2020 Benjamin Franklin Award (Awarded by Independent Book Publishers Association)

Awards List

Audio Fiction

The Dare
(Gold Winner)
Cynthea Liu

Children's Pict/4-7 Yrs

Jack & Agyu
(Gold Winner)
Justine Villanueva
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy

Children's Picture

Why Should I Walk? I Can Fly!
(Gold Winner)
Ann Ingalls

Cover Design (Small)

The Breedling and the Shepherdess
(Gold Winner)
Kimberlee Ann Bastian

Cover Design-Child & Y/A

Star Wars: Jediography
(Gold Winner)
Marc Sumerak

Fiction (8-12 Years)

Rabbit's Bad Habits
(Gold Winner)
Julian Gough

Give
(Gold Winner)
Erica Carpenter Witsell

Fiction-Teen

The Next to Last Mistake
(Gold Winner)
Amalie Jahn

First Children & Y/A

Get Back in the Book!
(Gold Winner)
Larry Issa
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy

First Fiction

Gold Digger
(Gold Winner)
Rebecca Rosenberg

Graphic Novels

Chickasaw Adventures: The Complete Collection
(Gold Winner)
Marvel Book Group

Historical Fiction

Moccasin Tracks
(Gold Winner)
Reid Lance Rosenthal

Horror

Whitetooth Falls
(Gold Winner)
Justin Joschko

Mystery/Suspense

A Veil Removed
(Gold Winner)
Michelle Cox

Religion

The River Nymph
(Gold Winner)
Anne Lovett

Science Fiction/Fantasy

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 35
(Gold Winner)
L. Ron Hubbard

Audio Fiction

A Vial Upon the Sun
(Silver Winner)
Codlin, James; Codlin, Craig
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy

Guesthouse for Ganesha
(Silver Winner)
Judith Teitelman

Children's Pict/4-7 Yrs

The Artist Who Loved Cats
(Silver Winner)
Susan S. Bernardo
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy

What Does It Mean To Be American?
(Silver Winner)
Diorio, Rana; Yoran, Elad
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy

Children's Picture

Animal Songs
(Silver Winner)
Julie Garnett
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy

The Moonlight Dancer
(Silver Winner)
Lisa Calhoun-Owen

Cover Design (Small)

ChoirMaster
(Silver Winner)
Michael Craft

A Man of Honor, or Horatio's Confessions
(Silver Winner)
J.A. Nelson

Cover Design-Child & Y/A

Get Back in the Book!
(Silver Winner)
Larry Issa
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy

Rowdy Randy
(Silver Winner)
Casey Rislov

Fiction (8-12 Years)

Harry Potter: Exploring Hogwarts: An Illustrated Guide
(Silver Winner)
Jody Reverson
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy

Emily, Gone
(Silver Winner)
Bette Lee Crosby

Silent Lee
(Silver Winner)
Alex Hiam

Shrug
(Silver Winner)
Lisa Braver Moss

Lethal Savage
(Silver Winner)
Dave Edlund

Fiction-Teen

Bobby Ether and the Jade Academy
(Silver Winner)
R. Scott Boyer

Street of Storytellers
(Silver Winner)
Doug Wilhelm

First Children & Y/A

Eagle vs. Bear: Adventures of a Child Cub
(Silver Winner)
Emile Millar
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy

The Interactive Constitution: Explore the Constitution with Flaps, Wheels, Color-Changing Words, and More!
(Silver Winner)
Miles, David; Miles, Stephanie
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy

First Fiction

Different
(Silver Winner)
Datta Groover

A Man of Honor, or Horatio's Confessions
(Silver Winner)
J.A. Nelson

Graphic Novels

The Invisible Empire: Madge Oberholtzer And The Unmasking Of The Ku Klux Klan
(Silver Winner)
Micky Neilson

Historical Fiction

General Meade
(Silver Winner)
Robert Kofman
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy

Breaking Point
(Silver Winner)
John Rhodes

Horror

The Girl in the Mirror
(Silver Winner)
Steven Ramirez

Dark Conjurings
(Silver Winner)
Delia Lynn Remington

Mystery/Suspense

The Last Getaway
(Silver Winner)
Clay Savage

Bleed Through
(Silver Winner)
Roger A. Canaff

Religion

Honey and Leonard
(Silver Winner)
Mark Paul Smith

After Kilimanjaro
(Silver Winner)
Gayle Woodson

Science Fiction/Fantasy

Gardeners of the Universe: A Novel
(Silver Winner)
Ronald E. Peterson
  • / General Fiction
  • Buy

Echoes of War
(Silver Winner)
Cheryl Campbell

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

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