2020 IPPY Award MEDALIST bookStore
Congratulations and sincere thanks to the independent authors and publishers who participated in our 24th annual, 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards contest.
Here are the listings of the gold, silver and bronze medalists in General categories 1-34.
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GENERAL MEDALISTS
1. FINE ART
GOLD: Human: The Art of Beth Cavener
Foreword by Garth Clark with essays by Ezra Shales and Lauren Redding
(Fresco Books)
SILVER: The Life and Art of Wilson Hurley: Celebrating the Richness of Reality
by Rosalyn Roembke Hurley
(Fresco Books)
BRONZE (tie): Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: 200 Years of Indigenous North American Art
by Katherine Nova McCleary and Leah Tamar Shrestinian with Joseph Zordan
(Yale University Art Gallery)
Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925-1945
Edited by Barbara Haskell
(Whitney Museum of American Art/Yale University Press)
2. PERFORMING ARTS (MUSIC/DANCE/CINEMA/THEATER)
GOLD: Hollywood Her Story: An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies
by Jill S. Tietjen, P.E. and Barbara Bridges
(Lyons Press)
SILVER: Rush: Wandering the Face of the Earth (The Official Touring History 1968-2015)
by Skip Daley and Eric Hansen
(Insight Editions)
BRONZE: Strip Tease: The Burlesque Photography of Tigz Rice
(Working Class Publishing)
3. PHOTOGRAPHY
GOLD: Spirit of the Amazon: The Indigenous Tribes of the Xingu
by Sue & Patrick Cunningham
(Papadakis)
SILVER: Divine Encounters: Sacred Rituals and Ceremonies in Asia
by Hans Kemp
(Visionary World)
BRONZE: The Wild Herd: A Vanishing American Treasure
by Deborah Kalas
(Val de Grâce Books)
4. ARCHITECTURE
GOLD: Designing for Disaster
by Boyce Thompson
(Schiffer Publishing)
SILVER: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Penwern: A Summer Estate
by Mark Hertzberg
(Wisconsin Historical Society Press)
BRONZE: Motel Vegas
by Fred Sigman
(Smallworks Press)
5. COFFEE TABLE BOOKS
GOLD: The Four Directions: A Southwestern Journey
by William Fields
(William Fields Art Photography)
SILVER: Batman: The Definitive History of the Dark Knight in Comics, Film, and Beyond
by Andrew Farago and Gina McIntyre
(Insight Editions)
BRONZE: Pilgrims of Woodstock: Never-Before-Seen Photos
by John Kane
(Red Lightning Books)
6. POPULAR FICTION
GOLD: The Pinebox Vendetta
by Jeff Bond
(Jeff Bond Books)
SILVER: You Cannot Mess This Up: A True Story That Never Happened
by Amy Weinland Daughters
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE (tie): Unorthodoxy
by Joshua A.H. Harris
(Atmosphere Press)
by Barbara Linn Probst
(She Writes Press)
7. LITERARY FICTION
GOLD: Tidal Flats
by Cynthia Newberry Martin
(Yellow Pear Press)
SILVER (tie): A Silver Willow by the Shore
by Kelli Stuart
(Fine Print Writing Press)
by Carole Giangrande
(Inanna Publications)
BRONZE: A Devil Comes to Town
by Paolo Maurensig
(World Editions)
8. SHORT STORY FICTION
GOLD: Let Me Out Here
by Emily W. Pease
(Hub City Press)
SILVER (tie): A Faithful but Melancholy Account of Several Barbarities Lately Committed: Linked Stories
by Jason Brown
(Missouri Review Books)
by Maureen Pilkington
(Regal House Publishing)
BRONZE: Moccasin Square Gardens
by Richard Van Camp
(Douglas & McIntyre)
9. POETRY- STANDARD
GOLD (tie): Five Oceans in a Teaspoon
by Dennis J. Bernstein; Visualizations by Warren Lehrer
(Paper Crown Books)
Sunbathing on Tyrone Power’s Grave
by Kim Dower
(Red Hen Press)
SILVER (tie): As One Fire Consumes Another
by John Sibley Williams
(Orison Books)
by Lindsey Royce
(Press 53)
BRONZE (tie): All Transparent Things Need Thundershirts
by Dana Roeser
(Two Sylvias Press)
by Ruth Dickey
(Harbor Mountain Press)
10. POETRY - SPECIALTY
GOLD: Children of Grass: A Portrait of American Poetry
by B.A. Van Sise
(Schaffner Press)
SILVER (tie): Homespun Mercies
by DJ Hill
(Light of the Moon, Inc.)
The Heart’s Necessities: Life in Poetry
by Jane Tyson Clement with Becca Stevens
(Plough Publishing House)
BRONZE: Lightning Strikes II: 22 Poets, 22 Artists.
