The Next Generation Indie Book Awards is an awards program that recognizes and honors authors and publishers of exceptional independently published books in 60 different categories. The not-for-profit awards program was started in 2007 by Catherine Goulet and is presented by the Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group in cooperation with 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

BookExpo America

BookExpo America is the largest annual book trade fair in the United States. BEA is almost always held in a major city over four days in late May and/or early June...

 in a catalog distributed to BookExpo attendees. Winners and Finalists are honored at a reception during BookExpo held at the Plaza Hotel

Plaza Hotel

The Plaza Hotel in New York City is a landmark 20-story luxury hotel with a height of and length of that occupies the west side of Grand Army Plaza, from which it derives its name, and extends along Central Park South in Manhattan. Fifth Avenue extends along the east side of Grand Army Plaza...

 

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

Past winners and finalists include

Evelyn Grubb

Evelyn Grubb

Evelyn Grubb was the wife of an American Vietnam War Air Force pilot who became a prisoner of war, she was also a co-founder and then later served as the national coordinator of the National League of Families, a nonprofit organization that worked on behalf of Vietnam-era Missing in Action and...

 and Carol Jose for You Are Not Forgotten: A Family’s Quest for Truth and The Founding of the National League of Families (History category), 2009

Paco Ahlgren

Paco Ahlgren

Paco Ahlgren is an American novelist. His debut novel, Discipline, was published in July 2007 by Greenleaf Book Group and it went on to receive the 2008 Eric Hoffer Book Award in commercial fiction..- Early life :...

 for Discipline

Janey Bennett for The Pale Surface of Things

David Desmond

David Desmond

Dr. David William Desmond is a neuropsychologist and writer. He is a grandson of the real estate developer Fred Trump; the son of Maryanne Trump Barry, who is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; and a nephew of Donald Trump. He lives in Palm Beach, Florida, and...

 for The Misadventures of Oliver Booth: Life in the Lap of Luxury

Peter Johnston for Negotiating with Giants.

Ann Levine

Ann Levine

Ann Levine is the author of two books aimed at people considering law school. Her first book The Law School Admission Game: Play Like an Expert, is a law school admission guide published in 2009 by Abraham Publishing. It has sold more than 3,000 copies and is consistently a bestselling law school...

 for "The Law School Admission Game: Play Like an Expert"

Jim McCormick

Jim McCormick (author)

James Maxwell "Jim" McCormick is an American speaker, author, and professional skydiver. He holds five skydiving world records and was a member of an international expedition that skydived to the North Pole...

 for The Power of Risk - How Intelligent Choices Will Make You More Successful

D. B. Grady

D. B. Grady

D. B. Grady is an American author and writer hailing from Baton Rouge, Louisiana He is known for writing the book Red Planet Noir, which won...

 for Red Planet Noir

Red Planet Noir

Red Planet Noir is a combination work of crime fiction and science fiction written by American author D. B. Grady-Awards:* 2010 – Next Generation Indie Book Award for science fiction...

 - 2010 Science Fiction Winner
Karla K. Morton 2010 Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

 State Poet Laureate

Poet Laureate

A poet laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events...

 

The White House Historical Association

White House Historical Association

The White House Historical Association, founded in 1961 through efforts of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy is a private, non-profit organization with a mission to enhance the public's understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of the White House, the official home and principal workplace of the...

 

The Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisconsin Historical Society

The Wisconsin Historical Society is simultaneously a private membership and a state-funded organization whose purpose is to maintain, promote and spread knowledge relating to the history of North America, with an emphasis on the state of Wisconsin and the trans-Allegheny West...

 has won several awards over the years

TOUCHING: Poems of Love, Longing, and Desire, edited by Sari Friedman and
D. Patrick Miller - 2011 winner of two awards: one for Non-Fiction and one for Anthology Published by Fearless Books

Fearless Books

Fearless Books is an independent publisher, located in Berkeley, California, and founded in 1997 by D. Patrick Miller.Fearless Books comprises several divisions, including its Fearless Poetry Series which is run by co-editors D...

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External links

• Next Generation Indie Book Awards website