Announcing the Winners of the 31st Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards
Congratulations to all the winners of the 31st Annual Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards! Read an interview with the grand prize-winning author Claire Fraise in the March/April 2024 issue.
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Grand Prize
They Stay by Claire Fraise
Mainstream/Literary Fiction
Little Bird & The Tiger by Ellis Amdur
Honorable Mentions
A Portion of Malice: Ages of Malice, Book I by Lloyd Jeffries House on Fire by D. Liebhart Mask of Dreams by Leigh Grant The Hoffman Affairs by Beth Schorr Jaffe Willow’s Run by Robert Bockstael
Genre Fiction
Home News: A Novel of 1928 by JD Solomon
Honorable Mentions
Beneath the Maize by Stephen GoldhahnCoup de Grâce by Paul CentenoCrew of Exiles by Neal HoltschulteDragon Seer: Deathborne by S. Kay LanphearI Fail at the Afterlife by Anni SezateIn the Shadow of a Hoax by Maci AuroraSins of the Lines by Sharhonda ExantusSwimming in the Rainbow by Rebecca LochlannThe Long Road Back to You by Buck Turner
Nonfiction/Reference
The Sustainability Revolutionists: Heroes and Hope for Our Planet’s Future by Lucia Athens
Honorable Mentions
Cannabis Lullaby by David SharpRehabit Your Life: A Doctor’s Notebook to Navigating Health & Wellbeing by PL BandyThe Borinqueneers: A Visual History of the 65th Infantry Regiment by Noemi Figueroa Soulet
Inspirational/Self-Help
Small Talk Rules: 65 Lessons I Learned From the Greatest Communicators by Gregory Peart
Honorable Mentions
Heavenly Headbutts: Reflections of Hope About Cats and Eternity by Allia Zobel NolanYour Body Is Your Weapon: The Little Self-Defense Handbook by I. Buenaventura
Memoirs/Life Stories
Travels With My Grief by Susan Bloch
Honorable Mentions
Days of Wonder by Bill VosslerDown on Court Five: Lessons Late in Life by Vivian WitkindMelissa Come Back by Patrice Keet & Melissa LaHommedieuMom’s Search for Meaning: Grief and Growth After Child Loss by Melissa M. MonroeStanding in the Wings: My Life on (and Mostly Just Off) Stage by Fred Krohn
Early Readers/Children’s Picture Books
Read Island by Nicole Magistro
Honorable Mentions
Forever Home by Cathy StenquistMrs. R. Snugglesworth, Attorney-at-Law by Amy FlanaganNature Parade by Nikki SamuelsSiege of Herons: Collective Nouns Alphabetically by Ramona WildemanThe Three Little Pigs and the Rocket Project by Lynne Marie
Middle-Grade/Young Adult
@nervesofsteel by Lyn Fairchild Hawks
Honorable Mentions
The Red Rebel Extravaganza by Angela Kay
Poetry Collections
Canon Fodder by Jay Sizemore
Honorable Mentions
Greatness in It All by Lauren Carden