Los Angeles – The 2025 Regional Book Festivals names eight Headline Books Titles Award Winners! Regions include The Great Northwest Book Festival, The Great Southwest Book Festival, The Great Midwest Book Festival, and The Great Southeast Book Festival.
Judges considered published and unpublished works in fiction, non-fiction, biography/autobiography, how-to, compilations/anthologies, photography/art, children’s, cookbooks, poetry, spiritual, young adult, business/technology, unpublished manuscripts, wild card (anything goes!), history, memoir and regional lit.
In addition to honoring the top selections in the above categories, judges look for general excellence and the author’s passion for telling a good story plus the potential of the work to reach a wider audience.
Headline Titles win the following awards:
Island to Icon by Dreama Denver — Winner
Mission Out of Control by Dr. Charles Camarda — Winner
The Northfield Saga 4: Storm Break by Calvin B.Fisher — Runner Up and Honorable Mention
Becoming Semi Famous by Burke Allen — Winner
A Kindergarten Story by Tammy Donahue — Winner and Runner Up
The Tail of Little Bit by Linda Hickam — Winner
Polka Dots and Tater Tots by Melinda Chambers — Runner Up and Honorable Mention
Popcorn the Squirrel by Rusty McQuade — Honorable Mention
Headline Books will be attending the American Library Association (ALA) 2025 in Philadelphia, PA, June 27-July 1 and will have award-winning authors featured in their booth #1762.