OFFICIAL CATEGORIES OF THE ANNUAL INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARDS®:

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

Audiobook
Autobiography
Beauty 
Biography-General
Biography-Historical
Body/Mind/Spirit
Book Cover Design-Children Picture Books
Book Cover Design-Fiction
Book Cover Design-Non-Fiction
Book Interior Design Fiction
Book Interior Design Non-Fiction
Business-General 
Business-Entrepreneurship & Small Business 
Business-Motivational 
Cancer 
Career

Caregiving-Specialized
Caregiving-General
Chapter Books 
Chick-Lit 

Childrens-Fiction 

Childrens-Educational
Childrens-Inspirational/Motivational 
Childrens-Religion 
Childrens-Non-Fiction

Christian

Christian Fiction
Coffee Table Book
Comedy
Comics and Graphic Novels

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

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- World
History-United States 
Holiday 
Home & Garden
Horror 

How-to
Humor  
Inspiration 

Islamic

Judaism
Juvenile Fiction 
Juvenile Non-Fiction
LGBTQ Fiction 
LGBTQ Non-Fiction
LGBT Fiction for Children & Young Adults
Leadership 
Legal Thriller 
Literary Fiction 
Marketing & Public Relations  
Marriage 
Medical 
Medical Mystery/Thriller
Memoir 
Men’s Health 

Military Fiction 
Military Non-Fiction

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

Nonprofit 

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 
Preschool & Early Reader

Pre-Teen Fiction
Pre-Teen Non-Fiction 
Psychiatry/Psychology 
Public Relations 

Race Relations

Racism 
Reference 

Regional
Relationships 
Religion-Fiction 
Religion-Non-Fiction 
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
Techo-thriller

Thriller 
Travel 

Travelogue 
True Crime 

Urban Fantasy 
Visionary Fiction 
Well-Being 
Western Fiction
Western Non Fiction 
Women’s Fiction  
Women’s Issues 
Women’s Health 

World Literature
Writing and Publishing
Young Adult Fiction 
Young Adult Non-Fiction

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