2011 Award Results

2011 Forward National Literature Award Winners

First Place Winners

General Fiction 
    Author: Patricia K. Lichen
    Title: Kidnapping The Lorax
Picture/Children’s Books
    Author: Lee Wardlaw
    Title: Won Ton
Middle Grade/Chapter Books
    Author: Melissa Studdard
    Title: Six Weeks To Yehidah
Teen/Young Adult
    Author: Nicole Izmaylov
    Title: The Dracian Dance
Fantasy
    Author: A. C. Crispin
    Title: The Price Of Freedom
Mystery
    Author: Joshua Graham
    Title: Darkroom
Romance
    Author: Carole Matthews
    Title: The Chocolate Lovers' Club
Historical Fiction
    Author: Talia Carner
    Title: Jerusalem Maiden
Humor
    Author: Bill Kirton
    Title: The Sparrow Conundrum
Drama
    Author: Susan Wingate
    Title: Drowning
Short Story Collections
    Authors: M. Izmaylov, A. Fuller, K. Morgan, et al.  
    Title: The Emory Pulse

Second Place Winners 

General Fiction
    Author: Michelle Izmaylov  
    Title: The Galacteran Legacy
Picture/Children’s Books
    Author: Giles Paley-Phillips
    Title: The Fearsome Beastie
Middle Grade/Chapter Books
    Author: John Booth
    Title: Wizards
Teen/Young Adult
    Author: Ian Alexander
    Title: Once We Were Kings
Fantasy
    Author: Scarlet Black
    Title: Salem Moon
Mystery
    Author: Bill Kirton
    Title: The Darkness
Romance
    Author: Reid Lance Rosenthal 
    Title: Threads West
Historical Fiction
    Author: Gerald Blumenthal
    Title: The Brass Compass
Humor
    Author: Mark Everett Stone 
    Title: Things To Do In Denver When You're Un-Dead
Drama
    Author: Kimberly Kinrade
    Title: Forbidden Mind
Short Story Collections
    Author: Alan Davis
    Title: So Bravely Vegetative

We would like to thank the 2011 judges, including: