INTERNATIONAL
IMPACT BOOK AWARDS
Congratulations to Our
International Impact Book Award Winners
We are thrilled to announce the International Impact Book Awards 2026 winners. Our program has honored outstanding authors and their voices in non-fiction, fiction, education, poetry, business writing, essays, biography, children’s literature and more. We applaud all of you for your excellent work and dedication.
WINNERS FOR
Autobiography
Travel
The Black Sky God: The Most Devious And Mischievous Flight Attendant At 35,000 Feet
Kurt Hanson
WINNERS FOR
Biography
Community & Culture
Tragic Whispers: Secrets From The Heart Of A Broken Palestinian American Woman
Deana Elaine
WINNERS FOR
Business
Management & Leadership
Agile In Plain Sight
Aliu W. Adewale
Management
The Ex-Factor of Change
Amanda Hume Goodman
Human Resources
Fix HR, Fix Your Business, How to Rebuild the People Function Without Blowing Up the Business
Donald Herrmann
Tax Strategy
Free Yourself from the IRS: Relieve Your Stress, Reduce What You Owe, and Regain Your Freedom
Jesus Zacarias Abikarram
Philanthropy
What to Say: 12 Major Gift Asks to Get a YES
Mary Petersen
WINNERS FOR
Children
Adventure
Grammy's Treasure Hunt: Sarah's Secret
Joan Marie Voeltz
Multigenerational
Grandma's Sandals
Jodie Barton
Emotions & Feelings
I'm Stressed...I'm Worried...What can I do?
Paula Dunham
Bilingual
Marilu Goes to Work
Sonia Strockyj
Growing Up & Facts of Life
Johnny and The Beast
Walter J. Hill
WINNERS FOR
Children's Inspirational/ Motivational
Children's Folk Tales & Myths
Quest For Brightland: The Blessing Ball - Book 1
Angeleah Donahue
Holiday Fiction
The Seed of Faith: A Christmas Miracle
Daniel Petronelli
Resilience and Healing
Five Different Boo-Boos
Maggie Keefe
Self-Esteem & Self-Respect
All Kids Can Fly!
Wytisha Williams
WINNERS FOR
Contemporary Fiction
Women's Fiction
Laura: A West of the Divide Novel
Alexander Graham
Famiily Drama
The Four Of Us
Ann Zalkind
Psychological fiction
Canyons
D.A. Busby
Environmental / Eco-Fiction
The Jonnie Planet Story
Jon Planas
Political Fiction
The Brushy Ridge Militia
Roger Chiocchi
WINNERS FOR
Crime Fiction
Serial Killer Whodunit
The Plagiarist Game
Clifton Wilcox
Legal Thriller
Conjoined Justice: A Legal Thriller
Jorge L Rodriguez M.Ed.
WINNERS FOR
Culture/Society
Futurism & Technology Studies
The SPARC Trilogy: Awakening to the Age of Transcendence
Dr. David Gruder, PhD
Media Studies & Digital Culture
The Medium Picture
Roy Christopher
Identity & Belonging
I am Belgae
Yves Stilmant
WINNERS FOR
Education and Academic
Science and Technology Studies (STS)
The Making, the Rise, and the Future of the Speakingman: Sixth Edition
Dan M. Mrejeru
Educational Pedagogy
Question Power: How They Can Change and Influence Instructional Practices
Dr. William Truesdale
Theological Education
Deep Calls to the Deep
James Boyd Fuller
WINNERS FOR
Fantasy
Mythic & Creature Fantasy
The Bloodstones of Power: The Dragon's Legacy (The Norwesis Chronicles Book 3)
Alain Lescart
Contemporary Fantasy
The Last Realm Weaver Book One
Elizabeth Anne Adams
Romantic Fantasy (Romantasy)
Midnight Ballerina
Jhani Mills
High / Epic Fantasy
The Dragons of Arian (A Love Story): Sophia and the Dragons
Michaela Knight
Mythological Fantasy
Detarru Island: The Gates of Hell
Mickey Deymon
WINNERS FOR
Health
Memory Disorders
The Effortless Path to Cognitive Health
Gerald Wiggins
Developmental Psychology
What The Doctors Can't Tell You About Level 3 Autism
Modern Day Prophet
WINNERS FOR
Historical Fiction
American Industrial Expansion
Railroad Man: Legacies Son
Dan E. Hendrickson
Family Saga & Sibling Drama
The Nothing Brothers
Jeffrey Rosen
Westerns
Frontier Resilience
Keith Landry
Survival Biographies
Bad Dogs: The Complete Story
Ken Gordon
Historical Frontier
The Raven
Wendy Mendez
WINNERS FOR
Horror
Holiday Horror
Holiday Spirit Book 3: Monsters Arise!
John DeGuire M.D.
Dystopian
La Granja
Pablo Zoltan
WINNERS FOR
Inspirational
Futurism & Technology Studies
The SPARC Trilogy: Awakening to the Age of Transcendence
Dr. David Gruder, PhD
Education & Teaching
Suffering in Bleak Silence: A Teacher's Mental Health Struggles Exposed
Dr. Stephen L. Bond
Resilience & Grit
Son Of The Sea: Rising, Healing & Still Me
Dylan Sandhu
Perseverance & Achievement
You Waited
Kaitlin Brown
Entrepreneurship
Unbreakable: Stories of Power, Purpose, and Reinvention
Kevin Wheeler
Business & Industry
My Life in Business Suits, Hospital Gowns, and High Heels
Tom LeNoble
WINNERS FOR
Leadership
Leadership & Motivation
Why Wouldn't You?: How Curiosity Can Transform the Way You Live, Learn, and Grow
Cole Braun
Ethics
The Art of Trust Building: Transform Lives, Teams, and Organizations
Dr. Dennis S. Reina
Education Theory
Becoming the BISON
Kim Gameroz
WINNERS FOR
Memoir
Domestic Violence & Abuse Recovery
Strength Beyond Scars
Francisca Akum Fobeteh
Social & Cultural Issues
Last Radiance: Radical Lives, Bright Deaths
Karen Malpede
Near-Death Experiences
You're Going to Die But Not Me
Liz Scott, Ph.D.
