Next Generation Indie Book Awards
{{short description|Largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers}}
{{distinguish|text=the awards presented by Australian Independent Booksellers, the Indie Book Awards}}
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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.{{cite web |url=https://www.writersunion.ca/self-published-book-awards|title=Self Published Book Awards|accessdate=2018-05-16}}{{cite web |url=http://www.prlog.org/10679488-minnesota-author-wins-2010-indie-book-award.html|title=Minnesota Author Wins 2010 Indie Book Award |accessdate=2011-11-28}} "Indies" include small presses, larger independent publishers, university presses, e-book publishers, and self-published authors.{{cite web |url=http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/12/4555411/2012-indie-book-award-winners.html |title=2012 Indie Book Award Winners Announced |date=June 12, 2012 |accessdate=June 12, 2012 |author=Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group |work=The Sacramento Bee}} 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 {{cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/2010-indie-book-award-winners-announced-94570504.html|title=2010 Indie Book Awards Announced |accessdate=2011-11-28}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.lawschoolexpert.com/PressReleases/award-winning-law-school-admission-guide.html |title=Law School Expert’s First Book Named One of the Top Tomes of 2010! |accessdate=2010-11-28 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101024033702/http://www.lawschoolexpert.com/PressReleases/award-winning-law-school-admission-guide.html |archivedate=2010-10-24 |df= }}{{cite web |url=http://pressexposure.com/ForeWord_Magazine_Book_of_the_Year_Bronze_Winner_and_Next_Generation_Indie_Book_Gold_Winner-21188.html|title=ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year|accessdate=2010-11-28}}{{cite web |url=https://booklife.com/market/events/market/pr-reviews/04/10/2017/diy-book-awards-for-self-published-authors.html|title=DIY: Book Awards for Self-Published Authors|accessdate=2018-05-16}}
Cash prizes and medals are awarded to winners and finalists ranging from $100 to $1,500,{{cite web |url=http://www.readersread.com/blog/530101|title=ReadersRead.com article 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Award Winners Announced |accessdate=2010-11-28}} grand prize winners are also awarded a trophy,{{cite web |url=http://www.michelbruneau.com/MB-Literature.htm |title=New Novel: Shaken Allegiances - October 2009 |accessdate=2010-11-28}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://my.losangeles.cbslocal.com/costa-mesa-ca/tags/The%20Independent%20Book%20Publishing%20Professionals%20Group |title=First-Time Novelist Amber Lehman Aces The Next Generation Indie Book Awards |accessdate=2010-11-28}} 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{{cite web |url=http://emilypwmurphy.blogspot.com/2010/05/next-generation-indie-book-awards.html |title=Emily Murphy: Next Generation Indie Book Awards article |accessdate=2010-04-04}}{{cite web |url=http://newsguide.us/index.php?path=/business/books/The-Predator-Next-Door-Book-Wins-Prestigious-2010-Next-Generation-Indie-Book-Award-for-Local-Author-Speaker-Darlene-Ellison/ |title=The Predator Next Door" Book Wins Prestigious 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Award |accessdate=2010-11-28}} and the Harvard Club of New York City.{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2016/06/03/4474843.htm |title=Conversations with Richard Fidler |accessdate=2016-07-20}} In 2016 the ceremony was held at the Newberry Library in Chicago.{{cite web |url=http://homenewshere.com/middlesex_east/article_68552f4e-3eda-11e6-b7dd-e309b7c40394.html |title=Dave Riese pens a best indie book of 2016 |accessdate=2016-07-20}}
The Next Generation Indie Book Awards program has been said to be the 'Sundance' of the book publishing world.{{cite web |url=http://www.michelbruneau.com/MB-Literature.htm |title=The Fiction Gallery |accessdate=2010-12-14}}{{Cite web|url=http://publishwithconnie.com/what-is-the-sundance-of-indie-books/|title=What is the Sundance of Indie Books? {{!}} Publish with Connie|website=publishwithconnie.com|access-date=2016-04-13}}
Recipients
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|+Next Generation Indie Book Awards winners{{Cite web |title=Winners |url=https://www.indiebookawards.com/winners.php?year=2021 |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=Next Generation Indie Book Awards}} !Year !Category !Author !Title !Result |
| rowspan="6" |2008
! rowspan="3" |Fiction |{{sortname|Robert|Wexelblatt}} |Zublinka Among Women |First place |
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| {{sortname|Janey|Bennett}}
|The Pale Surface of Things |Second place |
| {{sortname|Karen M. |Black}}
|Moondance |Third place |
| rowspan="3" |Nonfiction
