2024 Southwest Book Design & Production Awards

You are invited to enter the eleventh annual New Mexico Book Association (NMBA) Southwest Book Design and Production Awards (SWBDA)!

SWBDA recognizes creativity and quality in book design and distinction in production.

The awards are designed to showcase excellence in book design and publishing — and to help raise the standards of book design and production — throughout the Southwest.

Books are judged on the principles and elements of design, including industry–accepted format, visual appeal, and consistency.

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• General fiction
• Mystery, thriller
• Romance
• Science fiction, fantasy, speculative fiction
• Graphic novel
• Biography, autobiography, memoir
• History and political science
• Scholarly, technical
• Guide (travel, recreation, sports, cookbooks, gardening, crafts, how-to)

• Body, mind, spirit
  
• Poetry 12. Gift books (special format)
• Children’s
• Young adult
• LGBTQ+
  
• Bilingual (any category, any two languages)
• Art
• Photography

Eligibility: To be eligible, a title:

• Must have a 2021–2024 copyright.
• Must have an ISBN.
• May be a revised edition with a new ISBN, new cover, and revised or additional text.
• Must be published in the Southwest or have as its primary creator (author, photographer, illustrator, designer) someone with an association with the Southwest or have a subject matter related to the Southwest.
• For the purposes of the contest, the Southwest is defined as the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah.

Additional information, detailed criteria, and both online and downloadable signup forms are available on the SWBDA information page at: https://www.nmbookassociation.org/swbda-2024.html