ROYAL CATEGORIES
Early Bird Deadline: August 1, 2026 • Final Deadline: October 3, 2026
Royal Dragonfly Contest winners will be notified during the last week of January for each year’s contest.
CATEGORIES
Books and eBooks may be entered the following categories. A single title may be entered in multiple categories. The categories are the same for both printed books and e-Books.
38. LGBTQ+
39. Middle Grade Fiction
40. Military
41. Multicultural, Cultural Diversity
42. Mystery
43. Newbie Award (first time author, fiction)
44. Newbie Award (first time author, non-fiction)
45. Other Non-Fiction
46. Parenting
47. Performing Arts, Music, Movies, TV
48. Pets, Animals
49. Poetry
50. Politics
51. Psychology
52. Relationships
53. Religion, Spirituality, Philosophy
54. Romance
55. Science & Technology
56. Science Fiction & Fantasy & Paranormal
57. Self Help, Inspirational
58. Special Needs/Disability Awareness
59. Sports & Exercise
60. STEM (science, technology, engineering, math)
61. Textbooks
62. Transportation
63. Travel
64. Westerns
65. Women's Interests
66. Writing/Publishing
67. Young Adult Fiction
68. Young Adult Non-Fiction
69. Youth Author Fiction (author is age 17 or younger)
70. Youth Author Nonfiction (author is age 17 or younger)
Activity Books - Adults
Aging, Senior Living
Antiques & Collectibles
Audiobook
Best Cover Design
Best Interior Design
Best Photography/Illustrations
Biography, Autobiography/Memoir
Book Marketing: Book Trailer
Book Website
Business & Finance
Careers
Children's Activity Books
Children's Chapter Books
Children’s Nonfiction
Children's Picture Books - 5 & Younger
Children's Picture Books - 6 & Older
Children's Poetry
Coffee Table & Gift Books
Comic Books
Education
Environment
Fiction: Collection of Short Stories
Fiction: Novel
Fine Art, Photography
Cookbooks, food travel, food history, food-related
General
Graphic Novel
Health, Diet, Nutrition
Historical Fiction
History Non-Fiction
Holiday
Home & Garden
How-To
Humor
Learning Tools (a literacy tool that encourages reading)
Letters, Journals, Diaries
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Royal Dragonfly Contest winners will be notified during the last week of January for each year’s contest.
Testimonials
“It has been an honor to be able to compete with my books in your awards programs. The contests are well laid out and affordable for upcoming authors. It has also given me the pride and integrity necessary to produce well written books to entertain young readers. I look forward to adding more quality books to the list of Purple Dragonfly/Royal Dragonfly Awards in the future.”
— Roberta Hoffer, award-winning children's author