|{{sortname|Keren|Taylor}} |Lines of Velocity: Words that Move from WriteGirl |First place |
| {{sortname|Peter|Ressler}} and Monika Mitchell Ressler
|Spiritual Capitalism: How 9/11 Gave us Nine Spiritual Lessons of Work and Business |Second place |
| {{sortname|Jonathan B. |Wright}}
|Who's Behind the Fairy Doors? |Third place |
| rowspan="6" |2009
! rowspan="3" |Fiction |{{sortname|Fairlee|Winfield}} |BUFFALOed |First place |
| {{sortname|Campbell|Jefferys}}
|Hunter: A Novel |Second place |
| {{sortname|David|Desmond}}
|The Misadventures of Oliver Booth: Life in the Lap of Luxury |Third place |
| rowspan="3" |Nonfiction
|{{sortname|Russell Leigh|Sharman}} and Cheryl Harris Sharman |Nightshift NYC |First place |
| {{sortname|Ken|Beller}} and Heather Chase
|Great Peacemakers |Second place |
| {{sortname|Suzanne |Kamata|nolink=1}}
|Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering |Third place |
| rowspan="6" |2010
! rowspan="3" |Fiction |{{sortname|Keith|Remer}} |The Hiding Place of Thunder |First place |
| {{sortname|Michel|Bruneau}}
|Shaken Allegiances |Second place |
| {{sortname|K.L.|Brady}}
|The Bum Magnet |Third place |
| rowspan="3" |Nonfiction
|{{sortname|Mary|Collins|nolink=1}} |American Idle: A Journey Through Our Sedentary Culture |First place |
| {{sortname|George|Stranahan}} and Nicole Beinstein Strait
|Phlogs: Journey to the Heart of the Human Predicament |Second place |
| {{sortname|Donna|DeNomme}} and Tina Proctor
|Ophelia's Oracle: Discovering the Healthy, Happy, Self-Aware, and Confident Girl in the Mirror |Third place |
| rowspan="6" |2011
! rowspan="3" |Fiction |{{sortname|James|Hitt}} |Carny: A Novel in Stories |First place |
| {{sortname|Michael|McMenamin}} and Patrick McMenamin
|The DeValera Deception |Second place |
| {{sortname|Bradford|Tatum}}
|I Can Only Give You Everything |Third place |
| rowspan="3" |Nonfiction
|{{sortname|Larry J. |Schweiger}} |Last Chance: Preserving Life on Earth |First place |
| {{sortname|Sari|Friedman}} and D. Patrick Miller (Eds.)
|Touching: Poems of Love, Longing, and Desire |Second place |
| {{sortname|James M. |Strock}}
|Serve to Lead: Your Transformational 21st Century Leadership System |Third place |
| rowspan="6" |2012
! rowspan="3" |Fiction |{{sortname|Michael|McMenamin}} and Patrick McMenamin |The Parsifal Pursuit |First place |
| {{sortname|Royce|Leville}}
|A Little Leg Work |Second place |
| {{sortname|Jean|Davies Okimoto}}
|Walter's Muse |Third place |
| rowspan="3" |Nonfiction
|{{sortname|Jan|Thrope}} |Inner Visions: Grassroots Stories of Truth and Hope |First place |
| {{sortname|Matthew|Chojnacki}}
|Put the Needle on the Record: The 1980s at 45 Revolutions Per Minute |Second place |
| {{sortname|Susan A. |Hyatt}}
|Strategy for Good: Business Giving Strategies for the 21st Century |Third place |
| rowspan="6" |2013
! rowspan="3" |Fiction |{{Sortname|Sara|Warner}} |Still Waters |First place |
| {{Sortname|Duff|Brenna}}
|Minnesota Memoirs |Second place |
| {{Sortname|Michael|McMenamin}}and Patrick McMenamin
|The Gemini Agenda |Third place |
| rowspan="3" |Nonfiction
|{{Sortname|John|Renesch}} |The Great Growing Up |First place |
| {{Sortname|Dr. Ted|Eisenberg|Ted Eisenberg}} and Joyce K. Eisenberg
|The Scoop on Breasts:A Plastic Surgeon Busts the Myths |Second place |
| {{Sortname|Ember|Reichgott Junge}}
|Zero Chance of Passage: The Pioneering Charter School Story |Third place |
| rowspan="6" |2014
! rowspan="3" |Fiction |{{Sortname|Minae|Mizumura}} |First place |
| {{Sortname|Nina|Schuyler}}
|The Translator |Second place |
| {{Sortname|Ron|MacLean|nolink=1}}
|Headlong |Third place |
| rowspan="3" |Nonfiction
|{{Sortname|John|Mitchell|nolink=1}} |The Boy Who Lived With Ghosts: A Memoir |First place |
| {{Sortname|David|Gottfried}}
|Explosion Green |Second place |
| {{Sortname|Dianne|Maroney}}
|The Imagine Project: Stories of Courage, Hope and Love |Third place |
| rowspan="6" |2015
! rowspan="3" |Fiction |{{Sortname|Raymond|Hutson}} |Topeka, ma'shuge |First place |
| {{Sortname|Christine|Sunderland}}
|The Magdalene Mystery |Second place |
| {{Sortname|CB|Anderson}}
|River Talk |Third place |
| rowspan="3" |Nonfiction
|{{Sortname|Kerry|Howley}} |Thrown |First place |
| {{Sortname|Joseph|Bharat Cornell}}
|The Sky and Earth Touched Me |Second place |
| {{Sortname|Bonnie U.|Gruenberg}}
|The Wild Horse Dilemma: Conflicts and Controversies of the Atlantic Coast Herds |Third place |
| rowspan="6" |2016
! rowspan="3" |Fiction |{{Sortname|Norma|Hinkens}} |Immurement |First place |
| {{Sortname|Dave|Riese}}
|Echo from Mount Royal |Second place |
| {{Sortname|Dustin|Stevens}}
|The Boat Man |Third place |
| rowspan="3" |Nonfiction
|{{Sortname|David|Noyes|nolink=1}} |The Photographing Tourist: A Storyteller's Guide to Travel and Photography |First place |
| {{Sortname|Joseph|Cornell|nolink=1}}
|Sharing Nature: Nature Awareness Activities for All Ages |Second place |
| {{Sortname|Holly E.|Tripp}} (Ed.)
