NEW ENGLAND BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES ESPN HISTORY FOR TOP HONORS
NEW ENGLAND_ The 2022 New England Book Festival has named a business
memoir on the dominant media company in sports as seen through the eyes of its
founder as the winner of its annual competition honoring the best of the holiday
season.
Authors Bill Rasmussen and Donald T. Phillips ESPN: One Giant Leap for
Fankind (Headline Books) take home the top honors. The book offers a walk
through sports history with the man who changed it, combining his personal
journey with what was happening at the time in our country. ESPN was the first
24-hour, 7-days-a-week sports television network. Rasmussen, called The Father
of Cable Sports by USA Today, he tells of the struggles, triumphs and
innovations that made ESPN a force in sports journalism. He is aided in telling
the story by Phillips, who has collaborated on books with Cal Ripken, Phil
Mickelson and other sports greats.
Other winners in the competition:
BUSINESS:
WINNER: Be A Lion Terry Blackburn
RUNNER-UP: The Value Equation Christopher Volk
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- Prophecy Before Vision James Michael Matthew
- Ethical Profit Samantha Richardson
GENERAL FICTION:
WINNER: Blood Before Dawn Daniel V. Meier, Jr.
RUNNER-UP: The Outcast Eve M. Riley
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- Bobby Truax Denise Cassino
- Pericles and Aspasia A Story of Ancient Greece Yvonne Korshak
- Unlike Any Other Edward Londergan
- When Angels Die James Sniechowski
- Heirs of Anarwyn Torn J.W. Elliot
- To March or To Marry Violet Snow
- Secrets in the Mirror Leslie Kain
- Tale of the Raptor Men John R. Cobb
- A Field Within T.C. Solomon
- No Long Goodbyes Pauline Hayton
- Delphic Oracle, U.S.A. Steven Mayfield
- True Teryn S.G. Blaise
- Critical Corner A Thomas Ballard Mystery D.G. Stern
- The Placeholder Lynda Wolters
- A Hundred Honeymoons: A Novel J.S. Wilson
- What We Never Say Paulette Stout
- Terrors Sword A Kyle McEwan Novel Kevin Kuhens
- On Harbors Edge 1912-1913 Kate Hotchkiss
- Paesidium: Shadows in the Wind Book One McKinley Aspen
- Because of the Night Rue LHommdieu
- The Color of Frost Kasey Rogers
- A Whisper in the Wind Barry G. Kienzle
- Nad of Nadide Wagih Abu-Rish
- Free Nina: The College Yeas Edward EJ Mulraine
- The Silence in the Sound Dianne C. Braley
- A Lady Newspapermans Dilemma Eileen Joyce Donovan
REGIONAL LITERATURE:
WINNER: The Rise and Fall of Wapato Lake: - Ken Bilderback and Chris Bilderback
RUNNER-UP: Zen and Now Dreama Denver
HONORABLE MENTION:
- Shadow of the Gypsy Shelly Frome
PHOTOGRAPHY/ART:
WINNER: Curves and Angles Charles Rawlings
SPIRITUAL/RELIGIOUS:
WINNER: Whisper Angel Ayn Cates Sullivan
RUNNER-UP: Love to Tell the Story Rev. J. Hardold McKeithen Jr.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- John The Harbinger Natsuya Uesugi DuBois
- Blayne Winkle and the Mysterious Scroll Marybeth Boulton
- Salt & Light: The Complete Jesus - Jonathan Geoffrey Dean
- Something We Never Imagined Douglas Wemple
- Soul Genetic Code & Destiny Ashley Ansara, DVM, PhD
- What is Heaven Like? Richard R. Eng
CHILDRENS BOOKS:
WINNER: Stand-in Santa Stephen Roth
RUNNERS-UP:
The Hallo-Tween Tales Steven Manchester
Mommys Blue Stilettos Missy Brickman
Hopscotch The Horse Kimberly Becker
The Adventures of Angel: A Kittens Story Ross Alan Hahn
Into the Wind William Loizeaux
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- The Parakeet That Wouldnt Tweet Chip Bock
- Alpaca Ranch Fun Jack Rotifer
- Leo Learns to Meditate Francesca Hampton
- Alpaca Ranch Fun Jack Rotifer
- Kindergarten Chronicles 123 Terance Shipman
- Kindergarten Chronicles ABC Terance Shipman
- Have You Seen My Mom? Amanda Zirzow
- Fingerprints of God Melanie Burgess
- Back to the Beach Dreama Denver
- Magic Hotel John Reimold
- Claudia Builds a Bridge for Bruno Diana Duncan
-
