PROGNOSIS GUARDED book contest results:

1981 — National Writers Club Manuscript Competition — 7th prize (with a “perfect 10” score) from several hundred entries

2025 — Independent Press Association — Distinguished Favorite in medical thriller genre

2025 — International Impact Book Award — “Winner” (Top Ten Books from 120 submissions) in suspense/thriller genre

2025 — Eric Hoffer Book Award Finalist (Top 10%) in suspense/thriller genre

Currently, at 4.6 Stars, Prognosis Guarded — The Breakthrough Novel of 1977 That Tried to Break Me — has the highest Amazon ranking of the 9 books by Alan B Hollingsworth/John Albedo