CIPA EVVY BOOK AWARDS COMPETITION
Registration for the 2025 CIPA EVVY Awards is open!
To register, or for more information on the EVVYs, follow this link.
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The CIPA EVVYs™ is one of the longest-running book award competitions on the Indie publishing scene, running for nearly thirty years. The annual contest is sponsored by the Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA), along with the CIPA Education and Literacy Foundation (ELF).
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The CIPA EVVYs™ receive entries from all over the world, including England, Belgium, South Africa, Russia, and Dubai. With a growing number of entries in the nearly fifty categories, the CIPA EVVYs™ continue to provide an excellent way for independent authors to gain recognition for their work.
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To see the list of winners of the 2023 CIPA EVVY Awards, follow this link.
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​2022 CIPA EVVY Awards Book Competition Finalists
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NONFICTION FINALISTS
Academic / Educational
Biology Everywhere, by Melanie E. Peffer, Ph.D. (MKPEF4)
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Animals/Pets/Nature
Blue Zeus, by Carol J. Walker (Living Images by Carol Walker, LLC)
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Anthologies/Story Collections
Food for Thought: Essays on Mind and Spirit, Vol I, by Jerry Fabyanic (Western Exposure)
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Biography/Autobiography/Memoir—General/Historical
Life Interrupted, by Dr. Manu Dua. Foreword and Epilogue by Dr. Parul Dua Makkar (Laurel Elite books)
Spoke by Spoke, by Terry Chase, ND, MA, RN, CEIP-Ed (Push on Press)
Survived By No One?, by Karen Spicer-Wolven (Outskirts Press)
When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Chair, by Ryan Rae Harbuck (Old Goldie Press)
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Business—Careers/Communications/etc
From Start-Up to Grown-Up, by Alisa Cohn (Kogan Page Inc.)
How to Dress a Naked Portfolio, by Beverly J Bowers (Sister Courage Publishing)
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Children’s Nonfiction
Demi and Brooklyn Covid 19 Playdate, by Willie Ray (Outskirts Press)
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Cookbooks/Entertaining
Cooking With Cats, by Sheri Lynch (BookCrafters)
Flavour with Benefits: France by Cathy Connally, Charley Best (Collesano Publishing)
Food ELEVATED: 100 Recipes for Colorful Cooking from the Colorado Front Range, by Lisa Boesen (ELEVATED PUBLICATIONS)
From the Camp Kitchen, by Dale Fry & Marty Fry (Royal Antler Enterprises LLC)
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Health/Fitness/Medicine/Sports
The Chubby Church, by Jendayi Harris (Whole & Free Press)
The Least Among Them, by Dr. Paul R. Semendinger (Artemesia Publishing)
The Un-Diet, by Stacey Stedman (Outskirts Press)
History—General/Military/United States
Midnight Flight to Nuremberg, by Marcus A. Nannini (Air World/Pen & Sword)
The Least Among Them, by Dr. Paul R. Semendinger (Artemesia Publishing)
The Twenty-five Years that Changed the World, by Kent Augustson (Outskirts Press)
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Motivational/Inspirational
Life Interrupted, Dr. Dua’s Survival Guide, by Dr. Manu Dua. Foreword and Epilogue by Dr. Parul Dua Makkar (Laurel Elite books)
Mosaic Heart, by Donna Mazzitelli (Merry Dissonance Press)
The Success Factor, by Ruth Gotian, Ed.D., M.S. (Kogan Page Inc.)
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Narrative Nonfiction
Life’s a Journey, by Colten Skinner (Outskirts Press)
Parenting & Family
Feelings are Friends, by Cheryl Nifoussi (LCSW)
Pink Elephants, by Christy Texeira (Snapdragon Publishing)
Poetry
Beloved, by Lois Tschetter Hjelmstad (Mulberry Hill Press)
Sojourners, by Andrew Jarvis (Wayfarer Books)
Voices of the Heart, by David Bernstein (Outskirts Press)
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Self Help—General/Relationships
A Complete Life, Discovering Your Authentic Self, by Paul Hudon (Conscious Shift Publishing)
Control the Narrative, by Lida Citroën (Kogan Page Inc.)
