I received an exciting note on October 21, 2026, from the PenCraft Book Awards. They wrote,

"Your book, King Cotton, is the 1st Place Winner in the Fiction - Civil War Era category. In the largest competition in our ten-year history, your book rose above every other entry in its genre. Our judges found something in your pages that set your work apart from a strong field of talented authors." 

The annual PenCraft Book Awards is a literary contest that recognizes outstanding achievement by authors. PenCraft welcomes entries from independently (indie) published books, including those from small presses, e-book publishers, self-published authors or from traditional publishers. 

You can see all of the winners at https://pencraftaward.com/winners/2026.