The National Indie Excellence Awards, now in its 12th year, celebrates self and independent publishing excellence. The program recognizes books that demonstrate overall merit through a synergy of form and content.

See below for a full list of SWP and SP winners, and special congratulations to Carol E. Anderson, whose book also won an Indie Excellence Sponsor’s Choice Prize!

Winner – Humor
Oink. A Food for Thought Mystery by J.L. Newton

Winner – Personal Grwoth
Hidden Treasure: How to Break Free of Five Patterns that Hide Your True Self by Alice McDowell

Finalist – Picture Books – Ages 4-8
Reading Is Fun! Imagine That! by Ruth A. Radmore

Finalist – Aging
While They’re Still Here: A Memoir by Patricia Williams

Finalist – Animals & Pets
Dog as My Doctor, Cat as My Nurse by Carlyn Montes De Oca

Finalist – Book Cover Design (Nonfiction)
Our Grand Finale by Laraine Denny Burrell

Finalist – Inspiration
Rethinking Possible: A Memoir of Resilience by Rebecca Faye Smith Galli

Finalist – LGBTQ Fiction
Swearing Off Stars by Danielle M. Wong

Finalist – LGBTQ Non-Fiction
You Can’t Buy Love Like That: Growing Up Gay in the Sixties by Carol E. Anderson

Finalist – Memoir
You Can’t Buy Love Like That: Growing Up Gay in the Sixties by Carol E. Anderson

Finalist – Memoir
Our Grand Finale by Laraine Denny Burrell

Finalist – Mystery
Last Seen by J.L. Doucette

Finalist – New Fiction
Venetian Blood: Murder in a Sensuous City by Christine Evelyn Volker

Finalist – New Non-Fiction
Rethinking Possible: A Memoir of Resilience by Rebecca Faye Smith Galli

Finalist – Non–Fiction
I’m the One Who Got Away by Andrea Jarrell

Finalist – Regional Fiction: Midwest
A Ring of Truth by Michelle Cox

Finalist – Self-Help: General
Hidden Treasure: How to Break Free of Five Patterns that Hide Your True Self by Alice McDowell

Finalist – Women’s Fiction
Swearing Off Stars by Danielle M. Wong