"Language of the Wound is Love," wins First Place in the "2025 Best Book Award" by the American Book Fest

"Language of the Wound is Love," wins First Place in the  "2025 Best Book Award" by the American Book Fest

AMERICAN BOOK FEST™ ANNOUNCES
WINNERS AND FINALISTS OF
THE 22nd ANNUAL BEST BOOK AWARDS

Mainstream & Independent Titles Score Top Honors
in the 2025 Best Book Awards

Penguin Random House, HCI / Simon & Schuster,
Hachette UK, Wiley, Rowman & Littlefield,
Routledge, Princeton University Press,
Oxford University Press, Stanford University
Press, The White House Historical Association,
Inner Traditions, De Gruyter, She Writes Press,
Ideapress Publishing, Post Hill Press and
hundreds of national and international
Independent Houses contribute to this
year’s Outstanding Competition!

Poetry: Contemporary

Winner
Language of the Wound is Love by Megha Sood
FlowerSong Press

Finalist
An Unlikely Sunset: A Collection of Haiku, Tanka & Chöka Poetry by Joe Giampaolo
Independently Published

Finalist
Revelry by J. Claire
Red Poet Publishing

Finalist
WHISH by Jackie Craven
Press 53