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
Jumpin’ the Rails!
Sheila Slavich
Xlibris
BEST HOLIDAY BOOK
Max’s Christmas
Adventure
Wendy Leighton-Porter
Mauve Square Publishing
BEST FIRST BOOK
A Casualty of Power
Mukuka Chipanta
Weaver Press
BEST SERIES - YOUNG READER
Pack-n-Go Girls Adventure Series
Janelle Diller & Lisa Travis
WorldTrek Publishing
BEST SERIES - MIDDLE GRADE
Shadows from the Past series
Wendy Leighton-Porter
Mauve Square Publishing
BEST SERIES - HIGH SCHOOL
The Hidden City of Chelldrah-ham series
Stephan von Clinkerhoffen
Createspace
BEST SERIES - YOUNG ADULT
The Call to Search Everywhen series
Chess Desalls
Czidor Lore, LLC
INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS
GOLD
PRESCHOOL / EARLY READER
PICTURE BOOK
The Secret Adventures of Anonymouse
Natalie Rekstad & Sophie Lynn
Black Fox Philanthropy, LLC
EARLY READER PICTURE BOOK
Nosey's Wild Ride on the Belle of Louisville
Martha Driscoll
Driscoll Publishing
EDUCATIONAL BOOK
Fifo 50 States
Hayley Rose
Flowered Press
GENERAL
'Iwalani's Tree
Constance Hale
BeachHouse Publishing
CULTURAL
Drummer Girl
Hiba Masood
Daybreak Press
FANTASY
The Green Children
written by Kenny Chumbley
& Jim McGuiggan
Prairie Papers
GRADE SCHOOL / CHAPTER
BOOK
EARLY CHAPTER BOOK
Nickerbacher
Terry John Barto
TJB KIDS
CHAPTER BOOK
Sir Princess Petra's Mission
Diane Mae Robinson
Tate Publishing
FICTION
Lucy in her Secret Wood
(A story inspired by Wordsworth's wild child Lucy
Gray)
Christina Pagés
Waldorf Publishing
FANTASY
Thistle Downe
Molly & Gary Whitney
Bright Sky Press
GENERAL
The Whizbang Machine
Danielle Vann
Waldorf Publishing
FICTION
The Calling of the Protectors, The Legend of Chief
Louis DeGrado
IUniverse
MYSTERY / THRILLER
DOTTY and the Chimney Thief
Emma Warner-Reed
Calendar House Press
FANTASY
Motley Education
S.A. Larsen
Leap Books, LLC
PRETEEN
GENERAL
The King of Average
Gary Schwartz
Bunny Moon Books
FICTION
Guardian
Katy Newton Naas
Clean Reads
HISTORICAL FICTION
A Family for Leona
Beverly Stowe McClure
4RV Publishing LLC
FANTASY
Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen
Jean Guthrie
Sojourn Publishing, LLC
MIDDLE SCHOOL
GENERAL
The Hidden City of Chelldrah-ham: Stigs Flight
Stephan von Clinkerhoffen
Createspace
FICTION
The King of Average
Gary Schwartz
Bunny Moon Books
HISTORICAL FICTION
A Buss from Lafayette
Dorothea Jensen
BQB Publishing
SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN
Jumpin’ the Rails!
Sheila Slavich
Xlibris
FANTASY
Faeborne
Jenna Elizabeth Johnson
Create Space
HIGH SCHOOL
FICTION
Tupelo Honey
Lis Anna-Langston
Mapleton Publishers
HISTORICAL FICTION
The Cruel Romance
Marina Osipova
iUniverse
ROMANCE
Beauty & the Beast
Rebecca Hammond Yager
Poisoned Plume
MYSTERY / THRILLER
Travel Glasses: The Call to Search Everywhen
Chess Desalls
Czidor Lore, LLC
SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN
Criminal
K. B. Hoyle
The Writer's Coffee Shop
PARANORMAL / HORROR
Ophelia, Alive
Luke T. Harrington
Post Mortem Press
FANTASY
Travel Glasses: The Call to Search Everywhen
Chess Desalls
Czidor Lore, LLC
NONFICTION
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
Bombs Bursting in Air
Lisa McCombs
Headline Books
COLLEGE
GENERAL
A Casualty of Power
Mukuka Chipanta
Weaver Press
FICTION
The Extraordinary Journey of Vivienne Marshall
Shannon Kirk
Reputation Books
SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN
Criminal
K. B. Hoyle
The Writer's Coffee Shop
FANTASY
A Shift Toward Prey
Natalie Allison
Primedia E-launch LLC
MYSTERY / THRILLER
Dust Eaters North
Ronan Cray
Abrasax Press
PARANORMAL / HORROR
Dust Eaters North
Ronan Cray
Abrasax Press
ROMANCE
The Cruel Romance
Marina Osipova
iUniverse
HISTORICAL FICTION
The Sword of Telemon
Murray Eiland Jr
Amazon
MATURE ISSUES
Hooked
Allen Wolf
Morning Star Publishing
INSTRUCTIONAL / GUIDE BOOKS
CLASSICS: Why and how we can encourage children to
read them
Fiza Pathan
Fiza Pathan Publishing
INSPIRATIONAL / VISIONARY
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
A Medieval Woman’s Companion
Susan Morrison
Oxbow Books
FAITH BASED
Heaven Breaks In
Nicholas Cappas
Kingdom Press
SPECIAL INTEREST – GOLD
ALPHABET BOOK
Grocery Store Alphabet Game
Teresa Stern
Sarah Book Publishing
COUNTING BOOK
10 Little Monsters Visit New York City
Jess Smart Smiley
Familius
RHYMING BOOK
In and Out, All 'Round About - Opposite Friends
Penelope Anne Cole
Magical Book Works
HEALTH / SELF ESTEEM - PICTURE BOOK
Roxie the Doxie Finds her Forever Home
JODY A. DEAN, Ph.D.
