Fiction ($1,000 Grand Prize)

The Same Water
by Nori Larkspur
(Independently Published)

Nonfiction ($1,000 Grand Prize)

Hostage: A Memoir of Terrorism, Trauma, and Resilience
by Mimi Nichter
(Potomac Books)

Fiction

The Same Water
by Nori Larkspur
(Independently Published)

Nonfiction

Not Our Problem: The True Story of an Afghan Refugee, an American Promise, and the World Between Them
by Abdulhaq Sodais, Spencer Sullivan
(MilSpeak Books)

Winner

The Third Estate: Devil's Tango
by D.R. Berlin
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Not In This World
by Jane Scott Stuart,
Elaine Flowers
(BeforeYouPublish Press)

Finalist

Generation VI:
The Road to Pronoia
by Jeff Wimperis
(Maquari Press)

Finalist

Cloud Dragon
by S.W. Lawrence
(Sidekick Press)

Winner

Sleepy Town
by Tiffanie Ronette
(Paramount Book Publishing)

Finalist

Mouse Visits Yosemite National Park
by Tricia Gardella
(Write 'em Cowgirl Publishing)

Finalist

Picky Pumpkin/Calabaza Quisquillosa
by Justin Connolly
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Floo Flocky Doo to the Rescue
by David L Gillespie
(Trustmark Enterprise, LLC)

Winner

Red and Me
by Terry Lee Caruthers
(Star Bright Books)

Finalist

Kyle and His Pal Jake
by Christian Kueng
(Atlantic Publishing Group)

Finalist

Pixie Dust and Other Dangerous Things
by Jessica Brenner
(Wordbinders Publishing)

Finalist

The Little Cowboy: A Boy, A Horse and a Secret
by L. S. Gagnon
(Independently Published)

Winner

The Art of Falling Apart
by Steven Lawrence Lang
(Flexible Press)

Finalist

Inheritance Of Silence
by John Erik Dunnam
(Austin Macauley)

Finalist

Greenwich Meridian
by Carlo Musso
(Austin Macauley)

Finalist

Times of Clouds and Sun
by Michael Dane Hager
(Independently Published)

Winner

Death Whispers of the Etherwave
by C. B. Ash
(Fabled Horizon Press)

Finalist

The Quest For Freedom
by Matthew Devitt
(Bold Publishing)

Finalist

In the Wake of Gods
by Kent Priore
(Rowan Prose Publishing)

Finalist

The Angel of Death
by April Emmit Horst
(Independently Published)

Winner

Children of the Scroll
by Rick Tabor
(Long Overdue LLC)

Finalist

Hell or High Winter
by Andrew Rubin
(Rare Bird Books)

Finalist

Creatures & Corridors
by Brandon Auman, Andrea Mutti
(The Lab Press)

Finalist

Sistahs of the Tarot
by Sondra J Hardy
(Independently Published)

Winner

Essentials, Vol. 1
by Luke Arnold, Chris Wyatt
(The Lab Press)

Finalist

Hunger
by Nihaarika Negi, Jow Bocardo
(The Lab Press)

Finalist

Super Science, Vol. 1
by N. Alessandro, M.K. Perker
(The Lab Press)

Finalist

Creatures & Corridors
by Brandon Auman, Andrea Mutti
(The Lab Press)

Winner

Meet me at the Hotel Eastman
by Hailey Jones
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Enrico G
by Angela Page Conti
(Spring Cedars LLC)

Finalist

KOSTYA
by Scott Zimmerman
(Kostya Publishing)

Finalist

The Rabbi's Knight
by Michael J. Cooper
(Koehler Books)

Winner

Blood Moon Over Betonville
by Bernard Doucette
(Solstice Publishing)

Finalist

The Monsters Among Us
by Kent Priore
(Rowan Prose Publishing)

Finalist

Hunger
by Nihaarika Negi, Jow Bocardo
(The Lab Press)

Finalist

At Death's Door
by Allen Rebot
(Taco from Hell Publications)

Winner

Average Civil Employee
by Stephen J. Wallace
(River Grove Books)

Finalist

Searching for Her
by Jackson Clear
(bigQUARK Productions)

Finalist

Bodycount Brian
by Matt Bentley
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Sas-squash
by Ezekiel Winfield
(Stone Pulp Press)

Winner

Our Simulated Selves
by Nikki Null
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Before You Can Fly
by Jase Peeples
(Evernight Teen)

