For booksellers who go above and beyond in their local community!

The Katie Trocheck Abel Award, created to honor the daughter of author Mary Kay Andrews, will award $500 to a SIBA bookseller who has gone above and beyond in their local community. (Read the full announcement here)

The award has widened the category of people who can nominate to encompass the members of the greater bookselling industry. Booksellers can self-nominate, and nominations are also welcomed from bookstore customers, owners, employees, managers, fellow booksellers, publishing professionals, or authors..

The winner will be chosen by Mary Kay Andrews and her co-hosts from Friends & Fiction: Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, and Patti Callahan Henry.

The Nomination Deadline is May 1, 2023 and a winner will be announced on July 3, 2023

Nominate here