BOOK AWARDS ~ BOOK REVIEWS ~ SEAL OF APPROVAL
Tradition continues with the arrival of one of the most anticipated moments in the world of children’s and young adult literature. The 2018 Literary Classics Book Award Finalists and Top Honors Book Awards Finalists have been announced. Selected from submissions by entrants around the globe, these distinguished honorees are recognized for their contributions to the craft of writing, illustrating, and publishing exceptional literature for a youth audience. In this highly competitive industry these books represent the foremost in literature in their respective categories.
The competition this year was tremendous, and we congratulate all of the finalists for their outstanding and inspiring work. Final awards, categories and levels will be announced on November 15, 2018. All Silver, Gold and Top Honors award recipients will be invited to attend a writers’ conference, awards ceremony, formal gala, and authors’ book signing to be held in conjunction with the Great American Book Festival, May 10, 11 & 12, 2019.
The Literary Classics selection committee is proud to recognize this year’s titles in literature which exemplify the criteria set forth by the Literary Classics award selection committee.
2018
LITERARY CLASSICS BOOK AWARD FINALISTS
Natalie Allison A Shift Toward Prey Primedia E-launch LLC
Lis Anna-Langston Tupelo Honey Mapleton Publishers
Kay Beth Avery Unbroken Spirits Western Reflections Publishing
Terry John Barto Nickerbacher TJB KIDS
Cassandra Briskman If You Wish Waterside Productions
Caytlyn Brooke Dark Flowers BHC Press imprint H20
Nicholas Cappas Heaven Breaks In Kingdom Press
Mukuka Chipanta A Casualty of Power Weaver Press
Penelope Anne Cole In and Out, All 'Round About - Opposite Friends Magical Book Works
Susan Count Mary’s Song Hastings Creations Group
CF Crawford Tales of Mr. Snuggywhiskers: The Spring Tales Lauco Press
Ronan Cray Dust Eaters North Abrasax Press
Dayle Dabney Corinne's Fin Headline Books
JODY A. DEAN, Ph.D. Roxie the Doxie Finds her Forever Home Tally Ho Publishing
Louis DeGrado The Calling of the Protectors, The Legend of Chief IUniverse
Chess Desalls The Call to Search Everywhen Czidor Lore, LLC
Susan Doherty Hannaford A Secret Music Cormorant Books
Martha Driscoll Nosey's Wild Ride on the Belle of Louisville Driscoll Publishing
D. G. Driver No One Needed to Know Amazon
Carmela Dutra Little Katie Goes to the Moon Pegasus Pony
Murray Eiland Jr The Sword of Telemon Amazon
M.J. Evans The Stone of Mercy-Book 1 of the Centaur Chronicles Dancing Horse Press
Cindy Farwell Milk Bottles and Mud Pies Tate Publishing
Kevin Foster The Gospel According To Ruth: A Season of Harvest 121 Days of Devotions Carpenter's Son
Gregory A. Fournier Terror in Ypsilanti: John Norman Collins Unmasked Wheatmark, Inc.
