International Rubery Book Award

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The Rubery International Book Award (founded in 2010 by Heather Painter) is the largest cash award for books published by independent publishers and self published authors in Great Britain.Birmingham Post, August 1, 2011 The London Review of Books described it as "independent publishing's response to the Booktrust and the Orange Prize.London Review of Books, Sept 2012 The Alliance of Independent Authors describes the award as: 'holders of the respected Rubery Award [...] should be considered to have a quality endorsement.' {{Cite web|url=https://www.allianceindependentauthors.org/open-up-campaign/|title=Open up to Indie Authors Campaign}}

In 2012, the award attracted submissions from five continents.Birmingham Mail, July 22, 2012 In 2015 entries were received from twenty different countries around the world: Australia, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, and USA.

Judges

Current and prior judges include Booker shortlisted author Clare Morrall; publisher of Tindal Street Press Alan Mahar; judge for the international Arthur C. Clarke Award Pauline Morgan; American literature and Creative Writing lecturer, Paul McDonald; Poet and Stand winner Jeff Phelps, Gaynor Arnold who was longlisted for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize (now the Bailey's); short story writer and novelist, Judith Allnatt; children's authors, Ann Evans and Simon Cheshire; creative writing teacher and previously Birmingham's Poet Laureate, Chris Morgan; William Gallagher, author, dramatist, and lecturer who writes Doctor Who audio dramas, stage plays, and has British journalism experience; and literary agent Laura Longrigg.

Successes

Jacob M Appel who won First Prize in 2013 has had many short stories published in literary journals. He also won Dundee International Book Prize which published his debut novel, The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up.
Angela Readman who won Book of the Year 2015 has had much success; winning the Saboteur Awards 2015; the Costa Short Story Award in 2013 and shortlisted for the Edgehill Prize 2016.{{Cite web |url=http://www.andotherstories.org/2016/07/06/news/celebrating-angela-readmans-2016-edge-hill-short-story-prize-shortlisting/ |title=Celebrating Angela Readman's 2016 Edge Hill Short Story Prize shortlisting « and Other Stories Publishing |access-date=22 March 2017 |archive-date=23 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323052408/http://www.andotherstories.org/2016/07/06/news/celebrating-angela-readmans-2016-edge-hill-short-story-prize-shortlisting/ |url-status=dead }}
Melanie Whipman, who won the 2012 short story competition for her story "Peacock Girl", has had stories subsequently read on BBC Radio 4. She has also been listed for the Edgehill Prize for 2017.[https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/news/2017/03/short-story-prize-organisers-announce-diverse-longlist-2017-competition/longlist]{{dead link|date=October 2020}}

Winners

\| Year	\| Author	\| Title	\| Category
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2011	Sarah James	Into the Yell	Poetry
2011	Lindsay Stanberry–Flynn	Unravelling	Fiction
2011 Winner	Christine Donovan	Jump Derry,{{cite web\|last1=Downey\|first1=Garbhan\|title=Jump Derry\|url=http://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/literature/jump-derry\|website=Culture Northern Ireland\|publisher=Culture Northern Ireland\|accessdate=23 February 2015\|archive-date=14 October 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014115840/https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/literature/jump-derry\|url-status=dead}}	Fiction
2012	Carol Mead and Gareth Davies	Sea Things	Children's Poetry
2012	Ann Victoria Roberts	The Master's Tale	Fiction
2012 Winner	Daniela Murphy	The Restorer	Fiction
2013	Sophie Neville	Funnily Enough	Non-Fiction
2013	T. D. Griggs	Redemption Blues	Fiction
2013 Winner	Jacob M. Appel	The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up	Fiction
2014	Peter Reason	Spindrift	Non-Fiction
2014	JoeAnn Hart	Float	Fiction
2014 Winner	Victor Tapner	Flatlands {{Cite web\|url=https://www.eadt.co.uk/east-anglian-poetry-collection-wins-international-book-award-1-3694737?usurv=skip\|title=East Anglian poetry collection wins international book award\|website=East Anglian Daily Times\|access-date=10 October 2020\|archive-date=16 August 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816065439/http://www.eadt.co.uk/east-anglian-poetry-collection-wins-international-book-award-1-3694737?usurv=skip\|url-status=dead}}	Poetry
2015	Diana Kimpton	The Green Sheep	Children's
2015	Jo Riccion	The Italians at Cleat's Corner Store	Fiction
2015	Sasha Harding	A Brush with the Coast	Non Fiction
2015	Diana Whitney	Wanting It	Poetry
Book of the Year 2015	Angela Readman	Don't Try this at Home	Short Stories
2016	Lisa Woollett	Sea Journal	Non Fiction
2016	Annie Dawid	York Ferry	Fiction
2016	Emma Purshouse and Catherine Pascall Moore	I Once Knew a Poem Who Wore a Hat	Children's Poetry
Book of the Year 2016	Laura Tisdall	Echoes	YA
2017	Lena Adishian and Nareg Seferian	Impact of an Ancient Nation	Non Fiction
2017	Melanie Whipman	Llama Sutra	Short stories
2017	Debbie Wise	Rosie and Rufus	Children's
2017	John Toomey	Slipping	Fiction
Book of the Year 2017	Jaq Hazell	My Life as a Bench	YA
2018 \|Keith Chandler \|The Goldsmith's Apprentice \|Poetry
2018 \|Jenny Morris; illustrated by Sara Hayat \|The Thing on Mount Spring \|Illustrated Children's
2018 \|R. K. Salters \|Butterfly Ranch \|Fiction
2018 \|Wendy Storer \|Bring Me Sunshine \|YA
Book of the Year 2018 \|David P Miraldi \|The Edge of Innocence \|Non Fiction
2019 \|Jacob M Appel \|Amazing Thins are Happening Here \|Short Stories
2019 \|Chad Alan Gibbs \|Two Like Me and You \|YA
2019 \|Oz Hardwick \|Learning to Have Lost \|Poetry
2019 \|Lisa Anne Novelline; Nicola Hwang \|Piccadilly and the Jolly Raindrops \|Children's
Book of the Year 2019 \|Claire Chao and Isabel Sun Chao \|Remembering Shanghai \|Non Fiction

Short Story Winners

Sarah Evans "The Tipping Point" (2011)
Melanie Whipman "Peacock Girl" (2012)
Gill Blow "On the Bench" (2013)
Gregory J Wolos "Still Life" (2014)

References

External links

[http://www.ruberybookaward.com Official website]

Category:English literary awards

Category:English-language literary awards

Category:Awards established in 2010

Category:2010 establishments in the United Kingdom