INDIANAPOLIS — The 2022 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards recently announced the shortlist of books eligible for top honors in its eight literary categories. Forty books written by Indiana authors and published in 2020 and 2021 have been shortlisted. Winners will be announced on Aug. 24.
Shortlisted books were written by lifelong Hoosiers, professors at Indiana colleges and universities and former residents with a deep connection to Indiana. This year’s shortlists feature stories and poetry elevating the everyday and exploring the strange in Hoosier life.
The awards were established in 2009 as a vision of Eugene and Marilyn Glick and are a component of Indiana Humanities’ rich and diverse literary programming. Indiana Humanities with support from Glick Philanthropies confer awards every other year.
Judges for the Indiana Authors Awards included former winners, writers, educators, scholars, local bookstore owners and librarians. Judges chose to shortlist books in the following categories: children’s, middle grade, young adult, poetry, genre, debut, fiction and nonfiction. Winners will be announced on Aug. 24 at 10 a.m. via social media and the IAA newsletter. Follow @INAuthorsAwards and sign up at www.IndianaAuthorsAwards.org to receive the announcement.
A Literary Champion — an individual or organization that has made significant contributions to Indiana’s literary community — and a Lifetime Achievement Winner — recognizing an author for superior literary achievements throughout a career — will be announced at 10 a.m. on Aug. 22 and Aug. 23, respectively.
Authors include Ray Boomhower, James H. Madison, Michella M. Marino, Laird Hunt, Michael Martone, Susan Neville, Caleb Caudell, Ashley C. Ford, Paul Allor, and Marianne Boruch.