The winners of this contest will receive:

• $2,000 each in adult and young adult categories. Prizes sponsored by the Minnesota Library Foundation and BiblioLabs.
• Honors at the 2023 Minnesota Library Conference
• Opportunities to promote your book(s) at Minnesota public libraries
• Inclusion in a full-page print spread in Library Journal
• Opportunities to earn royalties through the IAP Select collection (ePUB format required for eligibility)
• If available, print copies of your book will be purchased and made available for checkout through Minnesota’s public libraries.
• Inclusion and promotion in Indie Minnesota, a digital collection of local authors available on BiblioBoard Library. (Winners and finalists)
• Multiple submissions are welcome.

Each book that is submitted to the contest must be:

• Indie-published
• In an adult fiction or young adult fiction genre
• Written by a Minnesota resident
• Available in either ePUB (strongly encouraged) or PDF file

If your book meets the above criteria, please click below to get started.