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37th
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37th Annual Georgia Author of the Year Awards
First Novel
Judge: Harriette Austin
Barbara Jones - Moonlight Bowl Manifesto
Fiction
Judge: Faye McDonald Smith
Joyce Rockwood Hudson - Apalachee Short
Stories/Anthologies
Judge: Peter Christopher
Frank Manley - Among Prisoners
Creative Nonfiction
Judge: Dr. Charles Connor
Healing/ Inspirational Division
Marsha Maurer - In the Garden
Memoir Division
Celestine Sibley Fleming - A Granddaughter's Reminiscence
Essay Division
Judith Ortiz Cofer - Woman in Front of the Sun
Biography Division
Mary Padgelek - In the Hand of the Holy Spirit
Self-Help/How-to-Division
Cynthia Good - Vaccinating Your Child
Historical Division
Constance Curry, Editor - Deep in Our Hearts
Children's/Young Adult Literature
Judge: Bobbie Christmas
Brad Strickland - When Mack Came Back Poetry
Poetry
Judge: Memye Curtis Tucker
Stephen Corey - Greatest Hits
Barry L. & Robert S. Taran Memorial Award
Raóul White - Honeysuckle Memories
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38th
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38th Annual Georgia Author of the Year Awards Winners
Official Winners List
Lifetime Achievement Award
Dwight E. Humphries
1952-2001
Also, please see event honoring Mr. Humphries
First Novel
Judge: Angela Harrington Rice
Jeanne Braselton - A False Sense of Well Being
Fiction
Judge: Jim Grimsley
Pearl Cleage - I Wish I Had a Red Dress
Creative Nonfiction
Judge: Dr. Jim Bynum
OverallWinner
Alan Rauch, Ph.D. - Useful Knowledge: The Victorians, Morality and the March of Intellect
Essay Division
Alan Rauch, Ph.D. - Useful Knowledge: The Victorians, Morality and the March of Intellect
Biography Division
Leonard Ray Teel - Ralph Emerson McGill: Voice of the Southern Conscience
Memoir Division
Christi Hai - In the Arms of Grace
History Division
Jaclyn Weldon White - The Empty Nursery: The Disappearance of Haley Hardwick
Self-Help Division
Barbara LeBey - Family Estrangements: How they Begin, How to Mend Them, How to Cope With Them
Inspiration Division
Bruce Feiler - Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses
Cookbook Division
Ted Hafer & Jessica Greene - The Grit Cookbook
Specialty Book Division
Steve Penley - Penley
Children's/Young Adult Literature
Judge: Dr. Brad Strickland
Overall Winner
Evelyn Coleman - Circle of Fire
Picture Book Division
Cathy Goldberg Fishman - On Shabbat
Nonfiction Divisioon
Judy Cutchins & Ginny Johnston - Giant Predators of the Ancient Seas
Mid-Reader/Young Adult Division
Evelyn Coleman - Circle of Fire
Poetry
Judge: Cecilia Woloch
Ralph Tejeda Wilson - A Black Bridge
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40th
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40th Annual Georgia Author of the Year Awards Winners
Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Bettie M. Sellers
Creative Nonfiction
Final Judge: Dr. Blake Leland
Top Creative Nonfiction Winners, a Tie
Valerie Boyd - Wrapped in Rainbows
Evelyn Monahan & Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee - And if I Perish
Essay Division
Division Judge: Jennifer Wheelock
Division Winner
Amy Blackmarr - Above the Fall Line
Biography Division
Division Judge: Piper Huguley-Riggins
Division Winner
Valerie Boyd - Wrapped in Rainbows
Memoir Division
Division Judge: Jeremy Eisenberg
Division Winner
Melissa Walker - Living on Wilderness Time
History Division
Division Judge: Robert Giannetti
Division Winner
Evelyn Monahan & Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee - And if I Perish
Self-Help Division
Division Judge: Maria Engberg
Division Winner
Edna Lewis & Scott Peacock - The Gift of Southern Cooking
Inspirational/Religious Division
Division Judge: Opal Moore
Division Winner
Barbara Allen - Still Christian After All These Years
Poetry
Judge: Dr. Lee Passarella
Winner
Cecilia Woloch - Late
Fiction
Judge: David Fulmer
Winner
Terry Kay - The Valley of Light
Anthologies/Short Stories
Judge: Beau Cutts
Winner
Dr. Hugh Ruppersburg, Editor - After O'Connor
First Novel
Judge: John Williams
Winner
Jack Riggs - When the Finch Rises
Children's/Young Adult Literature
Judge: Sara Harrell Banks
