Special Recognition | Medal Winners | Summaries & Reviews
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• Mike Mullins Memorial Writer of the Year 2019: Dale Dye

• Founder’s Award: Baghdaddy by Bill Riley

• President’s Award: Valerie Ormond.

For more details on these awards, please visit our awards description page.

Children & Young Adult—Picture Book

Gold

• Captain Mama's Surprise / La Sorpresa de Capitán Mamá by Graciela Tiscareño-Sato

Bronze

• Daddy Left with Mr. Army: A Child's View of Military Deployment by Chandelle Walker

Children's Chapter Book

Silver

• Kato's Grand Adventure by Jasmine and Jim Tritten

Historical Fiction

Gold

• A Distant Field: A Novel of World War I by RJ MacDonald

• The Batter's Box by Andy Kutler

Silver

• Chains Of Nobility by Brad Graft

• Delta Sierra by Larry Fry

Bronze

• Hope in The Shadows of War by Thomas Paul Reilly

• Occupied by Kurt Blorstad

• Vietnam's Valleys of Darkness by H. J. Thomas

History

Gold

• Edison 64 by Richard Sand

• Space Pioneers: In Their Own Words by Loretta Hall

• The History of Human Space Flight by Theodore Spitzmiller

• War Animals: The Unsung Heroes of World War II by Robin Hutton

Silver

• Winged Brothers by Ernest Snowden

Bronze

• I Grew Up In War Housing. . . The History Of The Defense Housing Projects In East Alton, Illinois 1941-1954 by Phillip Walkington

Literary Fiction

Silver

• Descent: The Forty Days After the Crucifixion of Jesus by D.S. Lliteras

• Job 2.0 by Del Staecker

• Living Waters by Ed Waldrop

• To Any Soldier: A Novel of Vietnam Letters by Kathryn Watson Quigg and G.C. Hendricks

Bronze

• Across the Inlet by Gail Summers

Memoir/Biography

Gold

• Baghdaddy: How Saddam Hussein Taught Me to Be a Better Father by Bill Riley

• Echo in Ramadi - The Firsthand Story of U.S. Marines in Iraq's Deadliest City by Scott Huesing, Foreword by MGen James Livingston, Medal of Honor Recipient

• The Court-Martial of Corporal Nutting: A Memoir of the Vietnam War by John Nutting

Silver

• Interview with a Terrorist by James Rosone and Miranda Watson

• The Ground You Stand Upon: Life of a Skytrooper in Vietnam by Joshua and Wilbur Bowe

• WESSELHOEFT: Traded to the Enemy by Adolf “Wes” Wesselhoeft and Shirley Anderson Wesselhoeft

Bronze

• Probe the Ocean, Plow the Sea: A Destroyer Sailor's Vietnam Era OdysseyPaul Jewell

Mystery/Thriller

Gold

• Dark Waters by Chris Goff

• Lions of the Sky by Francesco Chierici

• Midnight Blues by Robert Kidera

• The Freedom Broker by K. J. Howe

Silver

• Red Sky by Chris Goff

• The Motive by Joseph Badal

Bronze

• Borderline by Joseph Badal

• Borderline Decision by Hugh Simpson

• Deliberate Deception by Joe Porrazzo

• The Councilman by Glenn Starkey

Poetry—Poetry Book

Silver

• Cowboys and War by Larry Fry

Reference

Gold

• Seasons Of My Military Student: Practical Ideas for Parents and Teachers by Amanda Trimillos and Stacy Allsbrook-Huisman

Bronze

• Military Spouses with Graduate Degrees: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Thriving amidst Uncertainty by Dr. Leandra Hinojosa Hernandez and Jennifer N. Belding (co-editor)

Young Adult (fiction or non-fiction)

Bronze

• Invisible Hero: Two Boys and an Exciting Tale of Honor and Valor by R. A. Sheats

All medal winners are highly encouraged to read this informational “Now What?” article for suggestions on what you might do as finalists.

Click on a book cover or title to go to the individual book page for more details and to see the MWSA review (if completed).

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Click here to see 2019 Season Books on our Goodreads page

Videos

• Awards Banquet Live Stream Facebook Video—Announcement of Medal Winners

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  • First 35 minutes includes impromptu interviews during dinner

  • Actual awards ceremony begins at about the 35-minute mark

• Announcement of Finalists (YouTube version)

Press Releases

• Announcement of Awards Finalists

• Announcement of Dale Dye, 2019 Writer of the Year (PDF Version)

Promotional Material

• Click here to visit our promotional materials page where you’ll find digital images of medals, stickers, and other items for your marketing efforts

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