Awards

Book Awards

2021

The Amber Crane, by Malve von Hassell – silver medal in the Coffee Pot Book Club Book of the Year Awards

The Amber Crane, by Malve von Hassell – honorable mention in the Historical Fiction Company Book of the Year Contest

2020

Grasping at Water, by Carmel Bendon – shortlisted in the Society of Women Writers Book Award

Kapiti: A Portrait Through Food, by Joanna Piatek and Michelle Lovi – silver medal in Nikon’s Iris Awards

Esme’s Gift, by Elizabeth Foster – bronze medal in the Independent Publisher Book Awards

Esme’s Gift, by Elizabeth Foster – first place, Science Fiction/Fantasy category, Purple Dragonfly Book award

2019

No Dancing, No Dancing: Inside the Global Humanitarian Crisis, by Denis Dragovic – finalist in The Independent Author Network’s Book of the Year Award

No Dancing, No Dancing: Inside the Global Humanitarian Crisis, by Denis Dragovic – gold medal in the Independent Publisher Book Awards

2018

The Afghan Wife, by Cindy Davies – third place in the Kathryn Hayes “When Sparks Fly” Award, Romance Writers of America, New York

The Rain Never Came, by Lachlan Walter – shortlisted for the Woollahra Digital Literary Award

Esme’s Wish, by Elizabeth Foster – first place, Science Fiction/Fantasy category, Purple Dragonfly Book Awards

The Tides Between, by Elizabeth Jane Corbett – CBCA Notable Book

2017

Cassandra, by Kathryn Gossow – Aurealis Finalist, Best Fantasy Novel

Foot Notes, by Benjamin Allmon – Finalist, Best Book Awards

2015

The Herb Gardener, by Maris Morton – longlisted for the Sisters in Crime’s Davitt Awards

The Settling Earth, by Rebecca Burns – longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize

2014

The Circle: Book One of The Sidhe, by Cindy Cipriano – Moonbeam Children’s Book Silver Award

2013

Catching the Barramundi, by Rebecca Burns – longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize

2012

Tales from a Mountain City: A Vietnam War Memoir, by Quynh Dao – shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing

2011

Tales From a Mountain City: A Vietnam War Memoir, by Quynh Dao – shortlisted for the Asher Literary Award