Submissions are now open for The 2025 Book Awards at IPNE 

by Odile Sullivan-Tarazi

(Ed. Note: IPNE —the Independent Publishers of New England — is a sister organization of BAIPA. Odile Sullivan-Tarazi sits on the IPNE board as chair of the book awards program.)

The Book Awards at IPNE began about a decade ago, as an ambitious venture at a fledgling organization. From there it has grown and blossomed.

Who are we? We’re a modest program that believes in quality and strives to support authors. We are not a conglomerate. We are not a profit center. We don’t engage in upsell. The aim of the program is to celebrate fine books and to help readers connect with books they will love.

Submissions are open now for the 2025 cycle. 

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Brief eligibility info: 

• Books can be author-published, hybrid-published, or traditionally published via small press, university press, or independent press.
• Frontlist categories: books published 2024 or early 2025. Backlist categories: books published from 2010 to 2023.

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Full program info and submissions guidelines here.

And here’s a press release about the 2024 award winners.