Independent Press Award
is proud to announce the
2017 Winners
Adventure to Architecture
Find Me Again by Janet K Shawgo
Girl Walks Out of a Bar by Lisa F. Smith
Other Worlds An Intergalactic Coloring Book by Saul Rosenbaum
Daddy's Girl by Ben Burgess Jr
Midlife Happy Hour by Elaine Ambrose
Awaken Your Greater Health-How Energy Medicine Opens the Way To Healing by Heidi DuPree, RN, CTN
Being A Super Pet Parent by Donna Chicone
Every Father's Daughter: 24 Women Writers Remember...Margaret McMullan, ed.
The Building by José Aragüez
Art to Book Cover Design: Fiction
Mary Mito: Collages by Arden Reed
Misfortunes of T-Funk by Barnaby Hazen
Battlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard
I'll Never Tell: Odyssey of a Rock & Roll Priest by Harry G Schlitt
With God in America: by Walter J. Ciszek, SJ
The War Within, the Story of Josef by Patricia Walkow
Piccadilly and the Fairy Polka by Lisa Anne Novelline
The Afflictions by Vikram Paralkar
Grief Demystified: A Companion Through Change by Brenda J. DeMotte
Book Interior Design Non-Fiction to Childrens: Religion Fiction
I Lived This: A Workbook for Writing Your Life Story by Jessica Reeder & Christina Atkins
RECALCULATING, 97+ Experts On Driving Small Business Growth. JoAnn Laing
Thoughtfully Ruthless: The Key to Exponential Growth by Val Wright
The Power of Breaking Fear by Tim S. Marshall
Live Like Crazy by Sally Ann Nisberg
The Career Catapult by Roopa Unnikrishnan
First Friday: How Virginity Nearly Killed Me by Tory Hartmann
Priscilla the Pack Rat: Making Room for Friendship by Claudine Crangle
Momma, Momma, Who Made the Stars? by Rosa Purcell
Childrens: Religion Non-Fiction to Cultural Criticism
Dear Pope Francis: The Pope Answers Letters from Children Around the World. Pope Francis
Buzzy and Thomas Move into the President's House by Vicki Tashman
Where Did They Go? by Katrina-Jane
If You Were Me and Lived in...the Ancient Mali Empire by Carole P. Roman
Who Does He Say You Are? Women Transformed by Christ in the Gospels. Written by Colleen C. Mitchell
Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi by Richard Rohr
A taste of gwinganna
The Illusion by Patrick M. Garry
American Stew: Hope in a Toxic Culture by Stephen James
Death & Dying to General Fiction
Grief Demystified: A Companion Through Change by Brenda J. DeMotte
Wendell Berry and the Given Life by Ragan Sutterfield
Primeval Origins: Light of Honor by Brett Vonsik
Alexander's Quest by S. Jackson
Shadow Mountain by Tess Collins
Quintessential Style: Cultivate and Communicate Your Signature Look by Janna Beatty and Sharon White
Private Money Lending: Learn How to Consistently Generate ... by Gustavo J. Gomez, PhD
Fill the Sky by Katherine A. Sherbrooke
Before the Court of Heaven by Jack Mayer
Gift Books: Children's to Horror
The Reading Promise by Troy Kent
Green is Good by Elizabeth Gorcey
Renato After Alba by Eugene Mirabelli
The Canyon Ranch Guide to Men's Health by Stephen C. Brewer, MD, ABFM
Before the Court of Heaven by Jack Mayer
A Nation Wholly Free: The Elimination of the National Debt in the Age of Jackson by Carl Lane
Columbus The Untold Story by Manuel Rosa
The Soul of Christmas by Thomas Moore
HOME: A Novel by Charles W. Jones
How-to to Legal Thriller
Coaching From A Professed Hot Mess by Brooke Lewis
Date Expectations by Juliana Gribbins
Stinky Blinky by Troy Kent
Memories Of My Future by Ammar Habib & Anil Sinha
Fractured Faiths: Spanish Judaism, The Inquisition, and New World Identities by Roger L. Martinez-Davila, Josef Diaz, Ron D. Hart
