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NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS

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CELEBRATING SELF & INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING EXCELLENCE

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These are the winners of the Sponsor's Prize Awards for the 17th Annual Contest!

The Indie Excellence® Sponsor’s Choice Prizes are carefully selected by our jurors from the group of Winners & Finalists recognized in the main contest categories. These special awards honor books that demonstrate an outstanding synergy of form and content in a superior overall presentation and can utilize our sponsors offerings in particular.

SMITH PUBLICITY

Emilie-Noelle Provost

The River Is Everywhere

Vine Leaves Press

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Literary Fiction

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THE PROCESS
ALABAMA GRANDSON

Cedrick D Bridgeforth

Alabama Grandson: A Black, Gay Minister's Passage Out of Hiding

Precocity Press

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LGBTQIA Non-Fiction

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DARTFROG
SALTED PLUMS

Alison Hong Nguyen Lihalakha

Salted Plums: A Memoir of Culture and Identity

Kahana Press

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Multicultural Non-Fiction

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DARTFROG
NURSE FLORENCE

Michael Dow, RN, MS

Nurse Florence, What is a Heart Attack?

Dow Creative Enterprises

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Juvenile Non-Fiction

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SUNFLOWERS

Kalpna Singh-Chitnis (Editor)

Sunflowers: Ukrainian Poetry on War, Resistance, Hope and Peace

River Paw Press

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Anthology

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THE NEW EMPIRE

Alison McBain

The New Empire

Woodhall Press

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Asian American & Pacific Islander Fiction

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