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. "Indies" include small presses, larger independent publishers, university presses, e-book publishers, and self-published authors. 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.
History
The not-for-profit 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.
Cash prizes and medals are awarded to winners and finalists ranging from $100 to $1,500, grand prize winners are also awarded a trophy, 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. 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 and the Harvard Club of New York City. In 2016 the ceremony was held at the Newberry Library in Chicago.
The Next Generation Indie Book Awards program has been said to be the 'Sundance' of the book publishing world.
Recipients +Next Generation Indie Book Awards winnersYearCategoryAuthorTitleResult2008Fiction Zublinka Among WomenFirst place The Pale Surface of ThingsSecond place MoondanceThird placeNonfiction Lines of Velocity: Words that Move from WriteGirlFirst place and Monika Mitchell ResslerSpiritual Capitalism: How 9/11 Gave us Nine Spiritual Lessons of Work and BusinessSecond place Who's Behind the Fairy Doors?Third place2009Fiction BUFFALOedFirst place Hunter: A NovelSecond place The Misadventures of Oliver Booth: Life in the Lap of LuxuryThird placeNonfiction and Cheryl Harris SharmanNightshift NYCFirst place and Heather ChaseGreat PeacemakersSecond placeCall Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural MotheringThird place2010Fiction The Hiding Place of ThunderFirst place Shaken AllegiancesSecond place The Bum MagnetThird placeNonfictionAmerican Idle: A Journey Through Our Sedentary CultureFirst place and Nicole Beinstein StraitPhlogs: Journey to the Heart of the Human PredicamentSecond place and Tina ProctorOphelia's Oracle: Discovering the Healthy, Happy, Self-Aware, and Confident Girl in the MirrorThird place2011Fiction Carny: A Novel in StoriesFirst place and Patrick McMenaminThe DeValera DeceptionSecond place I Can Only Give You EverythingThird placeNonfiction Last Chance: Preserving Life on EarthFirst place and D. Patrick Miller (Eds.)Touching: Poems of Love, Longing, and DesireSecond place Serve to Lead: Your Transformational 21st Century Leadership SystemThird place2012Fiction and Patrick McMenaminThe Parsifal PursuitFirst place A Little Leg WorkSecond place Walter's MuseThird placeNonfiction Inner Visions: Grassroots Stories of Truth and HopeFirst place Put the Needle on the Record: The 1980s at 45 Revolutions Per MinuteSecond place Strategy for Good: Business Giving Strategies for the 21st CenturyThird place2013FictionStill WatersFirst placeMinnesota MemoirsSecond placeand Patrick McMenaminThe Gemini AgendaThird placeNonfictionThe Great Growing UpFirst place and Joyce K. EisenbergThe Scoop on Breasts:A Plastic Surgeon Busts the MythsSecond placeZero Chance of Passage: The Pioneering Charter School StoryThird place2014FictionA True NovelFirst placeThe TranslatorSecond placeHeadlongThird placeNonfictionThe Boy Who Lived With Ghosts: A MemoirFirst placeExplosion GreenSecond placeThe Imagine Project: Stories of Courage, Hope and LoveThird place2015FictionTopeka, ma'shugeFirst placeThe Magdalene MysterySecond placeRiver TalkThird placeNonfictionThrownFirst placeThe Sky and Earth Touched MeSecond placeThe Wild Horse Dilemma: Conflicts and Controversies of the Atlantic Coast HerdsThird place2016FictionImmurementFirst placeEcho from Mount RoyalSecond placeThe Boat ManThird placeNonfictionThe Photographing Tourist: A Storyteller's Guide to Travel and PhotographyFirst placeSharing Nature: Nature Awareness Activities for All AgesSecond place (Ed.) Stories of MusicThird place2017FictionFireflies in the NightFirst placeKnow the MotherSecond placeThe Coney Island Hot Dog HeistThird placeNonfictionLost Wax: EssaysFirst placeBlair House: The President's Guest HouseSecond placeInside