Ellysian Press Book/Author Awards
Toni De Palma
Butterfly Summer
2025 – Reader’s Favorite – 5 Star Review
2026 – New Jersey Arts Council Grant Recipient – Prose Writing
S.A. Larsen
Marked Beauty
2017 – New England Book Festival Runner-Up, Young Adult Category
2018 – Silver Medal – Literary Classics International Book Awards
2018 – American Fiction Awards Finalist; Young Adult Category
2018 – Readers’ Favorite Finalist in the Young Adult – Fantasy – General genre
2018 – Maine Romance Writers ‘Strut Your Stuff’ Grand Prize Winner – Readers Choice
2018 – Maine Romance Writers Readers’ Choice; YA/NA category
Motley Education: The Urd Saga
(2nd Edition – Ellysian Press)
(All awards for 1st Edition under former publisher, Leap Books)
2017 – Literary Classics – Gold Medal Winner
2016 – New England Book Festival – Best Children’s Book
2017- Readers’ Favorite – Gold Medal Winner
2017 – Feathered Quill – Bronze Winner
2017 – Purple Dragonfly – Honorable Mention
Dead Alley: The Urd Saga, Book 2
2023 – The Los Angeles Book Festival, Honorable Mention
R.A. McCandless
Tears of Heaven, Flames of Perdition, Book 1
(2nd Edition – Ellysian Press)
(All Awards for 1st edition under former publisher, Clayborn Press)
2014 – Preditors & Editors Reader’s Poll – Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novel
2015 – Epic EBook – Finalist
2015 – Indie Book of the Day
The Clockwork Detective, Constable of Aqualinne, Book 1
2020 – IPPY – Bronze Medal Science Fiction
Kerry Reed
Dreamscape
2017 – New England Book Festival – Honorable Mention Young Adult
Aethereal
2019 – Reader’s Favorite 5 Star Review
Matthew C. Lucas
Yonder & Far, Book 1: The Lost Lock
2025 – Historical Fiction Company – 5 Star Rating of Excellence – “Highly Recommended”
Yonder & Far, Book 2: The Tarot Terror
2026 – Historical Novels Review – Editor’s Choice
John Gray
The Desecrated
2022 – American Fiction Awards – Finalist in Horror: Paranormal/Supernatural
Keith Fentonmiller
Fate Accompli
2021 – Foreword INDIES Finalist for Book of the Year (Humor)