Friday, June 30, 2017

2017 Literary Classics Top Honors and International Book Award Recipients Announced



NEWS 
Literary Classics Announces Youth Media Book Award Recipients

Release Date: July 1, 2017
Literary Classics
pr@clcawards.org


SOUTH DAKOTA – The 2017 Literary Classics International Book Award recipients have been announced.  Selected from submissions by entrants around the globe, these distinguished honorees are recognized for their contributions to the craft of writing, illustrating, and publishing exceptional literature for a youth audience.  In this highly competitive industry these books represent the foremost in literature in their respective categories.

The competition this year was tremendous and we congratulate all honorees for their outstanding and inspiring work.  All Silver, Gold and Top Honors award recipients will be invited to attend a writers’ conference, awards ceremony, formal gala, and other related events in Rapid City, South Dakota, to be held in conjunction with the Great American Book Festival, Labor Day Weekend, 2017.

The Literary Classics selection committee is proud to recognize this year’s titles in literature which exemplify the criteria set forth by the Literary Classics selection committee.

2017 LITERARY CLASSICS TOP HONORS BOOK AWARDS

The Enchanted Page
The Green Children 
written by Kenny Chumbley & Jim McGuiggan  
illustrated by Nadya Ruvinsky  
Prairie Papers

The Eloquent Quill
Lucy in her Secret Wood 
(A story inspired by Wordsworth's wild child Lucy Gray)
Christina Pagés 
Waldorf Publishing

Words on Wings
Beauty & the Beast 
Rebecca Hammond Yager  
Poisoned Plume

Lumen Award for Literary Excellence
Walter's Way:
How a Relief Kid Survived TB, Corporate Betrayal, Bankruptcy, Made Millions, and Touched the Lives of Billions
Walter Scherr, John Hanc & Deborah Chiel
Wiley


YOUNG AUTHOR AWARD

GOLD
All Sleep
AC Moyer 
Aurelia Press

SILVER
If You Wish
Cassandra Briskman 
Waterside Productions

BEST IN CATEGORY – GOLD

BEST ILLUSTRATOR - GOLD
Drummer Girl 
Hiba Masood  
Daybreak Press

BEST COVER DESIGN - GOLD
Jumpin’ the Rails! 
Sheila Slavich 
Xlibris

BEST HOLIDAY BOOK - GOLD
Max’s Christmas Adventure 
​Wendy Leighton-Porter 
Mauve Square Publishing

BEST FIRST BOOK - GOLD
A Casualty of Power
Mukuka Chipanta
Weaver Press

BEST SERIES - YOUNG READER - GOLD
Pack-n-Go Girls Adventure Series
​Janelle Diller & Lisa Travis 
WorldTrek Publishing

BEST SERIES - MIDDLE GRADE - GOLD
Shadows from the Past series
​Wendy Leighton-Porter 
Mauve Square Publishing

BEST SERIES - HIGH SCHOOL - GOLD
The Hidden City of Chelldrah-ham series
Stephan von Clinkerhoffen
Createspace

BEST SERIES - YOUNG ADULT - GOLD
The Call to Search Everywhen series
Chess Desalls 
Czidor Lore, LLC
                                      

INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS


GOLD

PRESCHOOL / EARLY READER

PICTURE BOOK - GOLD
The Secret Adventures of Anonymouse
Natalie Rekstad & Sophie Lynn
Black Fox Philanthropy, LLC

EARLY READER PICTURE BOOK - GOLD
Nosey's Wild Ride on the Belle of Louisville
Martha Driscoll 
Driscoll Publishing

EDUCATIONAL BOOK - GOLD
Fifo 50 States
Hayley Rose
Flowered Press

GENERAL - GOLD
'Iwalani's Tree 
Constance Hale
BeachHouse Publishing

CULTURAL - GOLD
Drummer Girl 
Hiba Masood  
Daybreak Press

FANTASY - GOLD
The Green Children 
written by Kenny Chumbley 
& Jim McGuiggan    
Prairie Papers

GRADE SCHOOL / CHAPTER BOOK

EARLY CHAPTER BOOK - GOLD
Nickerbacher
Terry John Barto 
TJB KIDS

CHAPTER BOOK - GOLD
Sir Princess Petra's Mission
Diane Mae Robinson
Tate Publishing

