Author of the Year
Winner: Wayne Stinnett
Runner-Up: David Neth
Small Press of the Year
Winner: Dragon Moon Press
Runner Up: Dreamspinner Press
Best Anthology
Winner: Apocalyptic Fears VI, Reaper Press (Publisher)
Runner-Up: Coven: Masterful Tales of Fantasy, Andi O’Connor (Editor)
Best Novel
Winner: Ashes of Life by Ericka Lucke Dean
Runner-Up: Coco Pinchard’s Big Fat Tipsy Wedding by Robert Bryndza
Best Novella
Winner: Happy Witchgiving by Amanda M. Lee
Runner-Up: The Winter Kill: A Medieval Mystery Novella by J.R. Tomlin
Best Poetry Collection
Winner: My Demons Were Always With Me by Gracie A. Matthews
Runner-Up: Girl Without a Country by Catherine Jones
Best Short Story
Winner: Shoreside by Vonnie Winslow Crist (From Memories of the Past)
Runner-Up: Servant of the Sea by D. Thomas Minton (From Coven: Masterful Tales of Fantasy)
Best Short Story Collection
Winner: The Greener Forest by Vonnie Winslow Crist
Runner-Up: Fairies, Robots and Unicorns?—Oh My! By Sarina Dorie
Best Children’s Book
Winner: Mermaids Can Ride Bicycles by Delphina Henley and Deedle Miyares
Runner-Up: Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee
Best Fantasy (Contemporary/Urban Fantasy)
Winner: Chameleon Assassin by BR Kingsolver
Runner-Up: Fallen to Grace by A.J. Flowers
Best Fantasy (High Fantasy/Epic Fantasy)
Winner: Spindle by W.R. Gingell
Runner-Up: Kingdom Blades by Melissa McPhail
Best Historical
Winner: Pestilence: Once Loved by Margaret Brazear
Runner-Up: Champion Standing by Mark Gardner
Best Horror
Winner: The Vampire of Rome by Lincoln Farish
Runner-Up: The Bride of Ashbryn House by Amy Cross
Best General Fiction
Winner: Fallen Honor: A Jesse McDermitt Novel by Wayne Stinnett
Runner-Up (TIE)
After the Roses by Shayne Parkinson
Dead Beat Dates & Deities by J.C. Wing
Best Literary Fiction
Winner: Blackmoore: A Novel by Marcus James
Runner-Up: Ashes of Life by Ericka Lucke Dean
Best Mystery/Suspense
Winner: Grim Expectations by Amanda M. Lee
Runner-Up: Bed, Breakfast, and Bones by Carolyn L. Dean
Best Romance
Winner: The Minstrel’s Lady by Margaret Brazear
Runner-Up:Water and Fire by Rowan McAllister
Best Non-Fiction
Winner: Blue Collar to No Collar: From Trucker to Bestselling Novelist in Two Years by Wayne Stinnett
Runner-Up: Teacher Misery: Helicopter Parents, Special Snowflakes and Other Bullshit by Jane Morris
Best Science Fiction
Winner: Incursion: Merkiaari Wars by Mark E. Cooper
Runner-Up: Collision of Worlds by Lincoln Cole
Best Thriller
Winner: The Broken Ones by Sarah A. Denzil
Runner-up: Cold Hearted: A Yancy Lazarus Novel by James Hunter
Best Young Adult
Winner: The Abyss Surrounds Us by Emily Skruskie
Runner-Up: Before by KE Payne
