2022 Benjamin Franklin Award (Awarded by Independent Book Publishers Association)

Awards List

Audiobook

The Girl in the Corn
(Gold Winner)
Jason Offutt

Children's Picture Book (0-3 Years)

Hello, Garden!
(Gold Winner)
Katherine Pryor

Children's Picture Book (4-7 Years)

The Nodders
(Gold Winner)
Tina Huggins

Fiction

My Good Son
(Gold Winner)
Yang Huang

First Fiction

Driftwood
(Gold Winner)
Anthony Lee Head

Graphic Novel

Djeliya
(Gold Winner)
Juni Ba

Historical Fiction

Lady Be Good
(Gold Winner)
Pamela Hamilton

Horror

A Fig for All the Devils
(Gold Winner)
C.S. Fritz

Mystery & Thriller

False Light
(Gold Winner)
Eric Dezenhall

New Voice: Children's / YA

The Legend of Jet the Gerbil
(Gold Winner)
Michael Keller

New Voice: Fiction

The Ghosts of Thorwald Place
(Gold Winner)
Helen Power

Romance

Pink
(Gold Winner)
Monica Collier

Science Fiction & Fantasy

The Brass Queen
(Gold Winner)
Elizabeth Chatsworth

Teen Fiction (13-18 Years)

A Light in the Sky
(Gold Winner)
Shina Reynolds

Young Readers: Fiction (8-12 Years)

Dragonfly Dreams
(Gold Winner)
Eleanor McCallie Cooper

Audiobook

The First Robot President
(Silver Winner)
Robert Carlyle Taylor

Children's Picture Book (0-3 Years)

Bedtime With Mommy
(Silver Winner)
Nancy I. Sanders

Now What?
(Silver Winner)
Brenda Faatz

Children's Picture Book (4-7 Years)

The Legend of Jet the Gerbil
(Silver Winner)
Michael Keller

Now What?
(Silver Winner)
Brenda Faatz

Fiction

Paper Airplanes
(Silver Winner)
Tabitha Forney

Sunshine Chief
(Silver Winner)
Eric Peterson

First Children & Y/A

Rae's First Day
(Silver Winner)
Danny Jordan

First Fiction

Chateau Laux
(Silver Winner)
David Loux

The Big Empty
(Silver Winner)
Loren C. Steffy

Graphic Novel

Scales & Scoundrels Book 1
(Silver Winner)
Sebastian Girner

The Tarpeian Rock
(Silver Winner)
Alexis E. Fajardo

Historical Fiction

Tears of Honor
(Silver Winner)
James A. Ardaiz

The Girl in the Triangle
(Silver Winner)
Joyana Peters

Horror

The House of Dust
(Silver Winner)
Noah Broyles

Mystery & Thriller

The Wayward Spy
(Silver Winner)
Susan Ouellette

Jove Brand is Near Death
(Silver Winner)
J.A. Crawford

New Voice: Fiction

Daughter of the Salt King
(Silver Winner)
A.S. Thornton

Paper Airplanes
(Silver Winner)
Tabitha Forney

Romance

Mailbox by the Sea
(Silver Winner)
Mark Grady

The Last Birthday Party
(Silver Winner)
Gary Goldstein

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fallen
(Silver Winner)
R.M. Huffman

Any Other World Will Do
(Silver Winner)
Alex Lubertozzi

Teen Fiction (13-18 Years)

The Lady or the Lion
(Silver Winner)
Aamna Qureshi

The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit
(Silver Winner)
Sara Loyster

Young Readers: Fiction (8-12 Years)

The Adventure of the Big Fish by the Small Creek
(Silver Winner)
Judy Bradbury

Matt Sprouts and the Curse of Ten Broken Toes
(Silver Winner)
Matt Eicheldinger

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

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