Family & Intergenerational Memoirs
That Which Does Not Kill Us: An Intergenerational Memoir of Legacy Trauma
Mari L. Miller
Military Veteran & Disability
AfterBurn: Essays Built from Heat and Ashes
Rebecca Evans
WINNERS FOR
Mystery/Thriller
Women Sleuths Cozy Mystery
Death By Mistake: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery 22
Abigail Keam
Forensic Mystery
The Velvet Dancer File
Dr Ronald C Thomas Jr
High-Stakes Action Thriller
Antonov-225
Joe Boyou
Workplace Suspense Thriller
The Sunday Shift
M.Dane Waters
Intellectual Thriller
In Silence
Revka Ashford
WINNERS FOR
Parenting
Dysfunctional Relationships
Preventing and Ending Domestic Abuse
PAEDA
WINNERS FOR
Poetry
Contemporary Free Verse
More Other Such Matters
Fella Cederbaum
Spiritual & Mystical
Leaping Forward, Looking Back
Keturah T. Mazo
Poetic Memoirs
The Split Pomegranate
Melineh
Contemporary Black American Poetry
ON A DATE WITH DISAPPOINTMENT
Najya Williams
WINNERS FOR
Psychology
Transpersonal
Through The Void: A Magic Mushroom Memoir of Trauma and Growth
Daniel Martinez
Moral & Ethical
The Fine Line: Where Power Tests Character
David Saleh
Religion & Spirituality
Resolutions Of Faith: Unique Cultural & Spiritual Perspectives
Robert E. Jordan and the author known as "H."
WINNERS FOR
Religion
Christian Devotionals & Journals
Gratitude: The Art of Actually Seeing God in Your Life
David R. Clark
Christian Living
The Power of KNOW in The Word, Worship, Works
Dr. Herstine Wright
Christian Women's Inspirational
Girl, Get Up!: The Storm Will Come, But It Will Also Pass
Dr. Melanie Fields
Faith-Based Character Studies
Carson
Edward Garza
Survival Biographies
He Never Complains: Sam and Xavier's Father & Son's Journey with Autism
Samuel D Hutchins
WINNERS FOR
Romance
Second Chance
Love Should Have Brought You Home
AriQui
Gilded Age Historical
Surrender the Dawn
Elizabeth St. Michel
Runaway Bride
Runaway
Jenn McKinney
Romantic Comedy (Rom-Com)
The Husband Trainer
Marikah Baran
Holidays
Crystal Lake Christmas
Susan W. Green
WINNERS FOR
Science Fiction
Alien Invasion
Dissonance Volume I: Reality
Author Aaron Ryan
Dystopian / Climate Fiction (Cli-Fi)
Space Vault: The Seed Eclipse
Jeremy Clift
Epistolary / Idea-Driven
12 Years to AI Singularity
Peter Solomon
Techno-Thriller
WhiteGrass
Richard Smith
Cyberpunk / Cyberwarfare
Operation Black Moon
Wade Brian
WINNERS FOR
Self-Help
Overcoming Perfectionism & Burnout
You Don't Have to Achieve to Be Loved: Escape the Lies You've Been Sold to Design the Life You Want
Becca Pearce
Overcoming Codependency
The Power of Healing Your Inner Child: Let Go of Pain, Heal Deep Wounds, and Break Free from Negative Patterns to Create Lasting Emotional Freedom
Heidi Guimond
Resilience & Mental Toughness
Suffer To Tougher
Kelsey Dunbar/Marc Rogala
Stress Management & Inner Peace
The Path to Letting Go: A Guided Journey to Authenticity
Nicole Jones
Personal Growth
The Curiosity Quotient: A Renegade Pathologist's Detour Guide to the Morgue
Sabine O'Laughlin, MD
WINNERS FOR
Short Story Collection/ Anthologies
Eco-Fiction & Speculative
Bee Apocalypse
Art Lobaugh
Philosophical & Mythological
WellSpringEternal
Gabriel Dionne
WINNERS FOR
Spirituality
Spiritual Motherhood
Spirit Mama: A More Conscious Journey Through Motherhood
Ariane de Bonvoisin
Spiritual Awakening
Walking a Crooked Path: Pilgrimage of the Soul
Diane Wallace
Spiritual Purpose & Destiny
By God's Design: Walking in Purpose, Not Permission
Dr. LaQuita Parks
Spiritual & Metaphysical Poetry
Dividing Untangled Light: Verses of the Finite Heart
Eufe Tantia, Jr.
Christian Women's Spiritual Growth
Your Royal Rendezvous: Awake from Your Slumber, Arise from Defeat, Acquire Your Place at the Throne of Grace
Leah Fort
WINNERS FOR
Women's Fiction
Found Sanctuary
Beauty
Christina Chiu
Workplace Drama
In Fashion's Web
Lynn Ellen Russo
Friendship & Sisterhood
Invisible
Mandel Holland
Reinvention Fiction
Paradis
Mary Burke/Natalie Burke
Feminist Fiction
Your Tomorrow Was Today
Oyindamola Dosunmu
WINNERS FOR
Young Adult Fiction
Coming of Age
The Seven Knots
Darius Smith
Growing Up & Facts of Life
Coming of Age in Sulawesi
Karin Jensen
Family Life
Turn It Around
Linda Bright
Teen Tech
Hidden In Plain Sight
Maxine Turner
Matriarchal Bonds
