Past Winners
Each year, the BookTok Indie Author Awards recognize outstanding independent authors and stories across multiple genres, craft disciplines, and reader-driven categories.
Below are the official winners.
2025 Award Winners
Age/Audience
M.D. LaBelle — Mr. Creeper’s Chiller Book 2: The Girl with No Reflection
Ariel N. Anderson — Under Your Scars
Tambi Smith — Where to Find Your Dragon: Michael’s Adventure to Find His Fire
General Fiction
M.L. Burns — Heavy
Becca Storm — The Last Coven
Kelly Scriven — Taking Flight
Romance
M.D. LaBelle — It Had to Be You
Emily Klepp — Until I Break
Tina S. Transformation — Broken
Tylor Paige — Slash or Pass
Fantasy & Speculative
Whit Stanfield — A Sea of Song and Sirens
Ezekiel Eversand — Kingfall
Izzy Elliot — My Pucking Family
Loren Little — A House of Cloaks and Daggers
C.K. Franziska — Dreamcursed
Fantasy & Speculative
Phineas Delgado — Where Nightmares Walk
Alexis Patton — Us Dark Few
Thriller/Mystery
Spencer Guerrero — My Mother-in-Law Must Die
M.D. LaBelle — Just Love Me
Tee Harlowe — Potions and Prejudice
Horror
Luna K. Wicked — Painter’s Obsession: Volume 1
Aiden Pierce — Burn for Jack
Representation & Inclusion
Gretchen Powell Fox — Smoke and Scar
Format Based Fiction
Cara Blaine — Blood Loss & Dandelions
Non-Fiction
C.A. Baynam — The Candy Man
Craft & Writing
Rae Knight — Why Don’t You Save Me
Rae Knight — Why Don’t You Make Me
M.A. Savino — You Should’ve Kept Driving
Rae Knight — Why Don’t You Make Me
L.O. Gold — The Devil Within
Kier Smelcer — A Thousand Burning Ravens
Ezekiel Eversand — Kingfall
Reader Experience
S.J. Tilly — Mountain Boss
M.L. Burns — Heavy
M.D. LaBelle — Lusting After Mr. Knight
Ariel N. Anderson — Under Your Scars
Rae Knight — Why Don’t You Make Me
Series & Character Awards
C.N. Crawford & Alex Rivers — Fae Academy for Spies
Cassie Kennedy — Now Is the Time of Monsters — A.G. Mock
Ryder — Why Don’t You Make Me — Rae Knight
Ryder — Why Don’t You Make Me — Rae Knight
Creator & Community
Alexandra Shaw
Rae Knight — Why Don’t You Save Me
M.A. Savino — You Should’ve Kept Driving
Rae Knight — Why Don’t You Make Me
Production
Luna K. Wicked — Painter’s Obsession
Ariel N. Anderson — Under Your Scars
Narrated by Joe Arden