Please help celebrate the 2019 winners
of the
San Diego Book Awards!
Best Unpublished Children/YA Novel
The Rainmaker’s Secret by Judy McSweeney
Best Unpublished Memoir
NONE
Best Unpublished Novels
NONE
Best Unpublished Poetry Chapbook
The Living Come Find Me by Erica Blunt
Best Unpublished Short Story
Fair Game by Judy McSweeney
Best Published Anthology
Magic, Mystery & Murder by Cornelia Feye & Tamara Merrill
Best Published Biography/Autobiography
Brain XP by Christine Marie Frey
Best Published Business
Supportive Accountability by Sylvia Melena
Best Published Children’s Fiction
Oceanside Adventures by Nancy Glen & Julia Glen
Best Published Children’s Nonfiction
Cleopatra and Ancient Egypt for Kids by Simonetta Carr
Best Published Children’s Picture Books
Benji, The Bad Day & Me by Sally J. Pla
Best Published General Nonfiction
War and Sex and Human Destiny by Judith L. Hand
Best Published Historical Fiction
Without Warning by Thomas C. Sanger
Best Published Inspiration/Self-Help/Spiritual
Knowing by Shawna Allard
Best Published Local Interest
San Diego Mamma Atlas by Scott Tremor
Best Published Mainstream Fiction
A Bridge Across the Ocean by Susan Meissner
Best Published Memoir
A Few Minor Adjustments by Cherie Kephart
Best Published Mystery/Suspense
Rust & Stardust by Tammy Greenwood
Best Published Poetry
How to Pull Apart the Earth by Karla Cordero
Best Published Romance
Alchemy’s Hunger by Cynthia Diamond
Best Published Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Holy Crap! The World is Ending! by Anne-Marie Abell
Best Published Travel
The Long Way Back by Lois Joy Hoffman
Best Published Young Adult
Now I Rise by Kiersten White
2019 Geisel Winner
Holy Crap! The World is Ending!
by Anne-Marie Abell
2019 Chet Recipient
THERE IS NO CHET RECIPIENT FOR THE 2019 SDBA CONTEST
Thank you to all the entrants who submitted!