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Mark Murphy and Andrea Burgio-Murphy

With thousands of books coming to market each year, book awards and writing competitions are a great way to distinguish your book from the herd. At BookSurge, we strongly encourage authors to participate in these annual events as a means of creating buzz for your book. Our authors are hard at work promoting their books. Here are just a few who are earning recognition for their books through book awards!

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Announced in 2009

Title

Author

Award

Rank

Category

The 6th Seal

J.M. Emanuel

IPPY

Gold

Religious Fiction

Scott Cohen's Outdoor Kitchen Design Workbook

Scott Cohen and Elizabeth Lexau

IPPY

Silver

Home & Garden

alone boy

Bradley Huff

IPPY

Silver

Juvenile/Young Adult Fiction

The Third Basic Instinct: How Religion Doesn't Get You

Alex S. Key

IPPY
Next Generation Indie Book Awards

Silver
Winner

Religion

Religion/Religious Nonfiction

The Thinking Person's UFO Book

Gordon Chism

IPPY

Bronze

Science

The Forbidden Well

Angela Lee

IPPY

Bronze

Multicultural Fiction- Children's

Beginnings

Lorraine Theall

IPPY

Bronze

Mid-West – Best Regional Fiction

What's it Like, Living Green? Kids Teaching Kids, by the Way they Live

Jill Ammon Vanderwood

National Indie Excellence Awards

Winner

Green

Return of the Texas Ranger

Dac Crossley

National Indie Excellence Awards

Winner

Western

The Reckoning

Tanya Parker MillsM

Next Generation Indie Book Awards

Winner

Multicultural Fiction

Sweet Farts

Raymond Bean

Next Generation Indie Book Awards

Winner

Childrens/Juvenile Fiction

Novella

BUFFALOed

Fairlee Winfield

Next Generation Indie Book Awards

Grand Prize Winner

Winner

Fiction

Historical Fiction

Substitute Wizard

Jim Chrisman

Next Generation Indie Book Awards

Winner

Young Adult Fiction

The List: Can Perfect Be Put On Paper?

Carmen Shirkey

Next Generation Indie Book Awards

Winner

Romance

Double Bound

Nick Nolan

Foreword
magazine Book of the Year

Gold

Gay/Lesbian Fiction

Seek Ye First

Eric Mein

Foreword magazine Book of the Year

Silver

Fiction - Religious

God's Thunderbolt: The Vigilantes of Montana

Carol A. Buchanan

Western Writers of America Spur Awards

Winner

Best First Novel

Swimming Naked with Jellyfish

Shelley Gilbert

Eric Hoffer Awards

Finalist

The Montaigne Medal

Announced in 2008

Title	Author	Award	Rank	Category
The Truth About Fairy Tales	KT Casha	Foreword Book of the Year 2007	Finalist	Romance
To My Senses	Alexandrea Weis	Foreword Book of the Year 2007	Finalist	Romance
Snippets from the Trenches	Freda Wagman	Foreword Book of the Year 2007	Silver	Gay/Lesbian Nonfiction
The Man of My Dreams	Jacqueline Tasch	Independent Publisher of the Year 2008	Bronze	Popular Fiction
Field Notes	Sheila Clapkin	Independent Publisher of the Year 2008	Bronze	West-Pacific Regional Fiction
They Never Surrendered: The Lakota Sioux Band that Stayed in Canada	Ron Papandrea	Independent Publisher of the Year 2008	Bronze	Canada-West Regional Nonfiction
Must Thee Fight	Lynmar Brock	Independent Publisher of the Year 2008- Regional- Bronze Medal	Bronze	Mid-Atlantic Regional Fiction
Medicines for Mental Health: The Ultimate Guide to Psychiatric Medication	Kevin Thompson, Ph.D	Indie Excellence Awards 2008	Finalist	Medical
The Flying Apple Pie and Other Tales of Life and Gastronomy	David Paul Larousse	Indie Excellence Awards 2008	Finalist	Travel
The Collin Chronicles, Book 1: Magic, Bones, and Catacombs	T. K. Garrison	Indie Excellence Awards 2008	Winner	Young Adult Fiction
Massacre at Pilgrim's Pass	Tim Lister	Indie Excellence Awards 2008	Winner	Western
Spider Stories	Matthew Kirby	Indie Excellence Awards 2008	Finalist	Multi-Cultural Fiction
Three Years in the Alaskan Bush	Colleen T. Weber	Indie Excellence Awards 2008	Finalist	Multi-Cultural Nonfiction
Guns Across the Rio	Dac Crossley	Indie Excellence Awards 2008	Finalist	Western
A Genie in the House of Saud: Zubris Rises	K. F. Zuzulo	Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2008	Winner	Religious Fiction
The Hellish Vortex between Breakfast and Dinner	Richard M. Baughn	Eric Hoffer Book Award 2008	Notable	Commercial Fiction
Eddie Spaghetti and Grandma Baretti	Tricia Bond	Eric Hoffer Book Award 2008	Notable	Children's
Help-I Gotta Cook!	Ed Dugan	Eric Hoffer Book Award 2008	Notable	Home

Award Winning Authors