2017 Benjamin Franklin Award (Awarded by Independent Book Publishers Association)

Awards List

Children's Pict/4-7 Yrs

Sleepy Solar System
(Gold Medal Winner)
John Hutton

Cover Design-Child & Y/A

Kalifus Rising
(Gold Medal Winner)
Alane Adams

Fiction (8-12 Years)

Kalifus Rising
(Gold Medal Winner)
Alane Adams

Fiction-Teen

This Is Not the End
(Gold Medal Winner)
Jesse Jordan

First Children & Y/A

Periwinkle's Journey
(Gold Medal Winner)
Judy Petersen-Fleming; Judy Spafford

First Fiction

Drift and Hum
(Gold Medal Winner)
Robert O. Martichenko

Historical Fiction

Iron O'Brian
(Gold Medal Winner)
M.L. Becker

Interior Design-3+ Color

Periwinkle's Journey
(Gold Medal Winner)
Judy Petersen-Fleming; Judy Spafford

Mystery/Suspense

The Devil's Flood
(Gold Medal Winner)
Pearl Meaker

New Voice Fiction

Follow the River Home
(Gold Medal Winner)
Corran Harrington

Popular Fiction

The Dining Car
(Gold Medal Winner)
Eric Peterson

Romance

Hostile Takeover
(Gold Medal Winner)
Phyllis Piano

Science Fiction/Fantasy

Hindsight
(Gold Medal Winner)
Mindy Tarquini

Award Categories

Animals/Pets

Audio Fiction

Audio-Children's

Audiobook

Boty-Budget Over 10k

Boty-Budget Under 10k

Children's Book W/Audio

Children's Picture Book (0-3 Years)

Children's Picture Book (4-7 Years)

Cover Design (Small)

Cover Design-1-2 Color

Cover Design-3 + Color

Cover Design-3+child-Y/A

Cover Design-3+color Lg

Cover Design-3+color SM

Cover Design-Child & Y/A

Cover Design-Fiction

Crafts/Hobby/How-To

E-Book

Education/Teaching

Fiction

Fiction-Teen

First Children & Y/A

First Fiction

Gay/Lesbian

Award Years

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

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