| Next Generation Indie Book Awards | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored by | Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group, Allen O’Shea Literary Agency |
| Location | Vancouver, Washington |
| Country | United States |
| First award | 2007 |
| Website | www |
The Next Generation Indie Book Awards, also known as the Indie Book Awards, is a literary awards program that recognizes and honors authors and publishers of exceptional independently published books in 70 different categories. [1] [2] "Indies" include small presses, larger independent publishers, university presses, e-book publishers, and self-published authors. [3] Established in 2007, it is the largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers and is presented by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group.
The not-for-profit [4] awards program was founded in 2007 by Catherine Goulet and is presented by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group in cooperation with co-founder Marilyn Allen of Allen O’Shea Literary Agency. The judges are professionals from the book publishing industry, including literary agents, editors, publishing executives, book reviewers, writing teachers, and authors. [5] [6] [7]
Cash prizes and medals are awarded to winners and finalists ranging from $100 to $1,500, [8] grand prize winners are also awarded a trophy, [9] and the top books in each category are reviewed by literary agents for possible representation. The Next Generation Indie Book Awards are announced each year during BookExpo America in a catalog distributed to BookExpo attendees. [10] Winners and Finalists are honored at a reception during BookExpo America. The awards ceremonies are held at landmark locations in New York City including the Plaza Hotel [11] [12] and the Harvard Club of New York City. [13] In 2016 the ceremony was held at the Newberry Library in Chicago. [14]
The Next Generation Indie Book Awards program has been said to be the 'Sundance' of the book publishing world. [15] [16]
| Year | Category | Author | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Fiction | Robert Wexelblatt | Zublinka Among Women | First place |
| Janey Bennett | The Pale Surface of Things | Second place | ||
| Karen M. Black | Moondance | Third place | ||
| Nonfiction | Keren Taylor | Lines of Velocity: Words that Move from WriteGirl | First place | |
| Peter Ressler and Monika Mitchell Ressler | Spiritual Capitalism: How 9/11 Gave us Nine Spiritual Lessons of Work and Business | Second place | ||
| Jonathan B. Wright | Who's Behind the Fairy Doors? | Third place | ||
| 2009 | Fiction | Fairlee Winfield | BUFFALOed | First place |
| Campbell Jefferys | Hunter: A Novel | Second place | ||
| David Desmond | The Misadventures of Oliver Booth: Life in the Lap of Luxury | Third place | ||
| Nonfiction | Russell Leigh Sharman and Cheryl Harris Sharman | Nightshift NYC | First place | |
| Ken Beller and Heather Chase | Great Peacemakers | Second place | ||
| Suzanne Kamata | Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering | Third place | ||
| 2010 | Fiction | Keith Remer | The Hiding Place of Thunder | First place |
| Michel Bruneau | Shaken Allegiances | Second place | ||
| K.L. Brady | The Bum Magnet | Third place | ||
| Nonfiction | Mary Collins | American Idle: A Journey Through Our Sedentary Culture | First place | |
| George Stranahan and Nicole Beinstein Strait | Phlogs: Journey to the Heart of the Human Predicament | Second place | ||
| Donna DeNomme and Tina Proctor | Ophelia's Oracle: Discovering the Healthy, Happy, Self-Aware, and Confident Girl in the Mirror | Third place | ||
| 2011 | Fiction | James Hitt | Carny: A Novel in Stories | First place |
| Michael McMenamin and Patrick McMenamin | The DeValera Deception | Second place | ||
| Bradford Tatum | I Can Only Give You Everything | Third place | ||
