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International Rubery Book Award

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

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]

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

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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

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  • 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

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Year Author Title Category
2011 Sarah James Into the Yell Poetry
2011 Lindsay Stanberry–Flynn Unravelling Fiction
2011 Winner Christine Donovan Jump Derry,[7] Fiction
2012 Carol Mead and Gareth Davies Sea Things Children's Poetry
2012 Ann Victoria Roberts The Master's Tale Fiction
2012 Winner Daniela Murphy The Restorer Fiction
2013 Sophie Neville Funnily Enough Non-Fiction
2013 T. D. Griggs Redemption Blues Fiction
2013 Winner Jacob M. Appel The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up Fiction
2014 Peter Reason Spindrift Non-Fiction
2014 JoeAnn Hart Float Fiction
2014 Winner Victor Tapner Flatlands [8] Poetry
2015 Diana Kimpton The Green Sheep Children's
2015 Jo Riccion The Italians at Cleat's Corner Store Fiction
2015 Sasha Harding A Brush with the Coast Non Fiction
2015 Diana Whitney Wanting It Poetry
Book of the Year 2015 Angela Readman Don't Try this at Home Short Stories
2016 Lisa Woollett Sea Journal Non Fiction
2016 Annie Dawid York Ferry Fiction
2016 Emma Purshouse and Catherine Pascall Moore I Once Knew a Poem Who Wore a Hat Children's Poetry
Book of the Year 2016 Laura Tisdall Echoes YA
2017 Lena Adishian and Nareg Seferian Impact of an Ancient Nation Non Fiction
2017 Melanie Whipman Llama Sutra Short stories
2017 Debbie Wise Rosie and Rufus Children's
2017 John Toomey Slipping Fiction
Book of the Year 2017 Jaq Hazell My Life as a Bench YA
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

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

References

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  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
  5. ^ "Celebrating Angela Readman's 2016 Edge Hill Short Story Prize shortlisting « and Other Stories Publishing". Archived from the original on 23 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  6. ^ [1][dead link]
  7. ^ Downey, Garbhan. "Jump Derry". Culture Northern Ireland. Culture Northern Ireland. Archived from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  8. ^ "East Anglian poetry collection wins international book award". East Anglian Daily Times. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
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