The winners of the 2016 Nautilus Book Awards were announced on 1 May 2017. The Call of the Heart (Book 1 of The Teaching of the Heart series) by Zinovia Dushkova has won the Silver Medal in the category “Religion & Spirituality: Other Traditions.”
Established in the USA in 1998, the Nautilus Book Awards is considered a major book award and has been conferred to prominent authors including His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Desmund Tutu, Thich Nhat Hanh, Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle, Rhonda Byrne, and Marianne Williamson.
The Nautilus Book Awards winners are carefully selected in a unique three-tier judging process by experienced teams of book reviewers, librarians, authors, editors, book store owners, and leaders in the publishing industry.
Awards are given to print books of exceptional merit that make a literary and heartfelt contribution to spiritual growth, conscious living & green values, high-level wellness, responsible leadership and positive social change, as well as to the worlds of art, creativity and inspiration.