2025 Nominations are now closed. Finalists will be announced in mid-June.
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 International 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