SIBA_Book_Award

Southern Book Prize

Southern Book Prize

American literary award

Southern Book Prize (formerly the SEBA Book Award[1] and SIBA Book Award[2]) is a literary award given by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA). It was first awarded in 1999.[1] Nominated books must be Southern in nature or by a Southern author, have been published the previous year, and have been nominated by a SIBA-member bookstore or one of their customers. Voting categories include fiction, Nonfiction, poetry, cooking and children's literature. In 2016, the award was renamed the Southern Book Prize and awarded in honor of southern writer Pat Conroy, who died in March 2016.[2]

The first awards were given in 1999.[3] From 1999 through 2007 winners were chosen by popular vote through an online voting mechanism.[3] Starting in 2008, winners were chosen from the list of finalists by a jury of SIBA booksellers.[3] Since 2019 candidates have been nominated by Southern indie booksellers before the ballot of finalists in three categories is voted on by bookstore customers. According to SIBA, 1800 ballots were cast to select the winners of the 2023 prize.[4]

Winners

Southern Book Prize

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Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize

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References

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    Summer, Bob (1999). "SEBA presents first book awards." Publishers Weekly, 246(20), 24. 1 Color Photograph. Last accessed Oct. 8, 2012.
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    2008 SIBA Book Award
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    "Awards: Southern Book Prize; London Book Fair Bookstore of the Year". Shelf Awareness. February 14, 2019. Retrieved 2023-01-24.
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