2025 Nominations Now Open
Announcing the 2024 Winners
Out of over 200 nominations, the community readers narrowed the field to the top three in each category, and the judges chose the 13 winners!
250+
Nominations
Annually
10
U.S. States & Canadian
Provinces Represented
150+
Readers from our local
and regional community
13
Award
Categories
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Annual Events
Building community.
Every year we spend a day celebrating our finalists and winners and the great region of the High Plains.
The High Plains Book Award was a true delight and an enriching experience for mind and soul. Thank you. I’m so honored to be a finalist, and a winner.
Nate Schweber2023 High Plains Nonfiction Winner
Sponsors
We couldn't exist without the contributions of our generous sponsors.
- Billings Junior Woman’s Club
- Billings Public Library Foundation
- Friends of Billings Public Library
- Kathy Mosdal O'Brien
- Mary Alice Fortin Foundation for Youth Enrichment
- Montana State University Billings Foundation & Alumni
- Montana State University Billings Library
- Rocky Mountain College
- Ucross Foundation
- Susan Lubbers
- Writer’s Voice
- Yellowstone Art Museum Board of Directors
- Zonta Club of Billings