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2018 NTBF  BOOK AWARDS

​Adult Fiction
​
Voodoo Rush
Chris Manno

White Horse
James Frishkey
The Thinking Log
Rachel Gauna
Adult Non-Fiction
Ridin', Ropin' Jumpin' Ove Cars
Elaine Fields Smith
Campong With Kids
G. Edward Riddle
Lilliam Riviera
Nine Days in Italy
Warren Landrum and Carol Landrum
​
Children - Picture Books 
Words That Soar
John Alexander
Irving Berlin
Nancy Churnin
Where is God?
Cynthia Smith


Children 6-12
A Transistor Christmas
Donna Frisinger
Muffin's Shadow: a Muffin "tail"
Laura Eckroat
Motocross Crossrut v.1
Gavin and Sherry Hall
T Sees an Island
​Tani Lamb


​YA Fiction
Fifty Days
Brittney Kristina
The Outcasts-The Blood Dagger:Vol. 1
Misty Hayes
The Skinwalker
Faith Dolan
The Violet Theory
Elodie Iver
tion
Short Stories
Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers
ER Bills
Over the Pass and Other Stories
Susan Malone
Best Served Cold
Jim F
rishkey
Poetry
Enchanted: Poetry From the Woods
Theresa Arnold
Spanish
Immigracion spiritual: Un camino de inspiration y bienesta
Nilsy Rapolo


Honorable Mention
La Siesta del limon
Susana Bokobo
Conversaciones con un Yogui, en busqueda de la Exelencia
Pilar Boswell
Lorar no Cuesto
Lazara Avila
Cuco
Manuel Toboada

2017 NTBF  BOOK AWARDS

Adult Fiction
The Steeping Season
C. M. Bratton
East Jesus
Chris Manno
A Simple Man
Jim Frishkey

Adult Non-Fiction
Ridin', Ropin' Jumpin' Over Cars
Elaine Fields Smith
Campong With Kids
G. Edward Riddle
Lilliam Riviera
Nine Days in Italy
Warren Landrum and Carol Landrum
Children
The Day the Turkey Came to School
Janet Sever Hull
Manjhi Moves a Mountain
Nancy Churnin
Caleb and Kit
Beth Vrabel

Young Adult
Hamelin Stoop: The Eagle, the Cave and the Footbridge
Robert . Sloan
The Education of Margot Sanchez
Lilliam Riviera
Hamelin Stoop: The Lost Princess and the Jewel of Periluna
Robert . Sloan
Spanish
Immigracion spiritual: Un camino de inspiration y bienesta
Nilsy Rapolo

Honorable Mention
La Siesta del limon
Susana Bokobo

Conversaciones con un Yogui, en busqueda de la Exelencia
Pilar Boswell
Lorar no Cuesto
Lazara Avila
Cuco
Manuel Toboada

2016 NTBF  BOOK AWARDS

Adult Fiction
Home At Last
Jan Sikes
Seasons of Change
CJ Peterson
Open Source
Anna L. Davis
​
Adult Non-Fiction
Texas Gothic
The Lynching of the Santa Claus Bank Robber
Tui Snider
We Are Generation Z
Vivek Pandit

Poetry
(Special Mention)
Kinyamaswa

Andreas Morgner


Children
​Bo and the Ghosts of Tumbleweed Ranch
Lynn Sheffield Simmons
Final Pet Stop
James Martinez
Dinosaur’s New Shoes
James Martinez
T for Texas
Maria Kernahan

Young Adult Fiction
Greenlee Project
Amanda M. Thrasher
Nightmare King
LM Mann
Mysterious Life of Jim Limber
Deanna Klingel

 

2015 NTBF  BOOK AWARDS

Adult Fiction

First Place—Co-winners
  The Art of Forgetting
Peter Palmieri
    Your Gift to Me
Bonnie Latino & Bob Vale

Second Place
  Life & Death on Cannon Creek
Fred Funk

Third Place
  No Greater Glory
Cindy Nord

 
​Honorable Mention
Adult Fiction


Moonshiners Revenge
Fred Funk 

The Thirsty Hills
Marona  Posey 

Look Away Dixieland
Marona Posey


Children

First Place 
  What’s Wrong With Pauly?
BJ House

    Second Place
   I Like Pink
Vivian Zabel

Third Place
  Totally Different, Totally Friends
Annette Bridges 
Adult Non-Fiction

