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Announcement of Participating Authors in the 6th Annual PenCraft Award Ceremony at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino


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Mar 06, 2023, 09:00 ET

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The Sixth Annual PenCraft Book Award Ceremony is an evening of celebration for our award-winning authors, and receive recognition for their accomplishments. It provides a chance to honor their successes with their colleagues in the literary world and celebrate their achievements as one unified community.

HOUSTON, March 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The PenCraft Book Awards is proud to announce its April 3rd, book award ceremony at the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino. It is the first live PenCraft Award Ceremony since 2019 due to the Covid restrictions. The ceremony and dinner are open to the public but seating is limited. You must have a ticket to enter.

The PenCraft Best Book of the year winner for 2022 is Michael Hebert the author of "Ever Vigilant: Tales of the Vietnam War." His incredible story leads the reader on an enthralling trip through his year in Vietnam. It chronicles a young man's initiation into adulthood and vividly illustrates the harsh realities of war. Since our announcement of his win, his book has continued to grow in popularity gaining almost 400 more Amazon book reviews – he now has 905 reviews and his book hovers constantly in the top 50 in his genre - a promising sign that we picked a real winner. Joining Mr. Hebert are twenty-six other award-winning authors. Below we list the attending award winners in random order:

It is great to have a chance to celebrate with these remarkable writers who have earned recognition for this year's PenCraft Book Awards! We hope our authors will find this special evening of conversations, and camaraderie an inspiring and unforgettable experience.

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Dr. Linda Holloway placed 1st place in the children's education category with her book titled, "Little Miss Linda Speaks Out about Sickle Cell Disease."
Jody Hadlock was 1st place winner in the supernatural genre with "The Lives of Diamond Bessie," a captivating tale of betrayal and redemption that explores whether seeking revenge is worth the price you might pay.

  • Linnea Tanner wrote another book and again won 1st place for Amulet`s Rapture (Curse of Clansmen and Kings Book 3)
  • Kiersten Schiffer author of "The Playlist Diaries Book 1," took the honors in the "Fantasy category."
  • The Enigma Threat and The Enigma Source by Charles V. Breakfield & Roxanne E. Burkey are 1st Place winners in the Suspense and Action genre.
  • Rick Treon Took 1st place honors for, "Let the Guilty Pay," a captivating adventure of suspense and deception with a spellbinding twist of the beloved whodunit!
  • Vera Richard Harris's won 1st place in Christian - Fiction: with "My Mom Has Superpowers: A Kid's Book About Faith And Believing."
  • Cathy Post author of "Red Cagle: West Point's Three-Time All-American." Award winner Cathy Post is also a relative of the 1920s football phenom - Chris Cagle.
  • David Dorrough. Revolution wins in humor with a whimsical look at our modern Internet-immersed world, Southern California, and middle age.
  • Lit Soul: My Journey Back to Faith by Jessi Hersey - a winter Best Book winner for the Poetry/Music genre.
  • In Danger of Judgment by David Rabin is a thriller genre winner. It is a gangland crime thriller with a fascinating military subplot.
  • Animal Lab," by Bob Zeidman placed 1st in the cultural genre.
  • The "Christian - Living," genre winner was Donnetta Wilhelm with her book, "Keeping Up With God."
  • Mystery - Sleuth fiction winner was Doug Dorsey's Kick Ball Slay
  • Where the Lilacs Bloom Once Again: Friddie's story by Roni Rosenthal was a Winter Best Book winner for the Fiction - Historical genre.
  • Nonfiction - Parenting 1st Place winner - Family, Faith, and Fragile X by Kirsten Fowler -The Raw Story of a Mother with three special needs children
  • The Black Swan Event by Mikael Carlson was a Thriller – Terrorist genre winner about a speculative fiction saga showing the world's terrifying dystopian future.
  • Romance - Suspense 1st Place winner - The Perfect Match by Dennis Ross
  • Marjorie Herrera Lewis's When the Men Were Gone is the 1st place winner in the Fiction - Historical War genre
  • 1st Place Crime Action Thriller winner was T J Champitto's "The Medina Device."
  • G.L. Garrett's Keeper of the Hourglass: Apius's Revenge won in the Christian - Fantasy/Sci-Fi genre.
  • The Night Before the Morning After by Scott Newman is the 1st place winner in the Autobiography genre.
  • 1st Place winner in the Fantasy genre is Knights of the Alliance by Stefanie Chu.
  • 1st Place winner in the Supernatural genre is Christopher Leibig with Almost Damned
  • Burning Bright BY Michele Kwasniewski wins the Winter Best Book award in the Young Adult-General genre.

Editor-In-Chief, David Hearne stated, "It is great to have a chance to celebrate with these remarkable writers who have earned recognition for this year's PenCraft Book Awards! We hope our authors will find this special evening of conversations, and camaraderie an inspiring and unforgettable experience."

The PenCraft Book Award competition is an annual literary contest that strives to give all authors an equal opportunity for recognition of their works to the reading public. Their goal is to make the competition inspiring, fun, and open to all authors. The PenCraft Book Awards receive hundreds of nominated books, but only a small percentage win. Editor-In-Chief, David Hearne stated, "We think our winners are the best. We hope to continue being a conduit to introducing new authors and their fantastic new books to the reading public."
Please contact David Hearne (409-656-4625) for information on tickets to the event or for interviews with the authors.

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David Hearne, PenCraft Awards, 409-656-4625, [email protected]

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