Finalist

Twirl
by Jase Peeples
(Evernight Teen)

Finalist

Speak Softly Among Icebergs
by R. P. Singletary
(Parlyaree Press)

Winner

Your Tomorrow Was Today
by Oyindamola Dosunmu
(Silver Drive Press)

Finalist

The Broken Weathervane
by Laura Denooyer
(Scrivenings Press)

Finalist

What the Mirrors Knew
by Linda Annas Ferguson
(Next Edition Enterprises)

Finalist

Emma: Knightley's Version
by Hailey Jones
(Independently Published)

Winner

Parallel Peril
by Maria Lynn Barrs
(Wild Rose Press)

Finalist

Trolling for Murder
by Charlotte Stuart
(Colvos Publications)

Finalist

In$urance to Die For
by Charlotte Stuart
(Level Best Books)

Finalist

Strange Inheritance at River's Edge
by Artemis Taylor
(Artemis Publishing)

Winner

Don't Talk to Strangers
by Chell~Linn Araya
(Top Shelf Publishing)

Finalist

Don't Play with Matches
by Chell~Linn Araya
(Top Shelf Publishing)

Finalist

Sham Shamus
by Charlotte L Stuart
(Quartermaster Publishing)

Winner

Night Frost Lane
by Martha Novak
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Empty Boxes
by Robin Acton
(Amphorae Publishing)

Finalist

The Pawn
by John David
(Tule Publishing)

Finalist

Damage Control
by Kirsten Shuford
(Independently Published)

Winner

The Perils of Poison and Former Husbands
by Rachel Gates
(Wordcrafts Press)

Finalist

The Trackers
by Diana Dissette
(Independently Published)

Finalist

A Plague of Death
by Grant N. Pierce
(Friesen Press)

Finalist

Taken from Carinhall
by Peter J. Marzano
(Swan Publishers)

Winner

The Goodpasture Chronicles: Architect
by R. J. Halbert
(Eald Talu House)

Finalist

The Goodpasture Chronicles: Servant
by R. J. Halbert
(Eald Talu House)

Finalist

Temporal Scent: The Echoes of Time
by Duane Penshorn
(Astus Press)

Finalist

La Llorona: The Awakening
by Mary Romasanta
(Sagga Publishing House)

Winner

The Same Water
by Nori Larkspur
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Don't Talk to Strangers
by Chell~Linn Araya
(Top Shelf Publishing)

Finalist

Foresyth Conservatory
by A. L. Sterling
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Temporal Scent: The Echoes of Time
by Duane Penshorn
(Astus Press)

Finalist

Gerry Yang's Hmong Band
by Jamie Lee
(ZeiramTora)

Winner

The Climb
by Javier Forrester
(Independently Published)

Finalist

A Second Chance
by Asher Frend
(Independently Published)

Finalist

The 6th Heaven
by Monica Broussard
(Acorn Publishing)

Finalist

14 Hours of Saturn
by Mike J. Kizman
(Authors Eden)

Winner

Golden Flight
by Lisajoy Sachs
(Historium Press)

Finalist

Bright One
by Lisajoy Sachs
(Historium Press)

Finalist

Silver Wings Falling Down
by Yvonne Kays
(St. Helens Press)

Regional - USA Midwest Fiction

Winner

Before Closure
by Shadley Grei
(Kingbird Press)

Regional - USA Northeast Fiction

Winner

Cloud Dragon
by S.W. Lawrence
(Sidekick Press)

Regional - USA Southeast Fiction

Winner

Meet Me at the Hotel Eastman
by Hailey Jones
(Independently Published)

Regional - World Fiction

Winner

Hunger
by Nihaarika Negi, Jow Bocardo
(The Lab Press)

Winner

Just What the Doctor Hired
by Amanda Nelson,
Lisa-Marie Potter
(Wild Rose Press)

Finalist

Tell Me I'm Not The Villain
by Faith Pincay
(Independently Published)

Finalist

A Family With the Cowboy
by Elsa Winckler
(Tule Publishing)

Finalist

Step by Step
by Twila Mason
(Red Adept Publishing)

Winner

A Dagger in the Ivy
by Dorothy Dreyer
(Crimson Fox Publishing)

Finalist

Shifter and the Succubus
by A.E. Jones
(Gabby Reads Publishing)

Finalist

A Love this Grim
by Elora Morgan
(Bound & Crowned Press)