First Place
  Shades of Sun
Lisa Elders

Second Place
  Queen of Damn Good Advice
Annette Bridges

Third Place
  Just Keep Breathing
Joan Scott Curtis

​
Honorable Mention
Adult Non Fiction

When Life Throws Curves
David Vince 


And So It Is
Sheri Sutton 

​
Honorable Mention Misc

These are entries that did not have enough entries for competition in their category

Crystal City Lights
Moulder

Hotey
Josephne Bailey 

Morris Mansion
Rita Dear 

Weather of One Another 
Whitby

​

NTBF 2014 Book Awards

Adult Fiction

First Place—Co-winners
  The Art of Forgetting
Peter Palmieri
    Your Gift to Me
Bonnie Latino & Bob Vale

Second Place
  Life & Death on Cannon Creek
Fred Funk

Third Place
  No Greater Glory
Cindy Nord

 
Adult Non-Fiction

First Place
  Shades of Sun
Lisa Elders

Second Place
  Queen of Damn Good Advice
Annette Bridges

Third Place
  Just Keep Breathing
Joan Scott Curtis


Children

First Place 
  What’s Wrong With Pauly?
BJ House

    Second Place
   I Like Pink
Vivian Zabel

Third Place
  Totally Different, Totally Friends
Annette Bridges 
Honorable Mention – Adult Fiction

Moonshiners Revenge
Fred Funk

The Thirsty Hills
Marona  Posey

Look Away Dixieland
Marona Posey


Honorable Mention – Adult Non Fiction
When Life Throws Curves
David Vince


And So It Is
Sheri Sutton


Honorable Mention Misc

These are entries that did not have enough entries for competition in their category


Crystal City Lights
Moulder

Hotey
Josephne Bailey

Morris Mansion
Rita Dear

Weather of One Another
Whitby

NTBF 2013 Book Awards

Winners and all finalists were announced at the North Texas Book Festival on
Saturday, April 14, 2013
Congratulations to all!

Adult Fiction

First Place
Ministry and Moonshine
Fred L. Funk
and

One Summer in Arkansas
Marcia Kemp Sterling


Because of the Camels
Brenda Blair


Children of the Revolution
David Bowles


Children’s Book

Mr. Bo’s Big Heart
Timothy Battle


Ghost of Johanna
Susan K. Earl 


Mr. Roodle’s Noodles
Zarle Williams
Adult Non-Fiction Book

Passion-Art-Community: Denton, Texas in Word and Image\
Karla
K. Morton

The Self-Creating Universe
David S. Alkek, MD

Open the Mind, Exercise the Soul John Cappello 


NTBF 2012 Book Awards

Winners and all finalists were announced at the North Texas Book Festival on
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Congratulations to all!
General Trade Book
(Fiction)

WINNER:

Black Eagle Force

by Buck Steinke and Ken Farmer


FINALISTS:
Windland’s Rescue

by L. Audel Cayce
The Life He Never Knew
by Ryan Petty
General Trade Book
(Non-Fiction)

WINNER:

Qualified: Candidate Resumes and the Threshold for Presidential Success

by Jamin Sonderstrom

FINALISTS:
Alone and Alive: A Practical Guide for Dealing with the Death of Your Husband

by Janet Boyanton
Tolstoy in Riyadh: The Story of a Teacher and Her Muse
by Chris Cryer
Children's Book
(Fiction/Nonfiction)

WINNER:

Fred visits the Emerald Coast

by Diane Shapely-Box

FINALISTS:
The Tale of the Talking Coins

by Zarle Williams, illustrated by Mandy Newton
The Secret of Sleep
by James Breslow, illustrated by Crystal Jennings

NTBF 2011 Book Awards

Winners and all finalists were announced at the North Texas Book Festival on
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Congratulations to all!
General Trade Book
(Fiction)

WINNER:

Wild Goose Moon

by Ben Shepperd


FINALISTS:

The Color of Darkness

by Michael English
Bierwiler


Roxann--A Lady
in a Chair

by Rita Dear


General Trade Book
(Non-Fiction)

WINNER:

If the Devil Had a Wife

by Frank Mills


FINALISTS:

Changing Careers
in a Changing World

by Carrell Chadwell, Ph.D.