FICTION - GOLD
Lucy in her Secret Wood 
(A story inspired by Wordsworth's wild child Lucy Gray)
Christina Pagés 
Waldorf Publishing

FANTASY - GOLD
Thistle Downe  
Molly & Gary Whitney
Bright Sky Press

GENERAL - GOLD
The Whizbang Machine
Danielle Vann 
Waldorf Publishing

FICTION - GOLD
The Calling of the Protectors, The Legend of Chief
Louis DeGrado 
IUniverse

MYSTERY / THRILLER - GOLD
DOTTY and the Chimney Thief
Emma Warner-Reed 
Calendar House Press

FANTASY - GOLD
Motley Education  
S.A. Larsen 
Leap Books, LLC


PRETEEN

GENERAL - GOLD
The King of Average
Gary Schwartz 
Bunny Moon Books

FICTION - GOLD
Guardian
Katy Newton Naas 
Clean Reads

HISTORICAL FICTION - GOLD
A Family for Leona  
Beverly Stowe McClure
4RV Publishing LLC

FANTASY - GOLD
Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen
Jean Guthrie 
Sojourn Publishing, LLC


MIDDLE SCHOOL

GENERAL - GOLD
The Hidden City of Chelldrah-ham: Stigs Flight
Stephan von Clinkerhoffen
Createspace

FICTION - GOLD
The King of Average
Gary Schwartz 
Bunny Moon Books

HISTORICAL FICTION - GOLD
A Buss from Lafayette
Dorothea Jensen 
BQB Publishing

SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN - GOLD
Jumpin’ the Rails! 
Sheila Slavich 
Xlibris

FANTASY - GOLD
Faeborne 
Jenna Elizabeth Johnson 
Create Space


HIGH SCHOOL

FICTION - GOLD
Tupelo Honey 
Lis Anna-Langston
Mapleton Publishers

HISTORICAL FICTION - GOLD
The Cruel Romance 
Marina Osipova  
iUniverse

ROMANCE - GOLD
Beauty & the Beast 
Rebecca Hammond Yager  
Poisoned Plume

MYSTERY / THRILLER - GOLD
Travel Glasses: The Call to Search Everywhen
Chess Desalls 
Czidor Lore, LLC

SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN - GOLD
Criminal 
K. B. Hoyle 
The Writer's Coffee Shop

PARANORMAL / HORROR - GOLD
Ophelia, Alive
Luke T. Harrington  
Post Mortem Press

FANTASY - GOLD
Travel Glasses: The Call to Search Everywhen
Chess Desalls 
Czidor Lore, LLC

NONFICTION - GOLD
Walter's Way::How a Relief Kid Survived TB, Corporate Betrayal,
Bankruptcy, Made Millions, and Touched the Lives of Billions
Walter Scherr, John Hanc & Deborah Chiel
Wiley

FAITH BASED - GOLD
Bombs Bursting in Air
Lisa McCombs 
Headline Books


COLLEGE­

GENERAL - GOLD
A Casualty of Power
Mukuka Chipanta
Weaver Press

FICTION - GOLD
The Extraordinary Journey of Vivienne Marshall 
Shannon Kirk 
Reputation Books

SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN - GOLD
Criminal 
K. B. Hoyle 
The Writer's Coffee Shop

FANTASY - GOLD
A Shift Toward Prey
Natalie Allison 
Primedia E-launch LLC

MYSTERY / THRILLER - GOLD
Dust Eaters North
Ronan Cray 
Abrasax Press

PARANORMAL / HORROR - GOLD
Dust Eaters North
Ronan Cray 
Abrasax Press

ROMANCE - GOLD
The Cruel Romance 
Marina Osipova  
iUniverse

HISTORICAL FICTION - GOLD
The Sword of Telemon
Murray Eiland Jr
Amazon

MATURE ISSUES - GOLD
Hooked 
Allen Wolf 
Morning Star Publishing

INSTRUCTIONAL / GUIDE BOOKS - GOLD
CLASSICS: Why and how we can encourage children to read them  
Fiza Pathan 
Fiza Pathan Publishing 