How to Dress a Naked Portfolio, by Beverly J Bowers (Sister Courage Publishing)
Start Late, Finish Happy, by Paul Kotz (Outskirts Press)
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Spiritual/Religion
God’s Part in Our Art, by Dr. Linda Seger, ThD (Red Typewriter Press)
Pieces of Faith: Discovering God in My Life Puzzle, by Rebecca Nolting (ASK Publishing)
Reframing: 40 Days to Reframe & Refresh Your Life, by Alisa Hope Wagner (Marked Writers Publishing)
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Travel/Outdoors
Finding Wildlife on Safari, by Joe and Jan McDaniel (BookCrafters)
Flavour with Benefits: France, by Cathy Connally, Charley Best (Collesano Publishing)
Sojourners, by Andrew Jarvis (Wayfarer Books)
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FICTION FINALISTS
Animals/Pets/Nature
Corky Tails: Tales of a Tailless Dog Named Sagebrush, Sagebrush and the Disappearing Dark Sky, by Joni Franks (Xlibris)
Gaining Her Strength: Butterfly Princess Book 3, by Alisa Hope Wagner/Illustrator Albert Morales (Marked Writers Publishing)
Sojourners, by Andrew Jarvis (Wayfarer Books)
Anthologies
When Life Gives You Risk, Make Risk Theatre, by Edwin Wong (FriesenPress)
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Children’s Picture Books (Ages 0–5)
AntonTon, by Grigor Vitez translated by Irena Stanic Rasin (Perlina Press)
Max Goes to Town, by Cynthia Clark (Outskirts Press)
Now What?, by Brenda Faatz & Peter Trimarco (Notable Kids Publishing)
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Children’s Story Books (Ages 5–9)
Eala: Mother Swan / La Madre Cisne, by Ayn Cates Sullivan, Ph.D. (Infinite Light Publishing & Media, LLC)
Kitty S. Hawk, by Sarah Binder (Outskirts Press)
The Biology Adventurers: On the River, by Melanie E. Peffer, Ph.D. (MKPEF4)
What I’d Miss..., by Charles DeLong (Outskirts Press)
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Fantasy
Moravian Falls, by Michael Rodriguez (Outskirts Press)
Trine Fallacy, The Kinderra Saga: Book 2, by C.K. Donnelly (Kibbe Creative Media, LLC)
Trine Rising, The Kinderra Saga: Book 1, by C.K. Donnelly (Kibbe Creative Media, LLC)
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Historical
Out Front the Following Sea, by Leah Angstman (Regal House Publishing)
The Mrs. Tabor, by Kimberly Burns (Thomas Bard Publishing)
The Only Way Home, by Jeanette Minniti (Penning Press LLC)
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Horror
Serpent, by Bill Thompson (Ascendente Books)
The Atonement, by Bill Thompson (Ascendente Books)
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Juvenile Fiction—Middle Grade (Ages 10–14)
Bats, Bandits, & Buggies, by Nancy Oswald (Burro Books)
Other Realities: A Collection of Fantasy, Fiction, and Something in Between, by Multiple Authors (My Word Publishing)
Spirral, by David Bernstein (Outskirts Press)
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LGBTQ
Driven: A Rita Mars Thriller, by Valerie Webster (Ignited Ink Writing LLC)
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Literary & Contemporary Fiction
Eating Yellow Paint, by Susie Newman (Outskirts Press)
Far Less, by Kathy Wollenberg (Humboldt State University Press)
The Only Way Home, by Jeanette Minniti (Penning Press LLC)
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Mystery/Crime/Detective
Death in a Desert Garden, by Marty Eberhardt (Artemesia Publishing)
Red Rabbit On The Run, by Jodi Bowersox (Jodi Bowersox)
Smothered: A Whipped and Sipped Mystery, by G.P. Gottlieb (DX Varos Publishing)
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Religious/Spiritual Fiction
Hunt For Understanding, by Alisa Hope Wagner (Marked Writers Publishing)
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Romance
Chasing Santa Barbara, by Melissa Roberts (Outskirts Press)
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Science Fiction
The Caduca, by Elaine Graham-Leigh (The Conrad Press)
The Crossover Paradox, by Rob Edwards (Shadow Dragon Press)
The Site, by Carlos Valrand (Dramtes Enterprises)
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Thrillers/Suspense
Restitution, by John A. Daly (BQB Publishing)
The Atonement, by Bill Thompson (Ascendente Books)
The Widow and the Warrior, by John Wemlinger (Mission Point Press)
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Women’s Fiction
Dineh, by Ida Maze (translated by Yermiyahu Ahron Taub) (White Goat Press)
Sandstorm, by Joyce Yarrow (DX Varos Publishing)
The Crooked Forest, Legacy of the Holey Stone, by Joni Franks (Xlibris)
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Young Adult (Ages 14–18)
Boy at the Crossroads: From Teenage Runaway to Class President, by Mary Ford (Mary Ford)
Far Less, by Kathy Wollenberg (Humboldt State University Press)
Picketing the President, by Mary Brown (Outskirts Press)
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TECHNICAL FINALISTS
Audio Books
Boy at the Crossroads: From Teenage Runaway to Class President, by Mary Ford (Mary Ford)
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Children’s Illustration
AntonTon, by Tomislav Torjanac (Perlina Press)
Eala: Mother Swan / La Madre Cisne, by Paige Ozma Ashmore (Infinite Light Publishing & Media, LLC)
Nothing, by Michael Molinet (Notable Kids Publishing)
Now What?, by Peter Trimarco (Notable Kids Publishing)
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Cover Design—Children’s
AntonTon, by Tomislav Torjanac (Perlina Press)
Eala: Mother Swan / La Madre Cisne, by Paige Ozma Ashmore (Infinite Light Publishing & Media, LLC)
Nothing, by Michael Molinet (Notable Kids Publishing)
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Cover Design—Adult
At-One-Ment, by Victoria Wolf (Delahues Productions, Inc.)
Finding Wildlife on Safari, by Joe and Jan McDaniel (BookCrafters)
Out Front the Following Sea, by Lafayette & Greene (Regal House Publishing)
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General Illustration
The Crooked Forest, Legacy of the Holey Stone, by Joni Franks (Xlibris)
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Interior Layout/Design for non-Children’s picture books
At-One-Ment, by Victoria Wolf (Delahues Productions, Inc.)
Beloved, by Nick Zelinger (Mulberry Hill Press)
Emerging from the Flames, by Eleanor A. Hubbard, Ph.D & Pamela McKinnie (Bolder Press
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Click here to view the ceremony for the 2020 CIPA EVVY Awards.
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