Dawn Renee & Jim Darnell's
BOOK AWARDS
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SCHOOLHOUSE DOGS: FACE LIFE
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2023 – GOLD - CHILDREN’S RELIGIOUS- American Fiction Awards
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2023 – GOLD - YOUNG KIDS / ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - Christian Book Award
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2023 – GOLD - TEEN / FICTION - Christian Book Award
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2023 – OFFICIAL SELECTION - Christian Book Award
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2023 - DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE (SILVER)- RELIGION FICTION – NYC Big Book Award
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2023 - WINNER - SCHOOL ISSUES - Purple Dragonfly Book Award
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2023 - WINNER - MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION - Purple Dragonfly Book Award
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2023 - WINNER - PETS - Purple Dragonfly Book Award
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2023 - FINALISTS - BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK 8-12 - Reader's Choice Awards Autumn
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2023 - FINALISTS - BEST TEEN BOOK - Reader's Choice Awards Autumn
BECAUSE OF YOU, I LOST EVERYTHING!
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2023 - GOLD - ADULT / NON-FICTION - Christian Book Awards
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2023 - GOLD - TEEN / NON-FICTION - Christian Book Awards
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2023 - GOLD - BIOGRAPHY - AWA CBI
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2023 - GOLD - YOUNG ADULT - Inscriptions Christian Book Awards
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2023 - DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE (SILVER)- CHRISTIAN NONFICTION – NYC Big Book Award
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2023 - ICBA STAFF PICK
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2023 - OFFICIAL SELECTION - Christian Book Awards
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2023 - DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE (SILVER) - NONFICTION - Independent Press Award
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2023 - WINNER - BIOGRAPHY - Purple Dragonfly Book Award
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2023 - WINNER - MISSIONS - Illumination Christian Book Awards
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2023 - BRONZE - RELIGION-CHRISTIANITY - The Bookfest Awards
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2023 - FINALISTS - BEST TEEN BOOK - Reader's Choice Awards Autumn
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2022 - WINNER - NEW AUTHOR - Story Monster Royal Dragonfly
This book has been written into a TV miniseries and currently in the hands of 6 producers. The script was written by the award winning screenwriter Alan Roth

LIGHTNING BUTTERFLIES
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2023 – GOLD - TEEN / FICTION - Christian Book Award
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2023 – GOLD - ADULT / FICTION - Christian Book Award
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2023 - GOLD - SCIENCE FICTION - AWA CBI
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2023 – FINALIST (SILVER) - CHRISTIAN INSPIRATIONAL- American Fiction Awards
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2023 - DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE (SILVER)- RELIGION FICTION – NYC Big Book Award
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2023 - OFFICIAL SELECTION - Christian Book Award
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2023 - DISTINGUISHED FAVORITE (SILVER) - RELIGION FICTION - Independent Press Award
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2023 - SILVER - YOUNG ADULT FICTION - Inscriptions Christian Book Awards
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2023 - STAFF PICK - Inscriptions Christian Book Awards
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2023 - BRONZE - CHRISTIAN SUSPENSE - The Bookfest Awards
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2023 - WINNER - YOUNG ADULT FICTION - Purple Dragonfly Book Award
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2023 - WINNER - BOOK COVER - The Bookfest Awards
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2023 - FINALISTS - BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK 8-12 - Reader's Choice Awards Autumn
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2023 - FINALISTS - BEST TEEN BOOK - Reader's Choice Awards Autumn
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2022 - WINNER - FICTION/NOVEL - Story Monster's Royal Dragonfly Book Award
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2022 - WINNER - SPIRITUAL/RELIGION -Story Monster's Royal Dragonfly Book Award

