The winners of the 2025 Southern Book Prize were announced on February 14: Rednecks by Taylor Brown (St. Martin’s Press) in Fiction, The Mango Tree by Annabelle Tometich (Little, Brown and Company) in Nonfiction, and Not Like Other Girls by Meredith Adamo (Bloomsbury YA) in Young Readers. Winning authors receive a donation in their name to the charity or nonprofit of their choice.

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SIBA has created a marketing toolkit including a poster, a flyer, and social media graphics, for booksellers to use in their stores.

As part of its support for the Southern Book Prize, SIBA awards two raffle winners.

Collin Bridges won a $100 gift card to their local bookstore in the Southern Books Prize Social Media Scavenger Hunt. Their bookstore is The Lynx in Gainesville, Florida.

Brooks Jewell is the raffle winner for participating in the Southern Book Prize ballot. They receive a collection of Southern Book Prize finalists. Their SIBA store is The Snail on the Wall in Huntsville, Alabama. "I have always been an avid reader," said Jewell, "there is nothing like a book to bring both joy and solace! Congratulations to this year’s Southern Book Prize winners! I’m so excited to add them to my collection!"