Archie Wilson & The Nuckelavee by Mark A. Cooper
Learning to Plan and Be Organized: Executive Function Skills for Kids with AD/HD by Kathleen G. Nadeau PhD and Charles Beyl
Leading People Safely: How to Win on the Business Battlefield by Brian L. Fielkow and James T. Schultz
Law and Disorder by Mike Papantonio
LGBTQ Fiction to Military Non-Fiction
A Rainbow Together by Danny Davies
Housewife: Home Re-Making in a Transgender Marriage by Kristin K. Collier
The Healing of Howard Brown by Jeb Stewart Harrison
Don't Settle: How to Marry the Man You Were Meant For by Scott Carroll, MD
Cut: A Medical Murder Mystery by Amy S. Peele
Yellow Death by Alex Lettau
Fourteen, A Daughter's Memoir of Adventure, Sailing, and Survival by Leslie Johansen Nack
The Oath by Dennis Koller
SHOT DOWN: The true story of pilot Howard Snyder and the crew... by Steve Snyder
Multicultural to Photography
Closer Together by Juliet Aharoni
Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard
Hidden Secrets - Secrets and Second Chances Book 2 by Donna M. Zadunajsky
The Alienation of Courtney Hoffman by Brady Stefani
Part of the Family: Christadelphians, the Kindertransport, and... by Jason Hensley
Scapegoat by Emilio Corsetti, III
Face of the Bell Witch: Book One of The Medium Series by Jerry Gundersheimer
10 Steps to ALMOST Perfect Parenting by Mary Ellen Renna, MD, FAAP
Pure Quill: Photographs by Barbara Van Cleve. Author: Susan Hallsten
Picture Books - 0 to 3 to Relationships
A New Life Begins, The Adventures of Zealy and Whubba Book 1 by Roe De Pinto
Piccadilly and the Waltzing Wind by Lisa Anne Novelline
The Growing Sweater by Jason J. Marchi
Digest by Gregory Pardlo
The Book of Zev by Marilyn Ida Horowitz
Zealy's Very First Swim: The Adventures of Zealy and Whubba Book 2, Series 1 by Roe DePinto
When an Adult You Love Has ADHD: by Russell A. Barkley, PhD
The Space Between: A Memoir of Mother-Daughter...by Virginia A. Simpson
Religion: Fiction to Short Stories
The Clay Messiah by Karen Rae Levine
Coming this Fall www.NYCBigBookAward.com
Hostile Takeover A Love Story by Phyllis J. Piano
Mixing It Up by Tracie Banister
Reagan's Redemption by Cate Beauman
Soledad: Dark Republic Book One by D. L. Young
Answering Your Inner Calling: 3 Practices for Following Your Soul's...by Lisa Espinosa
Hidden Blessings: Midlife Crisis as a Spiritual...by Jett Psaris PhD and Gay Hendricks PhD
The Complete Stories by Mary Butts
Social/Political Change to Travel
The Kidney Sellers: A Journey of Discovery in Iran by Sigrid Fry-Revere
The Slate Roof Bible, Everything You Need to Know About the World's...by Joseph C. Jenkins
The Joy of Discipleship: Reflections from Pope Francis on Walking with Christ by Pope Francis
A Secret History of the Ollie: Volume 1: The 1970s by Craig B. Snyder
The Engine Woman's Light by Laurel Anne Hill
Lineage by Cash Kushel
Agile Scrum: Your Quick Start Guide with Step-by-Step Instructions by Scott M. Graffius
Cool Brain by Paul Black
Destination Earth: A New Philosophy of Travel by a World-Traveler by Nicos Hadjicostis
True Crime to Young Adult Non-fiction
Familiar Evil by Rannah Gray
Narada's Children: A Visionary Tale of Two Cities by Woody Carter
This Earth You'll Come Back To by Barbara Roether
The Third Law by Tamra Ryan
Divine Punishment by Sergio Ramirez
How to Avoid 101 Book Publishing Blunders, Bloopers & Boo-Boos by Judith Briles
Anomalies by Sadie Turner and Colette Freedman
Green Card Youth Voices: by Wellstone International High School Students