As you can see—our books win awards!
Circle of Sawdust: A Circus Memoir of Mud, Myth, Mirth, Mayhem and Magic
Kirkus Star
2024 Gold Winner, Nonfiction, Literary Titan Book Award
Kirkus Reviews' Best Indie Books of 2024
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Indigo Hours: Healing Haiku
2024 Silver Winner, Poetry, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Book Award
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It Was Her New York
2024 Gold Winner, Nonfiction, Literary Titan Book Award
1st Place, Outstanding Creator Award for Grief and Coping / Trauma
2024 Finalist, IAN Book of the Year Award, LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction, and Women’s Non-Fiction
2024 Bronze Award, LGBT, Global Book Awards
2024 Bronze Award, LGBTQ, International Book Awards
2024 Judge’s Pick, Firebird Book Award
Honorable Mention, Biography / Autobiography, London Book Festival
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The Funny Moon
2024 Bronze winner, Readers’ Favorite Book Award, fiction, humor/comedy
5-Star Readers’ Favorite
2024 Silver Winner, Humor, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Book Award
2024 Winner, Humor, International Book Awards
2023 Finalist, Humor (Adult Fiction), Foreword INDIES
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Granite Kingdom
2023 Finalist, Genre Fiction, IPNE Award
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PoemCity Anthology: 2023
2023 Finalist, Poetry, IPNE Award
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A Peek Under the Hood: Heroin, Hope & Operation Tune-Up
2024 Winner, True Crime, Next Generation Indie Book Award
2024 NYC Big Book Award winner, True Crime
2024 Finalist, Narrative Nonfiction & True Crime, American Writer’s Award
2024 Top Ten Finalist, Nonfiction, Bookshelf Award
2024 Second Place Winner, True Crime, Bookfest Book Award
2023 First Place Winner, True Crime, Firebird Book Award
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Augusta: A Novel
2023 Gold Book Award Winner, Literary Titan Book Award
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Alzheimer’s Canyon: One Couple's Reflections on Living with Dementia
2023 Winner, Narrative Nonfiction, IPNE Award
2022 Finalist, Health (Adult Nonfiction), Foreword INDIES
2023 Category Finalist, Eric Hoffer Book Award
5-Star Readers’ Favorite
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Pauli Murray’s Revolutionary Life
2023 Finalist, Young Adult, IPNE Award
2022 Honorable Mention Winner, Juvenile Nonfiction, Foreword INDIES
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All Men Glad and Wise
2023 Finalist, Historical Fiction, Global Book Awards
2022 Finalist, Mystery (Adult Fiction), Foreword INDIES
2022 Finalist, Genre Fiction, IPNE Award
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Collecting Courage: Joy, Pain, Freedom, Love — Anti-Black Racism in the Charitable Sector
2022 Gold Winner, Cultural & Diversity, Human Relations Indie Book Awards
2022 Gold Winner, Collection of Short Stories/Essays, Human Relations Indie Book Awards
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Horodno Burning
2022 Gold Winner, Historical Realistic Fiction, Human Relations Indie Book Awards
2022 Finalist, Genre Fiction, IPNE Award
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I Could Hardly Keep From Laughing: An Illustrated Collection of Vermont Humor
2022 Gold Winner, Humor, Human Relations Indie Book Awards
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Walking Home: Trail Stories
2022 Gold Winner, Travel, Human Relations Indie Book Award
2022 Silver Winner, Motivational Memoir, Human Relations Indie Book Awards
2022 Silver Winner, Personal Determination, Human Relations Indie Book Awards
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Blue Desert
2021 Finalist, Literary Fiction, IPNE Award
2021 Finalist, Historical Fiction, Sarton Award
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The Atomic Bomb On My Back
2021 Finalist, Narrative Nonfiction, IPNE Award
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The Lost Grip
2021 Finalist, Poetry, IPNE Award
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Lifting Stones
2021 Finalist, Poetry, IPNE Award
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The Violin Family
2021 Winner, Children’s (early to intermediate readers), Discovery Awards
5-Star Readers’ Favorite
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The Language of Liberty by Ed Hagenstein
2021 IPPY Gold Award, Reference
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Nobody Hitchhikes Anymore by Ed Griffin-Nolan
2021 Silver, Travel-Essay, IPPY Awards
Kirkus Reviews’ Best Indie Books of 2021
Kirkus Star
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Safe as Lightning by Scudder Parker
2021 Finalist, Lascaux Prize in Poetry
2020 Winner, Best Poetry, IPNE Award
Kirkus Star
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Preaching Happiness by Ginny Sassaman
2020 Distinguished Favorite, Inspiration, NYC Big Book Award
2021 Gold Winner, Self-Help, Human Relations Indie Book Awards
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To the Man in the Red Suit by Christina Fulton
Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2020
Kirkus Star
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Street of Storytellers by Doug Wilhelm
2021 Notable Social Studies Trade Book, National Council for the Social Studies and The Children’s Book Council
2020 Silver Medal, Teen Fiction, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award
2020 Best Young Adult Fiction, Independent Press Award
2020 Fiction Winner, IndieReader Discovery Awards
2019 Winner, Best Young Adult Novel, IPNE Award
Kirkus Reviews’ Indie Editors’ Choice
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Junkyard at No Town by J.C. Myers
2020 Distinguished Favorite, Independent Press Award
2020 Best Fiction Cover Art, Independent Press Award
2019 Winner, Best Literary Fiction, IPNE Award
2019 Finalist, Best Fiction, American Book Fest
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China in Another Time by Claire Malcolm Lintilhac
2020 Winner, Autobiography, Independent Press Award
2019 Finalist, Narrative Nonfiction, IPNE Award
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Uncivil Liberties by Bernie Lambek
2018 Winner, Honorable Mention, Mystery (Adult Fiction), Foreword INDIES
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Red Scare in The Green Mountains by Rick Winston
2019 Vermont Historical Society Richard O. Hathaway Award
2019 Silver, Best Regional Nonfiction, IPPY Awards
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Whole Worlds Could Pass Away by Rickey Gard Diamond
5-Star Readers’ Favorite