INSPIRATIONAL / VISIONARY - GOLD
Walter's Way: How a Relief Kid Survived TB, Corporate Betrayal,
Bankruptcy, Made Millions, and Touched the Lives of Billions
Walter Scherr, John Hanc & Deborah Chiel
Wiley

NONFICTION - GOLD
A Medieval Woman’s Companion
Susan Morrison  
Oxbow Books

FAITH BASED - GOLD
Heaven Breaks In
Nicholas Cappas
Kingdom Press


SPECIAL INTEREST – GOLD

ALPHABET BOOK - GOLD
Grocery Store Alphabet Game
Teresa Stern  
Sarah Book Publishing

COUNTING BOOK - GOLD
10 Little Monsters Visit New York City
Jess Smart Smiley
Familius

RHYMING BOOK - GOLD
In and Out, All 'Round About - Opposite Friends 
Penelope Anne Cole
Magical Book Works

HEALTH / SELF ESTEEM - PICTURE BOOK - GOLD
Roxie the Doxie Finds her Forever Home
​JODY A. DEAN, Ph.D. 
Tally Ho Publishing

ENVIRONMENTAL PICTURE BOOK - GOLD
My Pancakes Taste Different Today
​Heather Wood Galpert 
Wagon Wheel Productions

NONFICTION - GRADE SCHOOL - GOLD
Milk Bottles and Mud Pies 
Cindy Farwell 
Tate Publishing

FAITH BASED - GRADE SCHOOL - GOLD
Milk Bottles and Mud Pies 
Cindy Farwell 
Tate Publishing

HISTORICAL FICTION - MIDDLE GRADE - GOLD
Greg's Second Adventure in Time 
​C.M. Huddleston 
Interpreting Time's Past PRESS

SCIENCE FICTION - MIDDLE GRADE - GOLD
Black Lightning 
​K.S. Jones 
Mirror World Publishing

HEALTH / SELF ESTEEM - MIDDLE GRADE - GOLD
Coby Ryan Harris Is Officially Fat
​Joni Klein-Higger & Flora Zaken-Greenberg, Ph.D. 
Guardian Angel Publishing

ENVIRONMENTAL – YA - GOLD
Birds of Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona
​Garry Rogers  
Self Published

SELF HELP – YA - GOLD
5 Simple Questions to Reclaim Your Happiness! 
​Jacqui Letran 
A Healed Mind


BEST IN CATEGORY – SILVER

PICTURE BOOK - SILVER
Piccadilly and the Waltzing Wind 
Lisa Anne Novelline 
Self Published

EARLY READER PICTURE BOOK - SILVER
Corinne's Fin
Dayle Dabney  
Headline Books

EDUCATIONAL BOOK - SILVER
Sip Tea with Mad Hatter
Loretta Neff
Neff Publishing, LLC

GENERAL - SILVER
Little Katie Goes to the Moon 
Carmela Dutra  
Pegasus Pony

CULTURAL - SILVER
Hopping to America: 
A Rabbit's Tale of Immigration 
Diana Walker  
Headline Books

FANTASY - SILVER
Hey That’s MY Monster!
Amanda Noll
Flashlight Press

GRADE SCHOOL / CHAPTER BOOK

EARLY CHAPTER BOOK - SILVER
Dream Butterflies
PM Kelly 
Bookbaby

CHAPTER BOOK - SILVER
Tales of Mr. Snuggywhiskers: The Spring Tales 
CF Crawford 
Lauco Press

FICTION - SILVER
Mary’s Song 
Susan Count 
Hastings Creations Group

FANTASY - SILVER
Magora The Gallery of Wonders
Marc Remus 
Misty Moon Books / Marc Remus


PRETEEN

GENERAL - SILVER
The Whizbang Machine Tunney's Curse
Danielle Vann 
Waldorf Publishing

FICTION - SILVER
No One Needed to Know 
D. G. Driver 
Amazon

MYSTERY / THRILLER - SILVER
Crime Cats, the Dusenbury Curse 
Wolfgang Parker 
Rogue Agent Publishing

