Southern Book Prize

Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize (formerly the SEBA Book Award^[1] and SIBA Book Award^[2]) is an literary award given by the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance (SIBA). It was first awarded in 1999.^[1] Nominated books must be southern in nature or by a southern author, have been published the previous year, and have been nominated by a SIBA-member bookstore or one of their customers. Voting categories include fiction, non-fiction, poetry, cooking and children's literature.

The first awards were given in 1999.^[3] From 1999 through 2007 winners were chosen by popular vote through an online voting mechanism.^[3] Starting in 2008, winners were chosen from the list of finalists by a jury of SIBA booksellers.^[3] Beginning in 2016, the award was renamed the Southern Book Award and named in honor of southern writer Pat Conroy.^[2]

Winners[]

SIBA Book Award[]

1999^[1]

• Fiction: , Tim Gautreaux
• Nonfiction: Confederates in the Attic, Tony Horwitz
• Children: ,
• Poetry: Someone Will Go On Owing, Andrew Glaze

2000

• Fiction: , Fred Chappell
• Nonfiction: , Janisse Ray
• Children: ,
• Poetry: Elegy for the Southern Drawl, Rodney Jones

2001

• Fiction: Jim the Boy, Tony Earley
• Nonfiction: , Rick Bragg
• Children: Because of Winn-Dixie, Kate DiCamillo
• Poetry: Zinc Fingers, Peter Meinke

2002

• Fiction: , Doug Marlette
• Nonfiction: , Rick Bragg
• Children: ,

2003

• Fiction: The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
• Nonfiction: My Losing Season, Pat Conroy
• Children: Hoot, Carl Hiaasen
• Poetry: Catching Light, Kathryn Stripling Byer
• Cookbook: The Foster’s Market Cookbook, Sara Foster

2004^[4]

• Fiction: , Clyde Edgerton
• Nonfiction: ,
• Children: ,
• Poetry: Locales, Fred Chappell (Editor)
• Cookbook: , Edna Lewis

2005

• Fiction: Saints at the River, Ron Rash
• Nonfiction: , Celia Rivenbark
• Children: Peter and the Starcatchers, Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson
• Poetry: A Companion for Owls, Maurice Manning
• Cookbook: Frank Stitt’s Southern Table, Frank Stitt

2006

• Fiction: , Joshilyn Jackson
• Nonfiction: Marley & Me, John Grogan
• Children: Rosa, Nikki Giovanni (with Bryan Collier)
• Poetry: What Travels with Us,
• Cookbook: Being Dead is No Excuse, &

2007

• Fiction: Thirteen Moons, Charles Frazier
• Nonfiction: , Charles J. Shields
• Children: Alabama Moon, Watt Key
• Poetry: Keep and Give Away,
• Cookbook: I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence, Amy Sedaris

2008

• Fiction: Garden Spells, Sarah Addison Allen
• Nonfiction: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, Barbara Kingsolver
• Children: , , illustrated by Brian Lies
• Poetry: The House On Boulevard Street, David Kirby
• Cookbook: A Love Affair with Southern Cooking, Jean Anderson

2009

• Fiction: Serena, Ron Rash
• Nonfiction: , Rick Bragg
• Young Adult: Graceling, Kristin Cashore
• Children: , Kirby Larson &
• Poetry: Dear Darkness, Kevin Young
• Cookbook: Screen Doors and Sweet Tea,

2010

• Fiction: The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• Nonfiction: by Rick Bragg
• Children: by
• Cookbook: The Lee Bros. Simple Fresh Southern by Ted and Matt Lee

2011

• Fiction: Burning Bright by Ron Rash
• Nonfiction: The Blueberry Years: A Memoir of Farm and Family by
• Young Adult: Countdown by Deborah Wiles
• Children: Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
• Poetry: A House of Branches by Janisse Ray
• Cookbook: Southern My Way: Simple Recipes, Fresh Flavors by Gena Knox

2012

• Fiction: Iron House by John Hart
• Nonfiction: Lions of the West by Robert Morgan
• Young Adult: Darwen Arkwright and the Peregrine Pact by A. J. Hartley
• Children: Jo MacDonald Saw a Pond (Jo MacDonald Series) by
• Poetry: Abandoned Quarry by John Lane
• Cookbook: The New Southern Garden Cookbook by

2013

• Fiction: A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash
• Nonfiction: Stand Up That Mountain: The Battle to Save One Small Community in the Wilderness Along the Appalachian Trail by
• Young Adult: Three Times Lucky by Sheila Turnage
• Children: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore by William Joyce
• Poetry: Descent by Kathryn Stripling Byer
• Cookbook: The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook by Cheryl Day

2014

• Fiction: Whistling Past the Graveyard by
• Nonfiction: Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink
• Young Adult: The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen
• Children: The Girl from Felony Bay by
• Poetry: The Collected Poems of Cathy Smith Bowers by Cathy Smith Bowers
• Cooking: Pickles, Pigs & Whiskey: Recipes from My Three Favorite Food Groups and Then Some by John Currence

2015

• Fiction: The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
• Nonfiction: Factory Man by Beth Macy
• Young Adult: League of Seven by Alan Gratz, Brett Helquist (illustrator)
• Children: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
• Cooking: Heritage by Sean Brock

Southern Book Prize[]

2016^[2]

• Fiction: by
• Literary: by Ron Rash
• Mystery: Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich
• Thriller: The Bone Tree by
• Cookbook: by Alice Randall
• Non-fiction: by Richard Grant
• History & Life Stories: by Steve Inskeep
• Young Adult: Mosquitoland by David Arnold
• Youngsters: Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty

2017

• Fiction (Coming of Age): Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
• Fiction (Family Life): by Mary Alice Monroe
• Fiction (Historical): by Robert Morgan
• Fiction (Literary): by Julia Franks
• Southern Stories & Stories by Southerners: The Whole Town's Talking by Fannie Flagg
• Thriller: Redemption Road by John Hart
• Juvenile: by
• Biography, Autobiography & Memoir: by J. Drew Lanham
• Cooking: Deep Run Roots: by Vivian Howard
• Creative Nonfiction: Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J. D. Vance

2018

• Fiction (Women & Family: by Gabrielle Zevin
• Fiction (Literary): by Wiley Cash
• Mystery/Thriller/Suspense: by
• Southern Fiction: by Lisa Wingate
• Juvenile Fiction: by and Flame in the Mist by Renée Ahdieh
• Biography & History: by Coretta Scott King
• Non-fiction: Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson

2019

• Fiction: by David Joy
• Children's: by Jo Hackl
• Non-fiction: by Rick Bragg

2020

• Fiction: by
• Children's: by Roshani Chokshi
• Non-fiction: by

References[]

External links[]

• SIBA Book Award, official website
• SIBA Book Award at LibraryThing