Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize (formerly the SEBA Book Award
[ and SIBA Book Award][) is an literary award given by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA). It was first awarded in 1999.][Summer, Bob (1999). "SEBA presents first book awards." '']Publishers Weekly
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'', 246(20), 24. 1 Color Photograph. Last accessed Oct. 8, 2012. Nominated books must be southern in nature or by a southern author, have been published the previous year, and have been nominated by a SIBA-member bookstore or one of their customers. Voting categories include fiction, Nonfiction, poetry
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The first awards were given in 1999.[ From 1999 through 2007 winners were chosen by popular vote through an online voting mechanism.][ Starting in 2008, winners were chosen from the list of finalists by a jury of SIBA booksellers.][2008 SIBA Book Award]
/ref> Beginning in 2016, the award was renamed the Southern Book Award and named in honor of southern writer Pat Conroy
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Winners
Southern Book Prize
Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize
References
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External links
SIBA Book Award
official website
SIBA Book Award
at LibraryThing
American children's literary awards
Southern United States literature
American fiction awards
American non-fiction literary awards
American poetry awards
Awards established in 1999
1999 establishments in the United States