Fiction
- Blood and Needles, Billy Lyons, Intrigue Publishing
- Fuck You, Your Honor, Craig Chambers, Black Letter Editions
- Mother’s Day, Muffins, and Murder, Sara Rosett, Kensington Publishing Corp.
- Post-High School Reality Quest, Meg Eden, Rare Bird Books
- River of Fire, Kristine Simelda, River Ridge Press
- When the Grits Hit the Fan, Maddie Day, Kensington Publishing Corp.
Nonfiction
- Book Blueprint, Jacqui Pretty, Grammar Factory
- Launch Your Dream, Dale Partridge, Nelson Books
- Moms for Hire: 8 Steps to Kickstart Your Next Career, Deborah Jelin Newmyer, Skyhorse
- Nowhere Else I Want to Be, Carol D. Marsh, Inkshares
- A Tangled Tree: My Father’s Path to Immortality, Aiyanna Sezak-Blatt, Logosophia LLC
- Real Artists Don’t Starve, Jeff Goins, Nelson Books
- When Your Heart Belongs to an Addict, Cyndee Rae Lutz, Flip the Hippo Publishing
- Writing for Bliss, Diana Raab, Loving Healing Press
Poetry
- Railroad Phoenix, Alicia Hoffman, Kelsay Books