SIBA

2009 SIBA Book Award Nominations Now Open

What were your favorite books of 2008?  SIBA is currently accepting nominations for the 2009 SIBA Book Award.

Nominations can be made online here: Nomination form

You can also email your nominations directly to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Invite your customers to become involved: Printable Nomination Forms for customers

Who can nominate a book?

Books can be nominated by SIBA-member booksellers . But stores can submit nominations on behalf of the their customers, so if you are not a bookseller, you can request your local bookstore nominate a title on your behalf.

About the SIBA Book Award:

Each year, hundreds of booksellers across the South vote on their favorite hand-sell books of the year. These are the Southern books they have most enjoyed selling to customers; the ones that they couldn't stop talking about; the ones most often pushed into a customer’s hands with the words “You have got to read this!” The SIBA Book Award was created to recognize great books of Southern origin, as determined by people whose business it is to know great books—the independent booksellers of the South.

Books are nominated in six categories, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cooking young adult and children's. For a book to be eligible, it must be set in the South, and it must have been originally published within the 2008 calendar year. Only SIBA-member booksellers can submit nominations and vote on the selection of finalists. Winners will be chosen from the list of finalists by a jury of SIBA booksellers.

The 2008 Book Award Toolkit

Nomination period: November 1 - February 15
Nomination form

Archive of previous winners

For more information about the award, please visit SIBA’s website for southern literature: www.authorsroundthesouth.com, or contact Executive Director Wanda Jewell at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .'; document.write( '' ); document.write( addy_text60599 ); document.write( '<\/a>' ); //-->\n This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it