Manuscript Evaluation

New program offered ...

Members of the San Diego Writers / Editors Guild may submit up to 30 pages of their novel, short fiction or memoir for evaluation by the Guild's Recommendation Committee.

For details, see the Manuscript Evaluation Program page.

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San Diego Book and Writing Awards Winners for 2008

Categories

Unpublished Works

• Unpublished Short Story
  Laurie Richards, “Merle’s Tale”
  
• Unpublished Poetry Chapbook
  Emily Vizzo, Parts of the Hour
  
• Unpublished Memoir
  Stephen Gallup, What about the Boy? A Father's Memoir
  
• Unpublished Young Adult Novel
  Jean Anne Forsythe, Trapped in Tranquility
  
• Unpublished Novel
  Judith L. Levine, The Shattered Blue Pot
  

Published Books

• Picture Book
  Edith Hope Fine and Judith Pinkerton Josephson, Armando and the Blue Tarp School
  
• Young Adult & Children’s Fiction
  Karl L. Kruger, Pajo
  
• Science Fiction/Fantasy
  Mel Freilicher, The Unmaking of Americans: 7 Lives
  
• Mystery/Thriller
  Taffy Cannon, Blood Matters
  
• Historical Fiction
  Susan Vreeland, Luncheon of the Boating Party
  
• General Fiction
  Daniel Reveles, Guacamole Dip
  
• Poetry
  Gabriela Anaya Valdepeña and Chris Vannoy, Twenty Poems Against Love & a Song for the Air
  
• Biography
  Bettie B. Youngs, The House that Love Built
  
• Business
  Irv Jasinski, Win 'Em Over! Get Hired!
  
• General Nonfiction
  Anne Gray, The World of Women in Classical Music
  
• Health/Wellness
  David Gruder, The New IQ: How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your Relationships and Our World.
  
• History
  David Noel Freedman and Pam Fox Kuhlken, What Are the Dead Sea Scrolls and Why Do They Matter?
  
• Local Interest
  Katrina Pescador & Alan Renga, Aviation in San Diego
  
• Memoir
  Dan Walker, The Maverick and the Machine
  
• Social Science
  Robert Epstein, The Case Against Adolescence
  
• Spiritual
  Matthew J. Pallamary, Spirit Matters
  
• Young Adult
  Bradley Steffens, J.K. Rowling
  
• Theodor S. Geisel Award
  Bradley Steffens, J.K. Rowling

For information, go to San Diego Book Awards.