Nonfiction
- 1001 Energy Tips, Bill Clark, Dorrance Publishing
- The Experience Maker, Dan Gingiss, Morgan James Publishing
- In My Next Life I’ll Get It Right, Rosemary Mild, Magic Island Literary Works
- Mario Writes a Poem a Day for a Year and So Can You, Mario Milosevic, Green Snake Publishing
- That Covid Episode, Twisa Dandapat, Prowess Publishing
Fiction
- (Mostly) True Tales From Birchmont Village, Peter J. Stavros, Independently Published
- Rone Isa, Robin Murarka, self-published
- You’re Pretty Gay, Drew Pisarra, Chaffinch Press
Poetry
- All the Tie in the World, Kelly R. Samuels, Kelsay Books
- Face me: a declaration, Olivia Keenan, The Unapologetic Voice House
- The Four Colors, Ankur, Hawakal Publishers
- Look Mom I’m a Poet (And So Is My Cat), Andrew Shaffer, Dime House
- Serenity View: Poems & Images from the Blue Ridge Mountains, Dr. Marlene MD, BookBaby
- Spells & Other Ways of Flying, Barbra Nightingale, Kelsay Books
- WAIT, Kemuel Edmond, Independently Published