Tally Ho Publishing
ENVIRONMENTAL PICTURE BOOK
My Pancakes Taste Different Today
Heather Wood Galpert
Wagon Wheel Productions
NONFICTION - GRADE SCHOOL
Milk Bottles and Mud Pies
Cindy Farwell
Tate Publishing
FAITH BASED - GRADE SCHOOL
Milk Bottles and Mud Pies
Cindy Farwell
Tate Publishing
HISTORICAL FICTION - MIDDLE GRADE
Greg's Second Adventure in Time
C.M. Huddleston
Interpreting Time's Past PRESS
SCIENCE FICTION - MIDDLE GRADE
Black Lightning
K.S. Jones
Mirror World Publishing
HEALTH / SELF ESTEEM - MIDDLE GRADE
Coby Ryan Harris Is Officially Fat
Joni Klein-Higger & Flora Zaken-Greenberg, Ph.D.
Guardian Angel Publishing
ENVIRONMENTAL – YA
Birds of Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona
Garry Rogers
Self Published
SELF HELP – YA
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
Corinne's Fin
Dayle Dabney
Headline Books
EDUCATIONAL BOOK
Sip Tea with Mad Hatter
Loretta Neff
Neff Publishing, LLC
GENERAL
Little Katie Goes to the Moon
Carmela Dutra
Pegasus Pony
CULTURAL
Hopping to America:
A Rabbit's Tale of Immigration
Diana Walker
Headline Books
FANTASY
Hey That’s MY Monster!
Amanda Noll
Flashlight Press
GRADE SCHOOL / CHAPTER BOOK
EARLY CHAPTER BOOK
Dream Butterflies
PM Kelly
Bookbaby
CHAPTER BOOK
Tales of Mr. Snuggywhiskers: The Spring Tales
CF Crawford
Lauco Press
FICTION
Mary’s Song
Susan Count
Hastings Creations Group
FANTASY
Magora The Gallery of Wonders
Marc Remus
Misty Moon Books / Marc Remus
PRETEEN
GENERAL
The Whizbang Machine Tunney's Curse
Danielle Vann
Waldorf Publishing
FICTION
No One Needed to Know
D. G. Driver
Amazon
MYSTERY / THRILLER
Crime Cats, the Dusenbury Curse
Wolfgang Parker
Rogue Agent Publishing
FANTASY
The Seasons of a Giant
Pamela Hartley
CreateSpace
PRETEEN
GENERAL
Skinny White Freak
Paul Haddad
Independent
FICTION
The Stone of Mercy, Book 1 of the Centaur Chronicles
M.J. Evans
Dancing Horse Press
HISTORICAL FICTION
Jumpin’ the Rails!
Sheila Slavich
Xlibris
FANTASY
The Seasons of a Giant
Pamela Hartley
CreateSpace
MIDDLE SCHOOL
GENERAL
Secrets of the Home Wood: the Sacrifice
Julie Whitley
FriesenPress
FICTION
The Other Side of the Law
Katelynn Renteria
Sarah Book Publishing
HISTORICAL FICTION
Calamity Jane,
How the West Began
Bryan Ney
Dragon Tree Books
SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN
Glint
JD Harper
CreateSpace
FANTASY
The Tower Below
J.R. Roper
CHBB Publishing
HIGH SCHOOL
FICTION
A Secret Music
Susan Doherty Hannaford
Cormorant Books
HISTORICAL FICTION
The Sword of Telemon
Murray Eiland Jr Amazon
ROMANCE
The Slope Rules
Melanie Hooyenga
CreateSpace
MYSTERY / THRILLER
Ophelia, Alive
Luke T. Harrington
Post Mortem Press
SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN
I Will Breathe
Regina Puckett
Punk & Sissy Publications
PARANORMAL / HORROR
Dark Flowers
Caytlyn Brooke
BHC Press imprint H20
FANTASY
Ephemeral and Fleeting
Patricia Reding
Scripta Manent Publishing
NONFICTION
Unbroken Spirits
Kay Beth Avery
Western Reflections Publishing
FAITH BASED
Heaven Breaks In
Nicholas Cappas
Kingdom Press
COLLEGE
GENERAL
The Extraordinary Journey of Vivienne Marshall
Shannon Kirk
Reputation Books
FICTION
Once Confronted
Lynne Stringer
Rhiza Press
SCIENCE FICTION / DYSTOPIAN
Quantum Lace
Leigh St John
Self-Published
FANTASY
Ephemeral and Fleeting
Patricia Reding
Scripta Manent Publishing
MYSTERY / THRILLER
Eye of Charybdis
Steve Wilson
White Feather Press
PARANORMAL / HORROR
Ophelia, Alive
Luke T. Harrington
Post Mortem Press
ROMANCE
Hooked
Allen Wolf
Morning Star Publishing
HISTORICAL FICTION
The Cruel Romance
Marina Osipova
iUniverse
MATURE ISSUES
Shattered Lies
SJ Francis
Black Opal Books
INSTRUCTIONAL / GUIDE BOOKS
Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step
Instructions
Scott M. Graffius
CreateSpace
INSPIRATIONAL / VISIONARY
You Are What You Tweet: Harness the Power of Twitter
to Create a Happier, Healthier Life
Germany Kent
Star Stone Press
NONFICTION
Terror in Ypsilanti:
John Norman Collins Unmasked
Gregory A. Fournier
FAITH BASED
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 imp ressionable
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 comp rised 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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