Indie Ink Awards 2026 Events
03/30/2026
Chelsea K (6/24): Bluebeard's Bride (Displaced Fairytales #8) - Mary Mecham |
Task: Best use of tropes
Indie Ink Awards 2026
01/01/2026 - 12/31/2026 (261 days left)
The site Indie Story Geek (https://indiestorygeek.com/) hosts an award at the end of the year for marginalized authors, self-published books, and books by small presses often get overlooked. I figured it would be nice to have a challenge that corresponded with the award so when voting season comes around it would be easy to see what books read throughout the year qualify.
Books should be published between January 01 - November 01, 2026
Prompts based on 2025 categories.
Reading Challenges
1. Best audio narration
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3. Best friendship
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5. Best mentor character
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6. Best morally gray character
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9. Prettiest book interior
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11. This Book Made Me Hungry/Thirsty
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13. Writing the Future We Need: Asexual or Aromantic Representation
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14. Writing the Future We Need: Asian Representation by an Asian author
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15. Writing the Future We Need: Bisexual or Biromantic Representation
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16. Writing the Future We Need: Black Representation by a Black author
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17. Writing the Future We Need: Disability Representation by a disabled author
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18. Writing the Future We Need: Gay or Lesbian Representation
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19. Writing the Future We Need: Indigenous Representation by an Indigenous author
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20. Writing the Future We Need: Latinx/Latine Representation by a Latinx/Latine author
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21. Writing the Future We Need: LGBTQ+ Representation
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22. Writing the Future We Need: Mental Health Representation
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23. Writing the Future We Need: Neurodivergent Representation by a Neurodivergent author
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24. Writing the Future We Need: Trans or Nonbinary Representation
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