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Congratulations to the 2024 Winners!

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James
by Percival Everett
​Doubleday 
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There's Always This Year
by Hanif Abdurraqib 
​Random House
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Modern Poetry
by Diane Seuss
Graywolf Press
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MEXIKID
by Pedro Martín
Dial Books
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The North Wind and the Sun
by Philip C. Stead
Neal Porter Books

​Celebrate the award-winning authors of the Heartland Booksellers Award and the Voice of the Heartland Award. The vibrant Ira Madison III will host. All authors will hold a book signing for booksellers to meet after the awards are presented.

​The Heartland Booksellers Award is a joint award given annually by the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association and the Midwest Independent Booksellers Association.
Please rank each title based on your choice. #1 being your top pick and #4 being your lowest pick. If you did not read a title please feel free not to rank it.

Celebrate the winners by joining us at the Heartland Booksellers Award Ceremony on Monday, October 7th during Heartland Fall Forum in Milwaukee.

The Heartland Booksellers Award is a reflection of handselling at its best, as all the books are selected directly by independent booksellers, and celebrate literature in the Great Lakes and Midwest, with content about the region, or an author from our region.

Thank you for voting!

2024 Heartland Booksellers Award Finalists

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Criteria
• A book's relationship to the Midwest or Great Lakes region may consist of either the content of the book, the author's hometown, or the author's current residence.
• Books must be classifiable in one of five awarded genres: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, YA/Middle Grade, or Children's Picture Book.
• Books submitted for the 2024 book awards must have an on-sale date between 5/1/23 and 4/30/24
• The deadline to submit titles ends 7/12/24. ​

​Instructions
GLIBA and MIBA accept nominations separately based on book and author location in relation to their respective regional states and then combine titles for the finalist vote. Publishers and booksellers can submit titles.

• It is free for booksellers to nominate titles. 
• There is a $25 fee for publishers to nominate titles.​

MIBA Submissions: You can submit books by authors from the following states or books with content that pertains specifically to these states: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
GLIBA Submissions: You can submit books by authors from the following states or books with content that pertains specifically to these states: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin.

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2023 Heartland Booksellers Award!

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    • Heartland Booksellers Award >
      • 2024 Heartland Booksellers Award
      • 2023 Heartland Booksellers Award
      • 2022 Heartland Booksellers Award
      • 2021 Heartland Booksellers Award
      • 2020 Heartland Bookseller Award
    • Voice of the Heartland >
      • Past Winners >
        • 2023 Janet Webster Jones
        • 2022 Kris Kleindienst
        • 2021 Louise Erdrich
        • 2020 Two Dollar Radio
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