The Battle of the Blueberry Muffin Cynthia van Heyde

- Bubble Trouble Alejandria Kate
- The Silent Sunset Mike Dorsey
- Field Trip to the Farm Terance Shipman
- Monsters Love Secrets Iris Shay Reese
- The Secret Life of Santas Butterfly Elves Rose Andria
- The Butterfly Nebulae Paisley Summer
- The Adventures of C.W. Choices Sandy Meeks
- Penny and Maria the Donkeys Journey to the Temple of Athena Paula Andres
- Small Nap, Little Dream Talia Aikens-Nunez
- Be Mindful of Monsters Lauren Stockly
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY:
WINNER: Relentless Mitzi Perdue, Mark Victor Hansen
RUNNERS-UP:
If I Die Before I Wake Eli Shaw
In Search of Tom Slick Catherine Nixon Cooke

Breaking Down Vonnegut Julia Whitehead
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
MEMOIR:
WINNER: A Head of Cabbage Barbara Johnson
RUNNERS-UP:
Daughter of Spies Elizabeth Winthrop Alsop
If I Die Before I Wake Eli Shaw
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
GENERAL NON-FICTION:
WINNER: Enemy Territory Francis Gary Powers & Walter Pfenninger
RUNNERS-UP:
Typhoon Honey Kris Girrell & Candace Sjogren
American Gaslighting Daniel Shyti
The Science of Getting Rich for Women Sara Connell
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- The Five Elements of Relationships Dr. Vicki Matthews
- The Roots & Rhythm of the Heart Krystal L. Demaine
- Newburyport Clipper Heritage Trail, Vol. II Ghlee E. Woodworth
- From Half-Full to Overflowing Paula B. Leeds
- Judicial Mayhem David M. Dorsen
- If I Die Before I Wake Eli Shaw
- The Discerning Investor Julie Jason
- Non-Army Aggression Laurence Kelly
- Fighting for Justice Paulette J. Buchanan
- Surrender Nicola Irvine
- Is God Incompetent? Geoffrey E.L. Bennett
- Fighting for Justice Paulette J. Buchanan
- The World is Your Studio Deborah McMahon Osterholtz
- Grief The Beacon of Love Carolyn Begley Daley
- Mile Post 104 Robert P. Wells
SCIENCE FICTION:
WINNER: The Covenant Protocol J.W. Elliot
RUNNERS-UP:
Hierarchy of Blood Jennifer Haskin
Proud Pada S.G. Blaise
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- Reinception Sarena Straus
- The Northfield Saga: Stormrise Calvin B. Fisher
- The Adventures of Mahalia and Malcolm: The Robinsons Terance Shipman
- The Story of Humanity Ishi Nobu
WILD CARD:
WINNER: Tosher Adrian Winney
RUNNER-UP:
Mindblown WIN$OME
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- Blood Prophecy Three: Queens Ascension Barb Jones
- Headcase Book 1 Shock & Denial Chris K. Jones
YOUNG ADULT:
WINNER: Once Upon a Scare Dr. Bon Blossman
RUNNER-UP:
Shadows Voice Natalie Johanson
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- Mindblown WIN$OME
- Freeze Frame - Tyler Beauchamp
- Shadows Past Natalie Johanson
- Reinception Sarena Straus
- The Adventures of Mahalia and Malcolm: The Robinsons Terance Shipman
COMPILATIONS/ANTHOLOGIES:
WINNER: ESPN: One Giant Leap for Fankind Bill Rasmussen with Donald T.
Phillips
RUNNER-UP:
The Long and the Short of It R.J. Stastny
HONORABLE MENTION:
- If I Die Before I Wake Eli Shaw
POETRY:
WINNER: Limerick Comics Robert Hoyman
RUNNER-UP:
An Imaginary Affair: Poems Whispered to Neruda Diana Raab
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- Sonnets of Love and Joy Paul Buchheit
- Mental Health, Poetry, and I Brendon Feeley
- Poems from Heartlands Dr. C.A. Buckley
- Poetic Injustice Jonathan Sure
- Applauding Life David A.J. Richards
- A Brighter TOMORROW Lori Schneider, MD
HOW-TO:
WINNER: The Visibility Mindset Bernice Chao and Jessalin Lam
RUNNERS-UP:
99 Legal Tips L. Scott Briscoe
The Human Paradox Gilbert E. Mulley
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- The Essential Rules of Love Phil Russotti
- Peace in War Lindsay Ann Fink
- Made in America by AmeriCANS, not Richard V. Battle
UNPUBLISHED:
WINNER: New York Stories Yuri Kirie
RUNNER-UP: Walk in the Light Paisley Summer
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