2025 DBT Literary Awards

Winners and full results of the 2025 DBT Literary Awards. Use the search bar below to find a specific title.

The Quest For Freedom by Matthew Devitt

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Honorable Mention: Epic Fantasy

The humans on Affer had accepted their fate as slaves. All except one. After four hundred and seventy-three years, Fletcher Rush starts his journey to free his kind…and conquer the planet.


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Somnus’ Palace by C.V. Vobh

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First Place: Fantasy
“An imaginative and dreamy escape you can see yourself in.” — The DBT Literary Awards Judges

Proto has been given a job—to visit sleeping people’s dreams and try to make sure they turn out properly. But there are things Proto and his friends do not understand. What’s coming for them? What’s coming for the world?


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Welcome to Superhero School by Gracie Dix

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Second Place: Fantasy

Oliver, Jess, and all their friends are on a mission to destroy the power-hungry, evil villains of Vork. From subterranean sewers to lush jungle, from dinosaurs to dragons, our heroes will be pushed to their limits in ways they’d never imagined.


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Dark Threads by Kat Farrow

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Third Place: Fantasy

Three Worlds. Three Fates. One Thread of Darkness. In this collection of haunting dark fantasy tales, mortals and spirits alike wrestle with destiny, sacrifice, and the cost of power.

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Lies and Deception by Meghan E McComb

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Third Place: Fantasy

After a brief but life-changing encounter with a mysterious Knight who gives her a tiny white rose that has miraculous powers, Aidan realizes this rose is her only hope of freedom.


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The Beast Keepers by Julie Fudge Smith

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Honorable Mention: Fantasy

After Jonathan F. St. Roche takes a job as a veterinarian for a menagerie of mythical creatures, a deadly basilisk threatens the town and he must balance the dangerous creature’s needs against the risk to the community.


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The Diviner Sisters by Olivia Royal

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First Place: Fantasy, Teen
“These three sisters have more moxy than most!” — The DBT Literary Awards Judges

Instead of starting college, Angeline, Chloe, and Evelyn are whisked away to a world bursting with magic. The sisters must find a way to defend their minds and their world from invasion.


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The War of the Twins by Brian Bowen

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Second Place: Fantasy, Teen

Aiden’s family may have won battles in the past, but the game has changed. It will take all their strength and goodness to be victorious again.


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They Could Be Saviors by Diana Colleen

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First Place: Fiction
“Colleen puts a fresh new spin on justice and accountability.” — The DBT Literary Awards Judges

Five billionaires awaken in captivity, cut off from their empires and stripped of control. Their captors are a collective of women determined to break through their defenses using psychedelic therapy.


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Split by Michael Swartz

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Second Place: Fiction

Sixteen-year-old Ethan Rivers has seen firsthand the repercussions of his father’s actions, and he can’t control his genetics. Is there any way he won’t repeat his father’s mistakes?


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Sinful Oath by KT McWilliams

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Third Place: Fiction

1618 London. Haunted by the demons of her past, courage becomes as crucial as faith, as Elizabeth Bowmar fights against the rising tide of corruption that threatens to engulf her.

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The Message by Nunis Vyner Robert

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Third Place: Fiction

A powerful message is revealed to humanity that encourages it to start making the changes needed to avoid a cataclysmic ending to our civilization.


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The Well Dressed Olive by John M Noldan

2025 DBT LITERARY AWARDS
Honorable Mention: Fiction

This fictionalized semi-autobiographical story reveals a very dysfunctional family life and the personal struggles and sacrifices required to survive there and achieve what no one else in the family could do. 


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