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Independent Press Award
2023 winners

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Join us for the next installment of the INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD and NYC Big Book Award present edition:

9781975784140

African American Fiction

Chinedu Achebe

The Miseducation of Obi Ifeanyi

9780578350943

Animals/Pets

Carol J. Walker

Blue Zeus: Legend of the Red Desert

9781950033133

Audiobook-Childrens

Nicholas Tana , Jessie Fox,

The Little Lion That Listened

9780829455205

Biography-General

Brian Grogan, SJ

Pedro Arrupe

9781646455744

Book Cover Design Nonfiction

Elinor Young

Running on Broken Legs: My Journey to Joy

9781646870622

Business: Entrepreneurship & Small Business

Barry J. Moltz

ChangeMasters

9781646870486

Cancer

John Marshall and Liza Marshall

Off Our Chests

9781950080434

Chapter Books

Carole P. Roman

Grady Whill and the Templton Codex

9781458303714

Childrens: Educational Series

Michael Dow, RN, MS

Nurse Florence®, How Do We Feel Pain?

9781387932559

Childrens: Educational Series

Michael Dow, RN, MS

Nurse Florence®, What is Cancer?

9781387524761

Childrens: Educational Series

Michael Dow, RN, MS

Nurse Florence®, What is Polymicrogyria?

9781387529759

Childrens: Educational Series

Michael Dow, RN, MS

Nurse Florence®, Why and How Do We Sneeze?

9781646862801

Childrens: Nonfiction

Christy Mihaly

Barefoot Books Water: A Deep Dive of Discovery

9780829455151

Childrens: Religion Fiction

Scott Hahn and Maura Roan McKeegan

Seven Clues

9781736764794

Comics & Graphic Novels

Natalie Grand

Cult Girls

9798986802008

Cookbooks: General

Marcia Smart

Dinner is Done: Simple Weeknight Recipes from Smart in the Kitchen

9781952816567

Cross Genre

James Garrison

What Seems True

9781631986321

Education

Lauren Starnes, Ed.D.

Big Conversations with Little Children: Addressing Questions, Worries, and Fears

9781734760576

Fantasy

S.G. Blaise

Proud Pada

9780829453720

Gift Books-Childrens

Gary Jansen and Grace Jansen

Remember Us with Smiles

9781538164907

History: United States

Lowell E. Baier

Federalism, Preemption, and the Nationalization of American Wildlife Management: The Dynamic Balance Between State and Federal Authority

9780578989631

Horror

Brian James Gage

The Nosferatu Conspiracy: Book Two, The Sommelier

9781737682707

Juvenile Fiction

J.T. Tenera

Erift's Journeys: Secrets of The Sealed Forest

9781956595079

Legal Thriller

Mark M. Bello

You Have The Right to Remain Silent

9781647422455

Medical Mystery

Amy S Peele

Hold

9781953021366

Middle Grade

S.P. O'Farrell

Simone LaFray and the Red Wolves of London

9781957048482

Motivational

Janelle Lynnae

Flex Your Confidence Muscle: How to Overcome Your Limiting Beliefs and Finally Take Action

9781942410263

Mystery

Michael Pronko

Azabu Getaway

9781538166697

Nonfiction

John Erickson

When Mortals Play God: Eugenics and One Family’s Story of Tragedy, Loss, and Perseverance

9781626347571

Parenting & Family

TJ Nelligan with Theresa Foy DiGeronimo

Live Like Sean: Important Life Lessons from My Special-Needs Son

9781957048215

Personal Growth

Justin Skinner

Professional Failure: Using the Gift of Failures to Better Yourself and Those Around You

9788195388608

Picture Books-Preschool

Chitwan Mittal

Are your emotions like mine?

9798887229119

Political

Werner Neff

What Would The Founding Fathers Tell Us Today?

9781646871001

Public Relations

Robert Buday

Competing on Thought Leadership

9781941720912

Religion Fiction

Kaye Park Hinckley

Shooting At Heaven's Gate

9798986095370

Romantic Comedy

Gerald Everett Jones

Mick & Moira & Brad: A Romantic Comedy

9781953865236

Self-help: General

Dr. Joseph Shrand

Unleashing the Power of Respect: The I-M Approach

9798985679403

Sexuality

Karma Said

Surviving Master Joshua: The BDSM Memoir Of An Unfaithful Wife

9781951591748

Social/Political Change

Rhodes Perry, MPA

Imagine Belonging: Your Inclusive Leadership Guide to Building an Equitable Workplace

9781639884070

Suspense

Leslie Kain

Secrets In The Mirror

9781938037849

Teen

Donna M. Zadunajsky

That Night

9781648981470

Urban Fantasy

S.L. Choi

Bad Girls Drink Blood

9781645382621

Women's Fiction

Maggie Smith

Truth and Other Lies

9781970157321

Action/Adventure

A.M. Adair

Shadow War

9781638485216

African American Nonfiction

Frederick Douglass Reynolds

Black, White, And Gray All Over; a Black Man's Odyssey in Life and Law Enforcement

