ABTA's Motto:  "To help those who teach bridge to do it better -
more effectively - more knowledgeably - more professionally."

ABTA's Presitigous Book Of The Year Award

1986  Kantar   A New Approach to Play and Defense

1987  Root   Common Sense Bidding

1988  Goodwin-Ellision Teach me to Play

1989  Baron-Stewart  Devyn Press Texts and Manual

1990  Root   How To Play A Bridge Hand

1991  Klinger   Guide To Better Card Play (Basic Book Award)
      Lawrence  Topics on Bridge Series   (Advanced Award)

1992  Sands/Janitschke The Bridge Mini-Series
      Cohen   The Law of Total Tricks (Advanced)

1993  Sydnor   How to Set Your Opponents (Basic)
      Zia   Bridge My Way (Advanced)

1994  Root   How to Defend a Bridge Hand

1995  Lawrence  The Complete Book Of Takeout Doubles

1996  Bergen   Points Schmoints (Advanced)

1996  Kantar   Kantar Lessons III 
        (Teaching Book)

1997  Hall-Hall  How The Experts Win At Bridge
        (Advanced)

1997  Kantar   Bridge For Dummies
        (Beginner/Student)

1998  McMullin  Easybridge!
        (Beginner/Student)
      Granovetters  Forgive Me, Partner
        (Advanced)

1999  Kantar   Eddie Kantar Teachers Modern
        Bridge Defense (Basic)
      Kantar   Eddie Kantar Teaches Advanced
        Bridge Defense (Advanced)

1999  Seagram & Smith  25 Bridge Conventions You Should
        Know (Student)

2000  Kantar   Kantar Lessons Vol 4  (Advanced)
      Grant   Improving your Judgement -
        Opening The Bidding
        (Beginner/Intermediate)

2001  Grant   Commonly Used Conventions

2002  Bird & Smith  Bridge Technique Series

2003  Grant   Bridge Basics I (beginner/novice)

2003  Thurston  25 Steps to Learning 2/1
      (Intermediate/Advanced)

2004  Bird   Notrump Contracts

2005  Bergen  Declarer Play the Bergen Way

2006  Julian Laderman, A Bridge to Simple Squeezes

2007 Beginner - Learn to Play Bridge by Gary Brown

2007 Intermediate Book - Major Suit Raises I & II by Pat Harrington

1999  Wolff/Bridgtrix  Bobby Wolff's Bridge Mentoring
        Series Vol I

2000  Cohen   Play Bridge With Larry Cohen
      Day 1 of the Life  Master
      Pairs
      Marzo   Dealmaster for Teachers
      Gitelman - Software     (Special Citation)

2001  Lawrence  Conventions

2002  No Award

2003.   Lawrence  The 2/1 System
      

2007 Learn and Practice Bidding Conventions by Great Game Products