The Ultimate Guide
by Robert Koger
 Children's Book
(Fiction/Nonfiction)
WINNER:

Buddy Finds a Home

by Rachel Edmiston
ill. Jason Hutton


FINALISTS:

The Christmas Pumpkin

by Debbie Reece
ill. Ron Head

Tator's Big Race
by Diane Shapley-Box
ill. Diane Shapley-Box



2010 NTBF BOOK AWARD

Winners were announced and all finalists recognized at the Book Trails Dinner
 on Friday, April 16, 2010.
Congratulations to all!
General Trade Book
(Fiction)


WINNER:
The General and Monaville, Texas

by Joe G. Bax


FINALISTS:

Saffron Dreams

by Shaila Abdullah

Eutopian Destiny: Preacher Man
by Rita Dear


General Trade Book
(Non-Fiction)


WINNER:
Translating the Prairie:
Plano, Texas in
Words and Pictures

by Alan Birkelbach

FINALISTS:

Exploring Web 2.0:
Second Generation
Interactive Tools

by Ann Bell

here...have a miracle
by Jane E. Harber, LBT
Children's Book
(Fiction/Nonfiction)


WINNER:
The Life of Bud

by Laura W. Eckroat
ill. Greg White


FINALISTS:

Just Line Around

by Kinsy McVay
ill. Kinsy McVay

Chasing Mussolini
by Zarle Williams
ill. Stef Grinder


2009 NTBF BOOK AWARD

Winners and all finalists were announced at the North Texas Book Festival on
Saturday, April 16, 2011.
Congratulations to all!
General Trade Book
(Fiction)


WINNER:
EVACUATION PLAN

by Joe M. O'Connell

FINALISTS:

Brooklyn and Braden

by Keri Diane Fry

Magnolia Moon, Texas Sage
by Janice Rose


General Trade Book
(Non-Fiction)


WINNER:
FROM GUNS TO GAVELS: How Justice Grew Up in the Outlaw West

by Bill Neal

FINALISTS:

One Day As A Lion:
True Stories from the Vietnam War

by Ronnie D. Foster

A Place to Be Someone: Growing Up with Charles Gordone
by Shirley
Gordon Jackson
Children's Book
(Fiction/Nonfiction)


WINNER:
BIRTH OF THE FIFTH SUN and Other Mesoamerican Tales

by Jo Harper,
ill. Irma Martinez Sizer


FINALISTS:

My Dog Don't Bite:
Funny Poems for Teenagers

by R. Wayne Edwards
ill. R. Wayne Edwards


Arrowhead's
Lost Hoard

by Hazel Spire


2008 NTBF BOOK AWARD

Winners and all finalists were announced at the North Texas Book Festival on
Saturday, April 16, 2011.
Congratulations to all!
General Trade Book
(Fiction)


WINNER:
THE BOYS IN BLUE WHITE DRESS

by William F. Lee

FINALISTS:

Bliss

by Jeff Lyon


The Rose of York:
Crown of Destiny

by Sandra Worth


General Trade Book
(Non-Fiction)


WINNER:
WHICH END OF A
BUFFALO GETS UP FIRST?

by George U. Hubbard

FINALISTS:

The ACU Century:
100 Years of Faith and Excellence

Ron Hadfield, editor

Tom P's Fiddle:
A True Texas Tale

by Sherri Knight



Children's Book
(Fiction and Non-Fiction)

GRANDPA FOR SALE

by Dotti Enderle and Vicki Sansum, ill. T. Kyle Gentry

FINALISTS:

The Spaniel Family's Pen Pal Adventure

by Sharon Ellsberry, ill. Amy Fox

Focus on Minerals
by Jerry Wermund, ill. Tony Sansevero

The Case of the Missing Coach
by V. Gilbert Zabel


General Trade Book
(Poetry)


WINNER:
DOWN TO EARTH POETRY

by Jim Wilson

FINALISTS:

Wee Cowrin' Timorous Beastie

by Karla K. Morton

Rhyme Time
by R. Wayne Edwards


2007 NTBF BOOK AWARD

Winners and all finalists were announced at the North Texas Book Festival 
General Trade Book

WINNER:
THE LIGHT SIDE OF DAMNATION

by William F. Lee


FINALISTS:

People of the Frozen Earth, Book 1: A New Day Dawns

by Grace Anne Schaefer

Shar's Story:
A Mother and Daughter
Reunited

by Sharon Elrod
Children's Book

WINNER:
ERIC AND THE ENCHANTED LEAF:
A Visit from Canis Lupis

by Deborah K. Frontiera

 
FINALISTS:

Eek! I Hear A Squeak!

by Lavelle Carlson

I Can Say That!
by Dr. Susan Lederer