9781947012448

Anthology

Alex Bauer, Emerson Seipel, F. Zoe Blackheart, K. B. Creech, Leo Otherland, Lex Night, Nyri A. Bakkalian, Theodore Niretac Tinker, Val Sierakowski

Queer for the New Year: Nine Stories of New Beginnings

9781951122256

Audiobook-Fiction

Ed Davis

The Last Professional

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Book Cover Design Childrens Picture Books

Jt Jester

How the Sailfish Got Its Name

9781951122256

Book Interior Design-Fiction

Ed Davis

The Last Professional

9781646870776

Business: General

Ram Charan and Anish Batlaw

Talent

9781468604030

Career

Joan Wills, Karen Ramsey-Idem

Doing the Hard Work: Insights from Women Leading the Commercial Vehicle Industry

9781954854659

Chick-Lit

Andrea J. Stein

Typecast

9781387615360

Childrens: Educational Series

Michael Dow, RN, MS

Nurse Florence®, How Do We Speak?

9781678015916

Childrens: Educational Series

Michael Dow, RN, MS

Nurse Florence®, What is Chronic Kidney Disease?

9781458309662

Childrens: Educational Series

Michael Dow, RN, MS

Nurse Florence®, What is a Heart Attack?

9781645384311

Childrens: Fiction

Cate Miller

From Wags to Riches

9781955555135

Childrens: Performing Arts - Film, Theater, Dance & Music

Once Upon a Dance

Danika's Dancing Day: A Dance-It-Out Creative Movement Story

9781664237179

Christian

David Ralston, PhD

Addition By Subtraction - God Turns Our Broken Pieces Into Masterpieces

9781780175850

Computer

Todd Wade

Cybercrime

AnnaKarolinaLarsson

Crafts

Anna Karolina Larsson

Joy & Art: How to create a colorful life

9781839759567

Cultural & Social Issues

Beverley Chalmers (DSc(Med);PhD)

Child Sex Abuse: Power, Profit, Perversion

9781538164907

Environment

Lowell E. Baier

Federalism, Preemption, and the Nationalization of American Wildlife Management: The Dynamic Balance Between State and Federal Authority

9781039129726

Fantasy Game (SPECIALTY BOOK)

Andrew Snook

Dungeon Jest: The Ruby of Power

9780829450248

Hispanic

Gregory Boyle, SJ

Forgive Everyone Everything

B0BGQGC82G

Holiday

Terry Lister

Peace, Joy and Love: Christmas Across Africa

9798218017521

Humor

Megan Whitmer

Mom Life Versus the Everyday Apocalypse: Tales of Survival from Marriage to Motherhood

9781890834616

LGBTQ Nonfiction

Jack Fritscher

Profiles in Gay Courage: Leatherfolk, Arts, and Ideas

9780995287853

Literary Fiction

Joseph Howse

The Girl in the Water

9798985883213

Medical Thriller

Steven Piskula

The First Harm

9781646635085

Military Fiction

James D. Nealon

Confederacy of Fenians

9781734726008

Multicultural Fiction

Angelyn Christy Voss

Stand A Little Out of My Sun

Rodenberg

New Fiction

Margaret Rodenberg

Finding Napoleon: A Novel

9781734130904

Novella / Short Books

Harry Groome

Giant of the Valley

9798985987706

Performing Arts - Film, Theater, Dance & Music

Steve Harper

A Few Short Plays to Save the World

9781614937906

Photography

Charles Rawlings

Curves and Angles, A Mystical Approach to the Ordinary World

9781646862931

Picture Books: Ages 4-8

Alexandra Katona

Dinner on Domingos

9781952782350

Political Thriller

Daniel V. Meier, Jr.

BLOOD BEFORE DAWN, Book 2 of the Dung Beetles of Liberia Series

9781733366960

Race Relations

George Rollie Adams

Look Unto the Land (Small Town Race Relations)

9781778250408

Religion Nonfiction

Jonathan Geoffrey Dean

Salt & Light; The Complete Jesus

9781949635942

Sales & Marketing

Mandi Graziano

Sales Tales: The Hustle, Humor, and Lessons from a Life in Sales

9781957048093

Self-help: Motivational

Brad Ritter

School of Grit: Unlock Your Potential Through Purposeful Adversity

9780578935522

Short Stories

John Sheirer

Stumbling Through Adulthood: Linked Stories

9780829448863

Spirituality

Julianne Stanz

Braving the Thin Places

9798796335178

Techno-thriller

E.J. Yerzak

Denial of Service: Link Webber Series - Book #2

9781737628231

Thriller

Bryan Cassiday

Threads

9781514399798

Visionary Fiction

M. I. Dugast

Ekstasis – The Return of the Sovereign Heart

9781777903602

Women's Issues

Sara Roach-Lewis

She Rules: What You Didn't Know is Holding You Back in Business

B0B7YHFH84

Addiction and Recovery

Karla Adkins

And She Came Tumbling Down: Breaking the Bonds of Alcohol and Creating a Life of Freedom

