
2026 Announcements
2026 IRDA Winners
Announced May 28
Announcing the OVERALL Finalists for the 2026 IndieReader discovery awards
This year’s finalists include ten fiction and ten nonfiction titles selected from more than a thousand submissions spanning multiple genres and categories.
In addition to the overall fiction and nonfiction winners, more than 50 category winners will be announced on May 28, 2026 at 5pm PST/8pm EST recognizing excellence across the independent publishing landscape
Use the code DISCOVERYAWARDS27 to receive 15% off your 2027 Discovery Award entry until June 14!
FINALISTS FOR Overall NonFiction

BECOMING A PEACOCK: Strut Your Way Into Self-Love

CHASING LEGENDS: Motorcycle Stories from the Podcast Trail

LOVE WARS: Clash of the Parents, A True Divorce Story

SHINE ON: Raising Our Kids with Disabilities to Lead Bright, Happy Lives

STAND UP SPEAK UP: How Survivors Created a Movement to End Sexual Violence

SUN SHINING ON MORNING SNOW: a Memoir of Identity, Loss, and Living Boldly

THE SPARKLE TRAP: Recognizing, Escaping, and Healing from Narcissistic Abuse in LGBTQ+ Love

WHAT IF I’M ENOUGH?: Confronting the Reflection. Releasing the Fear. Owning the Story

What’s So Bad About Being Poor?










