Fiction
- The Kingdom on the Edge of Reality, Gahan Hanmer (Two Harbors Press)
 - The Last Will & Testament of Lemuel Higgins, Patrick James O’Connor (BlackbriarPress)
 - The Quaker State Affair, Dan Romain (Two Harbors Press)
 - A Secret Woman, Rose Solari (Alan Squire Publishing)
 
Children’s/YA Fiction
- The Blue Lobster, Robin Taylor-Chiarello (Peppertree Publishing)
 - Roger the Tree Frog, Jacklyn Sonnier Hirshberg (Acadian House)
 
Nonfiction
- Completely in Blue: Dispatches from the edge of insanity, Chris Curry (Post Mortem Press)
 - Getting Over the Four Hurdles of Life, Dale Brown, Dan Martin, Trent Angers (Acadian House)
 - Giving Birth to My Parents, Lorrie Caplan-Shern (Summerland Publishing)
 - A Handbook for Citizen Farmers, Susan LeVine, Tom Shepherd (Summerland Publishing)
 - No Baloney on My Boat!, Marcelle Bienvenu (Acadian House)
 
