2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Second Place: Science Fiction
The US and Chinese artificial beings share one essential quality: their cognitive abilities go well beyond those of any human being. Can humanity survive the clash between two sentient forces of its own creation?
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2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
First Place: Self-Help
“In a world of noise, this is the calming voice we all need in our ear.” – The DBT Literary Awards Judges
Through a mental-health-based approach to awareness using tools like breathing, active listening, and compassion, you’ll learn how to better handle any rude situation.
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2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Second Place: Self-Help
In this unique blend of memoir and healing practices, author Ann Mracek will guide you to gain adult perspective and show you how to send love and acceptance back in time to the child still living within.
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2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Third Place: Self-Help
Author Ernest Ellender, PhD, who has worked directly with childhood trauma survivors since 1995, presents 20 key concepts in the form of rules/guidelines for comprehensively thriving past your stressful childhood.
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2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Honorable Mention: Self-Help
This uniquely actionable and compassionate body of wisdom addresses the ten most essential building blocks of a truly inspired life, including defining boundaries, healing trauma, advocating for yourself, and building your future.
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2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
First Place: Social Issues
“Honest struggles with mental health, racism, sexuality and so much more.” – The DBT Literary Awards Judges
This powerful memoir is a profound journey with Emmy Award–winning journalist Kendis Gibson as he navigates the complex interplay of identity, resilience, and healing.
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2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Second Place: Social Issues
An activist objects to her siblings’ plan to ship their disabled sister off to a nursing home, forced to choose between family and her sister’s freedom, in this true story about disability, sisters, and standing up for yourself.
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2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Third Place: Social Issues
This memoir captures one man’s struggle to transcend his past and imagine an entirely new future for himself premised on compassion, care, and advocacy.
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2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Honorable Mention: Social Issues
Take Back Your Brain: How a Sexist Society Gets in Your Head is a manual for every woman who wants to stop endless negative self-talk, create unshakable confidence, and jump-start a life of joy and power.
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2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
First Place: Suspense
“From start to finish, a spectacular thriller.” – The DBT Literary Awards Judges
A romantic encounter with a compelling stranger becomes an extended nightmare when Valerie discovers the meeting was not accidental. Her stranger has an extravagant plan to make her pay for a crime she never even knew she committed.
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2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Second Place: Suspense
Ally’s perfect marriage to Tim Hawthorne is crumbling. And now she’s uncovered a sinister secret: years ago, Tim was the prime suspect in a young woman’s disappearance.
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2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Third Place: Suspense
Cadet Sophie Allard’s world is upended by the revelation that her adoptive father was possibly entangled with a covert group, thrusting her into a web of military intrigue and betrayal.
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2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Honorable Mention: Suspense
Top global technology lawyer Tornait “Torn” Sagara discovers that everything he values—his reputation, his family, and even his life—is on the line, and he is forced to face his own flaws and discover what really matters most.
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2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
First Place: Teen
“A story about all the ways we find to glue our broken pieces back together.” – The DBT Literary Awards Judges
Join Naomi on an emotional rollercoaster as she fights to hold onto the delicate threads of her existence.
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2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Second Place: Teen
Kali is serving her sentence for what happened in Pompeii. As punishment, she and her family are forced to reincarnate into human bodies, shackling their existence to one life form.
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2024 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
First Place: Teen Fantasy
“A refreshing take on beloved tropes.” – The DBT Literary Awards Judges
When Emma discovers a highly classified project that involved her mom and could change the entire course of the war, there’s no turning back. Three options remain: life in the Elementum world, death, or worst of all—capture.
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