JOB'S VICTORIES
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2023 - GOLD - ADULT / NON-FICTION - Christian Book Awards
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2023 - GOLD - TEEN / NON-FICTION - Christian Book Awards
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2023 - OFFICIAL SELECTION - Christian Book Awards
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GOD'S CREATIONS CAPTURED
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2023 - SILVER - PHOTOGRAPHY - Independent Press Award
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OTHER AWARDS
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PLATINUM - Tiny Spider - NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY - MACRO- 2023 Muse Photography Awards
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GOLD - Back Yard Alligator - NATURE WILDLIFE - 2023 European Photography Awards
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GOLD - Giraffes - WILDLIFE - 2023 European Photography Awards
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GOLD - Look Up! - NATURE UNDERWATER - 2023 London Photography Awards
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GOLD - Desert Rattlesnake - FINE ART NATURE- 2023 London Photography Awards
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GOLD - Tiny Spider - FINE ART WILDLIFE- 2023 London Photography Awards
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GOLD - Alligator! - NATURE WILDLIFE- 2023 London Photography Awards
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GOLD - Lollie Ana- Fine Arts Pets - 2023 London Photography Awards
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SILVER - Lollie Ana - FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY - PETS - 2023 Muse Photography Awards
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SILVER - Colors of a Butterfly - FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY-NATURE - 2023 Muse Photography Awards
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SILVER - Desert Rattlesnake - NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY - WILDLIFE - 2023 Muse Photography Awards
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SILVER - Alligator in the Park - NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY - WILDLIFE - 2023 Muse Photography Awards
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SILVER - F.A.C.E. OF HOPE - VIDEO - 2023 Communicator Awards
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WINNER - Love Lessons - EBOOK COVER- 2023 AVA Digital Awards

Dawn Renee Darnell
A member of the Christian Indie Publishing Association (CIPA -2023) and the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA - 2023).
Dawn Renee Darnell is honored to be a member and Juror for the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts (AIVA), she judges the Communicator, Davey, and w3 awards. Mrs. Darnell has been honored in Marquis Who’s Who, Marquis Top Professional, and in the Millennium Magazine, and Artist Closeup on Jan 10, 2024.
Dawn Renee is a globally recognized photographer and artist. has had art exhibits at Art Basel-Miami, Florida and Basel, Switzerland; in Expo Metro in New York Times Square, Art Besal Miami, and in Barcelona, Spain. She has also had exhibits at New York Pier 36 and in galleries in Zug and Zurich, Switzerland; Venice, Italy; Berlin, Germany; Palma, Spain; Athens, Greece; Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and in the United States.
She has won 24 international photography awards so far, and countless local and state awards. Dawn Renee's images have been published in calendars, books and covers, yearbooks, newspapers, advertisements, zoos, KOA pamphlets, sympathy cards, business cards, websites, used as logos, and sold in Galleries. She has also won an AVA Digital Award and a Communicator Award.
Dawn Renee has just started her own natural skincare company, Hollyn Renee Skincare. She is also working on an organic coffee bean company, Jim & Yoda’s Coffee House. She has also been a board member for five organizations.
Dawn Renee and Jim have a ministry in West Africa supplying French Bibles and musical instruments, building churches and homes for pastors, paying for seminary tuition, weddings, and funerals. They are both Ordained Ministers and in the process of starting the Darnell Seminary School.
They are both authors and own a small publishing company, A Desert Dawn - Book Publishing Studio.
Dawn Renee has been elected as a New Mexico Delegate and has been a manager for a US Congress candidate campaign. She is also a Notary Public of the State of New Mexico.

Jim H. Darnell, Jr
Born in Dallas, Jim spent his childhood in West Africa as a missionary kid. Jim is an Ordained Minister, has pastored 3 churches, been a youth minister, and serves as a missionary to Ivory Coast. Jim is also a dynamic speaker. He has developed the skills to draw people in emotionally and cast a vision. Jim has written countless plays, devotionals, teaching lessons and sermons.
A teacher of 24 years in Math, French and Spanish. Jim has written extensive curriculum including a complete course in 6th grade Spanish I. Jim played soccer for Samford University where he starred his freshman year. He has coached 25 seasons ranging from peewee leagues to head coach of a high school team in soccer, tennis, basketball and football. Jim is also a published author and a Notary Public of the State of New Mexico.
COLLEGE DEGREES
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Master of Educational technology, Wayland Baptist University, 2016
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Master of Secondary Education, Eastern New Mexico University, 2004
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Master of Divinity, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1993
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Bachelor of Science, Samford University, 1986