2024 Eric Hoffer Award Category Finalists

After their rigorous first round of judging, less than 10% of the nominees become category finalists. (Learn more about Eric Hoffer Award category finalists, and the award's sponsors.) Here are current category finalists, with links to those titles we've reviewed:

• A Bell for Maury's Bicycle, David Maurice Sharp
• A Change in Destiny, Dark Choices, Janet K. Shawgo, Black Rose Writing
• A Cup of Tea on the Commode, Mark Steven Porro, WriteLife
• A Delicate Marriage, Margarita Barresi, Atmosphere Press
• A Long Way from Clare, Robert W Smith, Meryton Press
• A Pyrrhic Victory, Vol. III, Ian Crouch, Strategic Book Publishing
• A Reluctant Madonna, Alan Miller, Calumet Editions
• A Taste of Anthropology, Professor E.A. Burlingame,
• Adaa's Story, Rachel JE Sprague, Fathom Publishing Company
• An American Nurse in Paris, John F. Andrews, 46 North Publications
• Anon, Sophia Terazawa, Deep Vellum
• AnOther Mythology, Maxwell I. Gold, Interstellar Fligh Press
• Are We the United States of America?, John Geyman, M.D., Copernicus Healthcare
• Artists and Vagabonds, Lorena Sikorski, Page Publishing
• As We Cover Ourselves With Light, Sandra Rivers-Gill, Sheila-Na-Gig Editions
• Astrid Finklecorn Gets Inspired, Victoria Marble, Roan & Weatherford Publishing/Young Dragons
• Awaken Your Soul, Theodore Orenstein, Life's Purpose Publishing
• Aylun, David Scidmore, Meerdon Publishing
• Back to the Futures, Scott Irwin and Doug Peterson, Ceres Books
• Become Your Masterpiece, Carlton J. Butler, FairWeather Publications
• Bentley’s Treasure, Sandra Harry & Catherine Lawson, Kids at Heart Publishing
• Bio Marty Vita, Mike Spiritfair Marty, Get A JAHB
• Birds of a Feather, Michele Wallace Campanelli, Dorrance Publishing Company
• Blood for Sail, Diane Rosier Miles, Dove in the Wild Wood Books
• Bodies of Separation, Chin Sher Ting, Cathexis Northwest Press
• Boomsters, David Marks, Wheatmark
• Broken Metronome, Connie Post, Glass Lyre Press
• Buried Dreamer, David Brown Howell, Wipf and Stock Publishers
• Busting Drug Dealers, Mike Fredericks,
• Can You Be, Sonee Singh, Lusaris
• Catch the White Tiger, Tony Assali, Writers' Branding
• Cate and the Garden Bandits, Betsy Coffeen, Story Monsters Press
• Change of Verdict, D.H. Gatlin, Author Reputation Press
• Chasing Money, Michael Balter, Mission Point Press
• Clay Mask, Ekaterina Lobanova a.k.a Kate Valery, Trafford
• Dead Eyes in Late Summer, Renee Ebert, White Bird Publications
• Déjà View, Michael Thomas Perone, Wheatmark
• Del Bac, Liza Porter, Finishing Line Press
• Detroiters, Ben Sen Dan Foley, Ben Sen Press
• Diary of a Robot, Lewis Jenkins
• Digital Money Demystified, Professor Tonya M. Evans, Broad Book Press
• Drawn to the Mountain, Nola Parsons, Forty South Publishing
• Drinkin’ Margaritas With the Lord, George Douglas Lee, Electric Theatre Radio Hour
• Eliza Jane Finds Her Hero, Eliza Kelley and Debra Whiting Alexander, Luminare Press
• Elvia and the Gift of Passion, Ruthy Ballard, WhipSmart Books
• Embrace the Power of You, Tricia Montalvo Timm, PageTwo
• Emily Dickinson's Lexicon, Katie Lehman, Dos Madres Press
• Emmeline Grant and the Monstrous Beesh, Janice Phelps Williams, Tyler’s Field
• Felipe the Feeling Frog, Zeba McGibbon, Kindergarten Cafe
• Final Touchstones, Linda M. Romanowski, Brown Posey Press
• Finding Reslilience, Rachel Leland and Dorothy Kupcha Leland, River Grove Books
• Fish Culture in Yellowstone National Park: The Early Years: 1901-1930, Frank H Tainter Ph.D., Bookside Press
• Five Mile Charlie: Charlie Goes to the Library, Kimberly Adams, Mascot Books
• For What Ails You, Ra’Niqua Lee, ELJ Editions
• Free and First, Elizabeth Jane, Automatic Authority Publishing & Press House
• Freeing Teresa, Franke James, The James Gang, Iconoclasts
• Friends Come in All Sizes, Raven Howell, Lawley Publishing
• General Release from the Beginning of the World, Donna Spruijt-Metz, Free Verse Editions
• Getting Huge, John Young, Guernica Editions
• Harness Time and Free Your Mind, Linda Newlin, Luna Madre Inc.
