WINNERS OF THE 2008 ROYAL PALM LITERARY AWARDS

CHILDREN’S – UNPUBLISHED

1st Place – Kathryn Brugh-Taromina – Rosemary Rabbit’s Talent
2nd Place – Anne Hawkinson – The Red Door
Honorable Mention – Kathy Crisafulli – The Mullumbimby Jungle

CHILDREN'S – PUBLISHED
1st Place – Robert Z. Hicks – Tommie Turtle’s Secret
2nd Place – Jennifer Swanson – Penny and Rio:  The Mysterious Backyard Meeting
Honorable Mention – Jan Evans – Imagine That!

EDUCATIONAL/INFORMATIONAL – UNPUBLISHED
1st Place – Melinda Richarz Bailey – Crossing the Minefield

EDUCATIONAL/INFORMATIONAL – PUBLISHED
1st Place – Suzette Martinez Standring – The Art of Column Writing
2nd Place – Dickie Anderson – Grandmother Letters
Honorable Mention – Michael Ray King – Fatherhood 101:  Bonding Tips For Building Loving Relationshops

ESSAY – UNPUBLISHED
1st Place – Helena Powell – New Brazilians

ESSAY – PUBLISHED
1st Place – Ruth Ellen Jones – Goodness Knows

FLASH FICTION – UNPUBLISHED
1st Place – Jim Morgan – Beer and Breakfast
2nd Place – Francis X. Ridge – Hang In There
Honorable Mention – Ray Andrews – Trailer Trash

FLASH FICTION – PUBLISHED
1st Place – Madeline Mora-Summonte – A Quarter For Your Thoughts
2nd Place – Madeline Mora- Summonte – The Wedding Crashers
Honorable Mention – The Salute of the Old and Crotchety

HISTORY – PUBLISHED
1st Place – Doug Dillon – A Brief Political and Geographic History of Asia

HUMOR/SATIRE – UNPUBLISHED
1st Place – Shannon Rachels & Jennifer Standland – Logic, Luck Or Lack Thereof

HUMOR/SATIRE – PUBLISHED
1st Place – Maureen Landress – Sour Grapes
2nd Place – Amanda Martin - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

MAINSTREAM – UNPUBLISHED
1st Place – Charles Warren – Unlikely Heros
2nd Place – Tommy Greene – Priority One
Honorable Mention – Joyce Moore – Lilies and Lies

MAINSTREAM – PUBLISHED
1st Place – Sandra Worth – The Rose of York:  Fall From Grace

MEMOIR – UNPUBLISHED
TIE FOR 2nd Place:
Dave Archard – Through Slanted Windows: A Boy’s Journey Into Radio
Jim Morgan – Faith and Proton Therapy vs Prostate Cancer
1st Place – Theresa Rose – Opening the Kimono

MEMOIR – PUBLISHED
1st Place – Valerie Anne Faulkner – I Must Be in Heaven: A Promise Kept
2nd Place – Rupert Metzroth – Think For Yourself: A POW in Florida and England

MYSTERY – UNPUBLISHED
1st Place – Dan Anderson – Death Cruise
2nd Place – Janet McGuire- Hendershot – Dangerous World
Honorable Mention – Gwen Rutter & Maryann Zahl – Scraps

MYSTERY – PUBLISHED
1st Place – Dan Anderson – Bad Vibrations
2nd Place – Arthur H. Heath – The Ocoosa County Burden

POETRY – UNPUBLISHED
1st Place – Phyllis McKinley Brace – Two Men With Poodles
2nd Place – Beth Ramos – The Crayon Box
Honorable Mention – Beth Ramos – Thunder in Pennsylvania

SCI/FI – UNPUBLISHED
1st Place – Gertie Poole – Shard of the Dark Star
2nd Place – John Boyle – Clericals, Courtesans and Superconductors
Honorable Mention – Eugene Orlando – The Ascension

SCI/FI – PUBLISHED
1st Place – William Hamel – Sam Whitton and the Angel’s Prophecy

SHORT STORY – UNPUBLISHED
1st Place – Muriel McKinlay – Down the Altamaha to Darien
2nd Place – Donna Kohlstrom – Dying to Live
Honorable Mention – Ray Andrews – The Day the Giants Came

SHORT STORY – PUBLISHED
1st Place – John White – The Writer

TRAVEL – UNPUBLISHED
1st Place – Doug Alderson – New Dawn for an Old River

THRILLER – UNPUBLISHED
1st Place – Johnny Ray – The Salsa Connection
2nd Place – BJ  Miller – The Death Masters
Honorable Mention – Mark Adduci – The Endowment

THRILLER – PUBLISHED
1st Place – Vincent Scuro – Blue Diamonds
2nd Place – Don Bruns – St. Barts Breakdown
Honorable Mention – Robyn Weinbaum & Gene Hodes – Mastermind

YOUNG ADULT – UNPUBLISHED
1st Place – Nancy H. Murray – The Night the Elephants Cried
2nd Place – Carolyn Wilder – Blue Dove
Honorable Mention – Linda Eadie – Kiss And (Don’t) Tell

YOUNG ADULT – PUBLISHED
1st Place – Hank Racer – The River Rats
2nd Place – Vic DiGenti – Windrusher and the Trail of Five

WOMEN’S FICTION – UNPUBLISHED
1st Place – Eugene Orlando – The Great Hunger
TIE FOR 2nd PLACE:
Maxine Schreiber – War Casualties
Robert W. West – The Maypole of Valhalla

WOMEN’S FICTION – PUBLISHED
1st Place – Sunny Serafino – A Grandma For Christmas
2nd Place – Jackie Minniti – Project June Bug
Honorable Mention – Quientola Eicher – Love Thy Neighbor

BOOK OF THE YEAR – Children’s- Tommie Turtle’s Secret-Robert Z. Hicks