2022 Notable Documents Award – North Dakota Library Association
First Place: We Are Called . . . To Do the Right Thing, by Prakash Mathew
Third Place: A Field Guide to Custer’s Camps, by Don Weinell
2022 Eric Hoffer Award, Honorable Mention: Prairie Madness, by Katherine Hoerth
2022 One Book One North Dakota Program – Humanities North Dakota
The Clean Daughter: A Cross-Continental Memoir, by Jill Kandel
2022 Midwest Book Awards
Gold, Inspirational: We Are Called . . . To Do the Right Thing, by Prakash Mathew
Silver, Poetry – Regional: In Plains Sight, by Bonnie Larson Staiger
Silver, Poetry – Regional: The Trouble with Daydreams: Collected and New Poems, by Mark Vinz
Silver, Art/Photography/Coffee Table: A Song for Liv, by Wayne Gudmundson
2021 Midwest Independent Publishers Association Awards
Gold, Nonfiction – Nature: Mammals of North Dakota, by Robert Seabloom
Gold, Poetry – Regional: His Feathers Were Chains, by Denise Lajimodiere
Silver, Fiction – Literary/Contemporary/Historical: Half the Terrible Things, by Paul Legler
Silver, Fiction – Short Story/Anthology: Girl on a Float, by Brain Bedard
2021 Independent Publishers Awards (IPPY Awards)
Gold, Poetry: His Feathers Were Chains, by Denise Lajimodiere
2020 Great Plains Book of the Month, Center for the Great Plains Studies
Pacing Dakota, by Thomas D. Isern
2020 Independent Publishers Awards (IPPY Awards)
Bronze, Multicultural Non-Fiction Adult: Stringing Rosaries: The History, the Unforgivable, and the Healing of Northern Plains American Indian Boarding School Survivors, by Denise Lajimodiere
Bronze, Religion (Eastern/Western): Still, by Rebecca E. Bender and Kenneth M. Bender
2020 One Book One North Dakota Program – Humanities North Dakota
Sons of the Wild Jackass: The Nonpartisan League in North Dakota, by Terry Shoptaugh
Dakota, or What’s a Heaven For, by Brenda Marshall
Pacing Dakota, by Tom Isern
2020 Independent Book Publishers Association – Benjamin Franklin Award
Silver, Multicultural: The History, the Unforgivable, and the Healing of Northern Plains American Indian Boarding School Survivors, by Denise Lajimodiere
2020 Independent Press Awards
Distinguished Favorite, Cultural and Social Issues: Stringing Rosaries: The History, the Unforgivable, and the Healing of Northern Plains American Indian Boarding School Survivors, by Denise Lajimodiere
2020 Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize
Finalist: Stringing Rosaries: The History, the Unforgivable, and the Healing of Northern Plains American Indian Boarding School Survivors, by Denise Lajimodiere
2020 American Indian Youth Literature Award
Young Adult Book Honor: Apple in the Middle, Dawn Quigley
2019 Foreword Reviews INDIES
History (Adult Nonfiction) Finalist: Stringing Rosaries: The History, the Unforgivable, and the Healing of Northern Plains American Indian Boarding School Survivors, by Denise Lajimodiere
2019 North Dakota State Library, Notable Document Award
1st Place: Pacing Dakota, Thomas D. Isern
3rd Place: Operation Snowbound: Life behind the Blizzards of 1949, David W. Mills
2019 Midwest Book Awards
Gold, History – Regional: Stringing Rosaries: The History, the Unforgivable, and the Healing of Northern Plains American Indian Boarding School Survivors by Denise Lajimodiere
Gold, Religion/Philosophy: Still, by Rebecca E. Bender and Kenneth M. Bender
Silver, Poetry – Regional: Hunter’s Log: Volumes II & III, by Timothy Murphy
Silver, Social Science/Political Science/Culture: Stringing Rosaries: The History, the Unforgivable, and the Healing of Northern Plains American Indian Boarding School Survivors, by Denise Lajimodiere
Silver, Design – Cover Design: Stringing Rosaries: The History, the Unforgivable, and the Healing of Northern Plains American Indian Boarding School Survivors, by Denise Lajimodiere
2019 Eric Hoffer Awards
Winner, Culture: Operation Snowbound: Life behind the Blizzards of 1949, David W. Mills
Honorable Mention: Thunderbird, by Denise Lajimodiere
2019 WILLA (Women Writing the West)
Finalist: Apple in the Middle, by Dawn Quigley
2019 American Library Association
State & Local Notable Document (one of sixteen nationwide): The Prairie Post Office: Enlarging the Common Life in Rural North Dakota, by K. Amy Phillips and Steven R. Bolduc, with history by Kevin Carvell and photographs by Wayne Gudmundson
2019 Independent Publisher Awards (IPPY Awards)
