Recent Award Winners

Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work!

2025 Forward INDIES

UNP was named INDIE Publisher of the Year!

Scarlett (Potomac Books, 2025) by Leslie Stainton is the Bronze Award Winner in Autobiography and Memoir.

Death Does Not End at the Sea (Nebraska, 2025) by Gbenga Adesina is on the shortlist.

Coming to a Neighborhood Near You (Potomac Books, 2025) by Jim Reese is the Winner of the Distinguished James Award from Mount Marty University.

Bakandamiya (Nebraska, 2025) by Saddiq Dzukogi is a finalist.

Winged Witnesses (Nebraska, 2025) by Chisom Okafor is on the longlist.

Winner will be announced spring 2027.

The Whiz Kids (Nebraska, 2025) by Dennis Snelling is one of three winners.

Baseball in the Roaring Twenties (Nebraska, 2025) by Thomas Wolf is a finalist for the Award in History.

Hostage (Potomac Books, 2026) by Mimi Nichter is a winner in the Memoir (Overcoming Adversity/Tragedy) category.

Character Witness (Nebraska, 2025) by Jason Brown is a finalist for the Book Award in Memoir.

Bakandamiya (Nebraska, 2025) by Saddiq Dzukogi is winner of the Award in Poetry.

The Audiencia of Santo Domingo in the Seventeenth Century (Nebraska, 2025) by Marc Eagle received an Honorable Mention.

Dinosaur Dreams (Bison Books, 2025) by B.J. Hollars is an Honoree for the Bernard Brommel Award for Biography and Memoir.