(Dolby Chadwick Gallery)
11. ANTHOLOGIES
GOLD (tie): Stand in the Light: Native Voices Illuminated by Edward S. Curtis
Compiled by Thomas F. Voight
(Rio Nuevo)
The Chimpanzee Chronicles: Stories of Heartbreak and Hope from Behind the Bars
Collection by Debra Rosenman
(Wild Soul Press)
SILVER: The Analog Sea Review (Number Two): An Offline Journal
Edited by Jonathan S. Simons and Janos Tedeschi
(Analog Sea)
BRONZE: Buckman Journal: Anthology of Portland Writers and Artists
Edited by Jerry Sampson
(Buckman Publishing)
12. JUVENILE FICTION
GOLD: Susanna's Midnight Ride: The Girl Who Won the Revolutionary War
by Libby Carty McNamee
(Sagebrush Publishing)
SILVER: The Day Old Faithful Stopped: A Yellowstone National Park Mystery
by Roy Deering
(The RoadRunner Press)
BRONZE (tie): Beatrice On Her Own
by Rosemary Zibart
(Artemesia Publishing)
Roosevelt Banks, Good-Kid-in-Training
by Laurie Calkhoven
(Red Chair Press)
13. YOUNG ADULT FICTION
GOLD: Shrug
by Lisa Braver Moss
(She Writes Press)
SILVER: The Quiet You Carry
by Nikki Barthelmess
(Flux)
BRONZE: An Impossible Distance to Fall
by Miriam McNamara
(Sky Pony Press)
14. FANTASY
GOLD: Things They Buried
by Amanda K. King & Michael R. Swanson
(Ismae Books)
SILVER (tie): Ever Alice
by HJ Ramsay
(Self-Published)
by Anna Burke
(Bywater Books)
BRONZE (tie): Eve of Snows
by L. James Rice
(Self-Published)
by Rebecca Creos
(Self-Published)
15. SCIENCE FICTION
GOLD: Revelations
by Robert Sells
(Self-Published)
SILVER: Andre’s Reboot: Striving to Save Humanity
by Steve Coleman
(Self-Published)
BRONZE (tie): The Clockwork Detective
by R.A. McCandless
(Ellysian Press)
by Brad Anderson
(Self-Published)
16. LGBT+ FICTION
GOLD: Oranges
by Gary Eldon Peter
(New Rivers Press)
SILVER: Hard Hart
by E. Davies
(Self-Published)
BRONZE: Even Weirder Than Before
by Susie Taylor
(Breakwater Books)
17. EROTICA
GOLD: Laid Bare: A Collection of Erotic Lesbian Stories
Edited by Astrid Ohletz and Jae
(Ylva Publishing)
SILVER: Adrift
by L.A. Witt
(Self-Published)
BRONZE: No Safewords 2
Edited by Laura Antoniou
(Riverdale Avenue Books)
18. HISTORICAL FICTION
GOLD: Across A Broken Shore
by Amy Trueblood
(North Star Editions)
SILVER: Beyond the Ghetto Gates
by Michelle Cameron
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE: The Pelton Papers
by Mari Coates
(She Writes Press)
19. MILITARY/WARTIME FICTION
GOLD: Royal Beauty Bright
by Ryan Byrnes
(Amphorae Publishing Group)
SILVER (tie): Life During Wartime
by Katie Rogin
(Mastodon Publishing)
Souvenirs from Kiev: Ukraine and Ukrainians in WWII
by Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger
(Self-Published)
BRONZE: Realm
by Alexandrea Weis
(Vesuvian Books)
20. HORROR
GOLD: The Meadows
by London Clarke
(Carfax Abbey Publishing)
SILVER: The Night Weaver
by Monique Snyman
(Vesuvian Books)
BRONZE (tie): The Experiments
by Bill Thompson
(Ascendente Books)
by Jeremy Wagner
(Riverdale Avenue Books)
21. MULTICULTURAL FICTION
GOLD: The Allspice Bath
by Sonia Saikaley
(Inanna Publications)
SILVER: A Wounded Deer Leaps Highest
by C.P. Mangel
(Eyewear Publishing)
BRONZE: Not Native: Short Stories of Immigrant Life in an In-Between World
by Murali Kamma
(Wising Up Press)
22. MULTICULTURAL FICTION – JUV-YOUNG ADULT
GOLD: The Storyteller
by Pierre Jarawan; translated by Sinéad Crowe and Rachel McNicholl
(World Editions)
SILVER: I Am Lemonade Lucy!
