As the annual judging draws to a close, a small set of Montaigne Medal finalists is announced prior to the Eric Hoffer Award for Books. This small list or "short list" of finalists is an honored distinction of its own and is announced publicly during the spring of each award year. Below are the current and previous short-listed entires in alphabetical order by book:
2010
* A Temporary Sort of Peace, Jim McGarrah, Indiana Historical Society
* Bipolar Bare, Carlton Davis, BookSurge
* Cuentos del Centro, Latin Writer's Collective, Scapegoat Press
* Devotions to the Text, Steven Carter, University Press of America
* Encampment, Carl Eeman, Melange Press
* How to Manage Your Dick, Sean J. O'Reilly, Auriga Publishing Group
* It's All Part of the Dance, Alan Gettis, Goodman Beck Publishing
* Man on the Move, Peter Rowlands, iUniverse
* Misfits and Other Heroes, Suzanne Burns, Dzanc Books
* Mother California, Kenneth E. Hartman, Atlas & Co.
* Searching for Soul: A Survivor's Guide, Bobbe Tyler, Swallow Press
* The Love Ceiling, Jean Davies Okimoto, Endicott and Hugh Books
* The New Akashic Records, Cheryl Trine, Essential Knowing Press
* The New Holy Wars, Robert H. Nelson, The Independent Institute
* The Prostitutes of Post Office Street, Frank F, Sol Boosk
* The Sylvan Horn, Robert Redinger, iUniverse
* U.N.I.Q.U.E. Kids, Debra J. Slover, Leader Garden Press
* Who Stole My Soul, Vishwa Prakash, Synergy Books
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2009
* After the Glass Slipper, Jon & Beverly Meyerson, TwoVus Press
* All Things Must Pass, Phyllis Zimmerman, Publish America
* Blind Savior, False Prophet, Joseph DeMarco, AuthorHouse
* Disputed Truth: Memoirs, Vol. 2, Hans Kung, Continuum International
* Generation We, Eric Greenberg with Karl Weber, Pachatusan
* Hide Your Life Away, Carol Little, Meanwhile Studios
* Kafka Comes to America, Steven T. Wax, Other Press
* Love Letters From A Fat Man, Naomi Benaron, BkMk Press
* Musings at the End of Modernity, Conor O'Brian Barnes, Counterbalance Books
* Red Zone: Five Bloody Years in Baghdad, Oliver Poole, Reportage Press
* Swimming Naked with Jellyfish, Shelley Gilbert, Booksurge
* The Deep Uncertainty of Existence, Fred Leavitt, SynergEbooks
* The Demise of Luleta Jones, Mark Allen Boone, Blacksmith Books
* The Little Man in the Map, E. Andrew Martonyi, Schoolside Press
* The Pale Surface of Things, Janey Bennett, Hopeace Press
* The Throwaway Piece, JoAnn Yolanda Hernandez, Arte Publico Press
* Transcendent Dreaming: Stepping into Out Human Potential, Chritina Donnell, Ph.D., Winds of Change Books
* Transformation From Tragedy: Stories of Hope Faith & Community, Thomas R. Winkel, WordPoint Publishing Group
* White Coat Wisdom, Stephen J. Busalacchi, Apollo's Voice, LLC
* Working Like Dogs: The Service Dog Guidebook, Marcie Davis & Melissa Bunnell, Alpine Publications
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2008
* Long Shadows, David Giffey (editor), Atwood Publishing
* Marwan, Aram Schefrin, AuthorHouse
* The Aesthetics of Equity, Craig L. Wilkins, University of Minnesota
* The Emotional Plague, Dr. Charles Konia, A.C.O. Press
* The Thread of Ariadne, George Sopasakis, Llumina Press
* Their Other Sides, Helen Barolini, Fordham University Press
* To Be Self-Evident, R.L.Hogan, Libertas Press
* You Will Die, Robert R. Arthur, Suburra Publishing
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