|Stories of Music |Third place |
| rowspan="6" |2017
! rowspan="3" |Fiction |{{sortname|Nalini|Warriar}} |Fireflies in the Night |First place |
| {{sortname|Desiree|Cooper}}
|Know the Mother |Second place |
| {{sortname|Kimberly|Meehan}}
|The Coney Island Hot Dog Heist |Third place |
| rowspan="3" |Nonfiction
|{{sortname|Jericho|Parms}} |Lost Wax: Essays |First place |
| {{sortname|William|Seale}}
|Blair House: The President's Guest House |Second place |
| {{sortname|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 |
| rowspan="6" |2018
! rowspan="3" |Fiction |{{sortname|Cynthia T. |Toney}} |The Other Side of Freedom |First place |
| {{sortname|Jeanie|Kortum}}
|Stones |Second place |
| {{sortname|Stewart|Raffill|nolink=1}}
|Rage |Third place |
| rowspan="3" |Nonfiction
|{{sortname|Jen|Townsend}} and Renée Zettle-Sterling |Cast: Art and Objects Made Using Humanity's Most Transformational Process |First place |
| {{sortname|Cynthia|O'Brien}} with Anne Berry (Illus.)
|Noname The Feral Cat! |Second place |
| {{sortname|Noppadol|Paothong}} and Kathy Love
|Sage Grouse, Icon of the West |Third place |
| rowspan="6" |2019
! rowspan="3" |Fiction |{{sortname|Laura|Hunter|nolink=1}} |Beloved Mother |First place |
| {{sortname|Robert|Gryn}}
|Two Skies Before Night |Second place |
| {{sortname|H.D.|Hunter}}
|Torment: A Novella |Third place |
| rowspan="3" |Nonfiction
|{{sortname|Lois|Farfel Stark}} |The Telling Image: Shapes of Changing Times |First place |
| {{sortname|James|Tertius deKay}} Michael Fazio, Osborne Phinizy Mackie, and Katherine Malone-France
|The Stephen Decatur House: A History |Second place |
| {{sortname|L.S.|Gardiner}}
|Tales from an Uncertain World: What Other Assorted Disasters Can Teach Us About Climate Change |Third place |
| rowspan="6" |2020
! rowspan="3" |Fiction |Dr. {{sortname|Chelinay|Gates}} (aka Malardy) |Lucky-Child: The Secret |First place |
| {{sortname|L. James|Rice}}
|Eve of Snows |Second place |
| {{sortname|Sean|Covel|nolink=1}} with Diego Velasquez (Illus.)
|Marlon McDoogle's Magical Night |Third place |
| rowspan="3" |Nonfiction
|{{sortname|QT|Luong}} |Treasured Lands: A Photographic Odyssey Through America's National Parks |First place |
| {{sortname|Debra|Rosenman}}
|The Chimpanzee Chronicles: Stories of Heartbreak and Hope from Behind the Bars |Second place |
| {{sortname|Daniel|Paterna}}
|Feast of the Seven Fishes: A Brooklyn Italian's Recipes Celebrating Food and Family |Third place |
| rowspan="6" |2021
! rowspan="3" |Fiction |{{Sortname|Beverley|Brenna}} with Tara Anderson (Illus.) |Sapphire the Great and the Meaning of Life |First place |
| {{Sortname|April|White}}
|Death's Door |Second place |
| {{Sortname|Meera Ekkanath|Klein}}
|Seeing Ceremony: A Novel with Recipes |Third place |
| rowspan="3" |Nonfiction
|{{Sortname|Nina|Ansary}} with Petra Dufkova (Illus.) |Anonymous Is a Woman: A Global Chronicle of Gender Inequality |First place |
| {{Sortname|Max|Wisshak}} and Stefanie Wisshak
|New Zealand Karst - A voyage across limestone landscapes into the subterranean realm of caves |Second place |
| {{Sortname|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 |
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