2019 Moonbeam Awards Ceremony Photos
Moonbeam 2019 Medalists Group Photo
Our two youngest medalists
Kickin' It with Kenzie aka Makenzie Lee-Foster age 8 years old
Moonbeam Spirit Award-Winner L.A. Duncan
K.A. Cummins, Young Adult Fiction Ebook medalist
Kat Socks and Pickles the Dog
Best Non-Fiction Book Series Gold Medalist, Michelle Medlock Adams
Carol Trembath, winner of two Moonbeam 2019 medals
Navya Sarikonda, gold medalist in the Youth Author category
Best First Chapter Book winner Amber Byers with her kids
Best First Picture Book winner Tracy Sides
Health Issues category winner Luis Lopez Tallaj from Dominican Republic
Celia Black representing Health Issues gold medalist by father/daughter team Ray Kurzweil and Amy Kurzweil
Michael Sky Danley, creator of Moose'r McDan
Rob Gross of Golden Bell Studios with one of their two medal winners
Katherine Broussard illustrated Audacious Ignacnious, written by her brother Paul Mitchell
Michelle Medlock Adams, winner of three 2019 Moonbeam medals
Krista Betcher created YAB to help middle-schoolers: Be Yourself, Ask Questions, Breathe!
David Jack says "Everybody Needs a Beast," so visit your local animal shelter today!
Born in the Soviet Union, Katia Raina now teaches middle school in Washington DC and won a YA Fiction medal with her debut novel
Young Adult Fantasy gold medalist Jenna Greene came all the way from Alberta, Canada
J.W. Garrett's Remeon's Destiny is the prequel of her Realms of Chaos series
Susan M. MacDonald came from Newfoundland to accept her second Science Fiction Moonbeam medal.
Lyn Meredith illustrated Juvenile Fiction medalist The Water Princess
Rannah Gray also writes adult True Crime but wrote this juvenile mystery with her neices Madelyn and Katherine
Matt Bloom's cat named Bunny is a world traveler and storyteller
Larry Issa won a gold medal with his first children's book because his characters won't Get Back in the Book!
Divya Ma Lovingingly writes about how gratitude breathes life into our day-to-day experiences.
Best Illustrator medalists Colleen Sgroi and Ann Biese from Massachusetts
Another wonderful gathering of talented authors and artists