Independent eBook Awards

The winners of the 2012 eFestival of Words Best of the Independent eBook Awards were announced. Winners of genre interest include:

General Fiction, Runner Up:

• Someone Else’s Fairytale, Emily Mah Tippetts (Emily Mah Tippetts)

Best Action/ Adventure, Runner Up:

• Redaction, Linda Andrews (LandNa)

Best Children’s Lit, Winner:

• Alice Parker’s Metamorphosis, Nicola Palmer (Kallisto)

Best Children’s Lit, Runner Up:

• The Lost Secret of Fairies, Tiffany Turner (Tiffany Turner)

Best Fantasy/Urban Fantasy, Winner:

• The Black God’s War, Moses Siregar III (Cup of Gold)

Best Fantasy/ Urban Fantasy, Runner Up:

• Mind Over Mind, Karina Fabian (Dragon Moon)

Best Horror, Winner:

• 61 A.D., David McAfee (David McAfee)

Best Horror, Runner Up:

• Zombie Bible: What Our Eyes Have Witnessed, Stant Litore (Dante’s Heart)

Best Literary, Runner Up:

• The Midget’s House, Anita Bartholomew (Anita Bartholomew)

Best Romance, Runner Up:

• Again, Diana Murdock (Diana Murdock)

Best Science Fiction, Winner:

• Wool, Hugh Howey (Broad Reach)

Best Science Fiction, Runner Up:

• The Next Genesis, Humberto Sachs & Kimberly Coghlan (Two Moon)

Best Thriller, Winner:

• The Chosen, Jay Hartlove (Damnation)

Best Young Adult, Winner:

• The Book of Lost Souls, Michelle Muto (Michelle Muto)

Best Young Adult, Runner Up:

• Neeta Lyffe: Zombie Exterminator, Karina Fabian (Damnation)

Best Novel, Winner:

• The Black God’s War, Moses Siregar III (Cup of Gold)

Best Short Story (Individual Story), Winner (Tie):

• “Transfection”, Jess C. Scott (jessINK)

Best Short Story Collection, Winner:

• Mortal Clay, Stone Heart, and Other Stories in Black and White, Eugie Foster (Eugie Foster)

Best Short Story Collection, Runner Up:

• After the Apocalypse, Maureen F. McHugh (Small Beer)

Best Magazine in Digital Format, Winner:

• Morpheus Tales

Best Magazine in Digital Format, Runner Up (Tie):

• Apex Magazine
• Clarkesworld Magazine

The Harvey Award for the Book We Most Want to See Made into a Movie, Winner:

• Wool, Hugh Howey (Broad Reach)

Best Hero/ Heroine, Winner:

• Jetta, Firedancer, S.A. Bolich

Best Villain, Winner (Tie):

• Salahn, Wrath of the White Tigress, David Alastair Hayden
• The Castus Organization, The Sin Collector, Jessica Fortunato

To qualify, a work must be available in ebook format, and be published by an independent publisher or small press. Nominations were made by authors, book reviewers, editors, and small press publishers, the finalists were chosen by a volunteer staff, and final voting was open to the general public. For more information and a complete list of winners, see the article at Gather.