Winner
David Bryant & George Davidson - Georgia's Amazing Coast
The Barry L. and Robert S. Taran Memorial Award
Carly Heyman - My eXtra Special Brother
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41st
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41st Annual Georgia Author of the Year Award Winners
Lifetime Achievement Award
Alice Lovelace
Creative Nonfiction
Judge: Dr. Sandee McGlaun
Memoir Division
Karen McElmurray
Surrendered Child
Biography Division
Ken Foskett
Judging Thomas
History Division
Andrew M. Manis
Macon Black and White
Essay Division
Maryn McKenna
Beating Back The Devil
Self Help Division
(Traditionally Published Winner)
Bobbie Christmas
Write in Style
Self Help Division
(Self-Published Winner)
Stacey Mayo
I Can't Believe I Get Paid To Do This
Inspirational/Religious Division
(Tie)
Dennis Engelman
Patmos: Isle of The Apocalypse
Vally Sharpe
Simon Says: Views From a Higher Perspective
Specialty Books Division
(Tie)
Allan Armitage
Armitage's Garden Annuals
Alan Campbell, James Kilgo, Jack Leigh
OSSABAW; Evocations of an Island
OVERALL CREATIVE NONFICTION WINNER
Maryn McKenna
Beating Back The Devil
Poetry
Judge: Thomas Lux
Eric Nelson
Terrestrials
Fiction
Judge: Dr. Brian Corrigan
(Traditionally Published Winner)
Steve Berry
The Romanov Prophecy
(Self-Published Winner)
Fran Stewart
Yellow as Legal Pads
First Novel
Judge: Jack Riggs
(Traditionally Published Winner)
Emily Giffin
Something Borrowed
(Self-Published Winner)
Michael Cowl Gordon
Autobiography of a Georgia Cat
Children's/Young Adult Literature
Judge: Holly MClure
Gail Karwoski
Miracle: The True Story of the Wreck of the Sea Venture
The Barry L. & Robert S. Taran Memorial Award
Ann Kempner Fisher, Ed.
Beth Butler, Alice Cotter Feldman, Beverly Flowers, Lorna Goldstein, Marion Horton,
Selden MCurrie, Robin McIlvain, Alice Rollo, Elena Santamaria,
and Sheryl Siegel (deceased)
for
B.O.O.B.S. (A Bunch of Outrageous Breast-cancer Survivors)
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42nd
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Georgia Authors with Books Published in 2005
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Overall Judge: Don O'Briant
Overall Winner: Bruce Feiler, Where God Was Born
Creative Non-Fiction, Memoir
Judge: Constance Curry
Traditionally Published
Sidney Pike, We Changed the World
Independently Published
Susan Gilbert Harvey, Tea with Sister Anna: a Paris Journal
Creative Non-Fiction, Biography
Judge: Amy Whitney
Steve Suitts for Hugo Black of Alabama
Creative Non-Fiction, History
Judge: Gregory A.Freeman
James C. Cobb, The Brown Decision, Jim Crow and Southern Identity
Creative Non-Fiction, Essay
Judges: Dawn Latta Kirby and Jerry Mwagbe
Jimmy Carter, Our Endangered Values
Creative Non-Fiction, Self-Help
Judge: Dr. Robert Barrier
Sandra P. Riggin, Breaking the Cycle
Creative Non-Fiction, Inspirational/Religious
Judge: Dr. Robert Barrier
Bruce Feiler, Where God Was Born
Creative Non-Fiction, Specialty Books
Judge: Dr. Robert Barrier
Dr. Donald Smith & Dr. Roy Ward, Churches: Photographs and Watercolors
Poetry
Judge: Ralph Tejeda Wilson
Overall Winner:
Traditionally Published Winner
Sandra Meek, Burn
Independently Published Winner
Beau Cutts, Night is a Rare Place and Other Poems
Fiction
Judges: Dr. Robert Hill and Dr. Dede Yow
Overall Winner:
David Fulmer, Jass
Independently Published Winner
G. Richard Hoard for The Race Before Us
First Novel
Judge: Dr. Peter Morgan
Winner: Brian Jay Corrigan, The Poet of Loch Ness
Children's/Young Adult Literature
Judge: Jo Ann Pinder
Overall Winner: Shelia Moses for I, Dred Scott
Independently Published:
Pamela Bauer Mueller for Neptune's Honor
Children's Picture Book
Phyllis Limbacher Tildes, Eye Guess
Taran Family Memorial Award
Dawn Burnette, Editor for High School 101:Freshman Survival Guide
Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Betty L. Siegel
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Lifetime
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Taran Memorial
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GAYA
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These are authors nominated for books published in 2007. The Ceremony: June 7, 2008
