# Next Generation Indie Book Awards

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 winners :
| Year | Category | Author | Title | Result |
| 2008 | Fiction | Robert Wexelblatt | Zublinka Among Women | First place |
| 2008 | Fiction | Janey Bennett | The Pale Surface of Things | Second place |
| 2008 | Fiction | Karen M. Black | Moondance | Third place |
| 2008 | Nonfiction | Keren Taylor | Lines of Velocity: Words that Move from WriteGirl | First place |
| 2008 | Nonfiction | Peter Ressler and Monika Mitchell Ressler | Spiritual Capitalism: How 9/11 Gave us Nine Spiritual Lessons of Work and Business | Second place |
| 2008 | Nonfiction | Jonathan B. Wright | Who's Behind the Fairy Doors? | Third place |
| 2009 | Fiction | Fairlee Winfield | BUFFALOed | First place |
| 2009 | Fiction | Campbell Jefferys | Hunter: A Novel | Second place |
| 2009 | Fiction | David Desmond | The Misadventures of Oliver Booth: Life in the Lap of Luxury | Third place |
| 2009 | Nonfiction | Russell Leigh Sharman and Cheryl Harris Sharman | Nightshift NYC | First place |
| 2009 | Nonfiction | Ken Beller and Heather Chase | Great Peacemakers | Second place |
| 2009 | Nonfiction | Suzanne Kamata | Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering | Third place |
| 2010 | Fiction | Keith Remer | The Hiding Place of Thunder | First place |
| 2010 | Fiction | Michel Bruneau | Shaken Allegiances | Second place |
| 2010 | Fiction | K.L. Brady | The Bum Magnet | Third place |
| 2010 | Nonfiction | Mary Collins | American Idle: A Journey Through Our Sedentary Culture | First place |
| 2010 | Nonfiction | George Stranahan and Nicole Beinstein Strait | Phlogs: Journey to the Heart of the Human Predicament | Second place |
| 2010 | Nonfiction | 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 |
| 2011 | Fiction | Michael McMenamin and Patrick McMenamin | The DeValera Deception | Second place |
| 2011 | Fiction | Bradford Tatum | I Can Only Give You Everything | Third place |
| 2011 | Nonfiction | Larry J. Schweiger | Last Chance: Preserving Life on Earth | First place |
| 2011 | Nonfiction | Sari Friedman and D. Patrick Miller (Eds.) | Touching: Poems of Love, Longing, and Desire | Second place |
| 2011 | Nonfiction | 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 |
| 2012 | Fiction | Royce Leville | A Little Leg Work | Second place |
| 2012 | Fiction | Jean Davies Okimoto | Walter's Muse | Third place |
| 2012 | Nonfiction | Jan Thrope | Inner Visions: Grassroots Stories of Truth and Hope | First place |
| 2012 | Nonfiction | Matthew Chojnacki | Put the Needle on the Record: The 1980s at 45 Revolutions Per Minute | Second place |
| 2012 | Nonfiction | Susan A. Hyatt | Strategy for Good: Business Giving Strategies for the 21st Century | Third place |
| 2013 | Fiction | Sara Warner | Still Waters | First place |
| 2013 | Fiction | Duff Brenna | Minnesota Memoirs | Second place |
| 2013 | Fiction | Michael McMenaminand Patrick McMenamin | The Gemini Agenda | Third place |
| 2013 | Nonfiction | John Renesch | The Great Growing Up | First place |
| 2013 | Nonfiction | Dr. Ted Eisenberg and Joyce K. Eisenberg | The Scoop on Breasts:A Plastic Surgeon Busts the Myths | Second place |
| 2013 | Nonfiction | Ember Reichgott Junge | Zero Chance of Passage: The Pioneering Charter School Story | Third place |
| 2014 | Fiction | Minae Mizumura | A True Novel | First place |
| 2014 | Fiction | Nina Schuyler | The Translator | Second place |
| 2014 | Fiction | Ron MacLean | Headlong | Third place |
| 2014 | Nonfiction | John Mitchell | The Boy Who Lived With Ghosts: A Memoir | First place |
| 2014 | Nonfiction | David Gottfried | Explosion Green | Second place |
