2012 Award Ceremony
Unpublished Memoirs
Dare I Call It Murder by Larry Edwards (Linda Vista)
Published – Biography & Memoir
What About the Boy?: A Father’s Pledge to His Disabled Son by Stephen Gallup (Carmel Valley)
Published – Children’s Nonfiction
Bal Yoga for Kids by Glenda Kacev and Sylvia Roth (Carmel Valley)
Who Was Sitting Bull?: And Other Questions About the Battle of Little Bighorn by Judith Pinkerton Josephson (Encinitas)
Published – General Nonfiction & Humor
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats by Liz Palika (Oceanside)
Published – Self-help & Inspirational
A Tribute to Teachers by Richard Lederer (Scripps Ranch)
Published – Science & Business
Communication Case Studies: Building Interpersonal Skills in the Veterinary Practice by Dr. Carolyn C. Shadle and Dr. John L. Meyer (La Jolla)
Published – Local Interest and History
San Diego’s Top Brewers: Inside America’s Craft Beer Capital by Bruce Glassman (San Diego)
Published – Local Interest and History
Chula Vista Centennial: A Century of People and Progress by Steven Schoenherr (Chula Vista)
Short Story
Amity March by Judy Opdycke (Escondidio)
Published – Anthology/Short Story Collection
A Year in Ink Vol. 4 by San Diego Writers, Ink
(Jericho Brown and Laurel Corona, eds.) (Downtown)
Poetry Chapbook
Somewhere a Child by Pedro Ortiz Vásquez (Escondidio)
Published – Poetry
Left Unlatched by Robert T. Sedgwick (Del Mar)
Kids Write
Could It Be Magic? by Julia Situ
Kids Write
Flametongue by Cody Clements
Kids Write
What’s Mine is Mine, What’s Yours is Mine by Brian Wang
Novels
No Small Favors by Judy Hamilton (Point Loma)
Children’s and Young Adult Novels
Keepers by Kelly Hayes (Escondido)
Published – General Fiction
Farishta by Patricia McArdle (Oceanside)
Published – Young Adult Fiction
Like Mandarin by Kirsten Hubbard (San Diego)
Published – Children’s Fiction
Search for Zykland by Nina O’Hara (Del Mar)
Published – Historical Fiction
Finding Emilie by Laurel Corona (San Diego)
Published – Action, Suspense, & Thriller
Targets Down: A Novel by Bob Hamer (Escondido)
Published – Romance
Shepherd’s Secrets by Philip Shafer (Pacific Beach)
Published – SciFi, Fantasy, & Horror
Night Walker (The Night Series) by Lisa Kessler (El Cajon)
Published – Mystery
Spring of Tears: An Art Mystery set in France by Cornelia Feye (Ocean Beach)
Geisel Award
Finding Emilie Laurel Corona