Red Helmet by Homer Hickam (Thomas Nelson)--narrated by Kirsten Potter (Oasis Audio)--won a gold award in the Audio Fiction category, while Together: A Novel of Shared Vision by Tom Sullivan and Betty White (Thomas Nelson), narrated by Sullivan and White (Oasis Audio), nabbed a silver award and The Shack by William P. Young (Windblown Media/Hachette Book Group USA), narrated by Roger Mueller (Oasis Audio), garnered a bronze award.

Abraham Lincoln: A Man of Faith and Courage by Joe Wheeler (Howard Books), narrated by Grover Gardner (Oasis Audio) won a silver award in the Audio Nonfiction category.

The Black Cloister by Melanie Dobson (Kregel Publications) won a gold award in the Fiction: Religious category, while Havah by Tosca Lee (NavPress) nabbed a bronze award in the same category.

A panel of judges composed of librarians and booksellers named 220 winners in 61 categories, with the titles narrowed down to 668 finalists from 376 publishers. The winners were announced at a ceremony during Book Expo America in New York City May 29. ForeWord Magazine characterizes itself as a publication that "reviews good books independently published."

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