2010 Independent Publisher Book Award

Awards List

Children's Interactive

The Lion's Share
(Gold Medal Winner)
Martha Lightfoot

Children's Pict/7&under

Lights Out, Night's Out
(Gold Medal Winner)
William Boniface

Children-Y/A Fiction

Summer of Fire
(Gold Medal Winner)
Karen Bass

Erotica

Do Not Disturb: Hotel Sex Stories
(Gold Medal Winner)
Rachel Kramer Bussel

Sweet Love: Erotic Fantasies for Couples
(Gold Medal Winner)
Violet Blue

Fantasy/Sci-Fi

The Call of the Stone
(Gold Medal Winner)
Dora Machado

Fiction-Short Stories

In the Eyes, in the Mouth
(Gold Medal Winner)
Adrienne Ross

Graphic Novel-Drama

Mad with Wonder
(Gold Medal Winner)
Frank Beddor

Great Lakes Fiction

The Voice of the Turtle
(Gold Medal Winner)
Mary Mills Ulrich

Horror

Personal Demons
(Gold Medal Winner)
Gregory Lamberson

The Picture of Contented New Wealth: A Metaphysical Horror
(Gold Medal Winner)
Tariq Goddard

Mid-Atlantic Fiction

In an Uncharted Country
(Gold Medal Winner)
Clifford Garstang

Mid-West Fiction

Whiteout
(Gold Medal Winner)
Brian Duren

Multicultural Fic Child

Gringolandia
(Gold Medal Winner)
Lyn Miller-Lachmann

Multicultural Fiction

The Dark Side of Love
(Gold Medal Winner)
Rafik Schami

Mystery/Suspense

The Big Wake-Up
(Gold Medal Winner)
Mark Coggins

Popular Fiction

Misadventure
(Gold Medal Winner)
Millard Kaufman

Religious Fiction

In Name Only
(Gold Medal Winner)
Ellen Gable

Romance

Fire at Midnight
(Gold Medal Winner)
Lisa Marie Wilkinson

Short Story

Women Up on Blocks
(Gold Medal Winner)
Mary Akers

South Fiction

A Truth Worth Tellin'
(Gold Medal Winner)
Toni Teepell; Fresh Fruit

True Crime

Dead Weight
(Gold Medal Winner)
Batt Humphreys

U.S. N.East Fiction

Swallow
(Gold Medal Winner)
Tonya Plank

West-Mountain Fiction

Spoon
(Gold Medal Winner)
Robert O. Greer

West-Pacific Fiction

Stunt Road
(Gold Medal Winner)
Gregory Mose

Young Adult Fiction

A Blue So Dark
(Gold Medal Winner)
Holly Schindler

The Absolute Value of -1
(Gold Medal Winner)
Steve Brezenoff

Canada-East Fiction

By the Rivers of Brooklyn
(Silver Medal Winner)
Trudy J. Morgan-Cole

Children's Picture

The Raccoon and the Bee Tree
(Silver Medal Winner)
Charles Alexander Eastman / Ohiyesa

Children-Y/A Fiction

Ballad
(Silver Medal Winner)
Maggie Stiefvater

Return to Treasure Island
(Silver Medal Winner)
John O'Melveny Woods

Erotica

Radical Encounters
(Silver Medal Winner)
Radclyffe

Fantasy/Sci-Fi

Thank You, Death Robot
(Silver Medal Winner)
Mark R. Brand

Fiction-Short Stories

Georgic
(Silver Medal Winner)
Mariko Nagai

Gay/Lesbian Fiction

Secrets in the Stone
(Silver Medal Winner)
Radclyffe

Gift

Gifts of the Heart
(Silver Medal Winner)
Karen Boes Oman

Great Lakes Fiction

Houses of Cards
(Silver Medal Winner)
Pamela Frost

Hist/Military Fiction

The Sword of Medina
(Silver Medal Winner)
Sherry Jones

The Afflicted Girls
(Silver Medal Winner)
Suzy Witten

Literary Fiction

Knife Song Korea
(Silver Medal Winner)
Richard Selzer

Matterhorn
(Silver Medal Winner)
Karl Marlantes

Mid-Atlantic Fiction

Elijah's Coin: A Lesson for Life
(Silver Medal Winner)
Steve O'Brien

Multicultural Fic Child

So Punk Rock: And Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother
(Silver Medal Winner)
Micol Ostow

Mystery/Suspense

Shamrock Alley
(Silver Medal Winner)
Ronald Damien Malfi

Romance

Breaking the Ice
(Silver Medal Winner)
Kim Baldwin

Short Story

Expecting Goodness & Other Stories: The Essential Fiction of Spartanburg
(Silver Medal Winner)
C. Michael Curtis

South Fiction

Epico Bayou
(Silver Medal Winner)
Charlsie Russell

West-Mountain Fiction

Year of the Horse
(Silver Medal Winner)
Justin Allen

Young Adult Fiction

The Origins of Dexter & Stray, Part One: The Horizon Line
(Silver Medal Winner)
Z.A. Armstrong

Lost in Lexicon: An Adventure in Words and Numbers
(Silver Medal Winner)
Pendred Noyce

Children's Pict/7&under

Chippy Chipmunk Parties in the Garden
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Kathy M. Miller

Children's Picture

Always Blue for Chicu
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Karen Dugan

Erotica

Flipside Erotica: Both Sides of the Story Volume 2
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Darren Michaels

Fantasy/Sci-Fi

Brimstone and Lily
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Terry Kroenung

Fiction-Short Stories

Lessons in Another Language
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Megan Staffel

Gay/Lesbian Fiction

Sistine Heresy
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Justine Saracen

Great Lakes Fiction

A Body at Rest
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Susan Petrone

Horror

Vargulf
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Tim Garrity

Literary Fiction

The Book of Fathers
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Miklos Vamos
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Mid-Atlantic Fiction

The Gettysburg Conspiracy
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Will Hutchison

Mid-West Fiction

The Heartache Holders
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Alex Strong

Multicultural Fiction

The Geometry of God
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Uzma Aslam Khan

Mystery/Suspense

Dead Air
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Deborah Shlian

Popular Fiction

We All Hear Voices
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Sam Taggart

Romance

Fixing Forever Broken
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Tamara Lyon

Short Story

Once the Shore: Stories
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Paul Yoon

How the Indians Buried Their Dead: Stories
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Hilary Masters

South Fiction

A Good Place
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Curt Iles

South-East Fiction

The Middle of the Air
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Kenneth Butcher

U.S. N.East Fiction

The Waterman: The Patriot and the Great Cannon Train
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Norris Van Den Berg

West-Mountain Fiction

La Ranfla & Other New Mexico Stories
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Martha Egan

Young Adult Fiction

Bree's Fire
(Bronze Medal Winner)
Eva Roy

Award Categories

Animals/Pets

Anthologies

Au/Nz Fiction

Canada-East Fiction

Canada-West Fiction

Children's Interactive

Children's Pict/6&under

Children's Pict/7&over

Children's Pict/7&under

Children's Picture

Children-Y/A Fiction

Contemporary Fiction

Education/Teaching

Erotica

Essay/Creative Nonfic

Fantasy

Fantasy/Sci-Fi

Fiction-Short Stories

Gay/Lesbian

Gay/Lesbian Fiction

General Fiction

Gift

Graphic Novel-Drama

Graphic Novel-Humor

Great Lakes Fiction

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