{"id":451,"date":"2018-01-31T05:32:26","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T05:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookcontest2017.luckycinda.com\/?p=451"},"modified":"2018-02-01T01:36:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T01:36:14","slug":"winners-list-book-contest-2017-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookcontest2017.luckycinda.com\/index.php\/2018\/01\/31\/winners-list-book-contest-2017-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Winner’s List: Book Contest 2017 Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grand Prize Winner<\/h1>\n

Fiction<\/h2>\n

by James A. Misko<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“A truly gifted novelist with a genuine flair for creating deftly created and memorable characters, [Misko’s] The Path of the Wind is a consistently entertaining and highly recommended addition to community library General Fiction collections.” –<\/em>
\n(Midwest Book Review<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

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\nThe Path of the Wind <\/strong>
\nby James A. Misko – SEE author interview<\/a>
\n4.9 ratings on 27 customer reviews
\nGeneral Fiction\/Literary
\n$8.99 on Kindle <\/a><\/p>\n

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First Prize Winner<\/h1>\n

Non-Fiction<\/h2>\n

by Connie Bombaci<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“Remarkably, Connie brought [Hogan] into a much richer, wider fellowship with us humans, and likewise, us with him. I treasure the memory of meeting that very sweet dog.”
\n<\/em>– Dennis Murphy, Dateline NBC Correspondent <\/strong>and Winner of five national Emmy Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nHogan\u2019s Hope: A Deaf Hero\u2019s Inspirational Quest for Love and Acceptance<\/strong>
\nby Connie Bombaci (Author)
\n4.9 ratings on 46 customer reviews
\nPets\/Dogs
\n$3.99 on KINDLE<\/a><\/p>\n

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OTHER BIG WINNERS \u2013 Fiction<\/h2>\n

Placement was based on a 100-point criteria to include style, flow, plot structure, readability and story-telling. Some categories did not have qualifying winners so none are listed.<\/p>\n

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\nGENERAL FICTION<\/strong>
\nFirst Place:<\/strong>
\nJames A. Misko – See Author Interview<\/a>
\nThe Path of the Wind<\/a> – BUY NOW<\/p>\n

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MYSTERY\/SUSPENSE\/CRIME<\/strong><\/p>\n

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First Place:<\/strong>
\nDavid Hamlin –\u00a0See Author Interview<\/a>
\nWinter in Chicago<\/a> – BUY NOW<\/p>\n

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\n Third Place:<\/strong>
\nBradley Laue<\/p>\n

Vegas Wash<\/a><\/p>\n

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Honorable Mention:<\/strong>
\nMichelle Iden
\nEmma Beware<\/a><\/p>\n

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PARANORMAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nThird Place:<\/strong>
\nDeanna Gallegos (Dormaine G.)
\nThe Revealed (Connor Chronicles Book 2)<\/a>
\nFANTASY<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nSecond Place:<\/strong>
\nAshlee Nicole Bye
\nOut of the Shadows (Shadowlands Book 1)<\/a>
\nFantasy\/Young Adult<\/p>\n

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EROTIC\/EDGY<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nThird Place:<\/strong>
\nA. L. Long
\nAsh: Jagged Edge Series #5<\/a>
\nErotic Romance<\/p>\n

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\nHonorable Mention:<\/strong>
\nMelanie Jackson
\nJaden\u2019s Heart<\/a>
\nLGBT Erotica<\/p>\n

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\nHonorable Mention:<\/strong>
\nTrixie Bloom
\nFacebook Blues<\/a>
\nRomance (contemporary and edgy)\/Humor<\/p>\n

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YOUNG ADULT<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nFirst Place:<\/strong> YA Series
\nMichelle Iden
\nEmma Beware<\/a>
\nYA\/Suspense\/Mystery<\/p>\n

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\nHonorable Mention:<\/strong>
\nDeanna Gallegos
\nThe Revealed (Connor Chronicles Book 2)<\/a>
\nYoung Adult<\/p>\n

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CHILDREN<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nFirst Place:<\/strong>
\nJohn Arvai
\nOff the Hook: A Christmas Ornament Adventure<\/a>
\nChildren<\/p>\n

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OTHER BIG WINNERS \u2013 Non Fiction<\/h2>\n

Placement was based on a 100-point criteria to include style, flow, plot structure, readability and story-telling. Some categories did not have qualifying winners so none are listed.<\/p>\n

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\nFirst Place:<\/strong>
\nConnie Bombaci
\nHogan\u2019s Hope: A Deaf Hero\u2019s Quest for Love and Acceptance<\/a>
\nNarrative Non-Fiction Animal<\/p>\n

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\nFirst Place Winner:<\/strong>
\nDale East
\nIntentional Thinking<\/a>
\nSelf Help<\/p>\n

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\nThird Place:<\/strong>
\nCharles Mosley
\nIs It Just My Imagination<\/a>
\nChristian Non Fiction<\/p>\n

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OTHER BIG WINNERS \u2013 POETRY<\/h2>\n

Placement was based on a 100-point criteria to include style, flow, plot structure, readability and story-telling. Some categories did not have qualifying winners so none are listed.<\/p>\n

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\nFirst Place Winner:<\/strong>
\nSteve Petersen
\nPoet Tree<\/a>
\nPoetry\/Short Stories<\/p>\n

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\nSecond Place Winner:<\/strong>
\nKat Sawyer
\nVoices from the Mat<\/a>
\nPoetry<\/p>\n

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OTHER BIG WINNERS \u2013 Short Story<\/h2>\n

Placement was based on a 100-point criteria to include style, flow, plot structure, readability and story-telling. Some categories did not have qualifying winners so none are listed.<\/p>\n

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\nHonorable Mention:<\/strong>
\nLinda Lou Crosby – See Author Interview<\/a>
\nAdventures with Ragweed:<\/a> A Collection of Whimsical Tales
\nShort Stories<\/p>\n

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Grand Prize Winner Fiction by James A. Misko   “A truly gifted novelist with a genuine flair for creating deftly created and memorable characters, [Misko’s] The Path of the Wind is a consistently entertaining and highly recommended addition to community library General Fiction collections.” – (Midwest Book Review)     The Path of the Wind by James A. Misko – SEE author interview 4.9 ratings on 27 customer reviews General Fiction\/Literary $8.99 on Kindle First Prize Winner Non-Fiction by Connie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[157,158,22,150,50,95,96,153,152,155,154,26,15,59,34,156,124,31,151,43,40,36,149,120,10,62],"class_list":["post-451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-amazon-deals","tag-amazon-great-deals","tag-authors","tag-award-winning-books","tag-books","tag-crime","tag-detective","tag-digital-winning-books","tag-ebook-features","tag-featured-authors","tag-featured-kindle-deals","tag-fiction","tag-kindle-book-promos","tag-kindle-books","tag-nonfiction","tag-paperbacks","tag-paranormal","tag-poetry","tag-prize-winning-kindle","tag-publishers","tag-self-published","tag-short-stories","tag-small-press","tag-suspense","tag-thriller","tag-writers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookcontest2017.luckycinda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookcontest2017.luckycinda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookcontest2017.luckycinda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookcontest2017.luckycinda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookcontest2017.luckycinda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/bookcontest2017.luckycinda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":461,"href":"https:\/\/bookcontest2017.luckycinda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451\/revisions\/461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookcontest2017.luckycinda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookcontest2017.luckycinda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookcontest2017.luckycinda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}