

The Quills Awards
For Published Texts
The Quills Awards are open to League of Utah Writers members who have published a book in the past year
Winners announced at the
Quills Conference Awards Ceremony
August 9th, 2025
Diamond Quill Winner 2025
Kyle Steenblik
Tales of Weirderland:The Collected Volumes”
(The Typewriters Chapter)
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Middle-Grade and Young Adult Novels:
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Gold Quill: Polly Bringhurst “Finnegan Flynt and the Value of Pi” (Write On-St George)
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Gold Quill: Johnny Worthen “Things Bequeathed” (Infinite Monkeys)
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Silver Quill: A.M. Luzzader “Baxter Bean and the Misachievers” (Cache chapter)
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Bronze Quill: Haley Cavanagh “Shadowed Skies” (Just Write)
Novellas & Novelettes:
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Gold Quill: Sara Fitzgerald “Making a Mess of Things” (Romance and Infinite Monkeys)
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Silver Quill: Katherine Monasterio “Rules of the Kaidō Club” (Salt City Genre Writers)
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Bronze Quill: Ali Jamalzadeh “Lucid Window Relay” (Unaffiliated)
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Recommended Read: Bryan Young “BattleTech: Let Slip the Dogs of War” (Salt City Genre Writers)
Adult Novels:
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Gold Quill: Louise Hurd “The Secret of Surviving in the Sea” (Blue Quill)
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Silver Quill: Mike Nelson “The Mill Master's Dozen” (Brigham City Chapter)
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Bronze Quill: Johnny Worthen “The Gaia Chime” (Infinite Monkeys)
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Recommended Read: Lindsay Hiller “Lauren in Pieces” (Typewriters-Farmington)
Nonfiction:
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Gold Quill: Mayte Mata Sivera & Yasmina Khelifi “The Volunteering Journey to Project Leadership: A Pathway to Improving Leadership Skills, Broadening Networks, and Exploring New Fields” (Just Write)
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Silver Quill: Tom Garrison “Hiking Southwest Utah and Adjacent Areas, Volume Four” (Write On-St George)
Collections:
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Gold Quill: Sylvia Langille “You Should Not Be” (Unaffiliated)
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Silver Quill: Daniel R. Yocom “Twisted Tales” (Infinite Monkeys)
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Bronze Quill: Elizabeth Suggs “Collective Chaos” (Romance Writers)
