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 Xulon Press (xulonpress.com - a Salem Communications company) announced the winners of the annual Christian Choice Book Awards on December 19th 2008. This is the first year that self-published and non traditionally published authors have been considered for this award. Writers from across the country and from various print-on-demand and self-publishers were considered and the following were the winners in these categories:

GRAND PRIZE WINNERS:

Grand Prize: Evolution - Christopher H. K. Persaud

1st Runner-Up: Behind the Hedge - Waneta Dawn

2nd Runner-Up: Out of the Forest - Rick Brown

WINNERS:

Counseling

1st Place: Dr. Lily J. Corsello-The Judas Personality

2nd Place: Marlene Anderson-A Love so Great, a Grief so Deep

3rd Place: Wil LaVeist-Fired Up

Bible Study

1st Place: Rick Brown-Out of the Forest

2nd Place: Edward Mrkvicka, Jr.-Be Not Deceived

3rd Place: Preston Taylor-102 Fascinating Bible Topics for Group Discussions

Poetry

1st Place: Beverly Foote-Sheets and Other Poems

2nd Place: Patricia Jackson Allen-Gifted Moments

3rd Place: Martin Weiss-Songs for the Master

End-Times

1st Place: Lorence Falkenberg-The Last Chapter

2nd Place: Robert Legair-Harmless Dream or Urgent Wake-Up Call?

3rd Place: Dr. Dana Carson-The Doors of the Church Are Closed

Juvenile

1st Place: Peter L. T. Monfort-The Best Ever Biblical Word Puzzles Easily Solved

2nd Place: Kelly Leigh Halsch-The Sun Will Rise

3rd Place: N. Pastor-Allie McKay and the Keepers of the Golden Cross

Christian Living

1st Place: Nancy Lum-No Small Thing

2nd Place: Karin Kirkendoll-Familiar Spirits

3rd Place: Andrew Michael Teneriello-Blinded by the Devil

Theology

1st Place: Preston Taylor-The Eleven Commandments

2nd Place: G. D. Vreeland, Ph.D.-The Darker Side of Samuel, Saul and David Vol. 1

3rd Place: Dale Claerbaut-God's Covenant with the Creation

Autobiography

1st Place: Thomas Ashley Young-Going Home: A Backpacker's Journey

2nd Place: Stacey Donaldson-Psalm 23

3rd Place: Jean Davis-Keep on Keeping on

Biography

1st Place: Jennifer Evans-What the Locusts Had Eaten: The Nikki O'Baire Story