Special Recognition Awards
No special recognition awards were given during this season
Medal Winners
Nonfiction
HISTORY
Stay the Rising Sun — Phil Keith —BRONZE
Forgotten Heroes of World War II — Tom Simmons — GOLD
BIOGRAPHY
Never Fear — Robert D’Angelo — BRONZE
Harnessing the Sky — Frederick Trapnell, Jr and Dana Trapnell Tibbits — SILVER
Sgt. Reckless — Robin Hutton — GOLD
MEMOIR
Clicking Mics — Bruce Hoffman — BRONZE
Dustoff 7-3 — Erik Sabiston — BRONZE
Dagger Four is OK — Bill Norris — BRONZE
Testimony of the Protected — Douglas Millikin — BRONZE
Vietnam Nurse — Louie Eisenbrandt — SILVER
Battle Rattle — Roger Boas — SILVER
15 Years of War — Kristine Schellhaas — SILVER
Where Youth and Laughter Go — Seth Folsom — GOLD
CREATIVE NONFICTION
Gravity — Beth Underwood — SILVER
Before the Belle — Cassius Mullen — GOLD
ANTHOLOGY
Currents 2015 — Jim Tritten — SILVER
REFERENCE
Mataluna — Edward Zellem — SILVER
Warriors Remembered — Albert Nahas — GOLD
Poetry
Kinyamaswa — Andreas Morgner — SILVER
The Dark Side of Heaven — Jeanette Vaughan — SILVER
Near Death/Near Life — Dennis Maulsby — GOLD
Welcome to FOB Haiku — Randy Brown — GOLD
Fiction
LITERARY FICTION
I’d Walk with My Friends — Jesse Goolsby — BRONZE
Her Own Vietnam — Lynn Kanter — SILVER
Hookup: A Novel of Fort Bragg — William P. Singley — SILVER
Sheppard of the Argonne — G. William Weatherly — GOLD
Hover — Anne Wilson — GOLD
HISTORICAL FICTION
The Liberators — Jerri McCloud — BRONZE
One Stick and a Waco — J. M. Taylor — SILVER
The Quest of the Sultana — John Rothdiener — SILVER
The Court-Martial of Benedict Arnold — Richard McMahon — GOLD
Enemies — Richard Barnes — GOLD
Black Sun — Glenn Starkey — GOLD
Damned Yankee — Carolyn Schriber — GOLD
MYSTERY/THRILLER
Cards in the Deck — Robert Stanek — SILVER
Chita Quest — Brinn Colenda — SILVER
Terror Cell — Joseph Badal — SILVER
Veil of Deception — Michael Lewis — SILVER
Beijing Red — Jeffrey Wilson — GOLD
Death Ship — Joseph Badal — GOLD
The Fifth Bomb — Kenneth Andrus — GOLD
ROMANCE
Never Forget — Heather Ashby — SILVER
Meant To Be — Jessica James — GOLD
Children & Young Adult
PICTURE BOOK
Veteran Heroes in Our Neighborhood —Valerie Pfundstein —SILVER
Mark’s Special Mission —Gregory Keeney —SILVER
CHAPTER BOOK
The Lost Celt —A. E. Conran —GOLD
YOUNG ADULT
Eugene Bullard —Larry Greenly —SILVER
Hello Wigwam —L. John Lawrence —GOLD
Note: The 2016 Season includes several books initially submitted during 2015, but which were not reviewed in time for that year's awards announcement.