2024 Awards

The Truth About Agility by Laurie Leach & Kelly Boyer

2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Second Place: Humor

What does your agility dog really think about you as an agility trainer? With more than 80 new cartoons and a light-hearted narrative, this book ensures that you will never see agility in the same way again. Get ready to laugh out loud!

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The Child Catcher by Andrew Bridge

2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
First Place: Inspirational
“A compelling story that is hard to read, but harder to ignore.” – The DBT Literary Awards Judges

This is the true story of Andrew Bridge’s legal battle to rescue the children confined to Eufaula Adolescent Center, a violent and secretive institution in the rural South.

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A Good Day To Die by Carina Bergfeldt 

2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Second Place: Inspirational

He has witnessed 276 executions. An American death row chaplain and a Swedish award-winning journalist meet by chance in rural Texas and start a conversation that changes both their lives.


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The Boy And The Man: Unleash Your Potential by Terence Ang

2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Third Place: Inspirational

The Boy & The Man is more than just a graphic novel—it’s a window into Terence’s unshakable spirit as he transforms the adversity of a sudden stroke into a story of survival, hope, and renewal – “A stroke shattered his world, but not his hope.”

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Everything Here Belongs to You by Saborna Roychowdhury

2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
First Place: Literary
“The prose holds so much beauty, even in its pain.” – The DBT Literary Awards Judges

A heart-wrenching story of an unlikely friendship which reminds us of the resilience of the human spirit. Finely woven threads of friendship, womanhood, and hope sustain Saborna’s striking novel.

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Exiles by Miles Watson

2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Third Place: Literary

A common tramp, a disillusioned smuggler and a mercenary with a lust for power will join forces and set in motion events that will shake a faceless tyranny to its foundations, and usher in a new age of empire.

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Protecting Mama by Léonie Rosenstiel

2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
First Place: Memoir
“Rosenstiel’s most painful lessons and tearful goodbyes.” – The DBT Literary Awards Judges

With the help of a brilliant, unconventional attorney, Léonie, whose mother suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, goes to war with the establishment in an attempt to help others find their way through the swamp of legal guardianship.

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Tomorrow by Patricia McCain

2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Second Place: Memoir

Lori lived a life full of adventure, love, faith and heartache, and through it all she kept hold of a secret that she knew would devastate the one she loved the most.

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Those Darn Stripes by Tyrel Nelson

2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Third Place: Memoir

During the intense period that precedes and succeeds the death of Ty’s father, the author takes readers to meet memorable gals and gents, on foreign jaunts, to old haunts, and through moments that continue to haunt him.

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THE GARDEN by PT Harry

2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Honorable Mention: Memoir

This is the tale of the two individuals who changed the course of human history. It’s a story of love, betrayal, murder, and redemption that will alter your perception of life on earth and explain who and why we are here.

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Life of Shadow: A Ghost Story by I A M Watson

2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
First Place: Middle Grade
“A timeless tale of fear and loyalty.” – The DBT Literary Awards Judges

With his best friend’s life hanging in the balance, Shadow will stop at nothing to prove that being a good dog means never giving up, no matter the odds. 

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Forgotten Realm of Secrets by Rose M Delorane

2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Second Place: Middle Grade

Driven by a relentless need to uncover his identity and the secrets hidden by the realm, Lit shrugs off warnings of the dangers and makes a life-altering choice that will change his fate, as well as the realms, forever.

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Maxzyne Goes Aquamarine by Caroline Lee

2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Third Place: Middle Grade

Eleven-year-old Maxzyne’s curiosity catapults her into an underwater world of naiads, nixies, and other lagoon creatures fighting to prevent the draining of beautiful Liliana Springs.

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Spider’s Bait by Miguel Angel Hernandez Jr.

2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
First Place: Mystery
“Readers are sure to get caught up in this wild web of action.” – The DBT Literary Awards Judges

Alister takes on the responsibility of solving the death of a Seattle Police sergeant. But as he delves deeper into the case, he realizes there is a more dangerous enemy than he could have imagined – himself.

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Killing Buddhas by Craig Allen Heath

2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Second Place: Mystery

With Eden Ridge already in turmoil, a teenage boy and girl go missing in a dangerous storm, and the race to find them turns into a life-or-death confrontation that solves the mystery but leaves as many questions as it answers.

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