FANTASY - SILVER
The Seasons of a Giant
Pamela Hartley 
CreateSpace


PRETEEN

GENERAL - SILVER
Skinny White Freak
Paul Haddad  
Independent

FICTION - SILVER
The Stone of Mercy, Book 1 of the Centaur Chronicles
M.J. Evans 
Dancing Horse Press

HISTORICAL FICTION - SILVER
Jumpin’ the Rails! 
Sheila Slavich 
Xlibris

FANTASY - SILVER
The Seasons of a Giant
Pamela Hartley 
CreateSpace


MIDDLE SCHOOL

GENERAL - SILVER
Secrets of the Home Wood: the Sacrifice 
Julie Whitley 
FriesenPress

FICTION - SILVER
The Other Side of the Law 
Katelynn Renteria 
Sarah Book Publishing

HISTORICAL FICTION - SILVER
Calamity Jane, 
How the West Began 
Bryan Ney 
Dragon Tree Books

SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN - SILVER
​​Glint 
JD Harper 
CreateSpace

FANTASY - SILVER
The Tower Below
J.R. Roper 
CHBB Publishing


HIGH SCHOOL

FICTION - SILVER
A Secret Music
Susan Doherty Hannaford 
Cormorant Books

HISTORICAL FICTION - SILVER
The Sword of Telemon
Murray Eiland Jr Amazon

ROMANCE - SILVER
The Slope Rules
Melanie Hooyenga 
CreateSpace

MYSTERY / THRILLER - SILVER
Ophelia, Alive
Luke T. Harrington  
Post Mortem Press

SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN - SILVER
I Will Breathe 
Regina Puckett 
Punk & Sissy Publications

PARANORMAL / HORROR - SILVER
Dark Flowers  
Caytlyn Brooke 
BHC Press imprint H20

FANTASY - SILVER
Ephemeral and Fleeting 
Patricia Reding 
Scripta Manent Publishing

NONFICTION - SILVER
Unbroken Spirits  
Kay Beth Avery 
Western Reflections Publishing

FAITH BASED - SILVER
Heaven Breaks In
Nicholas Cappas
Kingdom Press


COLLEGE

GENERAL - SILVER
The Extraordinary Journey of Vivienne Marshall 
Shannon Kirk 
Reputation Books

FICTION - SILVER
Once Confronted 
Lynne Stringer 
Rhiza Press

SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN - SILVER
Quantum Lace  
Leigh St John 
Self-Published

FANTASY - SILVER
Ephemeral and Fleeting 
Patricia Reding 
Scripta Manent Publishing

MYSTERY / THRILLER - SILVER
Eye of Charybdis  
Steve Wilson 
White Feather Press

PARANORMAL / HORROR - SILVER
Ophelia, Alive
Luke T. Harrington  
Post Mortem Press

ROMANCE - SILVER
Hooked 
Allen Wolf 
Morning Star Publishing

HISTORICAL FICTION - SILVER
The Cruel Romance 
Marina Osipova  
iUniverse

MATURE ISSUES - SILVER
Shattered Lies 
SJ Francis 
Black Opal Books

INSTRUCTIONAL / GUIDE BOOKS - SILVER
Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions
Scott M. Graffius 
CreateSpace

INSPIRATIONAL / VISIONARY - SILVER
You Are What You Tweet: Harness the Power of Twitter to Create a Happier, Healthier Life
Germany Kent 
Star Stone Press

NONFICTION - SILVER
Terror in Ypsilanti: 
John Norman Collins Unmasked
Gregory A. Fournier 

FAITH BASED - SILVER
The Gospel According To Ruth: A Season of Harvest 121 Days of Devotions  
Kevin Foster
Carpenter's Son


Literary Classics, an organization dedicated to furthering excellence in literature, takes great pride in its role to help promote classic literature which appeals to youth, while educating and encouraging positive values in the impressionable young minds of future generations.  Judging is based upon the criteria set forth by Literary Classics’ highly selective awards committee which honors books promoting character, vision, creativity and learning, through content which possesses key elements found in well-crafted literature.

The Literary Classics judging committee is comprised of experts with backgrounds in publishing, writing, editing, design, illustration, and book reviewing.   To learn more about Literary Classics, visit their website at www.literaryclassicsawards.com.



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