| Nonfiction | Larry J. Schweiger | Last Chance: Preserving Life on Earth | First place | |
| Sari Friedman and D. Patrick Miller (Eds.) | Touching: Poems of Love, Longing, and Desire | Second place | ||
| James M. Strock | Serve to Lead: Your Transformational 21st Century Leadership System | Third place | ||
| 2012 | Fiction | Michael McMenamin and Patrick McMenamin | The Parsifal Pursuit | First place |
| Royce Leville | A Little Leg Work | Second place | ||
| Jean Davies Okimoto | Walter's Muse | Third place | ||
| Nonfiction | Jan Thrope | Inner Visions: Grassroots Stories of Truth and Hope | First place | |
| Matthew Chojnacki | Put the Needle on the Record: The 1980s at 45 Revolutions Per Minute | Second place | ||
| Susan A. Hyatt | Strategy for Good: Business Giving Strategies for the 21st Century | Third place | ||
| 2013 | Fiction | Sara Warner | Still Waters | First place |
| Duff Brenna | Minnesota Memoirs | Second place | ||
| Michael McMenamin and Patrick McMenamin | The Gemini Agenda | Third place | ||
| Nonfiction | John Renesch | The Great Growing Up | First place | |
| Dr. Ted Eisenberg and Joyce K. Eisenberg | The Scoop on Breasts:A Plastic Surgeon Busts the Myths | Second place | ||
| Ember Reichgott Junge | Zero Chance of Passage: The Pioneering Charter School Story | Third place | ||
| 2014 | Fiction | Minae Mizumura | A True Novel | First place |
| Nina Schuyler | The Translator | Second place | ||
| Ron MacLean | Headlong | Third place | ||
| Nonfiction | John Mitchell | The Boy Who Lived With Ghosts: A Memoir | First place | |
| David Gottfried | Explosion Green | Second place | ||
| Dianne Maroney | The Imagine Project: Stories of Courage, Hope and Love | Third place | ||
| 2015 | Fiction | Raymond Hutson | Topeka, ma'shuge | First place |
| Christine Sunderland | The Magdalene Mystery | Second place | ||
| CB Anderson | River Talk | Third place | ||
| Nonfiction | Kerry Howley | Thrown | First place | |
| Joseph Bharat Cornell | The Sky and Earth Touched Me | Second place | ||
| Bonnie U. Gruenberg | The Wild Horse Dilemma: Conflicts and Controversies of the Atlantic Coast Herds | Third place | ||
| 2016 | Fiction | Norma Hinkens | Immurement | First place |
| Dave Riese | Echo from Mount Royal | Second place | ||
| Dustin Stevens | The Boat Man | Third place | ||
| Nonfiction | David Noyes | The Photographing Tourist: A Storyteller's Guide to Travel and Photography | First place | |
| Joseph Cornell | Sharing Nature: Nature Awareness Activities for All Ages | Second place | ||
| Holly E. Tripp (Ed.) | Stories of Music | Third place | ||
| 2017 | Fiction | Nalini Warriar | Fireflies in the Night | First place |
| Desiree Cooper | Know the Mother | Second place | ||
| Kimberly Meehan | The Coney Island Hot Dog Heist | Third place | ||
| Nonfiction | Jericho Parms | Lost Wax: Essays | First place | |
| William Seale | Blair House: The President's Guest House | Second place | ||
| Lowell E. Baier | Inside the Equal Access to Justice Act: Environmental Litigation and the Crippling Battle over America's Lands, Endangered Species, and Critical Habitats | Third place | ||
| 2018 | Fiction | Cynthia T. Toney | The Other Side of Freedom | First place |
| Jeanie Kortum | Stones | Second place | ||
| Stewart Raffill | Rage | Third place | ||
| Nonfiction | Jen Townsend and Renée Zettle-Sterling | Cast: Art and Objects Made Using Humanity's Most Transformational Process | First place | |
| Cynthia O'Brien with Anne Berry (Illus.) | Noname The Feral Cat! | Second place | ||
| Noppadol Paothong and Kathy Love | Sage Grouse, Icon of the West | Third place | ||
| 2019 | Fiction | Laura Hunter | Beloved Mother | First place |
| Robert Gryn | Two Skies Before Night | Second place | ||
| H.D. Hunter | Torment: A Novella | Third place | ||
| Nonfiction | Lois Farfel Stark | The Telling Image: Shapes of Changing Times | First place | |