by Kenneth Womack
(Black Rose Writing)
BRONZE: Indigo Girl
by Suzanne Kamata
(GemmaMedia)
23. MYSTERY
GOLD: A Dream of Death
by Connie Berry
(Crooked Lane)
SILVER: Galileo
by Ann McMan
(Bywater Books)
BRONZE: Boxing The Octopus
by Tim Maleeny
(Poisoned Pen Press)
24. SUSPENSE/THRILLER
GOLD: All the Broken People
by Amy Rivers
(Compathy Press)
SILVER: Winds of Fear (Fearless Series)
by Gledé Browne Kabongo
(BrowneStar Media)
BRONZE: The Midnight Call
by Jode Millman
(Immortal Works LLC)
25. RELIGIOUS FICTION
GOLD: All in Good Time
by Carolyn Astfalk
(Multa Verba Publishing)
SILVER: The June Bug Catcher
by Heather Ball
(FriesenPress)
BRONZE: When Mountains Sing
by Stacy Monson
(His Image Publications)
26. ROMANCE
GOLD: When Time Stands Still
by Sara Furlong Burr
(Self-Published)
SILVER: Bound In Flame
by Katherine Kayne
(Passionflower Press)
BRONZE: Christmas at Maplemont Manor
by Julie Manthey
(Self-Published)
27. URBAN FICTION
GOLD: Silent Hero: A Homeless Success Story
by Vernard Dorsey
(Vdor Innovations)
SILVER: Twist of Fate...A Truth Wrapped in a Beautiful Lie
by Nikki Flowers
(Emotional Fiction Publishing)
BRONZE: Rainy Days: Book One
by George Empty III
(Self-Published)
28. VISIONARY/NEW AGE FICTION
GOLD: The Reluctant Healer
by Andrew Himmel
(Greenleaf Book Group Press)
SILVER: Made by Mary
by Laura Catherine Brown
(C&R Press)
BRONZE: Warrior Won
by Meryl Davids Landau
(Alignment Publishing)
29. TRUE CRIME
GOLD: The Forest City Killer: A Serial Murderer, a Cold-Case Sleuth, and a Search for Justice
by Vanessa Brown
(ECW Press)
SILVER: Murder and Mayhem on the Main Street of America: Tales From Bloody 66
by Jim Hinckley
(Rio Nuevo Publishers)
BRONZE: Taming the Lion Tamers: The Inside Story of A Landmark Sex Abuse Case
by David Flowers
(Self-Published)
30. GRAPHIC NOVEL/DRAWN BOOK
GOLD: I Know What I Am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi
by Gina Siciliano
(Fantagraphics Books)
SILVER (tie): Chickasaw Adventures: The Complete Collection
by Jen Murvin Edwards; Artwork by Tom Lyle
(Chickasaw Press)
The Invisible Empire: Madge Oberholtzer and the Unmasking of the KuKlux Klan
by Micky Neilson and Todd Warger; Illustrated by Mark Borstel
(Insight Comics)
BRONZE: Quince: The Definitive Bilingual Edition
by Kit Steinkellner; Illustrated by Emma Steinkellner; created by Sebastian Kadlecik
(Fanbase Press)
31. HUMOR
GOLD: No Good Very Bad Asian
by Leland Cheuk
(C&R Press)
SILVER: Adult Conversation: A Novel
by Brandy Ferner
(She Writes Press)
BRONZE: Close But No Cigar: Runner-Ups, Nearly-Weres and Also-Rans
by Dale Patterson
(Red Deer Press)
32. CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS ( 7 & UNDER)
GOLD: The Lions at Night
A wordless picture book illustrated by Jessica M. Boehman
(The Roadrunner Press)
SILVER (tie): Little Mouse Adventures: Yoga at the Zoo
by Teresa Anne Power; illustrated by Emma Allen
(Stafford House Books)
by Ariel Andrés Almada; illustrated by Sonja Wimmer; translated by Jon Brokenbrow
(Cuento de Luz)
BRONZE: The Great Alien Cake Off
by Rachel McCoubrie; illustrated by Robert McPhillips
(From You To Me LTD)
33. CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS ( ALL AGES)
GOLD: Get Back in the Book!
by Larry Issa; illustrated by Emma Chadwick
(Kalamus)
SILVER: Bathing in the Forest
by Nívola Uyá and Marc Ayats; illustrated by Nívola Uyá; translated by Jon Brokenbrow
(Cuento de Luz)
BRONZE (tie): The Artist Who Loved Cats: The Inspiring Tale of Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen
by Susan S. Bernardo; illustrated by Courtenay Fletcher
(Inner Flower Child Books)
Under the Bodhi Tree: A Story of the Buddha
by Deborah Hopkinson; illustrated by Kailey Whitman
(Sounds True)
34. CHILDREN’S INTERACTIVE
GOLD: Star Wars: The Ultimate Pop-Up Galaxy
by Matthew Reinhart; illustrated by Kevin M. Wilson
(Insight Editions)
SILVER: My First Words: 15 Clever Mini-Books
by Olga Utkina; illustrated by Ekaterina Elkina, Elana Jirenkina & Tatiana Korchemkina
(Clever Publishing)
BRONZE: Art is a Verb
by Likla Lall; designed by Rohina Thapar
(Art1st)