Award Recipients

Fall 2025 - Second Place - Children's

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Humorous children’s book cover for Pirate Chickens Under Attackkkkk!!! written and illustrated by Ashley Donegan & MT. Features five quirky cartoon chickens dressed as pirates, marching beneath a bold title with a ghostly skull and crossbones. Surrounded by a rope frame on a blue background, the cover promises a fun, pirate-themed poultry adventure for young readers.

Pirate Chickens Under Attackkkkk!!!

Saturdays with Gramps

School Is Great at Silver Gate

The ABCs of Track Field

Illustrated children's book cover titled "The Adventures of Luca and Sonny: Spirit of Christmas," featuring two cartoon dogs—one light-colored and one dark-colored—sitting side by side. The dark dog is playfully tangled in colorful Christmas lights, and both are set against a festive dark green background.

The Adventures of Luca and Sonny

The Handy Pandas

The Hocking Hills Bigfoot

Fantasy book cover for The Last Ayer by J.E. Rogers, featuring an anthropomorphic animal character dressed as a western outlaw with a red bandana and cowboy hat. Standing in a forest at sunset alongside a large white bird, the dramatic illustration hints at an epic quest or battle in a mystical, animal-led world.

The Last Ayer

The Magical Wooden Chair

Illustrated book cover titled "The Mountain Whippoorwill (or, How Hill-Billy Jim Won the Great Fiddlers' Prize)" by Stephen Vincent Benét, as told by John McEuen. The cover shows a barefoot boy in overalls playing a fiddle while sitting in a tree.

The Mountain Whippoorwill

The Right Now! Kid

The Still Further Adventures of Jelly Bean

Vijay Visits a Farm

We’re Going to the Dinosaur Forest

Welcome Baby Wigglet