the Equal Access to Justice Act: Environmental Litigation and the Crippling Battle over America's Lands, Endangered Species, and Critical HabitatsThird place2018FictionThe Other Side of FreedomFirst placeStonesSecond placeRageThird placeNonfiction and Renée Zettle-SterlingCast: Art and Objects Made Using Humanity's Most Transformational ProcessFirst place with Anne Berry (Illus.)Noname The Feral Cat!Second place and Kathy LoveSage Grouse, Icon of the WestThird place2019FictionBeloved MotherFirst placeTwo Skies Before NightSecond placeTorment: A NovellaThird placeNonfictionThe Telling Image: Shapes of Changing TimesFirst place Michael Fazio, Osborne Phinizy Mackie, and Katherine Malone-FranceThe Stephen Decatur House: A HistorySecond placeTales from an Uncertain World: What Other Assorted Disasters Can Teach Us About Climate ChangeThird place2020FictionDr. (aka Malardy)Lucky-Child: The SecretFirst placeEve of SnowsSecond place with Diego Velasquez (Illus.)Marlon McDoogle's Magical NightThird placeNonfictionTreasured Lands: A Photographic Odyssey Through America's National ParksFirst placeThe Chimpanzee Chronicles: Stories of Heartbreak and Hope from Behind the BarsSecond placeFeast of the Seven Fishes: A Brooklyn Italian's Recipes Celebrating Food and FamilyThird place2021Fiction with Tara Anderson (Illus.)Sapphire the Great and the Meaning of LifeFirst placeDeath's DoorSecond placeSeeing Ceremony: A Novel with RecipesThird placeNonfiction with Petra Dufkova (Illus.)Anonymous Is a Woman: A Global Chronicle of Gender InequalityFirst place and Stefanie WisshakNew Zealand Karst - A voyage across limestone landscapes into the subterranean realm of cavesSecond place (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 StreetThird place2022Fiction with Ana-Maria Cosma (Illus.)The ForestGirls, with the World AlwaysFirst placeMy Stories Have No EndingsSecond place and Jennifer Unflat (Senior Publisher’s Assistant)Threads West Series, Books 1-4Third placeNonfiction with Harriet Sheffer (Illus.)The Naked Truth About Breast CancerFirst place and Sophie Friederich (Illus.)Textures: The History and Art of Black HairSecond place and Jared GoldsteinSneaker Law: All You Need to Know About the Sneaker BusinessThird place2023FictionOut Killing IndiansFirst placeA Sacred Duty: An FBI Yellowstone AdventureSecond placeThe Tea Drinker’s Guide to AdventureThird placeNonfictionGifts and GraceFirst place and Glenn Wolff (Illus.)The Accidental Reef and Other Ecological Odysseys in the Great LakesSecond placeDear White Woman, Please Come Home: Hand Me Your Bias, and I’ll Show You Our ConnectionThird place2024FictionGood Night, Good Night, Victoria BeachFirst placeCountry of UnderSecond placeAll Battles End at SunsetThird placeNonfictionCrossing Borders: The Search For Dignity in PalestineFirst place and Nicole Kim RogersBeyond the Border: A Korean’s Journey Between the North and SouthSecond placeUnrestricted: How I Stepped Off the Tightrope, Learned to Say No, and Silenced AnorexiaThird place2025FictionBoy With WingsFirst place with Dorota Rewerenda (Illus.)Gentle HugsSecond placeTold Ya! StoriesThird placeNonfiction with Vic Liu (Illus.)The Warehouse: A Visual Primer on Mass IncarcerationFirst placeCherokee History and the Spirit FamilySecond placeIt’s Not (All) Your Fault: Self-Help and the Individualization of OppressionThird place2026FictionBrenda K. ThompsonAlice AnywayFirst placeTerry Lee CaruthersRed And MeSecond placeJ.A. HoskinsWriter-in-ResidenceThird placeNonfictionTerry BladeOf Bloodlines and Blue Notes: Lyrics, Album Notes and Critical EssaysFirst placeIvan MikoljiFlora of the Orinoco: Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic PlantsSecond placeMichael A. Carson, Matthew A. Carson, Shenika H. CarsonAfrican-American Women Who Began A Movement: 100 Visionaries of Freedom, Justice, and EqualityThird place
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