• Healing Kiss, Amanda Uhl
• Heidi Kumao, Heidi Kumao, Michigan Publishing
• Herlot of Alonia, Maria Rosestone, HenschelHAUS Publishing
• High Lonesome, Stan Cosby, AuthorHouse
• Holding Hope, Marabai Rose, Beaver's Pond Press
• Holiday Spirit, John DeGuire, Amazon
• How to Easily Move an Aging Parent into Their Next Home... Like a Pro, Monica E. Young, Elder Wisdom Press
• How to Go and Live in Heaven, Paradise, and the Land of Bliss While Living, Woo Myung, Cham Books
• How to Make Your Sock Talk, Jimmy Vee, Atlas Press
• I Can't Believe They're Gone, Karen Brough, Heart Hope Publications
• I Do Everything I’m Told, Megan Fernandes, Tin House
• I Love Information, Courtney Bush, Milkweed Editions
• I’m Never Fine, Joseph Lezza, Vine Leaves Press
• In the Silence of Decay, Lisa Boyle, Lisa Boyle Writes
• In Your Dreams, Pamela Green, Girl Friday Books
• Inferno on Fifth, Marlie Parker Wasserman, Level Best Books
• It’s This, Laura Foley, Fernwood Press
• Italian Blood, Denise Tolan, CavanKerry Press
• Jingle Jangle, Jim Rix, Broken Bench Press
• Just East of Nowhere, Scot Lehigh, Islandport Press
• Justifiable Deceit, Mikael Carlson, Warrington Publishing
• Killer State of Mind, Leanna Floyd
• Kindergarten at 60, Dian Seidel, Loyola University Maryland’s Apprentice House Press
• las Crosses, Apple An, Voices Heard Publishing
• Last Days Of Colbosh, C. L. Roberts, iUniverse
• Living Life With Blinders On, Dr. Julius Mosley, Readersmagnet
• Massacre of the Innocents, Thomas Stacey, Outskirts Press
• Maxine, Jack Remick, Quartet Global
• Message in a Matchbox, Sara Fashandi, Seyedeh Fashandi
• Met the End, Holly Brians Ragusa, Amused Moon
• MFA Thesis Novel, Ian M. Rogers, Vine Leaves Press
• Midnight in Syria, Jacek Waliszewski
• Mighty Mila: Dream Job, Katie Petruzziello, Mighty Books
• Model Suspect, TK Sheffield, Making Hay Press
• Musical Nationalism in Indonesia, Sharifah Faizah Syed Mohammed, Springer Singapore Ptd
• My Book of Bible Verses & Daily Prayers, Kathy Alexis, MainSpring Books
• My Brother Speaks in Dreams, Catherine Anderson, Wishing Up Press
• My Hopi Skopi Activity Book 1, Sipiwe Sikwila, Something Me Books
• My Unexpected Life, Jennifer Gasner, Acorn Publishing
• Naming Gotham, Rebecca Bratspies, History Press
• Navigating the Storm, Sarah Branson, Sooner Started Press
• New Wilderness, Jenifer DeBellis, Cornerstone Press
• No Spare People, Erin Hoover, Black Lawrence Press
• No Words... Just News, Peter Jacob Streitz, BluePisces Press
• Nothing Happens by Chance, Vanessa Lafleur, BQB Publishing
• Now You Are a Missing Person, Susan Hayden, Moon Tide Press
• Or Did You Ever See The Other Side?, Hedy Habra, Press 53
• Other Stories to Tell Ourselves, Vincente G. Perez, Newfound
• Otherlight, Jill Mceldowney, YesYes Books
• Out of The Workplace Trap, Martin Goldberg, nonlectures press
• Panacea, Alison Strub, Milk & Cake Press
• Picture Your a Leader, Elisabeth Swan, Lumen Press
• Puritans, Patriots & Pioneers, Lynn Wenzel, Lynn Wenzel
• Radioactive Wolves, Amy Roa, Steel Toe Books
• Raising Badass Kids, CJ Scarlet, Hybrid Global Publishing
• Refuge, Bill VanPatten
• Revelation Questions Answered, Larry A. Heidelberg, Writers Branding
• Righting Writing, Michael Bailey, Written Backwards
• Romantic Comedy, James Allen Hall, Four Way Books
• Searching for Charles, Stephen Watts, Houndstooth Press
• Shattered, Jenell M. Jones M.Ed., AuthorHouse
• Sole Brethren, B.A. Summer, Elfado Island
• SOS: Save Our Seas, Renate Schalk Schreiner, Author Reputation Press
• Spirit Says…Be Inspired, Dr. Susan Bova, Martin Avenue Press
• Standout Startup, Allyson Letteri, Costa Flora
• Still Positive, Julie Lewis with Jenny Koenig, Torchflame Books
• Stoned, Jill Hoffman, Box Turtle Press, Inc.