SJ Francis Shattered Lies Black Opal Books
Scott M. Graffius Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions CreateSpace
Jean Guthrie Mystical Aria: Seeking the Gallion Queen Sojourn Publishing, LLC
Paul Haddad Skinny White Freak Independent
Constance Hale 'Iwalani's Tree BeachHouse Publishing
Rebecca Hammond Yager Beauty & the Beast Poisoned Plume
JD Harper Glint CreateSpace
Luke T. Harrington Ophelia, Alive Post Mortem Press
Pamela Hartley The Seasons of a Giant CreateSpace
Melanie Hooyenga The Slope Rules CreateSpace
K. B. Hoyle Criminal The Writer's Coffee Shop
C.M. Huddleston Greg's Second Adventure in Time Interpreting Time's Past PRESS
Dorothea Jensen A Buss from Lafayette BQB Publishing
Kenny Chumbley Jim McGuiggan The Green Children Prairie Papers
Jenna Elizabeth Johnson Faeborne Create Space
K.S. Jones Black Lightning Mirror World Publishing
PM Kelly Dream Butterflies Bookbaby
Germany Kent You Are What You Tweet: Harness The Power of Twitter... Star Stone Press
Shannon Kirk The Extraordinary Journey of Vivienne Marshall Reputation Books
Joni Klein-Higger and Flora Zaken-Greenberg, Ph.D. Coby Ryan Harris Is Officially Fat Guardian Angel Publishing
S.A. Larsen Motley Education Leap Books, LLC
Wendy Leighton-Porter Max’s Christmas Adventure Mauve Square Publishing
Wendy Leighton-Porter Shadows from the Past book series Mauve Square Publishing
Jacqui Letran 5 Simple Questions to Reclaim Your Happiness! A Healed Mind
Janelle Diller & Lisa Travis Pack-n-Go Girls Adventure Series WorldTrek Publishing
Hiba Masood Drummer Girl Daybreak Press
Lisa McCombs Bombs Bursting in Air Headline Books
Susan Morrison A Medieval Woman’s Companion: Women’s Lives... Oxbow Books
AC Moyer All Sleep Aurelia Press
Loretta Neff Sip Tea with Mad Hatter Neff Publishing, LLC
Katy Newton Naas Guardian Clean Reads
Bryan Ney Calamity Jane, How the West Began Dragon Tree Books
Amanda Noll Hey That’s MY Monster! Flashlight Press
Lisa Anne Novelline Piccadilly and the Waltzing Wind Self Published
Marina Osipova The Cruel Romance iUniverse
Christina Pagés Lucy in her Secret Wood (A story inspired by Wordsworth's wild child Lucy Gray) Waldorf Publishing
Wolfgang Parker Crime Cats, the Dusenbury Curse Rogue Agent Publishing
Fiza Pathan CLASSICS: Why and how we can encourage children to read them Fiza Pathan Publishing
Regina Puckett I Will Breathe Punk & Sissy Publications
Patricia Reding Ephemeral and Fleeting Scripta Manent Publishing
Marc Remus Magora The Gallery of Wonders Misty Moon Books / Marc Remus
Katelynn Renteria The Other Side of the Law Sarah Book Publishing
Diane Mae Robinson Sir Princess Petra's Mission Tate Publishing
Garry Rogers Birds of Dewey-Humboldt, Arizona Self Published
J.R. Roper The Tower Below CHBB Publishing
Hayley Rose Fifo 50 States Flowered Press
Walter Scherr WALTER's WAY: How a Relief Kid Survived TB... Wiley
Gary Schwartz The King of Average Bunny Moon Books
Sheila Slavich Jumpin’ the Rails! Xlibris
Jess Smart Smiley, 10 Little Monsters Visit New York City, Familius
Natalie Rekstad Sophie Lynn The Secret Adventures of Anonymouse Black Fox Philanthropy, LLC
Leigh St John Quantum Lace Self-Published
Teresa Stern Grocery Store Alphabet Game Sarah Book Publishing
Beverly Stowe McClure A Family for Leona 4RV Publishing LLC
Lynne Stringer Once Confronted Rhiza Press
Danielle Vann The Whizbang Machine Waldorf Publishing
Stephan von Clinkerhoffen The Hidden City of Chelldrah-ham Createspace
Diana Walker Hopping to America: A Rabbit's Tale of Immigration Headline Books
Emma Warner-Reed DOTTY and the Chimney Thief Calendar House Press
Julie Whitley Secrets of the Home Wood: the Sacrifice FriesenPress
Molly & Gary Whitney Thistle Downe Bright Sky Press
Steve Wilson Eye of Charybdis White Feather Press
Allen Wolf Hooked Morning Star Publishing
Heather Wood Galpert My Pancakes Taste Different Today Wagon Wheel Productions
Final award levels & categories will be announced November 15, 2018
The Eighth Annual Literary Classics Book Awards will be presented Labor Day Weekend, 2017 in conjunction with the Great American Book Festival in the City of Presidents.
