It is our pleasure to announce the winners of our 1st Annual Literary Excellence Award.
The entries this year were unsolicited works chosen by the staff and reviewers of Our History Project that has been newly read or heard by a staff member or reviewer of Our History Project during the year 2010. There were over 200 titles entered in five (5) categories that were included in this year’s competition. Two (2) awards are being issued; Gold and Silver; for each category. Each winner received a formal letter, a certificate for framing and a 6 inch x 6 inch 300 dpi logo that may accompany the work that has been awarded (Gold or Silver).
Our History Project, Inc. is a national nonprofit organization, whose mission and vision is the “Preservation” and “Education” of United States History. Our main focus is historical based works, however our staff reads many genres of books and we all share a passion for a story. 2010 marked our First Annual Literary Award. The list contained those submitted, reviewed, purchased or downloaded.
Below is a list of all winning titles. Join us as we celebrate these authors, narrators, publishers and their stories. These are our picks of the Best of the Best. Check them out, buy them, read them, download them or listen to them!
2010 Our History Project Literary Excellence Award Winners
Best Young Adult
Gold Award
M. L. Forman - Adventurers Wanted, Book 1: Slathbog's Gold - Shadow Mountain
ISBN-10: 1606410296, ISBN-13: 978-1606410295
Silver Award
Hilari Bell - Player's Ruse – A Knight and Rogue Novel - HarperTeen
ISBN-10: 006082509X, ISBN-13: 978-0060825096
Best Fantasy
Gold Award
Markus Heitz - The War of the Dwarves – Orbit
ISBN-10: 0316049360, ISBN-13: 978-0316049368
Silver Award
Trudi Canavan - The Magicians' Guild -The Black Magician Trilogy, Book 1– Eos
ISBN-10: 006057528X, ISBN-13: 978-0060575281
Best History
Gold Award
Joseph Cummins - The World's Bloodiest History: Massacre, Genocide, and the Scars They Left on Civilization - Fair Winds Press
ISBN-10: 1592334024, ISBN-13: 978-1592334025
Silver Award
Thomas J. Craughwell - The Buck Stops Here: The 28 Toughest Presidential Decisions and How They Changed History - Fair Winds Press
ISBN-10: 159233427X, ISBN-13: 978-1592334278
Best Podcast Novel
Gold Award
John Lenahan - Shadowmagic –
Written and performed by John Lenahan
Silver
Peter James Froning – Letter from China
Written by Peter James Froning, Read by Barrett Whitener
Best Audio Book
Gold Award
L. A. Meyer - Rapture of the Deep – A Bloody Jack Adventure
Written by L. A. Meyer, Read and Preformed by Katherine Kellgren
Listen and Live Audio - ISBN: 9781593164836
Silver Award
Scott Sigler – Contagious - Random House Audio
ISBN-10: 0739377159, ISBN-13: 978-0739377154