About the Award

WELCOME TO THE IBPA BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AWARD™ PROGRAM!

 

The IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award program, which include over fifty categories recognizing excellence in book editorial and design, are regarded as one of the highest national honors for independent publishers.

 

The awards are administered by the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), with help from over 170 book publishing professionals including librarians, bookstore owners, reviewers, designers, publicity managers, and editors.

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WHY ENTER

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The IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards are regarded as one of the highest national honors in independent publishing. The awards are unique in that the verbatim judging forms are returned to all participating publishers, providing entrants with direct feedback on each submission.

 

Each year, a gala award ceremony is held in conjunction with the IBPA Publishing University conference where one Gold and two or three Silver award winners are announced in each category. During the ceremony, all Gold winners receive an engraved trophy marking their achievement. Following the ceremony, winners are announced to major trade journals, select libraries, all IBPA social media channels (including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, the IBPA news feed), and more.

 

In addition, all winners (Gold and Silver) receive:

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• Recognition prior to the awards ceremony on the IBPA website.

• Archived listing after the awards ceremony on the IBPA website.

• Two tickets to the awards ceremony recognizing all of the award winners.

• 15% off IBPA Publishing University tickets,

• A press release template to use when announcing the winning book(s).

• A personalized award certificate.

• Special award stickers to affix to the winning books.

 

Finally, all entrants into the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award program receive 15% off IBPA Publishing University conference tickets.