Special Recognition | Medal Winners| Summaries & Reviews

• Founder's Award 2011 - Out of the Mist: Memories of War by Michael “Moon” Mullins
• President's Award 2011 - Gated Grief by Leila Levinson
• Author of the Year 2011 - Jack Woodville London for French Letters: Engaged in War
• Korean War Book Award - Truman and MacArthur by Don Farinacci - Gold

NOTE: The Center for Korean War Studies has underwritten a cash award to Don Farinacci for $250

• Korean War Book Award - War Remains by Jeffrey Miller - Silver
• Korean War Book Award - The Untold Experiences by C. Gilbert Lowery - Bronze
• Korean War Book Award - Eddie & Bingo by Katherine and Kathleen Taylor - Honorable Mention
• Korean War Book Award – Chitose Road by Bob Ruehrdanz- 1st Runner UP
• William E. Mayer Award for Literary or Artistic Excellence - Bonnie Bartel Latino for CHRISTMAS WHISTLES - Gold
• William E. Mayer Award for Literary or Artistic Excellence - Jim Greenwald for False Honor - Silver

Gold Medal Awards

• Historical Fiction – Event - Victory Road by Mark Bowlin
• Historical Fiction Chronicle - Shall Never See So Much by Gerald Gillis
• Historical Fiction Protagonist - For Love of Country by William C. Hammond
• Fiction/Mystery - Laos File by Dale A. Dye
• Fiction/Thriller - The Mullahs Storm by Thomas W. Young
• Literary Fiction - War Remains by Jeffrey Miller
• Non-fiction/History - Keeping the Promise Donna Elliott
• Non-fiction/Memoir - DAI Uy Hoch by David R. Hoch
• Non-fiction/Reference - Aerial Aces of the Universal Newsreel by Philip W. Stewart
• Non-fiction/Biography - Women in the U.S. Armed Forces by Darlene M. Iskra
• Non-fiction/How To/Business - Disability Compensation by Thomas VanHees
• Non-fiction/Creative Non-fiction - Incoming Jack Manick
• Non-fiction/Spiritual/Religious - A Prayer Journey Through Deployment by Donna Mull
• Artistic/Graphical - Sgt. Rock: The Lost Battalion, HC by Billy Tucci
• Book of Poetry - Kings of the Green Jelly Moon by King, Greenwald, Jellerson, Mullins
• Children's Book Under 12 - Klinger by Betsy Beard
• Military/Air Force - Two Gold Coins and a Prayer by James H. Keeffe lll
• Military/Army - Alan's Letters by Nancy E. Rial
• Military/Marines  - Obediently Yours, Orson Welles by Ulman Bray
• Military/Navy - The Seventh Angel by Jeff Edwards
• Military/Coast Guard - The Coast Guard by Tom Beard

Silver Medal Awards

• Historical Fiction – Event - David & the Mighty Eight by Marjorie Hodgson Parker
• Fiction/Mystery - Loose Ends Kill by Bob Doerr
• Fiction/Thriller - Pirates & Cartels by Lee & Vista Boyland
• Literary Fiction - The Book in the Wall by John F. Simpson
• Non-fiction/History - Lost Eagles by Blaine L. Pardoe
• Non-fiction/Memoir - Lullabies for Lieutenants by Franklin Cox
• Non-fiction/Biography - Grey Eminence by Edward Cox
• Non-fiction/How To/Business - Breastfeeding in Combat Boots by Robyn Roche-Paul
• Non-fiction/Creative Non-fiction - Inside the President's Helicopter G.T. Boyd & J. Boor
• Non-fiction/Spiritual/Religious - I Want to be the Fat Pretty One by Lori Kathleen Cline
• Artistic/Pictorial - USAF Interceptors by Mary Isham & D. McLaren
• Book of Poetry - Blooming Red by C. Howard-Johnson & M. Ball
• Children's Book Under 12 - Our Daddy is Invincible by Shannon Maxwell
• Military/Air Force - Safe Landings by Fran McGraw
• Military/Army - Still Standing by Jim Kosmo
• Military/Navy - The Untold Experiences by C. Gilbert Lowery

Bronze Medal Awards

• Historical Fiction – Event - Once a Knight By Walt Shiel
• Fiction/Mystery - I Know Why the Dogwoods Blush by Bill Cain
• Non-fiction/History - American Guerilla by Mike Guardia
• Non-fiction/Memoir - Wing Wife by Marcia J. Sargent
• Non-fiction/Biography - Beyond All Price by Carolyn Poling Schriber
• Non-fiction/Spiritual/Religious - Bringing Courage to the Courageous by Don Williamson
• Book of Poetry - Through the Years by James Jellerson
• Children's Book Under 12 - The Sandpiper's Game by Charles Boyle
• Military/Air Force - The Men Who Killed the Luftwaffe by Jay A. Stout
• Military/Army - The Sentinel & the Shooter by Douglas W. Bonnot
• Military/Navy - Listening to Ghosts by Robert (Bob) Stockton

Honorable Mention Awards

• Historical Fiction – Event - Beyond Those Hills by M.H.A. Menondji
• Non-fiction/History - T-41 Mescalero: The Military Cessna 172 by Walt Shiel
• Non-fiction/Memoir - We Came to Fight a War by Jack Flynn & Alvin E. Kotler
• Non-fiction/Biography - True Blue: A Tale of the Enemy Within by Joe Sanchez & Mo Dhania
• Non-fiction/Spiritual/Religious - God + Military Spouse by Lori Kathleen Cline
• Children's Book Under 12 - Eddie & Bingo: A Friendship Tale by Katherine & Kathleen L. Taylor
• Military/Air Force - Belle of the Brawl by Gary A. Best

1st Runner Up Awards

• Historical Fiction – Event - The Corydon Snow by Richard Whitten Barnes
• Non-fiction/History – Eisenhower & Montgomery by William Weidner
• Non-fiction/Memoir - Life Interrupted by War Thomas van Hees
• Children's Book Under 12 - The Adventures of Brisky Bear by Steve Bolt

2nd Runner Up Awards

• Historical Fiction – Event - Look Long Into the Abyss by A.R. Homer
• Fiction/Thriller - Project Dragonslayers by Kathy Rowe
• Non-fiction/History - Targeted Killing by Thomas B. Hunter
• Non-fiction/Memoir - Earning My Wings by Shirley Dobbins Forgan