2018 Book Awards Winners & Finalists
Winners and finalists in 9 categories (plus the IPNE Book of the Year) were presented with their award certificates at the IPNE 5th Annual Book Awards Ceremony, on November 17, 2018.
Books in the contest were judged by a diverse group of librarians and publishing professionals across New England. Thank you all for participating and helping with the 2018 book awards contest!
IPNE 2018 BOOK OF THE YEAR
Mary E Plouffe, I Know It In My Heart: Walking through Grief with a Child
(She Writes Press)
Winner
- David Zapatka, Stars & Lights: Darkest of Dark Nights
Finalist
INFORMATIONAL NONFICTION
- D. Margaret Hoffman, Saving Our Lives Volume Two Essays to Release the Writer in YOU
(Davanti & Vine Press) Winner
- Cheryl Wilfong, Garden Wisdom: 365 Days (Heart Path Press) Finalist
NARRATIVE NONFICTION
- Janice Riley & Stephen Spear, Out in Blue Fields A Year at Hokum Rock Blueberry Farm (Schiffer Publishing) Winner
- Cheryl Wilfong , All My Relations (Heart Path Press) Finalist
LITERARY FICTION
- Martha Reynolds, Villa Del Sol Winner
- Hank Ellis, The Promise Finalist
GENRE FICTION
- Richard Maule, Moonlight Helmsman Robert Small’s Amazing Escape Winner
- Olga Reigeluth Morrill, Vagabond Quakers (White Mountain Writers) Finalist
- Joanne Claire Parsons, Kitchen Canary Finalist
DESIGN
- Maung Nyeu, The Legend of Dragon Lake (Our Golden Hour) Winner
- Etta L Zasloff, Beginning With Xs and Os (Skunk Hill Press) Finalist
YOUNG ADULT
- Mariellen Christine Langworthy, Soul Sister (Stillwater River Publications) Winner
- Joan Wright Mularz, Maine Roots Run Deep Finalist
CHILDREN'S
- Rick Felty, Tabitha Fink and the Patchwork Pirates (Dreamschooner Press) Winner
- Irena Stanic Rasin, When Hen Was on Her Way to Market (Three Authors) Finalist
BOOK PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN:
- David Zapatka, Stars & Lights: Darkest of Dark Nights Winner
- Tom Murphy, Runner in Red (Encircle Publications) Finalist
COFFEE TABLE AND ART BOOKS:
- David Zapatka, Stars & Lights: Darkest of Dark Nights Winner