| 2014 | Nonfiction | Dianne Maroney | The Imagine Project: Stories of Courage, Hope and Love | Third place |
| 2015 | Fiction | Raymond Hutson | Topeka, ma'shuge | First place |
| 2015 | Fiction | Christine Sunderland | The Magdalene Mystery | Second place |
| 2015 | Fiction | CB Anderson | River Talk | Third place |
| 2015 | Nonfiction | Kerry Howley | Thrown | First place |
| 2015 | Nonfiction | Joseph Bharat Cornell | The Sky and Earth Touched Me | Second place |
| 2015 | Nonfiction | Bonnie U. Gruenberg | The Wild Horse Dilemma: Conflicts and Controversies of the Atlantic Coast Herds | Third place |
| 2016 | Fiction | Norma Hinkens | Immurement | First place |
| 2016 | Fiction | Dave Riese | Echo from Mount Royal | Second place |
| 2016 | Fiction | Dustin Stevens | The Boat Man | Third place |
| 2016 | Nonfiction | David Noyes | The Photographing Tourist: A Storyteller's Guide to Travel and Photography | First place |
| 2016 | Nonfiction | Joseph Cornell | Sharing Nature: Nature Awareness Activities for All Ages | Second place |
| 2016 | Nonfiction | Holly E. Tripp (Ed.) | Stories of Music | Third place |
| 2017 | Fiction | Nalini Warriar | Fireflies in the Night | First place |
| 2017 | Fiction | Desiree Cooper | Know the Mother | Second place |
| 2017 | Fiction | Kimberly Meehan | The Coney Island Hot Dog Heist | Third place |
| 2017 | Nonfiction | Jericho Parms | Lost Wax: Essays | First place |
| 2017 | Nonfiction | William Seale | Blair House: The President's Guest House | Second place |
| 2017 | Nonfiction | 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 |
| 2018 | Fiction | Jeanie Kortum | Stones | Second place |
| 2018 | Fiction | Stewart Raffill | Rage | Third place |
| 2018 | Nonfiction | Jen Townsend and Renée Zettle-Sterling | Cast: Art and Objects Made Using Humanity's Most Transformational Process | First place |
| 2018 | Nonfiction | Cynthia O'Brien with Anne Berry (Illus.) | Noname The Feral Cat! | Second place |
| 2018 | Nonfiction | Noppadol Paothong and Kathy Love | Sage Grouse, Icon of the West | Third place |
| 2019 | Fiction | Laura Hunter | Beloved Mother | First place |
| 2019 | Fiction | Robert Gryn | Two Skies Before Night | Second place |
| 2019 | Fiction | H.D. Hunter | Torment: A Novella | Third place |
| 2019 | Nonfiction | Lois Farfel Stark | The Telling Image: Shapes of Changing Times | First place |
| 2019 | Nonfiction | James Tertius deKay Michael Fazio, Osborne Phinizy Mackie, and Katherine Malone-France | The Stephen Decatur House: A History | Second place |
| 2019 | Nonfiction | 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 |
| 2020 | Fiction | L. James Rice | Eve of Snows | Second place |
| 2020 | Fiction | Sean Covel with Diego Velasquez (Illus.) | Marlon McDoogle's Magical Night | Third place |
| 2020 | Nonfiction | QT Luong | Treasured Lands: A Photographic Odyssey Through America's National Parks | First place |
| 2020 | Nonfiction | Debra Rosenman | The Chimpanzee Chronicles: Stories of Heartbreak and Hope from Behind the Bars | Second place |
| 2020 | Nonfiction | 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 |
| 2021 | Fiction | April White | Death's Door | Second place |
| 2021 | Fiction | Meera Ekkanath Klein | Seeing Ceremony: A Novel with Recipes | Third place |
| 2021 | Nonfiction | Nina Ansary with Petra Dufkova (Illus.) | Anonymous Is a Woman: A Global Chronicle of Gender Inequality | First place |
| 2021 | Nonfiction | Max Wisshak and Stefanie Wisshak | New Zealand Karst - A voyage across limestone landscapes into the subterranean realm of caves | Second place |
| 2021 | Nonfiction | 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 |