Announcing the 2025 Thorpe Menn Award Nominees

Congratulations to the 2025 Thorpe Menn Award Nominees

The Odd Dog by Leia Barrett

Proof of Existence by Phyllis Becker

Behind the Wall Cloud of Sleep by Steve Brisendine

Disadvantage by S. A. Burd

Who Is A True Christian? by David W. Congdon

He Hears Death by A.L. Davidson

The Expeditions of Elma and Leeroy by Brittany Duncan

Sugar Plums on the Side by C. L. Fails

An American Tragedy by Dan Flanigan

Soul Masters: The Hunting Grounds by K. R. Gastreich

Bone of Contention by Jan S. Gephardt

Frog Joy by Beth Gulley

Armored Hours by Stephanie Hansen

Everything Is Grape by Alastar Heim

Cryptic Writings of D. S. Christopher Hubert by D. C. Jeanes

The Adventures of Ella Bella by Katie Marie

La Vie de Guinivere by Paula Lafferty

Parent Imperfect by Paul Lamb

Bossman: Rooster on the Run by Lorrie Look

The Christmas Fox by Lorrie Look

Warmer Than Yesterday by Patricia Cleary Miller

Death in St. George’s by M.A. Monnin

Puff & Spotzie Adventures: Ancient Olympics by Courtney Morstatter

Puff & Spotzie Adventures: Oregon Trail by Courtney Morstatter

Mail Call: A Combat Soldier’s Lifeline by David W. Newcomer IV

Adventure’s Calling by Beth Noser

Queen of Ista by Thaddeus Nowak

Snow Cat’s Shadow by Thaddeus Nowak

The Standard Book of Anything by Andrea H Rome

Glitched by Eisley Rose

Letters From the Ungrateful Dead: A Grieving Mom’s Surprising Correspondence with Her Adult Deceased Daughter by Deborah Shouse

Desk-Capades: An Erotic Office Romance by Erin Stacey

Bad Houses by John Elizabeth Stintzi

The Frybread Man by Kimberley Little Day Tanskanen

Father and Son by William Trowbridge

Pretty Dead Things by Lillian West