New England Independent Booksellers Association
NEIBA

New England Book Awards

The titles must be either about New England, set in New England or by an author residing in New England. It can be a hardcover, a paperback original or reissue that was published between September 1. 2012 and August 31, 2013.

2013 Nomination Form

Anyone can nominate titles.

FEE: $25 per title;

NEIBA member bookstore nominations free.

A Committee of NEIBA member booksellers will pick five finalists in each category. NEIBA bookstore membership will vote to choose the three award winners.

The New England Book Awards will be presented at the Annual Fall Conference.
Winners will receive $250 for literacy to a charity of their choice.

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2012 Winners

Fiction
The Flight Of Gemma Hardy by Margot Livesey

Non-Fiction
Remembering the Music by Kate Whouley

Children's
More by I. C. Springman & illustrated by Brian Lies

2011 Winners

Fiction - Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks (Viking)

Non-fiction - Warmth Of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (

Random House)

Childrens - Penderwicks at Point Mouette by Jeanne Birdsall (Knopf)

2010 Winners

Fiction - Father of the Rain by Lily King (Grove Atlantic)
Non-fiction - Let's Take the Long Way Home by Gail Caldwell (Random House)
Childrens - City Dog, Country Frog written by Mo Willems and illustrated by Jon J Muth (Hyperion)

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For 20 years NEIBA recognized New England authors’ “body of work” with the New England Book Awards. Beginning in 2010 we are changing the focus to specific titles, in Fiction, Non-Fiction and Children’s.

Fiction

2009 Geraldine Brooks

2008 Alice Hoffman

2007 Gregory Maguire

2006 Richard Ford

2005 William Martin

2004 Archer Mayor

2003 Jodi Picoult

2002 Chris Bohjalian

2001 Elinor Lipman

2000 Suzanne Strempek Shea

1999 Wally Lamb

1998 Anita Shreve

1997 Elizabeth Berg

1996 Jamaica Kincaid

1995 Howard Norman

1994 Richard Russo

1993 Jill McCorkle

1992 Cathie Pelletier

1991 Howard Frank Mosher

1990 May Sarton

Non-Fiction

2009 Sy Montgomery

2008 Nathaniel Philbrick

2007 Roy Blount, Jr.

2006 Kevin Phillips

2005 Jane Brox

2004 Linda Greenlaw

2003 Simon Winchester

2002 Howard Zinn

2001 Robert Finch

2000 John Hanson Mitchell

1999 Bill Bryson

1998 Bernd Heinrich

1997 James Carroll

1996 David Herbert Donald

1995 Doris Kearns Goodwin

1994 Tracy Kidder

1993 Donald Hall

1992 Jonathan Kozol

1991 Geoffrey Ward, Ric Burns, Ken Burns

Children's Books

2009 Andrew Clements

2008 Tomie dePaola

2007 Julius Lester

2006 Jane Yolen

2005 Marc Simont

2004 Molly Bang

2003 Lois Lowry

2002 Leonard Everett Fisher

2001 Joan Bauer

2000 Marcia Sewall

1999 Karen Hesse

1998 Susan Meddaugh

1997 Natalie Kinsey-Warnock

1996 Steven Kellogg

1995 Natalie Babbitt

1994 Ashley Bryan

1993 William Steig

1992 Katherine Paterson

1991 Barbara Cooney

1990 Jan Brett

Editorial Excellence

1997 Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Literary Excellence

2001 John Edgar Wideman

1999 Mary Oliver

1995 Peter Davison

New England Publishing

2009 Tilbury House

2008 Down East Books

2007 Shambhala Publications

2006 Commonwealth Editions

2005 Chelsea Green

2004 Storey Publishing

2003 Candlewick Press

2002 University Press of New England

2000 Steerforth Publishing

1998 Houghton Mifflin

1996 Curbstone Press

1994 South End Press

1993 Alyson Publications

1992 Beacon Press

1991 University of Massachusetts Press

Presidential Award Winners

Given by the NEIBA Board President for lifetime achievement in arts and letters.

2012 Wally Lamb

2011 Howard Frank Mosher

2010 Dahlov Ipcar

2009 Ward Just

2008 David Macaulay

2007 Richard Russo

2006 Richard Ford

2005 Tracy Kidder

2004 James Carroll

2003 Doris Kearns Goodwin

2002 Donald Hall

2001 David McCullough

2000 Seamus Heaney

1999 Arthur Miller

1998 Saul Bellow

1997 Cornel West

1996 Grace Paley

1995 Seymour Lawrence

1994 Dr. Robert Coles

1993 Doris Grumbach

1992 John Kenneth Galbraith

1991 Robert McCloskey

Recipients of Saul Gilman Award

For outstanding service as a sales representative to New England independent bookstores

2012 Bob Werner

2011 Ann Wachur

2010 Ellen Pyle

2009 Roger Saginario

2008 Tony Giordano

2007 Katie McGarry

2006 Peter Redding

2005 Bill Palizzolo

2004 John Muse

2003 Random House New England Sales Force

2002 Nanci McCrackin

2001 Karen Gudmundson

2000 Marc Seager

1999 Adena Siegel

1998 Karl Krueger

1997 David Epstein

1996 Horace Coward

1995 Alan Fairbanks

1994 Arnold Nickelsberg

1993 Ralph Woodward

1992 Raymond “Bud” Fairbanks

1991 Jane Sherrill

1990 Hal Wilson

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