Featuring 400+ winners and finalists in 100+ categories.
Click on any book cover for a description of the book and a link to its Readers' Favorite review page, which features more information about the book and author as well as links to purchase the book. Manuscript entries will not have a review page because they are not currently available for sale. However, we update the manuscript listings when their book is published, so you may see very few manuscript entries as the year progresses.
We offer up to 5 award levels in each category: Gold, Silver, Bronze, Honorable Mention and Award Finalist. You will notice that not all levels are awarded in each category despite the record number of entries in this year's contest. That is because each book is given a score that corresponds to a particular award level. No attention is given to the number of entrants, only the quality of the book being judged. In some cases, the same award is given more than once in the same category, which is a result of more than one book receiving the same judging score.
All authors are automatically entered to win one of 21 prizes worth a combined total of $10,000 just by entering the Readers' Favorite International Book Award Contest. Prizes are donated by the good people who provide our Author Services as well as industry experts. View this year's lucky winners!
Wind Dancer Films is an independent motion picture and television production company that has generated over $4 billion in revenue from film and television properties including the hit TV series "Home Improvement" and movies like "What Women Want" with Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. Wind Dancer Films has offered to evaluate 10 of our contest award-winners each year for possible film or TV production by their company! This year's candidates were selected from 9 genres and feature stories that meet the needs of the current market and conform to a number of production factors. We wish them the best of luck!
"The Funny Adventures of Little Nani" by Cinta GarcÃa de la Rosa
"The 3rd Option" by Ben A. Sharpton
"The iCandidate" by Mikael Carlson
"Happy Utopia Day, Joe McCarthy" by J.T. Lundy
"The Faithful One" by Michele Chynoweth
"Dismal Key" by Mitch Doxsee
"Cracks In The Sidewalk" by Bette Lee Crosby
"Oathtaker" by Patricia Reding
"Jonathan's Locket" by Lorraine Carey
"Rewrite Redemption" by J.H. Walker
Illustration Award WinnersClick a book cover for more information
The Readers' Favorite Illustration Award recognizes books with quality illustrations. Entries are judged by Mark Wayne Adams, a multiple award-winning illustrator who has worked as an artist for Disney and Sea World. He is currently the CEO of an illustration and publishing company and is the former president of the Florida Authors and Publishers Association.
Winners are chosen in each of six genres: Children, Young Adult, Christian, Fiction, Non-Fiction and Graphic Novel/Comic, as well as an award for best Book Cover. Some genres may have more winners due to ties. Click the titles to learn more about these wonderfully illustrated books.
