OFFICIAL CATEGORIES OF THE NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE BOOK AWARDS:
A
Asian American & Pacific Islander Fiction
Asian American & Pacific Islander Non-Fiction
Action/Adventure
Addiction & Recovery
Activity Books - Adult
Activity Books - Children
African American Fiction
African American Non-Fiction
Aging
Alternative Medicine
Animals-Pets
Anthology
Arts & Entertainment
Autobiography
B
Beauty
Biography-General
Biography-Historical
Body/Mind/Spirit
Book Cover Design-Children Picture Books
Book Cover Design-Fiction
Book Cover Design-Non-Fiction
Book Interior Design Fiction
Book Interior Design Non-Fiction
Business-Entrepreneurship & Small Business
Business-General
Business-Motivational
C
Cancer
Career
Caregiving
Chapter Books
Chick-Lit
Childrens Early Readers
Childrens-Fiction (Ages 3-8)
Childrens-Inspirational/Motivational
Childrens-Non-Fiction (Ages 3-8)
Childrens-Religion
Coffee Table Book
Comedy
Comics and Graphic Novels
Contemporary Novel
Cookbooks-General
Cookbooks-Regional
Crafts-Hobbies
Crime Fiction
Cross Genre
Current Events
D
Death & Dying
Diet & Nutrition
Divorce
E
Education
Entertainment
Environment
Erotica
F
Faction (fiction based on fact)
Fantasy
Fine Arts
Fitness
Friendship
Fiction (General)
G
Gift Books
Green Living
Graphic Novel
Grief
H
Health-General
Historical-Fiction
History-General
History-United States
Holiday
Home & Garden
Horror
Humor
How-To
I
Inspiration
J
Juvenile Fiction (Ages 7-14)
Juvenile Non-Fiction (Ages 7-14)
L
Latinx Fiction
Latinx Non-Fiction
LGBTQIA Fiction
LGBTQIA Non-Fiction
Leadership
Legal Thriller
Literary Fiction
M
Marketing & Public Relations
Marriage
Medical
Medical Thriller
Memoir
Men’s Health
Military Fiction
Military Non-Fiction
Miscellaneous
Motivational
Movies and Television
Multicultural-Fiction
Multicultural-Non-Fiction
Music
Mystery
N
Native/Indigenous/First Nations Fiction
Native/Indigenous/First Nations Non-Fiction
Nature
New Age-Fiction
New Age-Non-Fiction
New Fiction (must be first time this book is published )
New Non-Fiction (must be first time this book is published )
Non-Fiction
P
Parenting & Family
Performing Arts - Film, Theater, Dance & Music
Personal Growth
Philosophy
Photography
Picture Books - All Ages
Picture Books - Preschool
Poetry
Political
Political Thriller
Pregnancy & Childbirth
Psychiatry/Psychology
R
Reference
Regional: Fiction - Midwest
Regional: Non Fiction - Midwest
Regional: Fiction - Northeast
Regional: Non Fiction - Northeast
Regional: Fiction - Southeast
Regional: Non Fiction - Southeast
Regional: Fiction - Southwest
Regional: Non Fiction - Southwest
Regional: Fiction - West
Regional: Non Fiction - West
Relationships
Religion-Fiction
Religion-Non-Fiction
Romance
Romantic Comedy
S
Sales & Marketing
Science
Science Fiction
Self Help: General
Self Help: Motivational
Self Help: Spiritual
Short Stories
Small Books
Social/Political Change
Social Media
Specialty Books
Spirituality
Sports
Steam Punk
Suspense
T
Technology
Teen Fiction
Teen Non-Fiction
Thriller
Travel
True Crime
V
Visionary Fiction
W
Well-Being
Western Fiction
Western Non-Fiction
Wine
Women’s Fiction
Women’s Health
Women’s Issues
Writing and Publishing
Y
Young Adult Fiction
Young Adult Non-Fiction