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Next Generation Indie Book Awards

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USA

First awarded
  
2007

Sponsored by
  
Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group, Allen O’Shea Literary Agency

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The Next Generation 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.

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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 book 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. 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.

2016

The 2016 Winners and Finalists were announced May 10, 2016 for books released or with a copyright date in 2014, 2015 or 2016. A complete list of 2016 Winners and Finalists can be found at: http://www.indiebookawards.com/winners.

2015

The 2015 Winners and Finalists were announced May 12, 2015 for books released or with a copyright date in 2013, 2014 or 2015. A complete list of 2015 Winners and Finalists can be found at: http://www.indiebookawards.com/winners.

2014

The 2014 Winners and Finalists were announced May 14, 2014 for books released or with a copyright date in 2013 or 2014. A complete list of 2014 Winners and Finalists can be found at: http://www.indiebookawards.com/winners.

2013

The 2013 Winners and Finalists were announced May 13, 2013 for books released or with a copyright date in 2012 or 2013. A complete list of 2013 Winners and Finalists can be found at: http://www.indiebookawards.com/winners.

2012

The awards were announced June 12, 2012 for books published in 2011.

Non-Fiction Grand Prize

  • First place: Inner Visions: Grassroots Stories of Truth and Hope, by Jan Thrope
  • Second place: Put the Needle on the Record: The 1980s at 45 Revolutions Per Minute, by Matthew Chojnacki
  • Third place: Strategy for Good: Business Giving Strategies for the 21st Century, by Susan A. Hyatt
  • Fiction Grand Prize

  • First place: The Parsifal Pursuit, by Michael McMenamin and Patrick McMenamin
  • Second place: A Little Leg Work, by Royce Leville
  • Third place: Walter's Muse, by Jean Davies Okimoto
  • Other

  • In addition to the Grand Prize winners, top indie books were named as winners and finalists in 60 categories as listed at the award website.
  • 2011

    The awards were announced May 24, 2011 for books published in 2010.

    Non-Fiction Grand Prize

  • First place: Last Chance: Preserving Life on Earth, by Larry J. Schweiger
  • Second place: Touching: Poems of Love, Longing, and Desire, edited by Sari Friedman and D. Patrick Miller
  • Third place: Serve to Lead: Your Transformational 21st Century Leadership System, by James M. Strock
  • Fiction Grand Prize

  • First place: Carny: A Novel in Stories, by James Hitt
  • Second place: The DeValera Deception, by Michael McMenamin & Patrick McMenamin
  • Third place: I Can Only Give You Everything, by Bradford Tatum
  • Other

  • In addition to the Grand Prize winners, top indie books were named as winners and finalists in 60 categories as listed at the award website.
  • 2010

    The awards were announced May 25, 2010, for books published in 2009.

    Non-Fiction Grand Prize

  • First place: American Idle: A Journey Through Our Sedentary Culture, by Mary Collins
  • Second place: Phlogs: Journey to the Heart of the Human Predicament, by George Stranahan and Nicole Beinstein Strait
  • Third place: Ophelia's Oracle: Discovering the Healthy, Happy, Self-Aware, and Confident Girl in the Mirror, by Donna DeNomme and Tina Proctor
  • Fiction Grand Prize

  • First place: The Hiding Place of Thunder, by Keith Remer
  • Second place: Shaken Allegiances, by Michel Bruneau
  • Third place: The Bum Magnet, by K.L. Brady
  • Other

  • In addition to the Grand Prize winners, top indie books were named as winners and finalists in 60 categories as listed at the award website.
  • 2009

    The 2009 awards were announced for books published in 2008.

    Non-Fiction Grand Prize

  • First place: Nightshift NYC, by Russell Leigh Sharman and Cheryl Harris Sharman
  • Second place: Great Peacemakers, by Ken Beller and Heather Chase
  • Third place: Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering, Suzanne Kamata
  • Fiction Grand Prize

  • First place: BUFFALOed, by Fairlee Winfield
  • Second place: Hunter: A Novel, by Campbell Jefferys
  • Third place: The Misadventures of Oliver Booth: Life in the Lap of Luxury, by David Desmond
  • Other

  • In addition to the Grand Prize winners, top indie books were named as winners and finalists in 60 categories as listed at the award website.
  • 2008

    The 2008 awards were announced for books published in 2007.

    Non-Fiction Grand Prize

  • First place: Lines of Velocity: Words that Move from WriteGirl, by Keren Taylor
  • Second place: Spiritual Capitalism: How 9/11 Gave us Nine Spiritual Lessons of Work and Business, by Peter Ressler and Monika Mitchell Ressler
  • Third place: Who's Behind the Fairy Doors?, by Jonathan B. Wright
  • Fiction Grand Prize

  • First place: Zublinka Among Women, by Robert Wexelblatt
  • Second place: The Pale Surface of Things, by Janey Bennett
  • Third place: Moondance, by Karen M. Black
  • Other

  • In addition to the Grand Prize winners, top indie books were named as winners and finalists in 60 categories as listed at the award website.
  • References

    Next Generation Indie Book Awards Wikipedia