The Royal Palm Literary Award 2006 Winners

Children's/YA - Unpublished

First Place: Maurice the Mole - Carol Miller

 

Children's/YA- Published

First Place: Beyond the Road - Dr. Margaret Howe Bugbee

Second Place: Adios to My Old Life - Caridad Ferrer.

 

Educational/Informational - Unpublished

First Place: Humor May Be Hazardous to Your Illness - Shara Rendell Smock

 

Educational/Informational - Published

First Place: How the Bible Became the Bible - Donald O'Dell

Second Place: Living on the Edge, Growing to the End of Life - Molly Hill Folken

 

Fiction – Unpublished

First Place: Surrogate - Linda Sebastian

Second Place: Beyond Midnight in America - David Pereda

 

Fiction - Published

First Place: Illumination Rounds - Peter Guinta and Randy Cribbs

Second Place: Shadow - Gordon Tucker

 

Memoir/Biography/Essay - Unpublished

First Place: Why I Left the Church, Why I Came Back, and Why I Just Might Leave Again - Kimberly Flinthamilton

Second Place: Mary Anthem, Her Life and Legacy - Marilyn Rector

 

Memoir/Biography/Essay - Published

First Place: Dancing with Alzheimer's - Delores Attias

Second Place” Hooked on a Horn - Gene Hull

 

Mystery/Thriller- Unpublished

First Place: A Different Kind of Soldier - Tom Gill

 

Mystery/Thriller- Published

First Place: Deadly Betrayal - Marilyn Rector

 

Poetry - Unpublished

First Place: Roadsigns - Phyllis McKinley Brace

Second Place: Taller than Mommy - Catherine Royce

 

Poetry - Published

First Place: When I Say Your Name - Mary Sue Koeppel

SciFi/Fantasy- Unpublished

First Place: Magic Trash - Gertie Poole

Second Place: Hidden in Plane View - Ann Boyle

 

Short Story- Unpublished

First Place: My Mother's Daughter - Eugene Orlando

Second Place: The Clown - Gordon Tucker

 

2006 Book of the Year

Beyond the Road - Dr. Margaret Howe Bugbee