Benjamin Franklin Award Winners First Fiction

Awards List

2022

Driftwood (Gold Winner)
Anthony Lee Head

Oct-2020
/ General Fiction

Chateau Laux (Silver Winner)
David Loux

Apr-2021
/ Historical

The Big Empty (Silver Winner)
Loren C. Steffy

Jun-2021
/ General Fiction

2021

A Noble Calling (Gold Winner)
Rhona Weaver

Aug-2020
/ Police Procedural

Megge of Bury Down (Silver Winner)
Rebecca Kightlinger

Jan-2018
/ Fantasy

West of Sin (Silver Winner)
Wesley S. Lewis

Feb-2020
/ General Fiction

2020

Gold Digger (Gold Winner)
Rebecca Rosenberg

May-2019
/ Historical Romance

Different (Silver Winner)
Datta Groover

Mar-2019
/ General Fiction

A Man of Honor, or Horatio's Confessions (Silver Winner)
J.A. Nelson

Dec-2019
/ General Fiction

2019

The Way of Glory (Gold Winner)
Patricia J. Boomsma

2019
/ General Fiction

MARGARET'S DOVE (Silver Winner)
GARY J. GEMME

May-2018
/ Romantic Suspense

Little Girl Leaving (Silver Winner)
Lisa Blume

Nov-2018
/ General Fiction

2018

Getting Off on Frank Sinatra (Gold Winner)
Megan Edwards

Mar-2017
/ Mystery

Tiger Pelt (Silver Winner)
Annabelle Kim

Dec-2016
/ Historical

Jeopardy Surface (Silver Winner)
Sheri Leigh Horn

Mar-2017
/ Law Enforcement

Holy Crap! the World Is Ending! (Silver Winner)
Anna-Marie Abell

Sep-2017
/ Science Fiction Romance

2017

Drift and Hum (Gold Medal Winner)
Robert O. Martichenko

Jan-2016
/ General Fiction

2015

Saving Babe Ruth (Gold Medal Winner)
Tom Swyers

Jun-2014
/ General Fiction

2014

Coldwater (Silver Medal Winner)
Diana Gould

Jan-2013
/ Thriller

A History of Stone and Steel (Silver Medal Winner)
Christopher Fisher

Apr-2013
/ General Fiction

2013

Ripped (Gold Medal Winner)
Shelly Dickson Carr

Dec-2012
/ General Fiction

2012

Erekos (Finalist)
A.M. Tuomala

Sep-2011
/ Fantasy

2011

Burning Silk (Finalist)
Destiny Kinal

May-2010
/ Historical

The Collectibles (Finalist)
James J. Kaufman

Dec-2010
/ General Fiction

2010

Kingdom of Simplicity (Winner)
Holly Payne

Jul-2009
/ General Fiction

Shadwell's Slaves: Escape to Freedom (Finalist)
Sandra Kay Merriam

Aug-2009
/ Historical

2006

Joheved (Finalist)
Maggie Anton

Jun-2005
/ Historical Romance

Award Categories

Boty-Budget Under 10k

Children's Book W/Audio

Children's Picture Book (0-3 Years)

Children's Picture Book (4-7 Years)

Cover Design (Small)

Cover Design-1-2 Color

Cover Design-3 + Color

Cover Design-3+child-Y/A

Cover Design-3+color Lg

Cover Design-3+color SM

Cover Design-Child & Y/A

Award Years

Romance

Mystery/Thriller

Speculative

Younger Readers

Benjamin Franklin Award - First Fiction (Awarded by Independent Book Publishers Association)

Awards List

Award Categories

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