Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! 2026 International Book Awards Hostage (Potomac Books, 2026) by Mimi Nichter is a finalist in two categories in two categories, Autobiography/Memoir and Nonfiction: Creative. Big Sky Award Be … Continue reading Recent Award Winners
The African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) promotes and advances the development and publication of the poetic arts through its book series, contests, workshops, and seminars and through its collaborations with publishers, festivals, booking agents, colleges, universities, conferences and all other … Continue reading Afia Ansong Wins the 2026 Sillerman Prize
Congratulations to the following UNP authors who were medalists for the 2026 Independent Publisher Book Awards! Essays Gold Medal Winner How to Change History: A Salvage Project by Robin Hemley. In How to Change History Robin Hemley grapples with the individual’s navigation … Continue reading Announcing the 2026 IPPY Medalists
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. 2026 … Continue reading Recent Award Winners
We are excited to share that Bedross Der Matossian was named a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow in Near Eastern Studies! The Guggenheim Fellowship is a prestigious award given to individuals who demonstrate exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or superior creative ability … Continue reading Bedross Der Matossian Receives Guggenheim Fellowship
Congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! 2026 Griffin Poetry Prize The Griffin Poetry Prize is among the world’s most significant prizes in literature, awarded annually for a first-edition poetry collection written in, or translated … Continue reading Recent Award Winners
Congratulations to the following UNP authors who were finalists for the 2025 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards! “This year’s finalist judging process leaves us buoyant about the health of independent publishing,” says Executive Editor Matt Sutherland. Winners in … Continue reading Announcing the 2025 Foreword INDIES Finalists
Major congratulations to these UNP authors who were recently recognized for their work! 2025 Pattis Family Foundation Creative Arts Book Award Established by The Pattis Family Foundation in October 2023, The Pattis Family Foundation Creative Arts Book Award honors fiction … Continue reading Recent Award Winners
In December of each year Choice publishes its list of Outstanding Academic Titles. This prestigious list reflects the best in scholarly titles, both print and digital, reviewed by Choice during the previous year and brings with it the extraordinary recognition of the academic library community. … Continue reading The Choice Outstanding Academic Titles of 2025
Grant Hayter-Menzies is the author of Dorothy Brooke and the Fight to Save Cairo’s Lost War Horses (Potomac Books, 2017) and From Stray Dog to World War I Hero: The Paris Terrier Who Joined the First Division (Potomac Books, 2015). The author donates a portion … Continue reading Rags of the First Division awarded the Purple Poppy
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