Finalist

Essentials, Vol. 1
by Luke Arnold, Chris Wyatt
(The Lab Press)

Romance -
Erotica

Winner

Demon's Sacred Pleasure
by O.Z. Emerald
(Fifth Legion Publishing)

Romance - Suspense/Mystery

Winner

Blood of Yarumaya
by Kevin D. Miller
(Independently published)

Winner

Journey to 2125
by Gary F Bengier
(Chiliagon Press)

Finalist

STARCHILD: Zero
by J. Washburn
(Lost Boys Ink)

Finalist

Astronaut Vitale
by N.K. Goddard
(Lightbyte)

Finalist

Thermidor
by Kris Hristov
(L5 House)

Winner

The Plan of Chicago
by Barry Pearce
(Cornerstone Press)

Finalist

Burner and Other Stories
by Katrina Denza
(Cornerstone Press)

Finalist

American Animism
by Jamey Gallagher
(Cornerstone Press)

Finalist

The Continental Divide
by Bob Johnson
(Cornerstone Press)

Winner

All Guilty Anyway
by Russell W Johnson
(Red Adept Publishing)

Finalist

Beneath The Rings
by Joe Battaglia
(Franklin Publishers)

Finalist

Day of Wrath
by Otho Eskin
(Meridian Editions)

Finalist

The Third Estate: Devil's Tango
by D.R. Berlin
(Independently Published)

Winner

The Women Who Stand Between
by Jeannée Sacken
(TEN16 Press)

Finalist

Marianne: A Sense and Sensibility Sequel
by Alice McVeigh
(Warleigh Hall Press)

Finalist

The Sylvan Hotel
by Frannie James
(Hinton Publishing)

Finalist

How to Break a Girl
by Amanda Sung
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Bright One
by Lisajoy Sachs
(Historium Press)

Winner

The Third Estate: Devil's Tango
by D.R. Berlin
(Independently Published)

Finalist

The Obsidian Eye
by Cathy Warshaw
(C&b Creative Partners)

Finalist

Golden Flight
by Lisajoy Sachs
(Historium Press)

Finalist

Mission: The Figueroa Cipher
by C. W. James
(Insundry Productions Books)

Winner

The Book of Crushes
by Katie Prescott Heidecke
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Anchorage Box Racer
by Sig. Alexander
(Lansburg Media)

Finalist

Sweet Evil
by Matthew John Meaghe
(Marsmen Ltd.)

Finalist

The Legend of the Black Swan
by Tory Gates
(Brown Posey Press)

Winner

The Same Water
by Nori Larkspur
(Independently Published)

Finalist

The Seven Knots
by Darius Smith
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Children of Syn: Fledgling
by L. S. Sherwood
(Independently Published)

Finalist

The Quest for Calinore
by Theresa Leyes
(Independently Published)

Winner

The Year We Became More
by Amber Irene
(Franklin Pub.)

Finalist

Before You Can Fly
by Jase Peeples
(Evernight Teen)

Finalist

Twirl
by Jase Peeples
(Evernight Teen)

Finalist

The Marigold Bridge
by Arien Skye
(Evernight Teen)

Winner

Hostage: A Memoir of Terrorism, Trauma, and Resilience
by Mimi Nichter
(Potomac Books)

Finalist

Echoes of Cabrini Green:
Letters to my Mother
by Rudolph Elliot Willis
(Southern Illinois University Press)

Finalist

Not Our Problem: The True Story of an Afghan Refugee, An American Promise, and the World Between Them
by Abdulhaq Sodais, Spencer Sullivan
(MilSpeak Books)

Finalist

Our Father Who Art in an Iron Lung
by Douglas Dodd
(Atmosphere Press)

Winner

William Wilbur Miller Barbour:
A Faith Full Witness For Human Rights
by Jean-Paul Benowitz
(Santos Books)

Finalist

Wells Waite Miller and Me:
An 8th OVI Civil War Biography
by Kelly Boyer Sagert
(Independently Published)

Winner

Your Business Growth Playbook
by Jeremy B. Shapiro
(Asandia Press)

Finalist

Shocking Profit
by Tim Van Mieghem
(Rhg Media Productions)

Finalist

Wake-Up Calls
by Lisa Baue
(River Grove Books)

Finalist

Innovation Portfolio Management
by Noel Sobelman
(Morgan James Publishing)

