Award-Winners

Congratulations to all our 12th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards winners and finalists:

Winners
Oink. A Food for Thought Mystery by J.L. Newton won in Humor.

Hidden Treasure: How to Break Free of Five Patterns that Hide Your True Self by Alice McDowell won in Personal Growth.

Finalists

While They’re Still Here: A Memoir by Patricia Williams was a finalist in Aging.

Dog as My Doctor, Cat as My Nurse: An Animal Lover’s Guide to a Healthy, Happy & Extraordinary Life by Carlyn Montes De Oca was a finalist in Animals & Pets.

Our Grand Finale: A Daughter’s Memoir by Laraine Denny Burrell was a finalist in Book Cover Design (Nonfiction).

Rethinking Possible: A Memoir of Resilience by Rebecca Faye Smith Galli was a finalist in Inspiration.

Swearing Off Stars by Danielle Wong was a finalist in LGBTQ Fiction.

You Can’t Buy Love Like That: Growing Up Gay in the Sixties by Carol E. Anderson was a finalist in LGBTQ Non-Fiction and in Memoir.

Our Grand Finale: A Daughter’s Memoir by Laraine Denny Burrell was a finalist in Memoir.

Last Seen by J.L. Doucette was a finalist in Mystery.

Venetian Blood: Murder in a Sensuous City by Christine Evelyn Volker was a finalist in New Fiction.

Rethinking Possible: A Memoir of Resilience by Rebecca Faye Smith Galli was a finalist in New Fiction.

I’m The One Who Got Away by Andrea Jarrell was a finalist in Non-Fiction.

A Ring of Truth by Michelle Cox was a finalist in Regional Fiction: Midwest.

Hidden Treasure: How to Break Free of Five Patterns that Hide Your True Self by Alice McDowell was a finalist in Self-Help: General.

Swearing Off Stars by Danielle Wong was a finalist in Women’s Fiction.

News and Updates

The Missoulian called The Trail to Tincup by Joyce Hocker “a brave guide to grief.”

Paige Davis‘s book Here we Grow was called “refreshingly upfront” and “an optimistic account” about cancer treatment by The Austin American Statesman.

The Odyssey and Dr. Novak by Ann Colley received a great review from Paperback Paris plus, Ann shared with Writer’s Digest about writing a memoir and with The Author Stories Podcast.

Linda Curtis, author of Shunned, shared with Global News about finding herself after being shunned by her religion.

 

Every week, we celebrate noteworthy achievements and upcoming events happening within the She Writes Press community in our “Friday High Fives!” If you have coverage you’d like to share, a new award to your name or an event planned, please email digital@sparkpointstudio.com and we’ll get you included in an upcoming Friday High Fives!