| Rubery Book Award | |
| Awarded For: | Best self published or indie book written in the English language. |
The Rubery International Book Award (founded in 2010 by Heather Painter) is the largest cash award for books published by independent publishers and self published authors in Great Britain.[1] The London Review of Books described it as "independent publishing's response to the Booktrust and the Orange Prize.[2] The Alliance of Independent Authors describes the award as: 'holders of the respected Rubery Award [...] should be considered to have a quality endorsement.' [3]
In 2012, the award attracted submissions from five continents.[4] In 2015 entries were received from twenty different countries around the world: Australia, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Ireland, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, and USA.
Current and prior judges include Booker shortlisted author Clare Morrall; publisher of Tindal Street Press Alan Mahar; judge for the international Arthur C. Clarke Award Pauline Morgan; American literature and Creative Writing lecturer, Paul McDonald; Poet and Stand winner Jeff Phelps, Gaynor Arnold who was longlisted for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize (now the Bailey's); short story writer and novelist, Judith Allnatt; children's authors, Ann Evans and Simon Cheshire; creative writing teacher and previously Birmingham's Poet Laureate, Chris Morgan; William Gallagher, author, dramatist, and lecturer who writes Doctor Who audio dramas, stage plays, and has British journalism experience; and literary agent Laura Longrigg.
| Year ! | Author | Title ! | Category | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Into the Yell | Poetry | ||||
| 2011 | Unravelling | Fiction | ||||
| 2011 Winner | Jump Derry,[7] | Fiction | ||||
| 2012 | Sea Things | Children's Poetry | ||||
| 2012 | The Master's Tale | Fiction | ||||
| 2012 Winner | The Restorer | Fiction | ||||
| 2013 | Funnily Enough | Non-Fiction | ||||
| 2013 | Redemption Blues | Fiction | ||||
| 2013 Winner | The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up | Fiction | ||||
| 2014 | Spindrift | Non-Fiction | ||||
| 2014 | Float | Fiction | ||||
| 2014 Winner | Flatlands [8] | Poetry | ||||
| 2015 | The Green Sheep | Children's | ||||
| 2015 | The Italians at Cleat's Corner Store | Fiction | ||||
| 2015 | A Brush with the Coast | Non Fiction | ||||
| 2015 | Wanting It | Poetry | ||||
| Book of the Year 2015 | Don't Try this at Home | Short Stories | ||||
| 2016 | Sea Journal | Non Fiction | ||||
| 2016 | York Ferry | Fiction | ||||
| 2016 | I Once Knew a Poem Who Wore a Hat | Children's Poetry | ||||
| Book of the Year 2016 | Echoes | YA | ||||
| 2017 | Impact of an Ancient Nation | Non Fiction | ||||
| 2017 | Melanie Whipman | Llama Sutra | Short stories | |||
| 2017 | Rosie and Rufus | Children's | ||||
| 2017 | Slipping | Fiction | ||||
| Book of the Year 2017 | My Life as a Bench | YA | ||||
| 2018 | Keith Chandler | The Goldsmith's Apprentice | Poetry | |||
| 2018 | Jenny Morris; illustrated by Sara Hayat | The Thing on Mount Spring | Illustrated Children's | |||
| 2018 | R. K. Salters | Butterfly Ranch | Fiction | |||
| 2018 | Wendy Storer | Bring Me Sunshine | YA | |||
| Book of the Year 2018 | David P Miraldi | The Edge of Innocence | Non Fiction | |||
| 2019 | Jacob M Appel | Amazing Thins are Happening Here | Short Stories | |||
| 2019 | Chad Alan Gibbs | Two Like Me and You | YA | |||
| 2019 | Oz Hardwick | Learning to Have Lost | Poetry | |||
| 2019 | Lisa Anne Novelline
| Piccadilly and the Jolly Raindrops | Children's | |||
| Book of the Year 2019 | Claire Chao and Isabel Sun Chao | Remembering Shanghai | Non Fiction | |||