens Winner:
Mommy, Daddy, I Had a Bad Dream! by Martha Pieper
2nd Place: The Life in the Wood with Joni-Pip by Carrie King
3rd Place: Jesus Loves Everybody: Especially Me by Nicole Benoit-Roy
Young Adult Winner:
The Obsidian Pebble: First in the Artefact Series
by R.A. Jones
2nd Place: Wanted: Dead or Undead Book 1 by Angela Scott
3rd Place: Griffin's Fire by Darby Karchut
General Fiction Winner:
Cry Dance by Helen Bonner
2nd Place: The Wedding Shroud - A Tale of Early Rome by Elisabeth Storrs
3rd Place: Motherless Child by Marianne Langner Zeitlin
Mystery / Suspense Winner:
Desperate Measures by Cindy Cromer
2nd Place: Severed Threads by Kaylin McFarren
3rd Place: A Shortage of Bodies by Gary McKay
Sci-fi / Fantasy Winner:
Shadows of Kings by Jack Whitsel
2nd Place: The Powers by S. Durham
3rd Place: Sedona: The Lost Vortex by Mikel Wilson
General Non-fiction Winner:
The Accidental Anarchist by Bryna Kranzler
2nd Place: Assassin Hunter by August Palumbo
3rd Place: Rasputin and the Jews: A Reversal of History by Delin Colon
Memoirs / Biography Winner:
Really Enough: A True Story of Tyranny, Courage and Comedy by Kathleen Martens and Margaret Zhao
2nd Place: The Last Exile by Jasha Levi
3rd Place: Grief - The Great Yearning by Pat Bertram
Special Award - Poetry:
On Edge by Bob MacKenzie
Printed and Kindle versions of the 2012 SWBA Winners are available in the Smart Book Lovers' online store - http://astore.amazon.com/swba-20.
The 2011 Winners in each category are:
Children's Books
When This is Over, I Will Go to School, and I Will Learn to Read by Pamela Bitterman
Runner ups:
A Lesson My Cat Taught Me by Saul Weber
Adora the Albino Alligator by Rhonda Edwards
Young Adult
Griffin Rising by Darby Karchut
Runner ups:
The Secret of the Sacred Scarab by Fiona Ingram
Wings of Light by Laura Bingham
Fiction
The Silent and the Lost by Abu Zubair
Runner ups:
Devil Wind by Deborah Shilan & Linda Reid
Winds of Wildfire by Ron Chavez
Non Fiction
The Secrets to Step Family Success by Gloria Lintermans
Runner ups:
Out of the Psychic Closet by Toby Heathcotte
The Tribes of Burning Man by Steven T. Jones
Autobiography/ Memoirs
Gorilla Man and the Empress of Steak by Randy Fertel
Runner ups:
Dancing With Bear: A Love Story by Marie McGaha
The San Joaquin Siren: An American Ace in WWII's CBI by William Behrns with Kenneth Moore
Special / Sponsored Categories (at the discretion of the Judging Panel)
Poetry:
Dreaming in Darkness by Jessica Kristie
Runner ups:
Streetlight Sonata by J.R. Simons
Ten Little Haibuns Vol. II by Andrea Cecon
- 2011 Awards for Children's, Non-Fiction, and Autobiography
- We are pleased to announce the winners for the 2011 Awards for Children's, Non-Fiction, and Autobiography categories - and can be viewed via a virtual award ceremony!
- 2011 Awards for Children's, Non-Fiction, and Autobiography
- Awards for 2011 - Fiction, Young Adult & Poetry
We are pleased to announce that the winners for the 2011 Awards have been selected for the Fiction, Young Adults and Poetry (an unannounced, Judges' Choice category) - and can be viewed via a virtual award ceremony!
Winners for Children, Non-fiction and Autobiography/ memoirs categories will be announced soon, no later than Jan. 31st.
Finally, we thank Nanette McGuinness, a lead panelist in the judging panel, a SBL and Mensa member, and an accomplished singer who recorded the announcements in her fabulous voice in the Virtual Awards Video above.
- Awards for 2011 - Fiction, Young Adult & Poetry
Awards for 2010 - Young Adults, Fiction & Non Fiction categories
- Smart Book Lovers, a High IQ Society announces results for 2010 Sharp Writ Book Awards in a innovative Virtual Award Ceremony, where Judging Panel spokespersons from the three Categories who live in three different locations in US recorded the announcements.
Awards for 2010 - Children, Memoirs, Young Adult (Fiction) & best research categories
- In this video Smart Book Lovers, a High IQ Society announces 2010 Sharp Writ awards for best memoirs, Books for Children and Young Adults (Fiction), and Best Research in a innovative Virtual Ceremony. In this creative virtual award ceremony, various representatives from the three Categories who live in three different locations in US recorded the announcements.
The video also includes a music performance by Kerri Dopart, a member of Smart Singers, Smart Book Lovers and San Diego Mensa. (Note: Smart Book Lovers is an independent High IQ Society and is not affiliated with any other high IQ Society)
Awards for 2010 Digital Book Category
- Smart Book Lovers, a High IQ Society announces 2010 Sharp Writ Digital Book awards for best Digital book on Kindle, iPad or Google Books.
The video also includes a music performance by Glenn Grayson, a member of Smart Singers, Smart Book Lovers and Mensa. (Note: Smart Book Lovers is an independent High IQ Society and is not affiliated with any other high IQ Society such as Mensa)
List of 2010 Award Winners
Fiction
"The Chemist" by Janson Mancheski
Young Adult
"Heart of a Student Athlete" by Karl Mecklenburg
Special Award for Science Fiction
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" by Yolanda Pascal
Children
"Jackson and Bud's Bumpy Ride: America's First Cross-country Automobile Trip" by Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff
Shoemaker Award - Best Research
"Career Match: Connecting Who You Are with What You'll Love to Do"
by Shoya Zichy and Ann Bidou
Non-Fiction
"Taking Aim at the President: The Remarkable Story of the Woman Who Shot at Gerald Ford" by Geri Spieler
Autobiography/Memoirs
"Given: Stories and Poetry" by Nick Bradvica
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