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 Catherine Goulet is an author, publishing entrepreneur, and careers expert from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is co-founder of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, a literary awards program for independently-published books, co-founder ...

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

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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

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and the

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. In 2016 the ceremony was held at the

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

Recipients

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External links

* {{official, https://www.indiebookawards.com/ Awards established in 2007 2007 establishments in the United States American non-fiction literary awards American fiction awards English-language literary awards