Georgia Author of the Year Awards 2004

40th Annual Georgia Author of the Year Award Official Nominations List (awarded in 2004 for books published in calendar year 2003)

*Executive Director/Co-Founder Geri Taran
*Chairman Vally M. Sharpe

*Lifetime Achievement Award: Dr. Bettie M. Sellers

Creative Nonfiction

*Final Judge: Dr. Blake Leland

Overall Creative Nonfiction Winner(s)
*Boyd, Valerie - Wrapped in Rainbows
*Monahan, Evelyn & Neidel-Greenlee, Rosemary - And if I Perish

Essay Division

*Division Judge - Jennifer Wheelock

*Division Winner - Blackmarr, Amy - Above the Fall Line

*Blackmarr, Amy - Above the Fall Line
*Miller, Zell - A National Party No More
*Sipp, Carey - The Turn Around Mom
*Thurmond, Michael - Freedom

Biography Division

*Division Judge: Piper Huguley-Riggins

*Division Winner: Boyd, Valerie - Wrapped in Rainbows

*Boyd, Valerie - Wrapped in Rainbows
*Carr, Virginia Spencer - The Lonely Hunter
*Cheatham, Mike - No Man Walks Alone
*Hyatt, Richard - Charles H. Jones, A Biography

Memoir Division

*Division Judge: Jeremy Eisenberg

*Division Winner: Walker, Melissa - Living on Wilderness Time

*Arbiser, Pola - Give Me the Children
*Haney, Eric L. - Inside Delta Force
*Harner, Irene A. - Movin' On
*Taylor, Richard - Prodigals: A Vietnam Story
*Walker, Melissa - Living on Wilderness Time

History Division

*Division Judge: Robert Giannetti

*Division Winner: Monahan, Evelyn & Neidel-Greenlee, Rosemary - And if I Perish

*Ambrose, Andy - Atlanta: An Illustrated History
*Darnell, Tim - The Crackers: Early Days of Atlanta Baseball
*Domin, Gregory Paul - Jimmy Carter, Public Opinion and the Search for Values
*Galloway, Tammy Harden - Dear Old Roswell
*Gilliard, Deric A. - Living in the Shadows of a Legend
*Greene, Melissa Fay - Last Man Out
*Johnson, Calvin C., Jr. - Exit to Freedom
*Monahan, Evelyn & Neidel-Greenlee, Rosemary - And if I Perish
*Smith, Jedwin - Fatal Treasure
*Turner, Nat (Ed.) - A Southern Soldier's Letters Home

elf-Help Division

*Division Judge: Maria Engberg

*Division Winner: Lewis, Edna & Peacock, Scott - The Gift of Southern Cooking

*Baer, Greg, M.D. - Real Love
*Batchelder, Josh - Handwriting Reveals You
*Evans, Gail - She Wins, You Win
*Lawson, Leidra - Sugar Daddy 101
*Lewis, Edna & Peacock, Scott - The Gift of Southern Cooking
*Marks, Marsha - 101 Simple Lessons for Life
*Smith, Loran & Myrna - Let the Big Dawg Eat
*Wayne, Robert - Venice in Context

Inspirational/Religious Division

*Division Judge: Opal Moore

*Division Winner: Allen, Barbara - Still Christian After All These Years

*Allen, Barbara - Still Christian After All These Years
*Burch, Jarrett - Adiel Sherwood
*Carrera, Phyllis - A Journey of My Choosing
*Chea, Augustine S. - Inspirational Daily Meditation
*Fillingim, David - Redneck Liberation
*Hamill, Bryan - Shocking Bible Prophecy
*Maurer, Marsha - A Fragrant Fullness
*Murphey, Cecil - The Relentless God

Poetry

*Judge: Dr. Lee Passarella

*Winner: Woloch, Cecilia - (Late)

*Corey, Stephen - There Is No Finished World
*Giannetti, Robert - Drawn by the Creek
*Kelley, Collin - Better to travel: Selected Poems
*Rochelle, Tania - Karaoke Funeral
*Wilson, Dianna S. - Reflections From the Heart
*Woloch, Cecilia - Late

Fiction

*Judge: David Fulmer

*Winner: Kay, Terry - The Valley of Light

*Andrews, Mary Kay - Little Bitty Lies
*Cleage, Pearl - Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do
*Ellis, Virginia - The Photograph
*Gerdes, Eckhard - Cistern Tawdry
*Kay, Terry - The Valley of Light
*Keyes, Greg - The Briar King
*Lanier, Virginia - A Bloodhound to Die For
*Magers, Rick - Blue Water Adventure
*Propst, Milam McGraw - Ociee: On Her Own
*Ray, Janisse - Wild Card Quilt
*Singer, Randy - Irreparable Harm
*Skibell, Joseph - The English Disease
*Slaughter, Karen - A Faint Cold Fear
*Smith, Haywood - The Red Hat Club
*Vail, Emily Blake - Dark Night on Mimosa Trail

Anthologies/Short Stories

*Judge: Beau Cutts

*Winner: Ruppersburg, Dr. Hugh (Ed.) - After O'Connor

*Bishop, Michael - Brighten to Incandescence
*Denmark, Herbert W. - Second Finger ... Left Hand
*Denmark, Herbert, (Ed.) - The Night the Animals Screamed
*Hendricks, Randy J. - The Twelfth Year and Other Times
*Ruppersburg, Dr. Hugh (Ed.) - After O'Connor

First Novel

*Judge: John Williams

*Winner: Riggs, Jack - When the Finch Rises

*Berry, Steve - The Amber Room
*Best, Steven M. - When Philosophers Were Kings
*Carter, Jimmy - The Hornet's Nest
*Clear, Irvon E. - The Game: Part 1
*duPont, M. Kay - Loving Mr. Lincoln
*Graham, Mitchell - The Fifth Ring
*Hyde, Nancy M. - The Hollow
*Khoury, Hannah - So Pretty an African
*Lazenby, H.F. - A Death in Heaven
*McNaughton, June - Alligator Creek
*Riggs, Jack - When the Finch Rises
*Robbins, Carolyn - Caribbean Green
*Stewart, Fran - Orange as Marmalade
*Sun, Adam - The Mountain Man
*Uhler, Margaret B. Anderson - The Floridians

Children's and Young Adult Literature

*Judge: Sara Harrell Banks

*Winner: Bryant, David & Davidson, George - Georgia's Amazing Coast

*Bryant, David & Davidson, George - Georgia's Amazing Coast
*Dell, Marshall - The Enchanted Okefenokee
*Heyman, Carly - My Extra Special Brother
*Jones, Melanie D. - Pigs Rock!
*Shore, Diane Z. - Bus-A-Saurus Bop
*Tiller, Steven - Rudolf the Red Nose

The Barry L. and Robert S. Taran Memorial Award

*Heyman, Carly - My eXtra Special Brother

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