• Stop, Ask, Explore, Joan P. Ball, Kogan Press
• Stop, Drop, Grow, & Glow, Holly Swenson, Burning Soul Press
• Strange Timing, J.C. Bruce, Tropic Press
• Suddenly It Was the Last Day of My Life, Michael J. Waggoner, WestBowPress
• Syrup Sandwiches, Choose Not to Give Up!, Anthony Owens, Anchor Book Press
• Thank God for Stem, George Acquaah, George Acquaah Publishing
• The Ambulance That Could Fly, Patricia Osborn, Huey's Books
• The Art of Traveling Strangers, Zoe Disigny, Subplot
• The Back Forty, Darrell W. Gurney, Hunter Arts Publishing
• The Body Auction, Lisa Mathis, Vertu Publishing
• The Book Eaters, Carolina Hotchandani, Perugia Press
• The Bottle House, Susan Grant, Elk Lake Publishing
• The Cobbler of Cape Town, Skip Johnson
• The Codex of the Endangered Species Act, Vol. II, Lowell E. Baier Christopher E. Segal, Rowan and Littlefield
• The Court of No Record, Jenny Molberg, LSU Press
• The Covid Murders, Greg Vigdor
• The Day I Had a Bulldozer, Ashley Wall, MamaBear Books
• The Goodnight Agency, Tyler Tork, Roan & Weatherford Publishing/Mad Cat
• The Grand Promise, Rebekah Anderson, Empty Bowl Press
• The Grunts of Wrath, Ronny Bruce, Touchpoint Press
• The Guitar Decoder Ring, Asher Black & Barry Gilman, MadPipe Publishing
• The Ick Erros, Cal Devney, Tellwell Talent
• The Jolly Elf, Cevin Soling, Spectacle Films
• The Kid Across the Hall, Reid Saaris, Redwood Press
• The Literary Undoing of Victoria Swann, Virginia Pye, Regal House Publishing
• The Nine, Phil Simon, Racket Publishing
• The Pathfinder, Rovshan Abdullaoglu, Gadim Gala
• The Prophecy, Victoria Larque, Butterdragons Publishing
• The Ropes That Bind, Tracy Stopler, Binah Books
• The Rules for Whistleblowers, Stephen Martin Kohn, Esq., Lyons Press
• The Search For King, Thomas Smith
• The Serpent Mind, Richard Dibble, Xlibris
• The Shattered Vase, Gracie Lynne, GracieLynne6
• The Singing Shore I, E.P. Clark, Helia Press
• The Society of Spirits, Marial Winters
• The Stark Beauty of Last Things, Celine Keating, She Writes Press
• The Starlight Club 14, Joe Corso, Black Horse Publishing
• The Sumerian Secret, Penny Fletcher
• The Sun Held the Dice, John Goode, Rain Mountain Press
• The Table by the Window, Paul Leon
• The Things We’ll Never Have, Hilary Hauck, Olive Rose Press
• The Witchfinder's Serpent, Rande Goodwin, Greenleaf Book Group
• The Women Who Loved Jesus, Donna D’Ingillo, Origin Press
• These Particular Women, Kat Meads, Sagging Meniscus Press
• Thief of Dreams, JP Powers, CitiofBooks
• This Is Not A Parenting Book, Amy Huntsman
• Through a Divine Lens, Sue Frederick, Park Street Press
• Thrown to the Wind, Amanda M. Cetas, Windy Sea Publishing
• Time Blinder, Ocean Lockwood, PartridgeSingapore
• To Haiti with Love and Other Poems, Marie J. Mond, LifeRich Publishing
• Toxic Sphere, Vol 3, C.N. Sky, MindStir Media
• Transforming While Performing, Kristof Braekeleire and Oliver Van Duuren, BISpublishers
• Two Degrees, William Michael Ried, CKBooks Publishing
• Type and Cross, Staci Troilo, Oghma Creative Media/Foyle Press
• Unfurled, Catherine Marenghi, Maddalena Press
• Unsinkable, Alan Corcoran, Tivoli Publishing House
• Unspoken, Tammy Ottenbreit, Your Nickel's Worth Publishing
• Untethered, Deborah L. Staunton, V Press LC
• Until You Walk in My Shoes, Dr. Frank L. Douglas
• Urgent Calls from Distant Places, Marc-David Munk, Creemore Press
• Vaulting Through Time, Nancy McCabe, CamCat Publishing
• Water Memory, Tom Strelich, Owl Canyon Press
• Way Up North Where the Kittiwakes Play, Juli-Ann Gasper, MainSpring Books
• We Always Wondered What Became of You, Jerry Wemple, Broadstone Books
• Welcome to My Garden, Brian Murray, Sackets Harbor Press
• West of Dodge, various, Saddlebag Dispatches
• When Pookie Met Tuska, Jorge, Pers
• When Writing Morphs into a Lifetime, Myrna Lou Jastra, Pen Culture Solutions
• When Your Sky Runs Into Mine, Rooja Mohassessy, Elixir Press
• Where Two Worlds Meet, Jerry Witkovsky and Deanna Shoss, WriteLife Publishing
• Whispering Winds of Appalachia, John Ellington
• Who Killed Jerusalem?, George Albert Brown, Galbraith Literary Publishers
• Willowmere, Andrea Cox Christen, Chicken Scratch Books
• Wiring the Winning Organization, Gene Kim and Steven J. Spear, IT Revolution
• Wonderhell, Laura Gassner Otting, Ideapress Publishing
• Worldwide Crush, Kristin Nilsen, Spark Press

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