# Next Generation Indie Book Awards

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Largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers

Not to be confused with the awards presented by Australian Independent Booksellers, the [Indie Book Awards](/source/Indie_Book_Awards_(Australia)).

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.indiebookawards.com

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.

## History

The not-for-profit [4] awards program was founded in 2007 by [Catherine Goulet](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Plaza_Hotel)[11][12] and the [Harvard Club of New York City](/source/Harvard_Club_of_New_York_City).[13] In 2016 the ceremony was held at the [Newberry Library](/source/Newberry_Library) in [Chicago](/source/Chicago).[14]

The Next Generation Indie Book Awards program has been said to be the 'Sundance' of the book publishing world.[15][16]

## Recipients

Next Generation Indie Book Awards winners[17] 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 McMenaminand 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 2026[18] Fiction Brenda K. Thompson Alice Anyway First place Terry Lee Caruthers Red And Me Second place J.A. Hoskins Writer-in-Residence Third place Nonfiction Terry Blade Of Bloodlines and Blue Notes: Lyrics, Album Notes and Critical Essays First place Ivan Mikolji Flora of the Orinoco: Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Plants Second place Michael A. Carson, Matthew A. Carson, Shenika H. Carson African-American Women Who Began A Movement: 100 Visionaries of Freedom, Justice, and Equality Third place

## References

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-pr2012_3-0)** Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group (June 12, 2012). ["2012 Indie Book Award Winners Announced"](http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/12/4555411/2012-indie-book-award-winners.html). *[The Sacramento Bee](/source/The_Sacramento_Bee)*. Retrieved June 12, 2012.[*[dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Law School Expert's First Book Named One of the Top Tomes of 2010!"](https://web.archive.org/web/20101024033702/http://www.lawschoolexpert.com/PressReleases/award-winning-law-school-admission-guide.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.lawschoolexpert.com/PressReleases/award-winning-law-school-admission-guide.html) on 2010-10-24. Retrieved 2010-11-28.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["New Novel: Shaken Allegiances - October 2009"](http://www.michelbruneau.com/MB-Literature.htm). Retrieved 2010-11-28.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["First-Time Novelist Amber Lehman Aces The Next Generation Indie Book Awards"](http://my.losangeles.cbslocal.com/costa-mesa-ca/tags/The%20Independent%20Book%20Publishing%20Professionals%20Group). Retrieved 2010-11-28.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Emily Murphy: Next Generation Indie Book Awards article"](https://emilypwmurphy.blogspot.com/2010/05/next-generation-indie-book-awards.html). Retrieved 2010-04-04.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["The Predator Next Door" Book Wins Prestigious 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Award"](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/). Retrieved 2010-11-28.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Conversations with Richard Fidler"](http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2016/06/03/4474843.htm). Retrieved 2016-07-20.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Dave Riese pens a best indie book of 2016"](http://homenewshere.com/middlesex_east/article_68552f4e-3eda-11e6-b7dd-e309b7c40394.html). Retrieved 2016-07-20.

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Winners"](https://www.indiebookawards.com/winners.php?year=2025). *Next Generation Indie Book Awards*. Retrieved 2025-06-27.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["Next Generation Indie Book Awards - Winners"](https://www.indiebookawards.com/winners.php?year=2026). *www.indiebookawards.com*. Retrieved 2026-05-15.

## External links

- [Official website](https://www.indiebookawards.com/)

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