Southern Book Prize

Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize (formerly the SEBA Book Award[1] and SIBA Book Award[2]) is an American South literary award given by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA), first awarded in 1999.[1] Nominated books must be southern in nature or by a southern author, have been published the previous year, and have been nominated by a SIBA-member bookstore or one of their customers. Voting categories include fiction, non-fiction, poetry, cooking and children's literature.

The first awards were given in 1999.[3] From 1999 through 2007 winners were chosen by popular vote through an online voting mechanism.[3] Starting in 2008 winners were chosen from the list of finalists by a jury of SIBA booksellers, instead of by popular vote.[3] Beginning in 2016, the award was renamed the Southern Book Award and named on honor of southern writer Pat Conroy.[2]

Winners

SIBA Book Award

1999[1]

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004[4]

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Southern Book Prize

2016[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Summer, Bob (1999). "SEBA presents first book awards." Publishers Weekly, 246(20), 24. 1 Color Photograph. Last accessed Oct. 8, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 "Celebrate Independents! Announcing the 2016 Southern Book Prize Winners". Southern Book Prize. Retrieved April 28, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 2008 SIBA Book Award
  4. ↑ Steelman, Ben (2004, Jun 27). "Book marks; Edgerton Nabs SEBA Award for 'Piccadilly'". Star-News. ProQuest document ID 285439497. Last accessed Oct. 8, 2012.
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