International Rubery Book Award

The Rubery International Book Award (founded in 2010 by Heather Painter) is the largest cash award for books published by independent publishers and self published authors in Great Britain.[1] The London Review of Books described it as "independent publishing's response to the Booktrust and the Orange Prize.[2] The Alliance of Independent Authors describes the award as: 'holders of the respected Rubery Award [...] should be considered to have a quality endorsement.' [3]

Rubery Book Award
Rubery Book Award
Awarded forBest self published or indie book written in the English language.
Websitewww.ruberybookaward.com

In 2012, the award attracted submissions from five continents.[4] In 2015 entries were received from twenty different countries around the world: Australia, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, and USA.

Judges

Current and prior judges include Booker shortlisted author Clare Morrall; publisher of Tindal Street Press Alan Mahar; judge for the international Arthur C. Clarke Award Pauline Morgan; American literature and Creative Writing lecturer, Paul McDonald; Poet and Stand winner Jeff Phelps, Gaynor Arnold who was longlisted for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize (now the Bailey's); short story writer and novelist, Judith Allnatt; children's authors, Ann Evans and Simon Cheshire; creative writing teacher and previously Birmingham's Poet Laureate, Chris Morgan; William Gallagher, author, dramatist, and lecturer who writes Doctor Who audio dramas, stage plays, and has British journalism experience; and literary agent Laura Longrigg.

Successes
  • Jacob M Appel who won First Prize in 2013 has had many short stories published in literary journals. He also won Dundee International Book Prize which published his debut novel, The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up.
  • Angela Readman who won Book of the Year 2015 has had much success; winning the Saboteur Awards 2015; the Costa Short Story Award in 2013 and shortlisted for the Edgehill Prize 2016.[5]
  • Melanie Whipman, who won the 2012 short story competition for her story "Peacock Girl", has had stories subsequently read on BBC Radio 4. She has also been listed for the Edgehill Prize for 2017.[6]

Winners
YearAuthorTitleCategory
2011Sarah JamesInto the YellPoetry
2011Lindsay Stanberry–FlynnUnravellingFiction
2011 WinnerChristine DonovanJump Derry, [7]Fiction
2012Carol Mead and Gareth DaviesSea ThingsChildren's Poetry
2012Ann Victoria RobertsThe Master's TaleFiction
2012 WinnerDaniela MurphyThe RestorerFiction
2013Sophie NevilleFunnily EnoughNon-Fiction
2013T. D. GriggsRedemption BluesFiction
2013 WinnerJacob M. AppelThe Man Who Wouldn't Stand UpFiction
2014Peter ReasonSpindriftNon-Fiction
2014JoeAnn HartFloatFiction
2014 WinnerVictor TapnerFlatlands [8]Poetry
2015Diana KimptonThe Green SheepChildren's
2015Jo RiccionThe Italians at Cleat's Corner StoreFiction
2015Sasha HardingA Brush with the CoastNon Fiction
2015Diana WhitneyWanting ItPoetry
Book of the Year 2016Angela ReadmanDon't Try this at HomeShort Stories
2016Lisa WoollettSea JournalNon Fiction
2016Annie DawidYork FerryFiction
2016Emma Purshouse and Catherine Pascall MooreI Once Knew a Poem Who Wore a HatChildren's Poetry
Book of the Year 2016Laura TisdallEchoesYA
2017Lena Adishian and Nareg SeferianImpact of an Ancient NationNon Fiction
2017Melanie WhipmanLlama SutraShort stories
2017Debbie WiseRosie and RufusChildren's
2017John ToomeySlippingFiction
Book of the Year 2017Jaq HazellMy Life as a BenchYA
2018 Keith Chandler The Goldsmith's Apprentice Poetry
2018 Jenny Morris; illustrated by Sara Hayat The Thing on Mount Spring Illustrated Children's
2018 R. K. Salters Butterfly Ranch Fiction
2018 Wendy Storer Bring Me Sunshine YA
Book of the Year 2018 David P Miraldi The Edge of Innocence Non Fiction
2019 Jacob M Appel Amazing Thins are Happening Here Short Stories
2019 Chad Alan Gibbs Two Like Me and You YA
2019 Oz Hardwick Learning to Have Lost Poetry
2019 Lisa Anne Novelline; Nicola Hwang Piccadilly and the Jolly Raindrops Children's
Book of the Year 2019 Claire Chao and Isabel Sun Chao Remembering Shanghai Non Fiction

Short Story Winners
  • Gregory J Wolos "Still Life" (2014)
  • Gill Blow "On the Bench" (2013)
  • Melanie Whipman "Peacock Girl" (2012)
  • Sarah Evans "The Tipping Point" (2011)

References
  1. Birmingham Post, August 1, 2011
  2. London Review of Books, Sept 2012
  3. "Open up to Indie Authors Campaign".
  4. Birmingham Mail, July 22, 2012
  7. Downey, Garbhan. "Jump Derry". Culture Northern Ireland. Culture Northern Ireland. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  8. "East Anglian poetry collection wins international book award". East Anglian Daily Times.
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