ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -
Aug. 17, 2019 -
PRLog -- The Military Writers Society of America (MWSA)
recently announced its awards finalists for 2019. The actual awards (Gold, Silver, or Bronze) will be announced at MWSA's General Membership Conference on September 14, 2019, in Albuquerque, NM.
Click here for details on each award-winning book.Subcategory | Title | Author |
Children & Young Adult—Picture Book | Captain Mama's Surprise / La Sorpresa de Capitán Mamá | Graciela Tiscareño-Sato |
| Daddy Left with Mr. Army: A Child's View of Military Deployment | Chandelle Walker |
Children's Chapter Book | Kato's Grand Adventure | Jasmine and Jim Tritten |
Historical Fiction | A Distant Field: A Novel of World War I | RJ MacDonald |
| Chains Of Nobility | Brad Graft |
| Delta Sierra | Larry Fry |
| Hope in The Shadows of War | Thomas Paul Reilly |
| Occupied | Kurt Blorstad |
| The Batter's Box | Andy Kutler |
| Vietnam's Valleys of Darkness | H. J. Thomas |
History | Edison 64 | Richard Sand |
| I Grew Up In War Housing. . . The History Of The Defense Housing Projects In East Alton, Illinois 1941-1954 | Phillip Walkington |
| Space Pioneers: In Their Own Words | Loretta Hall |
| The History of Human Space Flight | Theodore Spitzmiller |
| War Animals: The Unsung Heroes of World War II | Robin Hutton |
| Winged Brothers | Ernest Snowden |
Literary Fiction | Across the Inlet | Gail Summers |
| Descent: The Forty Days After the Crucifixion of Jesus | D.S. Lliteras |
| Job 2.0 | Del Staecker |
| Living Waters | Ed Waldrop |
| To Any Soldier: A Novel of Vietnam Letters | Kathryn Watson Quigg and G.C. Hendricks |
Memoir/Biography | Baghdaddy: How Saddam Hussein Taught Me to Be a Better Father | Bill Riley |
| Echo in Ramadi - The Firsthand Story of U.S. Marines in Iraq's Deadliest City | Scott Huesing, Foreword by MGen James Livingston, Medal of Honor Recipient |
| Interview with a Terrorist | James Rosone and Miranda Watson |
| Probe the Ocean, Plow the Sea: A Destroyer Sailor's Vietnam Era Odyssey | Paul Jewell |
| The Court-Martial of Corporal Nutting: A Memoir of the Vietnam War | John Nutting |
| The Ground You Stand Upon: Life of a Skytrooper in Vietnam | Joshua and Wilbur Bowe |
| WESSELHOEFT: Traded to the Enemy | Adolf Wesselhoeft and Shirley Anderson Wesselhoeft |
Mystery/Thriller | Borderline | Joseph Badal |
| Borderline Decision | Hugh Simpson |
| Dark Waters | Chris Goff |
| Deliberate Deception | Joe Porrazzo |
| Lions of the Sky | Francesco Chierici |
| Midnight Blues | Robert Kidera |
| Red Sky | Chris Goff |
| The Councilman | Glenn Starkey |
| The Freedom Broker | K.J. Howe |
| The Motive | Joseph Badal |
Poetry—Poetry Book | Cowboys and War | Larry Fry |
Reference | Military Spouses with Graduate Degrees: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Thriving amidst Uncertainty | Dr. Leandra Hernandez and Jennifer N. Belding (co-editor) |
| Seasons Of My Military Student: Practical Ideas for Parents and Teachers | Amanda Trimillos and Stacy Allsbrook-Huisman |
Young Adult (fiction or non-fiction) | Invisible Hero: Two Boys and an Exciting Tale of Honor and Valor | R. A. Sheats |