Gold, Midwest Regional Nonfiction: Pacing Dakota, Thomas D. Isern
Silver, Midwest Regional Nonfiction: Operation Snowbound: Life behind the Blizzards of 1949, David W. Mills
Gold, Multicultural Young Adult: Apple in the Middle, by Dawn Quigley
Gold, Poetry, Illustrated: Songs of Horses and Lovers, by Madelyne Camrud
2019 Independent Press Award
Winner, Judaism: Still, by Rebecca E. Bender and Kenneth M. Bender
Winner, Military Nonfiction: Operation Snowbound: Life behind the Blizzards of 1949, by David W. Mills
Winner, Western Nonfiction: Pacing Dakota, by Thomas D. Isern
Winner, Young Adult Fiction: Apple in the Middle, by Dawn Quigley
Distinguished Favorite, Memoir: Sister Secrets: A Brother’s Reveal, by Matthew Valan
Distinguished Favorite, Poetry: Destiny Manifested, by Bonnie Larson Staiger
Distinguished Favorite, Poetry: Songs of Horses and Lovers, by Madelyne Camrud
2018: Moonbeam Children’s Book Award
Winner, Young Adult Fiction—General: Apple in the Middle, by Dawn Quigley
2018 Independent Press Award
Winner, Literary Fiction: This Could Have Been a Simple Story, by Ajla Terzic; translated from the Bosnian by John K. Cox
Winner, LGBTQ Non-fiction: Derby Girl: A Memoir, by Sammi Jones
Distinguished Favorite, LGBTQ Fiction: This Could Have Been a Simple Story, by Ajla Terzic, translated from the Bosnian by John K. Cox
Distinguished Favorite, Women’s Issues: Derby Girl: A Memoir, by Sammi Jones
2018 Independent Publisher Awards (IPPY Awards)
Gold, Cover Design: Derby Girl: A Memoir, by Sammi Jones; Cover design by Jamie Hohnadel Trosen
Bronze, Midwest–Best Regional Non-fiction: The Prairie Post Office: Enlarging the Common Life in Rural North Dakota, by K. Amy Phillips and Steven R. Bolduc, with history by Kevin Carvell and photographs by Wayne Gudmundson
Bronze, Science: North Dakota’s Geologic Legacy, by John P. Bluemle
2018 Foreword INDIES Awards
Finalist, Autobiography/Memoir: Derby Girl: A Memoir, by Sammi Jones
Finalist, LGBT Non-fiction: Derby Girl: A Memoir, by Sammi Jones
2018 Midwest Book Awards
Finalist, Arts/Photography/Coffee Table Books: Music at NDSU, by Robert Groves
Finalist, Fiction–Literary/Contemporary/Historical: This Could Have Been a Simple Story, by Ajla Terzic; translated from the Bosnian by John K. Cox
Finalist, Social Science/Political/Culture: Prairie Mosaic: An Ethnic Atlas of Rural North Dakota, 2nd Edition, by William C. Sherman; new introduction by Thomas D. Isern
Finalist, Social Science/Political/Culture: The Prairie Post Office: Enlarging the Common Life in Rural North Dakota, by K. Amy Phillips and Steven Bolduc, with history by Kevin Carvell and photographs by Wayne Gudmundson
Finalist, Total Book Design: The Prairie Post Office: Enlarging the Common Life in Rural North Dakota, by K. Amy Phillips and Steven Bolduc, with history by Kevin Carvell and photographs by Wayne Gudmundson; designed by Deb Tanner
2018 North Dakota State Library, Notable Document Award
The Prairie Post Office: Enlarging the Common Life in Rural North Dakota, by K. Amy Phillips and Steven R. Bolduc, with history by Kevin Carvell and photographs by Wayne Gudmundson
The Bakken: An Archaeology of an Industrial Landscape, by William Caraher and Bret Weber
2018 Gold Medalist in IPPY Awards
Cover Design: Derby Girl: A Memoir, by Sammi Jones; Cover Design by Jamie Hohnadel Trosen
2018 Bronze Medalists in IPPY Awards
Midwest — Best Regional Nonfiction: The Prairie Post Office: Enlarging the Common Life in Rural North Dakota, by K. Amy Phillips, Steven R. Bolduc, with history by Kevin Carvell and photographs by Wayne Gudmundson
Science: North Dakota’s Geologic Legacy, by John P. Bluemle
2018 Midwest Book Awards
Arts/Photography/Coffee Table Books: Music at NDSU, by Robert Groves
Fiction — Literary/Contemporary/Historical: This Could Have Been a Simple Story, by Ajla Terzic, Trans. by John K. Cox
Social Science/Political/Culture:
Prairie Mosaic: An Ethnic Atlas of rural North Dakota, 2nd Edition, by William C. Sherman
The Prairie Post Office: Enlarging the Common Life in Rural North Dakota, by K. Amy Phillips, Steven R. Bolduc, with history by Kevin Carvell and photographs by Wayne Gudmundson
2017 Foreword Indies Award Finalist
Autobiography/Memoir: Derby Girl: A Memoir, by Sammi Jones
LGBT Nonfiction: Derby Girl: A Memoir, by Sammi Jones
2017 Midwest Book Awards
Silver Medal in Nature: North Dakota’s Geologic Legacy, by John P. Bluemle