MWSA 2013 Book Awards Finalists

Congratulations to all the Finalists! Medal winners will be announced at the MWSA annual conference in Dayton, Ohio, at our awards banquet on September 28, 2013.

—Dwight Jon Zimmerman, President, Military Writers Society of America

 

 

HISTORICAL FICTION

 

CHOSIN FILE

Dale Dye

 

DOG SOLDIER MOON

Mike McKendree Long III

 

FOR GOD AND COUNTRY

Mark Bowlin

 

HAMFIST DOWN

George Nolly

 

PASS IN REVIEW – Honor

Brian Utermahlen

 

SOLO VIETNAM

Jeanette Vaughan

 

THE GIRL WHO SWAM TO ATLANTIS

Elle Thornton

 

TULLYKILLANE, 1941

David Andrew Westwood

 

WEDDED TO WAR

Jocelyn Green

 

 

THRILLER/MYSTERY

 

BROTHERS LOST

David Michaelson

 

MISTLETOE, MERRIMENT, AND MURDER

Sara Rosett

 

 

THE RENEGADES

Tom Young

 

THE RENDITION

Albert Ashforth

 

TOM CLANCY PRESENTS: ACT OF VALOR

George Galdorisi

 

 

SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY/HORROR

 

THE DONORS

Jeffrey Wilson

 

 

ROMANCE

 

NAVY RULES

Geri Krotow

 

 

LITERARY FICTION

 

A QUEST FOR SKYE

John Rothdiener

 

BUDDY AND GRACE

John Ciarlo

 

FLASHES OF WAR

Katey Schultz

 

THE RECIPIENT’S SON: A Novel of Honor

Stephen Phillips

 

CIB: Combat Infantryman BadgeWilbur (Bill) Rambow 

 

SHORT STORY COLLECTION

 

MY CORPS: Short Stories and Reflections

Zivojin Rackovitch

 

TYING UP WATER AND OTHER STORIES

Ross H. Mackenzie

 

 

HISTORY

 

The Kissing Sailor: The Story Behind the Photo That Ended World War II

George Galdorisi

 

BLACKHORSE RIDERS

Phillip Keith

 

GEORGE 3-7th MARINES: A Brief Glimpse Through Time of a Group of Young Marines

James Nicholson

 

SOFT CAP CHRONICLES

J.E. Buck Ballow

 

THE BAD BOY: Bert Hall, Aviator and Mercenary of the Skies

Blaine Pardoe

 

THE FIRST CASUALTY: A Vietnam Memoir

Karl Orndorff

 

 

MEMOIR

 

ALTERNATE ROUTE: One Man’s Journey Through the Fog of PTSD

Ray LePoidevin

 

BACK TO VIETNAM: Tours of the Heart

R. Bruce Logan

 

I’LL BE IN THE FOURTH GRADE FOREVER

Maria Ruiz

 

LOVE AT FIRST FLIGHT: Adventures, Exploits, Sacrifices, Risks, and Rewards

Captain W. Stewart Orr USN (ret.) and Fran Orr

 

RPM ROCKIN’ IN THE FREE WORLD [Author has changed publishers and title]* My Special Force: The Warrior that Taught me the meaning of life and love

H. S. Means

 

SKETCHES OF A BLACK CAT

Ron and Howard Miner

 

THIRTY DAYS WITH MY FATHER: Finding Peace from Wartime PTSD

Christal Presley

 

 

REFERENCE

 

ZARBUL MASALHA: 151 Afghan Dari Proverbs

Edward Zellem

 

 

BIOGRAPHY

 

LIFE ON A $5 BET: Major General Edward J. Mechenbier Linda Swink

MY TRUE COURSE: Dutch Van Kirk Northumberland to Hiroshima

Suzanne Simon Dietz

 

SILAS SOULE: A Short, Eventful Life of Moral Courage

Thomas Bensing

 

STILL HAVING FUN: A Portrait of the Military Marriage of Rex and Bettie George 1941-2007

Candace George Thompson

 

 

HOW TO: BUSINESS

 

GET RICH IN A NICHE: The Insider’s Guide to Self-Publishing in a Specialized Market

Jeffrey W. Bennett

 

INSIDER’S GUIDE TO SECURITY CLEARANCES

Jeffrey W. Bennett

 

 

CREATIVE NON-FICTION

 

LETTERS FOR LOGAN

Debra Bastian

 

THE NIGHT SKY: A Journey from Dachau to Denver and Back

Maria Sutton

 

 

HUMOR

 

RAPSCALLION SUMMER

David Michaelson

 

 

SPIRITUAL/RELIGIOUS

 

LISTEN FOR THE WHISPERS: Coping With Grief and Learning to Live Again

Kim Kluxen Meredith

 

STORIES OF FAITH AND COURAGE FROM THE HOME FRONT

Jocelyn Green and Karen Whiting

 

STORIES OF FAITH AND COURAGE FROM THE VIETNAM WAR

Larkin Spivey

 

 

GRAPHICAL

 

CODE WORD: GERONIMO

Dale Dye and Julia Dye

 

 

POETRY

 

MITAKUYE OYASIN

Jim Greenwald

 

MY PEACEFUL DAD

Ross H. Mackenzie

 

PASS THE SALT, DOC

Mike Mullins and Jim Greenwald

 

WISHING FOR RAIN

Jim Greenwald

 

 

CHILDREN: AGES 12 AND BELOW

 

HAYSOOS THE HONU

Kristin Barnes

 

LION’S PRIDE: A Tail of Deployment

Grace Anne Remey

 

MISS YOU TO PIECES: A Deployment Story and Project Idea for Kids

Donna M. Purkey

 

PICKYSAURUS MAC

Sandra Miller Linhart

 

SPANKY: A Soldier’s Son

Sue LaNeve

 

 

YOUNG ADULT

 

BACKCOUNTRY FURY: A Sixteen-Year-Old Patriot in the Revolutionary War

Tony Zeiss

 

BUTTERFLY DUST

Nubby Grumpins (David Michaelson)

 

FAMOUS DOGS: Changing History One Dog (& Cat) at a Time)

Pat McGrath Avery

 

GRAND SLAM GROOMING DOGS SPEAK OUT

Pat McGrath Avery

 

 

AUDIO BOOK

 

USERNAME

Joyce Faulkner, Performed by M. D. Mullins

 

 

AUTHOR OF THE YEAR

 

Bob Doerr

Del Staecker

Joyce Faulkner

 

 

PRESIDENT’S AWARD

 

No Finalist

 

 

FOUNDER’S AWARD

 

DEATH IN THE BALTIC

Cathryn Prince

 

IN THE SHADOW OF A BADGE

Lillie Leonardi