Winner

Redeeming the Post-Affair Divorce
by Linda J. MacDonald
(Healing Counsel Press)

Finalist

The Narrow Path
by Tommy Hamor
(Clay Bridges Press)

Winner

My Student Toolbox: From Struggling to Thriving, Your Student Success Guide
by Andrea C. Nechita
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Swimming Upstream: The Little Tennessee Valley Educational Cooperative
by Jerry Morton
(Independently Published)

Winner

When Women Get Sick
by Rebecca Bloom
(Broadleaf Books)

Finalist

That Was Not A Muscle
by Izzy Sanchez
(Mar en Hoguera Media)

Finalist

For God's Sake Go to Sleep
by Rabbi Bruce D Forman
(Totalrecall Publications)

Finalist

Unleashing the Bond
by Rustin M Moore
(Manuscripts LLC)

Winner

100 Objects from the Collections of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
ed. by Stefanie Halpern
(YIVO Institute for Jewish Research)

Finalist

William Wilbur Miller Barbour:
A Faith Full Witness For Human Rights
by Jean-Paul Benowitz
(Santos Books)

Finalist

FBI Snitches, Blackmail,
and Obscene Ethics at the Supreme Court
by Alex Charns
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Chicago Roller Skating History: 1880-2025
by Marcie L. Hill
(M-Print Publishing)

Winner

The Legacy of the Twins Platoon
by Christy Sauro Jr.
(iUniverse)

Finalist

Scripture and the Sword
by Jordan Hix
(Independently Published)

Winner

WAIT, Where Am I in This?
by Dr. Lee Long
(Trewe Talu House)

Finalist

Great Question
by Larry Robertson
(Daymark Press)

Finalist

Responding to Cognitive Dissonance
by R. K. Compton
(Lore and Lobe Publishing)

Finalist

Clear Vision
by Freddie Floyd
(Floyd Legacy Publishing)

Winner

Henry's Classroom
by Amy Mackin
(Apprentice House)

Finalist

Atomic Parenting
by Sarah Lucas
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Uniquely, Fully, Enough
by Vicki Christensen
(Empowered Voice Press)

Finalist

Good Enough Parent
by Dr. Bill Senyard
(Gospel App Ministries)

Winner

Human Resources
by Erin Murphy
(Grayson Books)

Finalist

Goddess of Swizzle
by Shirley Brewer
(Apprentice House)

Finalist

Grasshoppers in the Field
by Michael Shoemaker
(New Harbor Press)

Winner

Not Our Problem
by Abdulhaq Sodais, Spencer Sullivan
(MilSpeak Books)

Finalist

Awakenings In Real Life
by Dan Cohen
(Current Words Publishing)

Finalist

Unleashing the Bond
by Rustin M Moore
(Manuscripts LLC)

Finalist

Wonderland
by Patricia Knight Meyer
(Unsolicited Press)

Finalist

Accepting 7:47
by Brant L. Thompson
(FriesenPress)

Winner

William Wilbur Miller Barbour:
A Faith Full Witness For Human Rights
by Jean-Paul Benowitz
(Santos Books)

Finalist

The Can Sack Ghost
by John Russell
(Outskirts Press)

Finalist

The Pillars of Unity
by Devin Kornelsen
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Scripture and the Sword
by Jordan Hix
(Independently Published)

Winner

Agents of the Current Thinking
by Christy Leppanen
(Independently Published)

Finalist

The Crew Standard: What We Tolerate, We Become
by Matt J Aalto
(OAS)

Finalist

Psychology of ‘Fight’, ‘Flight’, and ‘Freeze’
by R. K. Compton
(Lore and Lobe Publishing)

Finalist

Responding to Cognitive Dissonance
by R. K. Compton
(Lore and Lobe Publishing)

Sports

Winner

Don't Let Them Eat the Baby
by Erica Vanstone
(Banana Pitch Press)

Finalist

#MAKINGBELIEVERS
by Greg Thomas
(Red Rock Book Writers)

Travel

Winner

Chasing Light: A Travel Memoir and Photographic Journey Along Italy’s Southwestern Coast
by Andrew Jalbert
(Independently Published)

Winner

Broken Home Broken Mind
by Dr. Gordon MacKinnon
(Independently Published)

Finalist

I Have A Bomb Around My Neck
by Woody R. Clermont
(Independently Published)

Finalist

Church from the Feds
by Timothy L. Street
(Independently Published)