The 2012 Independent Publisher Book Awards are now closed! Thanks and good luck to all entrants!

Results of the 16th annual Independent Publisher Book Awards, honoring the year’s best independently published titles, will be announced in early May, with the awards ceremony to occur on June 4th, during BookExpo America in New York. The 2013 IPPYs will open on about July 1, 2012, and we’ll accept books released between November 2011 and March 2013.

Read an IPPY Award-Winning Book Today!

The “IPPY” Awards were conceived as a broad-based, unaffiliated awards program open to all members of the independent publishing industry, and are open to authors and publishers worldwide who produce books written in English and intended for the North American market. We define “independent” as 1) independently owned and operated; 2) operated by a foundation or university; or 3) long-time independents that became incorporated but operate autonomously and publish fewer than 50 titles a year.

Thanks and good luck to all participants!

• Open to independents worldwide who publish for the North American market
• Books published within 15 months of the final deadline are eligible
• 72 subject categories in National awards
• Regional awards for the United States, Canada, and Australia and New Zealand
• E-Book Awards with fiction, non-fiction, children’s and regional categories
• Winners receive medals, certificates, and earn credibility, publicity — and increased book sales!

To receive information and guidelines for the 2013 Independent Publisher Book Awards, click here.