WORDS FOR THE WOUNDED are delighted to announce the results of its fundraising  2017 international Independent Author Book Award

 

This year, as with every other year the judging team feel the standard had risen, making our task harder but extraordinarily satisfying. Structure, show not tell mostly in place. Crime, non fiction, romantic novels, short stories refreshing in their execution and subject, several written with humour, some inspiring… In all, such a great pleasure for us.

In fact, such was the variety we received, and the number, that we have decided it is time to take the competition up a level and over the next few months we will be finalising plans to provide even more opportunities for aspiring authors in our 2018 Award.

To kick start the new initiatives, and because we received many children’s picture books we have introduced a Special Category this year for Children’s Picture Books. Why? We found it impossible to compare these against entries for the adult and young adult market. This Special Category will be listed at the end of the results listed below.

We will be featuring day by day (starting tomorrow) each of the winners, including the  judge’s comments, biography of the author  and description of the book. So do tune in.

Congratulations and thank you to everyone who entered and helped, especially our judge, editor Gillian Holmes, and the young team who read, or listened to, all the picture books.

Now to business:

1sr Place     Not a Girl: A book of short stories.          Christopher Donaldson

2^nd Place     The Flower Seller                                    Ellie Holmes.

3^rd Place     True Colours                                            Elly Redding

 

Highly Commended (alphabetical order)

 

Face Value                                             Ian Andrew

Eye Spy                                                 Tessa Buckley

Front of the Wilderness                         Jeremy Good

An Orchid in Winter                                Michelle Gunner

Not in the Pink                                       Tina Martel

Wyrm Gold                                             Richard Middleton

Uncertain Light                                       Marion Molteno

Accidental Traveller                                Raphael Wilkins

 

Commended (alphabetical order)

A Jarful of Moonbeams.                           Chrissie Bradshaw

Dorothy Lyle in Avarice                            Ella Carmichael

A Material Harvest                                    Paul Cranwell

Strip Naked and Re-Dress Happiness      Maria Hocking

The Postmistress of Nong Khai                 Frank Hurst

Against all odds                                         Ishbel Kargar

Standing Orders                                        David Rose

Highlanders’ Revenge                               Paul Tors

 

Special category.

Children’s picture books:

1^st: The Ruby the Routemaster series: Ruby’s Story.     By Christophe Dupuy

2^nd Little Hoglet’s Egg Race.                                           By Richard Middleton

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