Independent Publisher Book Award

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 Christian Keysers for The Empathic Brain, 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.

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