Awards

Northeastern Minnesota Book Award The Northeastern Minnesota Book Award was established in 1988 to recognize books that substantially represent northeastern Minnesota in the areas of history, culture, heritage or lifestyle.
Northeastern Minnesota Book Award Winners


Midwest Book Awards The Midwest Book Awards recognize creativity in content and execution, overall book quality, and a book’s unique contribution to its subject area.
Midwest Book Award Winners


Independent Publisher Book Awards The Independent Publisher Book Awards reward those who exhibit the courage, innovation, and creativity to bring about change in the world of publishing.
Independent Publisher Book Awards Winners


Moonbeam Children's Book Awards The Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards are intended to bring increased recognition to exemplary children’s books and their creators, and to support childhood literacy and life-long reading.
Moonbeam Children's Book Awards Winners


Eric Hoffer Award The Eric Hoffer Award honors freethinking writers and independent books of exceptional merit.
Eric Hoffer Award Winners


Sigurd Olson Nature Writing for Children Award The Sigurd Olson Nature Writing for Children Award recognizes a children's book of literary nature writing—nonfiction or fiction—that captures the spirit of the human relationship with nature and promotes the awareness, preservation, appreciation, or restoration of the natural world for future generations.
Sigurd Olson Nature Writing for Children Award Winners


John Burroughs List of Nature Books for Young Readers The John Burroughs List of Nature Books for Young Readers recognizes outstanding natural history books for children that contain perceptive and artistic accounts of direct experiences in the world of nature.
John Burroughs List of Nature Books for Young Readers Winners


Lupine Award The Lupine Award is presented annually by the Maine Library Association to recognize an outstanding contribution to children's literature of Maine.
Lupine Award Winners