
Submissions are now being accepted.
Prizes and Eligibility
The winners of this contest will receive:
- $2000 each in Adult and Young Adult categories.
- Prizes sponsored by the Minnesota Library Foundation and BiblioLabs
- Honors at the 2022 Indie Author Day reception
- Opportunities to promote your book(s) at Minnesota public libraries
- Inclusion in a full-page print spread in Library Journal
- Opportunities to earn royalties through the IAP Select collection (ePUB format required for eligibility)
- If available, print copies of your book will be purchased and made available for checkout through Minnesota’s public libraries
- Inclusion and promotion in Indie Minnesota, a digital collection of local authors available on BiblioBoard Library (Winners and finalists.)
- Multiple submissions are welcome
Each book that is submitted to the contest must be:
- Indie-published
- In an adult fiction or young adult fiction genre
- Written by a Minnesota resident
- Available in either ePUB (strongly encouraged) or PDF file
Winners are announced at the Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference.