Independent Publisher Book Award
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The Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY), launched in 1996, are designed to bring increased recognition to titles published by independent authors and publishers. Previous winners of the IPPY Award include Jeffrey Lewis
for Meritocracy: A Love Story, Matthew Sharpe
for The Sleeping Father
, and Leif Enger
for Peace Like a River
, Dave Eggers
for "What is the What", Jim Harrison
for The Beast God Forgot to Invent, Mark David Gerson
for "The MoonQuest
" and "The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to Write," and Corey Redekop for "Shelf Monkey"
Established as the first awards program open exclusively to independents, over 2,500 "IPPYs" have been awarded to authors and publishers around the world. The Awards recognize 12 Outstanding Books of the Year in categories such as Most Inspirational to Youth and Most Likely To Save the Planet, and to gold, silver and gold medal winners in 69 categories, ranging from non-fiction categories like Architecture and Religion, to fiction categories like Multicultural and Horror. Our Regional Awards honor books published with a regional focus, and recognize Best Fiction and Best Non-Fiction Book in eight U.S. regions, two Canadian regions, and Australia/New Zealand.
1,500 publishers participated in the 2006 Awards, and entries came in from all 50 U.S. states and Washington D.C., seven Canadian provinces, and 14 countries overseas. 2006 awards went out to authors and publishers from 48 U.S. states, six Canadian provinces, and five countries overseas, and a large percentage of them were self-published or print on demand
published.
The 2008 contest attracted 3,175 total entries, with over 2,500 entries in the national categories and over 600 entries in the regional competition. Books came from 49 U.S. states, Washington D.C., and U.S. Virgin Islands; nine Canadian provinces, and 16 countries around the world: Trinidad
to Thailand
, Croatia
to Czech Republic
, and France
to Finland
.
The 2011 IPPY medalists were chosen from 3,907 total entries: 3,059 in the national categories and 848 in the regional categories. The Australia/New Zealand regional category attracted 60 entries in its first year.
The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) is a recipient of the Association of Independent Authors (AiA) Honoring Excellence award.
Jeffrey Lewis
Jeffrey Lewis is an American singer/songwriter and comic book artist.-Early life:Lewis attended State University of New York at Purchase and graduated in 1997 with a degree in Literature...
for Meritocracy: A Love Story, Matthew Sharpe
Matthew Sharpe
Matthew Sharpe is a U.S. novelist and short story writer.Born in New York City, but grew up in a small town in Connecticut.Sharpe graduated from Oberlin College in Ohio. Afterwards, he worked at US Magazine until he went back to school at Columbia University, where he pursued an MFA...
for The Sleeping Father
The Sleeping Father
The Sleeping Father is a novel by Matthew Sharpe first published in 2003 about an average middle-class American family struck by betrayal, separation, and illness...
, and Leif Enger
Leif Enger
Leif Enger is an American author who wrote the novel Peace Like a River.Enger was born in 1961 and raised in Osakis, Minnesota. Since his teens, he wanted to write fiction. He worked as a reporter and producer for Minnesota Public Radio from 1984 until the sale of Peace Like a River to publisher...
for Peace Like a River
Peace Like a River
This article is about the novel by Leif Enger. For the song written by Paul Simon, see Paul Simon Peace Like a River is a best-selling novel by Leif Enger, who took the title from the lyrics of the hymn "It Is Well with My Soul", which was performed at his wedding...
, Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He is known for the best-selling memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and for his more recent work as a screenwriter. He is also the co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia.-Life:Eggers was born in Boston, Massachusetts,...
for "What is the What", Jim Harrison
Jim Harrison
James "Jim" Harrison is an American author known for his poetry, fiction, essays, reviews, and writings about food. He has been called "a force of nature", and his work has been compared to that of William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway...
for The Beast God Forgot to Invent, Mark David Gerson
Mark David Gerson
Mark David Gerson is a screenwriter, award-winning author and creator of The Q'ntana Trilogy of fantasy novels and films.The MoonQuest, the first book in the trilogy, has won multiple national and regional awards, as has his book on writing and creativity, The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call...
for "The MoonQuest
The MoonQuest
The MoonQuest: A True Fantasy is a 2007 fantasy novel by Mark David Gerson.The novel presents a mythical world where storytelling has been banned and storytellers, or bards, have been put to death. The legend in the land has it that the moon was so saddened by the silence in the land that she...
" and "The Voice of the Muse: Answering the Call to Write," and Corey Redekop for "Shelf Monkey"
Established as the first awards program open exclusively to independents, over 2,500 "IPPYs" have been awarded to authors and publishers around the world. The Awards recognize 12 Outstanding Books of the Year in categories such as Most Inspirational to Youth and Most Likely To Save the Planet, and to gold, silver and gold medal winners in 69 categories, ranging from non-fiction categories like Architecture and Religion, to fiction categories like Multicultural and Horror. Our Regional Awards honor books published with a regional focus, and recognize Best Fiction and Best Non-Fiction Book in eight U.S. regions, two Canadian regions, and Australia/New Zealand.
1,500 publishers participated in the 2006 Awards, and entries came in from all 50 U.S. states and Washington D.C., seven Canadian provinces, and 14 countries overseas. 2006 awards went out to authors and publishers from 48 U.S. states, six Canadian provinces, and five countries overseas, and a large percentage of them were self-published or print on demand
Print on demand
Print on demand , sometimes called, in error, publish on demand, is a printing technology and business process in which new copies of a book are not printed until an order has been received...
published.
The 2008 contest attracted 3,175 total entries, with over 2,500 entries in the national categories and over 600 entries in the regional competition. Books came from 49 U.S. states, Washington D.C., and U.S. Virgin Islands; nine Canadian provinces, and 16 countries around the world: Trinidad
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
to Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
to Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
to Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
.
The 2011 IPPY medalists were chosen from 3,907 total entries: 3,059 in the national categories and 848 in the regional categories. The Australia/New Zealand regional category attracted 60 entries in its first year.
The Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) is a recipient of the Association of Independent Authors (AiA) Honoring Excellence award.