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2024 Ames Award Winners and Finalists

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 2024 Ames Awards Winners and Finalists After reviewing many outstanding books, the judges have named their choices for the winners of the Ames Awards for 2023. The books were scored according to industry standards with added emphasis on their inclusion of courageous faith. Also, see the finalists who excelled in their categories. The winner of the General Fiction category, Tim Bishop, The Persistent Road The winner of the Christian Romance category Bonita Y. McCoy, Billionaire Cowboy Next Door The winner of the Suspense category June Foster, Danger in Cranberry Cove The winner of the Children's Devotional category Sandra Kay Chambers, Fingerprint Devotions The winner of the Middle-grade fiction book J.D. Rempel, Melanie at Camp Redwoods The winner of the Children's Inspirational category Crystal Bowman, Michelle Lazurek, and Sandra Eide Who God Wants Me to Be The winner of the nonfiction category - Biography Shandi Stevenson, Worldchangers The winner of the nonfiction Memoir

2024 Ames Awards submission form

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  Ames Award   book contest submission form Please print and send this form with each title you want to submit to the  Ames Award  book contest.  You may mail more than one submission together, but each title will require a separate form and fee. No discounts for multiple entries. Choose      ___ Fiction     ___Nonfiction   ___Devotional   ___Children's book Book title ____________________________________     Subtitle____________________________________     ISBN _____________________________________ Author ______________________________________ Publisher_____________________________________ Publication date________________________________ Person/publisher submitting the form     Name___________________________________     Email___________________________________ Books and entry fees must be received no later than May 15, 2024. ___I have enclosed a check in the amount of $40.00 to Lisa Smith, noting "book contest fee" at the bottom. ___I have mailed two copies of each book

2023 Ames Awards Winners

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    2023Ames Award Winners   After reviewing many outstanding books, the judges have named their choices for the winners of the Ames Awards for 2023. The books were scored according to industry standards with added emphasis on their inclusion of courageous faith. The winner of the General Fiction category Christmas at Cranberry Cove June Foster The winner of the Historical Fiction category Addy of the Door Islands Judy DuCharme The winner in the Nonfiction category Tire Tracks Nancy Beverly The winner in the Young Adult category The Year of the Bear Douglas J. Lanzo The winner in the Children's Middle-Grade Book category I Want a Water Buffalo for Christmas Judy DuCharme The winner in the Children's Picture Book category Our God is Bigger Than That! Michelle Medlock Adams, Eva Marie Everson The winner in the Devotional - Women category Faith-Pump Beth Duewel, Rhonda Rhea, Kaley Rhea, Karen Porter, Karen Sargent, & Tina Yeager The winner in the Devotional-Grief/Suffer

2023 Ames Awards Finalists

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  2023 Finalists After reviewing many outstanding books, the judges have named their choices for finalists in the Ames Awards. The books were scored according to industry standards with added emphasis on their inclusion of courageous faith. The finalists in the fiction category are; Addy of the Door Islands, Judy DuCharme At Home in Cranberry Cove, June Foster Christmas at Cranberry Cove, June Foster Fountains and Secrets, Lisa E. Betz The Former Things, Allen Steadham Heroes' Might, Jake Tyson Paper Dolls, Kara Hunt When Legends Rise, Daphne Self Year of the Bear, Douglas J. Lanzo. The nonfiction finalists Debriefing, Tez Brooks GodPrints: Finding Evidence of God in the Shattered Pieces of Life, Jenny Leavitt Learning to Be Me Without You, Paula Freeman The Pursuit of Marriage Oneness, Dr. H. Irving Wilson Shattered, Stirred & Shaken, Michele McCarthy, Tire Tracks, Nancy Beverly. The children's book finalists are; The Beautiful Story With