OFFICIAL CATEGORIES OF THE ANNUAL INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARDS®:

Action/Adventure
Addiction & Recovery
Adult Coloring Books 
African American Fiction
African American Nonfiction
Aging/Midlife
Alternative Medicine
Animals: Pets 
Anthology
Arts & Entertainment

Audiobook: Children's

Audiobook: Fiction

Audiobook: Nonfiction
Autobiography
Beauty 
Biography: General
Biography: Historical
Book Cover Design Childrens
Book Cover Design Fiction
Book Cover Design Nonfiction
Book Cover Design (Overall)

Book Interior Design Fiction
Book Interior Design Nonfiction
Business: General 
Business: Entrepreneurship & Small Business 
Business: Motivational 
Cancer, Survival
Career
Caregiving-Specialized
Caregiving-General

Chapter Books
Chick-Lit 

Childrens: Educational
Childrens: Fiction

Childrens: Inspirational/Motivational 

Childrens: Nonfiction

Childrens: Religion Fiction

Childrens: Religion Nonfiction

Christian

Coffee-table
Comedy
Comics and Graphic Novels

Computer  
Contemporary Novel 
Cookbooks: General 
Cookbooks: International 
Cookbooks: Regional 
Crafts-Hobbies
Crime Fiction

Cross Genre

Cultural and Social Issues

Cultural Heritage
Current Events 
Death & Dying
Diet & Nutrition 
Divorce 
Education 
Entertainment 
Environment

Epic Fantasy
Erotica
Fantasy

Fashion

Finance
Fine Arts 
Fitness 
Friendship 
General Fiction 
Gift Books 
Green
Grief 
Health & Fitness

Hispanic / Latin
Historical Fiction
History: United States 
History: World

Holiday 
Home & Garden
Horror 

How-to
Humor  
Inspiration

Islamic

Judaism 
Juvenile Fiction 
Juvenile Nonfiction
LGBTQ Fiction 
LGBTQ Nonfiction
Leadership
Legal Thriller 
Literary Fiction 
Marketing & Public Relations  
Marriage
Medical Mystery
Medical Thriller
Memoir 
Men’s Health

Middle Grade 

Military Fiction 
Military Nonfiction

Mind, Body, Spirit 
Miscellaneous 
Motivational
Movies and Television
Multicultural
Music 
Mystery 
Nature
New Adult Fiction
New Adult Nonfiction
New Fiction (First-time published)
New Nonfiction (First-time published)
Nonfiction

Nonprofit 

Novella

Paranormal Mystery/Thriller

Paranormal Romance
Parenting & Family 
Performing Arts - Film, Theater, Dance & Music
Personal Finance

Personal Growth 
Philosophy 
Photography
Picture Books - Preschool
Picture Books - Ages 4-8
Picture Books - All Ages 
Poetry 
Political 
Political Thriller  
Pregnancy & Childbirth 

Preteen Fiction
Preschool & Early Reader

Psychiatry/Psychology 
Public Relations 

Race Relations

Racism 
Reference 

Regional 
Relationships 
Religion: Fiction 
Religion: Nonfiction 
Romance
Romantic Comedy 

Romantic Suspense
Sales & Marketing 
Science Fiction 
Self Help: General 
Self Help: Motivational 
Self Help: Spiritual 
Sexuality 
Short Stories 
Small Books 
Social/Political Change  
Social Media 

Sociology 
Specialty Books 
Spirituality 
Sports
Steampunk 
Suspense
Technology

Teen
Techno-thriller

Thriller 
Travel 

Travelogue
True Crime 

Urban Fantasy 
Visionary Fiction 
Well-being 
Western Fiction
Western Nonfiction 
Women’s Fiction  
Women’s Issues 
Women’s Health 

World Literature
Writing and Publishing
Young Adult Fiction 
Young Adult Nonfiction