Every booksellers' vote counts!
Votes are compiled by bookseller, not by bookstore.
Spread the word to your whole staff and vote today. 
Voting open Sept. 3 - Sept. 18
​Thank you for voting in our very first joint regional award, the Heartland Booksellers Award!​

Celebrating our book awards as one industry force will amplify the impact of the award for booksellers, publishers, authors, and consumers, as 12 states and 300 bookstores throughout the Greater Midwest will celebrate the same set of exemplary titles. ​We release jacket stickers for all winners and finalists and encourage our stores to create digital marketing and in-store displays. Our award-winning titles often remain on our bestseller lists for weeks, months, and even years to come.

Our awards are 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 either about the region, or an author from our region. 

Thank you for voting in this year's Heartland Booksellers Awards! Your participation helps us support and promote books and authors in our region. Please vote for one Adult Fiction title, one Poetry title, one Adult Non-Fiction title, one Children's YA / Middle Grade title and one Children's Picture Book. 
Awards Timeline
September 3
Bookseller voting opens

September 18
Final day of bookseller voting

Week of Sept. 21
Votes tallied

October 15
​Heartland Booksellers Awards Celebration

Congratulations to this year's finalists!

View the full list of finalists on Edelweiss
Download a CSV of finalists for easy upload to Bookshop
Download a spreadsheet or a Word doc with a list of all categories and finalists