Congratulations to all 2019 Royal Palm award winners from the Florida Writers Association (FWA) Statewide Book Competition!
(From left:) Mark Newhouse, Gold (also Grand Prize) winner for Published Historical Fiction (Book 1 The Devil's Bookkeepers: The Noose); and Bronze for Unpublished Historical Fiction (Book 2 The Devil's Bookkeepers: the Noose Tightens)
Paula Stone Tucker, Silver winner for Memoir (Surviving: The Kent State Massacre)
Rita Boehm, Gold for Children's Picture Book (Bluebirds in the Garden)
Margaret Best, Silver for Educational Non-Fiction (Dandelion Child)
Larry Martin, Bronze for Short Story (Liberty Street)
not pictured; Clay Gish, winner of Blog Postings (This Thursday's Child)

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