9781950328260

Aging/Midlife

Bertha D. Cooper

Women, We're Only Old Once

9781947521797

Arts & Entertainment

Jim Berkenstadt

Mysteries in the Music: Case Closed

9780978925345

Audiobook-Nonfiction

B. Morrison

Innocent: Confessions of a Welfare Mother

9781039129726

Book Cover Design Fiction

Andrew Snook

Dungeon Jest: The Ruby of Power

9798986802008

Book Interior Design-Nonfiction

Marcia Smart

Dinner is Done: Simple Weeknight Recipes from Smart in the Kitchen

9781777421908

Business: Motivational

Jayson Krause

The Science Behind Success

9781733399050

Caregiving

Sarahbeth Persiani

Run, Walk, Crawl: A Caregiver Caught Between Generations

9780829454857

Childrens: Educational

Mark K Shriver and Jeanne Shriver

Pairs of People

9781387845583

Childrens: Educational Series

Michael Dow, RN, MS

Nurse Florence®, What are some Summer Safety Tips?

9781387938568

Childrens: Educational Series

Michael Dow, RN, MS

Nurse Florence®, What is Obesity?

9781458362247

Childrens: Educational Series

Michael Dow, RN, MS

Nurse Florence®, Why and How Do We Breathe?

9788195388653

Childrens: Inspirational/Motivational

Chitwan Mittal
Sarita Saraf

Kindness with Mahavira

9781737555605

Childrens: Poetry

Tony Philips

What's Wrong with a Pet Dinosaur?

9781667826660

Comedy

Mark Nutter

Giant Banana Over Texas

9781958223017

Contemporary Novel

Carol Van Den Hende

Orchid Blooming

978685120825

Crime Fiction

Jode Millman

Hooker Avenue

9781647422271

Death & Dying

Kyomi O'Connor

A Sky of Infinite Blue- A Japanese Immigrant's Search for Home and Self

9781735051888

Epic Fantasy

C.K. Donnelly

Trine Revelation, The Kinderra Saga: Book 3

9781646636679

General Fiction

Steve Jam

A Seventh Sense

9781647420161

Historical Fiction

Margaret Rodenberg

Finding Napoleon: A Novel

9780829452389

Holiday-Childrens

Illustrated by Elena Selivanova

Silent Night

9781647468071

Inspirational

Shane Svorec

Broken Little Believer: Finding Purpose in All the Pretty Painful Pieces

9781957048239

Leadership

Cesar Quintero

The Profit Recipe: Unlock Your Entrepreneurial Flywheel to Live Life by Design

9781646870455

Marketing & Public Relations

Rohit Bhargava

The Non-Obvious Guide to Marketing & Branding (Without a Big Budget)

9781955985307

Memoir

Jennifer Rosado

My Alternate Universe: Anxiety, Autism, and Adventure in a Parallel Reality

9781733351874

Military Nonfiction

Col. Richard Ernest Evans, Barbara Evans Kinnear

Richard Eager - a Pilot's Story from Tennessee Eagle Scout to General Montgomery's Flying Fortress

9781949590548

Music

Bob Batchelor

Roadhouse Blues: Morrison, the Doors, and the Death Days of the Sixties

9781957058870

New Nonfiction

Amy Wilhelmi

Ascension Mentality: Apathy, Awakening, Ascension, Abundance

9781777559410

Paranormal Mystery/Thriller

Yessoh G.D.

TA LĘ: Book 1: Knowledge

9781957048437

Personal Finance

Kevin Bupp

The Cash Flow Investor: How to Create Financial Freedom Investing in Commercial Real Estate

9780829453744

Picture Books-All Ages

Jennifer Moore-Mallinos

A Whole Bunch of Values

9781636280271

Poetry

Diane Thiel

Questions from Outer Space

9781955985550

Psychiatry/Psychology

Don Berg

Schooling For Holistic Equity: How To Manage the Hidden Curriculum for K-12

9781774581995

Relationships

Sandy Gerber

Emotional Magnetism - How to Communicate to Ignite Connection in our Relationships

9781736195048

Romance

NT Anderson

Acts of Closure

9781633375819

Science Fiction

Tobin Marks

Endeavor's Run

9781957048031

Self-help: Spiritual

Christina Rice

Manifestation Mastery: How to Shift Your Reality & Co-Create with the Universe

9781646870110

Social Media

Kelly Keenan

Everyone Is An "Influencer"

9798985561715

Sports

Lawrence Kane & Kris Wilder

Martial Arts and Your Life: The Story of Us: A Survey of What We Do and Why

9781780175768

Technology

Rex Black, James Davenport, Joanna Olszewska, Jeremias Rößler, Adam Leon Smith, Jonathon Wright Edited by Adam Leon Smith

Artificial Intelligence and Software Testing: Building systems you can trust

9781938462597

Travel

George Cheever Hazelet

HAZELET'S JOURNAL A Riveting Alaska Gold Rush Saga
Travel Edition, Backpack Tested, Wifi Not Required...

9781647422332

Western Fiction

Ashley E. Sweeney

HARDLAND

9781736602171

Young Adult Fiction

Mike Mccoy

On the Waterfront

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