2009 Independent Publisher Book Award

Awards List

Anthologies

And the World Changed: Contemporary Stories by Pakistani Women
(Gold Medal Winner)
Muneeza Shamsie

Canada-West Fiction

Altar and Throne
(Gold Medal Winner)
Ed Zaruk

Children's Pict/7&under

One
(Gold Medal Winner)
Kathryn Otoshi

Children-Y/A Fiction

Aloha Crossing
(Gold Medal Winner)
Pamela Bauer Mueller

Erotica

Tasting Him: Oral Sex Stories
(Gold Medal Winner)
Rachel Kramer Bussel

Fantasy/Sci-Fi

The Broken Thread
(Gold Medal Winner)
Linda Smith

Hist/Military Fiction

Katherine's Wish
(Gold Medal Winner)
Linda Lappin

Horror

Johnny Gruesome
(Gold Medal Winner)
Gregory Lamberson

Multicultural Fic Child

The Apprentice's Masterpiece
(Gold Medal Winner)
Melanie Little

Multicultural Fiction

If I Die in Juarez
(Gold Medal Winner)
Stella Pope Duarte

Mystery/Suspense

Armageddon Conspiracy
(Gold Medal Winner)
John Thompson

Popular Fiction

Peak Experience
(Gold Medal Winner)
Bud Connell

Romance

Broken Wing
(Gold Medal Winner)
Judith James

South-East Fiction

The Front Porch Prophet
(Gold Medal Winner)
Raymond L. Atkins

Visionary Fiction

Lightland
(Gold Medal Winner)
Kenny Kemp

Children's Pict/7&under

Monkey with a Tool Belt
(Silver Medal Winner)
Chris Monroe

Children-Y/A Fiction

Run Like Jager
(Silver Medal Winner)
Karen Bass

Fantasy/Sci-Fi

Madman's Dance
(Silver Medal Winner)
Jana Oliver

Gift

The Great Mrs. Claus
(Silver Medal Winner)
Chris A. Shoemaker

Graphic Novel-Drama

Far from Wonder
(Silver Medal Winner)
Frank Beddor

Great Lakes Fiction

Harry Bentley's Second Chance
(Silver Medal Winner)
Dave Jackson

Hist/Military Fiction

Aurora Crossing: A Novel of the Nez Perces
(Silver Medal Winner)
Karl H. Schlesier

Horror

Agnes Hahn
(Silver Medal Winner)
Richard Satterlie

Literary Fiction

The Spirit of the Place
(Silver Medal Winner)
Samuel Shem

Marketing

Branded Outlaw
(Silver Medal Winner)
L. Ron Hubbard

Multicultural Fic Child

Santa Claus in Baghdad
(Silver Medal Winner)
Elsa Marston

Multicultural Fiction

Mosquito
(Silver Medal Winner)
Roma Tearne

Mystery/Suspense

Death of a Cozy Writer
(Silver Medal Winner)
G.M. Malliet

Stealing Trinity
(Silver Medal Winner)
Ward Larsen

Popular Fiction

Do the Math
(Silver Medal Winner)
Philip B. Persinger

Romance

The Road to Eden's Ridge
(Silver Medal Winner)
M.L. Rose (1)

Short Fiction

Evidence
(Silver Medal Winner)
Ian Colford

Our People: Stories
(Silver Medal Winner)
Ian T. MacMillan

South Fiction

Robber's Roost
(Silver Medal Winner)
Guyanne Booth

South-East Fiction

Swallow Savanh
(Silver Medal Winner)
Ken Burger

Visionary Fiction

Numenon: A Tale of Mysticism & Money
(Silver Medal Winner)
Sandy Nathan

West-Pacific Fiction

Bad Vibrations
(Silver Medal Winner)
Dan Anderson

Canada-East Fiction

Peggy of the Cove: A Legend Brought to Reality
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Ivan Fraser

Children's Picture

The Dump Man's Treasures
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Lynn Plourde

Children-Y/A Fiction

Trail Magic
(Bronze Medal Winner)
M.H. Sullivan

56 Water Street
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Melissa Strangway

Erotica

Cruising the Strip
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Radclyffe

Graphic Novel-Humor

Evan Brain's Christmas List and Other Shenanigans: Boy Warrior Fights Evil
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Eve Becker-Doyle

Great Lakes Fiction

If I Should Never Wake
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Jeanene Cooper

Hist/Military Fiction

Two Brothers: One North, One South
(Bronze Medal Winner)
David H. Jones

As the Eagle, Flies the King
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Wendy M. McNeice

Horror

Of Wolf and Man
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Christopher Andrews

Literary Fiction

Sailor Girl
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Sheree-Lee Olson

Cain's Version
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Frank Durham

Mid-Atlantic Fiction

The Elephant Hotel: Hedwig & the Tagebuch
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Marie Kobres Bone

Multicultural Fiction

The Women's Warrior Society
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Lois Beardslee

Rankin Inlet
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Mara Feeney

Mystery/Suspense

Conspiracy of Silence
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Martha Powers

North-East Fiction

The Hierophant of 100th Street
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Cullen Dorn

Religious Fiction

One Fine Season
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Michael Sheehan

Short Fiction

Based on a True Story
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Hesh Kestin

Things That Pass for Love
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Allison Amend

South Fiction

The Power
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Jim Duggins

South-East Fiction

Child of the Mountain
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Marjorie E. Dufault

West-Mountain Fiction

Zion's Promise
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Chris Jefferies

Award Categories

Animals/Pets

Anthologies

Au/Nz Fiction

Canada-East Fiction

Canada-West Fiction

Children's Interactive

Children's Pict/6&under

Children's Pict/7&over

Children's Pict/7&under

Children's Picture

Children-Y/A Fiction

Contemporary Fiction

Education/Teaching

Erotica

Essay/Creative Nonfic

Fantasy

Fantasy/Sci-Fi

Fiction-Short Stories

Gay/Lesbian

Gay/Lesbian Fiction

General Fiction

Gift

Graphic Novel-Drama

Graphic Novel-Humor

Great Lakes Fiction

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