Award Rules
Winners and Finalists will receive National Media & Industry Exposure!
If you are a Winner or Finalist from any previous years, feel free to orders Stickers and Certificates at anytime.
The 2012 Winners and Finalists will be announced on May 15, 2012 and you can order stickers and certificates
at that time.
Please send one copy of the book per category entered. 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 publication dates are eligible. You can put all the categories in which you submit on one Submission Form but be sure to copy the submission form and put it in each book you submit in each category. All titles must have an ISBN and be published books.
*Indie Excellence is open to all English language books that are available for sale online and off.
We are not accepting e-books in 2012.
Winners and Finalists will be announced Nationally in May 2012 at the same time as Book Expo America.
LET THE WORLD KNOW YOU'RE A WINNER OR FINALIST!
As a winner or finalist you can highlight your award on your marketing materials. You can also both download the seal to print on your book and order stickers to put on each book you have already printed. Award stickers will be available for purchase as well as Certificates.
The Indie Excellence Winners & Finalists recognize the books that demonstrate an indefinable synergy of elements that makes for overall excellence.
We do not publish the names of the judges to respect their privacy.
*Note: If you are a Winner or Finalist from any previous years, feel free to orders Stickers and Certificates at anytime.
OFFICIAL CATEGORIES OF THE 6th ANNUAL INDIE EXCELLENCE BOOK AWARDS®:
Addiction & Recovery
Adventure
African American Fiction
African American Non-Fiction
Aging
Alternative Medicine
Animals-Pets
Anthology
Architecture
Arts & Entertainment
Art
Audiobook
Autobiography
Biography-General
Biography-Historical
Blogging
Body/Mind/Spirit
Book Cover Design-Children Picture Books
Book Cover Design-Children’s Fiction
Book Cover Design-Fiction
Book Cover Design-Non-Fiction
Book Interior Design Fiction
Book Interior Design Non-Fiction
Business-General
Business-Entrepreneurship & Small Business
Business-Motivational
Cancer
Career
Chick-Lit
Childrens-Inspirational/Motivational
Childrens-Religion
Childrens- Book & Audio Set
Childrens-Fiction
Childrens-Non-Fiction
Childrens-Picture Books
Coffee Table Book-
Comedy
Cookbooks-General
Cookbooks-Regional
Crafts-Hobbies
Cross Genre
Current Events-Social/Political Change
Death & Dying
Divorce
Education-K-12
Education
Environment/Political/Social
Faction (fiction based on fact)
Fantasy
Fiction
Fine Arts
Fitness
Food
Gardening
Gay & Lesbian & Transgender Fiction
Gay & Lesbian & Transgender Non-Fiction
Gift Books
Green Living
Grief
Health-General
Historical-Fiction
History
Holiday
Home & Office Interior Design
Home-General
Horror
Humor
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Inspiration
Internet
Juvenile Fiction
Juvenile Non-Fiction
Leadership
Literary Fiction
Marketing & Public Relations
Marriage
Medical
Medical Thriller
Memoir
Men’s Health
Military Fiction
Military Non-Fiction
Miscellaneous
Motivational
Multicultural-Fiction
Multicultural-Non-Fiction
Music
Mystery
Nature
New Age-Fiction
New Age-Non-Fiction
New Fiction (must be the first time this book is published )
New Non-Fiction (must be the first time this book is published )
Non-Fiction
Nutrition
Parenting & Family
Performing Arts
Philosophy
Photography
Poetry
Political
Political Thriller
Pregnancy & Childbirth
Psychiatry
Psychology
Raw Food/Vegetarian/Vegan
Reference
Regional-Fiction
Regional-Non-Fiction
Relationships
Religion-Fiction
Religion-Non-Fiction
Romance
Sales & Marketing
Science Fiction
Science
Self Help: General
Self Help: Motivational
Self Help: Spiritual
Sexuality
Short Stories
Social Media
Specialty Books
Spirituality
Sports
Suspense
Thriller
Travel
True Crime
Visionary Fiction
Well-Being
Western
Women’s Issues
Women’s Health
Writing and Publishing
Young Adult Fiction
Young Adult Non-Fiction |
GOOD LUCK!
Please send one copy of the book per category entered. 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 publication dates are eligible. You can put all the categories in which you submit on one Submission Form but be sure to copy the submission form and put it in each book you submit in each category. All titles must have an ISBN and be published books.
THE BOOKS SUBMITTED FOR THE 2011 CONTEST, WHICH JUST ENDED WENT TO 2 LIBRARIES IN WEST LOS ANGELES AND THE REST TO THE BEVERLY HILLS PUBLIC LIBRARY and they were very happy to receive them. Published books from anywhere in the world are eligible as long as they are in English and able to be purchased in the United States.
ENTRY FEES AND DEADLINE:
$69.00 per entry/per Category
All monies must be in U.S. Dollars!
All entries must be postmarked by April 10,
2012.
Winners and Finalists will be notified May
15, 2012.
All submissions are final. There are no refunds.
Please include proof of paypal or check with your entry submission. Please make checks payable to: “Indie Excellence” and mail to:
Indie Excellence Submission
269 South Beverly Drive, Suite #1065
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
To pay by credit card, use pay pal below or call the office with your credit card number and expiration date and zip code.
Order $69.00 Entry with Paypal Please be sure to put your paypal order # on the paper submission form you send in together with your book!
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