Congratulations to 2025 Book Award Winners from Outskirts Press

1st PLACE WINNER – CHILDREN’S/JUVENILE (FICTION)

The Falls by Janet R. Macreery

The fall isn’t the end of the journey. It is just one step.

It wasn’t her choice to go. But from the moment the bush plane splashed down on the Alaskan lake, there was no turning back for 11-year-old Monty. Her widowed father’s job brought them to the edge of wilderness. Her journey that summer of 1953 would take her through rugged terrain, dangerous wildlife and unlikely friendships to the wonder and mystery beyond the Falls.

Janet R. Macreery is the author of the multi-award-winning historical fiction adventures A Little Noble and A Little Wicked. She explores the United States and Europe for inspiration and research as well as her quest to find the ultimate hot chocolate.

FINALIST – MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT

Dear G_d: A Conversation with G-d, While on the Road to Recovery by Nancy W.

You are at the edge of the abyss afraid to lift your head up and wanting the pain to just go away. With no place to turn and dismay and destruction your buddies, you gather the courage to surrender and ask GOD to bring you shelter from the storm. Yes, there are miracles and with a few people contacting one another the gears of abstinence and recovery start to grind, albeit with a screeching sound, to begin an unfathomable journey. To note, the day of surrender was November 30, 2020.

What began as a written communication in January 2021 for GODs’ ears has blossomed into daily contact. Words of prayer are powerful and revealing. Questions, amends, gratitude, thanks and more are in the communication. Answers? In GOD’s time.

Almost every facet of life is shared and the introspection is deep and self-revealing. Honesty from the deepest core of the soul rises to the surface and grabs the reader by the heart and guts.

My reading touches my emotions, crying, identifying, agreeing, recalling similar problems and issues, as well as victories. the words stir many emotions and opened my eyes by taking the writers perspective, a most interesting journey.

Those who are non-believers of the presence of GOD can approach the word GOD in their own manner and also by substituting Higher Power, the Universe or something else as long as it is not oneself.

Nancy, thank you deeply for this moving insight to enrich my life.

With serenity,
Bill B.

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