Congratulations, DRINKING FROM THE STREAM is a 2026 PenCraft Book Award Winner — Fiction - Adventure category!

October 26, 2026

Greetings, Congratulations! We are delighted to share that "DRINKING FROM THE STREAM" is a 2026 PenCraft Book Award Winner.This year means a great deal to us. It marks ten years of reading and evaluating thousands of outstanding books. It also marks ten years of authors trusting our team with their work, their creativity, and their voices. We are deeply grateful for that trust, and we never take it lightly.This milestone year brought more entries than ever before. Because of that, we are proud to honor the largest group of winners in the history of the PenCraft Book Awards, and your book stands among them.Every winning book earned a score of 70 points or higher and placed among the top seven titles in its genre. Each genre could include one First-Place, one Second-Place winner, and up to five Runners-Up winners.Your book, "DRINKING FROM THE STREAM", is the 1st Place Winner in the Fiction - Adventure 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.This honor reflects far more than a final score. It reflects the hours you spent shaping each chapter, the drafts you reworked, and the courage it took to share your work with the world. Your dedication, your talent, and your command of the written word earned you this recognition.We hope this award encourages you to keep writing. Readers around the world are looking for books that entertain, educate, and move them, and you have proven you know how to write them. We are proud to honor you, and we look forward to seeing your next entry. What it took to win: Only books scoring 70 or more points and place in the top 7 places of their genre were eligible for recognition. Each genre can include one First-Place winner, one Second-Place winner, and up to five Runners-Up winners. If a genre lacked an award level, it's because no entry met that standard.This year's competition came down to the narrowest of margins. Many Second-Place and Runner-Up titles finished just one or two points behind First Place. Every award-winning book earned its place through exceptional craftsmanship, bold originality, and lasting impact.