| James Tertius deKay Michael Fazio, Osborne Phinizy Mackie, and Katherine Malone-France | The Stephen Decatur House: A History | Second place | ||
| L.S. Gardiner | Tales from an Uncertain World: What Other Assorted Disasters Can Teach Us About Climate Change | Third place | ||
| 2020 | Fiction | Dr. Chelinay Gates (aka Malardy) | Lucky-Child: The Secret | First place |
| L. James Rice | Eve of Snows | Second place | ||
| Sean Covel with Diego Velasquez (Illus.) | Marlon McDoogle's Magical Night | Third place | ||
| Nonfiction | QT Luong | Treasured Lands: A Photographic Odyssey Through America's National Parks | First place | |
| Debra Rosenman | The Chimpanzee Chronicles: Stories of Heartbreak and Hope from Behind the Bars | Second place | ||
| Daniel Paterna | Feast of the Seven Fishes: A Brooklyn Italian's Recipes Celebrating Food and Family | Third place | ||
| 2021 | Fiction | Beverley Brenna with Tara Anderson (Illus.) | Sapphire the Great and the Meaning of Life | First place |
| April White | Death's Door | Second place | ||
| Meera Ekkanath Klein | Seeing Ceremony: A Novel with Recipes | Third place | ||
| Nonfiction | Nina Ansary with Petra Dufkova (Illus.) | Anonymous Is a Woman: A Global Chronicle of Gender Inequality | First place | |
| Max Wisshak and Stefanie Wisshak | New Zealand Karst - A voyage across limestone landscapes into the subterranean realm of caves | Second place | ||
| Adam Schrager (Project Director), Nyra Jordan (Designer), and Ian Chalgren (Eds.) | Let's Talk About It - The Art, the Artists and the Racial Justice Movement on Madison's State Street | Third place | ||
| 2022 | Fiction | Sissel Waage with Ana-Maria Cosma (Illus.) | The ForestGirls, with the World Always | First place |
| Gayle Gonsalves | My Stories Have No Endings | Second place | ||
| Reid Lance Rosenthal and Jennifer Unflat (Senior Publisher’s Assistant) | Threads West Series, Books 1-4 | Third place | ||
| Nonfiction | Jane Marshall (author) with Harriet Sheffer (Illus.) | The Naked Truth About Breast Cancer | First place | |
| Tameka Ellington and Sophie Friederich (Illus.) | Textures: The History and Art of Black Hair | Second place | ||
| Kenneth Anand and Jared Goldstein | Sneaker Law: All You Need to Know About the Sneaker Business | Third place | ||
| 2023 | Fiction | Rick Steber | Out Killing Indians | First place |
| Rhona Weaver | A Sacred Duty: An FBI Yellowstone Adventure | Second place | ||
| Andrée Jannette | The Tea Drinker’s Guide to Adventure | Third place | ||
| Nonfiction | Alice Brittan | Gifts and Grace | First place | |
| Lynne Heasley and Glenn Wolff (Illus.) | The Accidental Reef and Other Ecological Odysseys in the Great Lakes | Second place | ||
| Kimberlee Yolanda Williams | Dear White Woman, Please Come Home: Hand Me Your Bias, and I’ll Show You Our Connection | Third place | ||
| 2024 | Fiction | Rae Bridgman | Good Night, Good Night, Victoria Beach | First place |
| Brooke Shaffner | Country of Under | Second place | ||
| Jared Acuña | All Battles End at Sunset | Third place | ||
| Nonfiction | Christa Bruhn | Crossing Borders: The Search For Dignity in Palestine | First place | |
| Tae-hyok Kim and Nicole Kim Rogers | Beyond the Border: A Korean’s Journey Between the North and South | Second place | ||
| Dawn Brockett | Unrestricted: How I Stepped Off the Tightrope, Learned to Say No, and Silenced Anorexia | Third place | ||
| 2025 | Fiction | Mark Mustian | Boy With Wings | First place |
| Lily Guzman with Dorota Rewerenda (Illus.) | Gentle Hugs | Second place | ||
| Peta-Gaye Nash | Told Ya! Stories | Third place | ||
| Nonfiction | James Kilgore (author) with Vic Liu (Illus.) | The Warehouse: A Visual Primer on Mass Incarceration | First place | |
| James Neil Barnes | Cherokee History and the Spirit Family | Second place | ||
| Sharon Podobnik | It’s Not (All) Your Fault: Self-Help and the Individualization of Oppression | Third place |