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NM Book Awards

The New Mexico Book Awards, a nearly two-decades-old book competition, was slated to cease this year. Instead it will continue under new management by New Mexico Writers, who will continue the mission, in the words of Paul Rhetts, founder of the New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards, “to uncover and honor the best in New Mexico books.”

Authors, designers, publishers, and publicists from New Mexico (or any book with a creative connection to New Mexico) are eligible for the New Mexico Book Awards.

The 2025 NM Book Awards is closed for entries. Entries will be judged May through August.

See below for entry eligibility, submission fee/instructions, judging, and category information for 2025.

Finalists will be announced at the end of September. Winners will be announced before mid-November.

Please email us with your NM Book Awards questions.

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NM Book Awards Information for 2025

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