2010 Next Generation Indie Book Award Winners Announced

The Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group has named the winners of the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. The non-profit awards program was created to identify indie books that deserve to reach a wider audience.

Top Nonfiction Books

• First Place Winner ($1,500 Prize): American Idle: A Journey Through Our Sedentary Culture by Mary Collins (Capital Books)
• Second Place Winner ($750 Prize): Phlogs: Journey into the Heart of the Human Predicament by George Stranahan and Nicole Beinstein Strait (People's Press)
• Third Place Winner ($500 Prize): Ophelia's Oracle: Discovering the Healthy, Happy, Self-Aware and Confident Girl in the Mirror by Donna DeNomme and Tina Proctor (Inlightened Source Publishing)

Top Fiction Books

• First Place Winner ($1,500 Prize): The Hiding Place of Thunder by Keith Remer (Enlighten Press)
• Second Place Winner ($750 Prize): Shaken Allegiances by Michel Bruneau (CePages Press)
• Third Place Winner ($500 Prize): The Bum Magnet by K.L. Brady (LadyLit Press)

Other Winners

• A prize of $250 was awarded for Best Design to Utherworlds by Philip Straub (Ballistic Publishing).