ROYAL CATEGORIES

Early Bird Deadline: August 1, 2025 • Final Deadline: October 3, 2025

Contest winners will be notified during the last week of November 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)

  1. Activity Books - Adults

  2. Aging, Senior Living

  3. Antiques & Collectibles

  4. Audiobook

  5. Best Cover Design

  6. Best Interior Design

  7. Best Photography/Illustrations

  8. Biography, Autobiography/Memoir

  9. Book Marketing: Book Trailer

  10. Book Website

  11. Business & Finance

  12. Careers

  13. Children's Activity Books

  14. Children's Chapter Books

  15. Children’s Nonfiction

  16. Children's Picture Books - 5 & Younger

  17. Children's Picture Books - 6 & Older

  18. Children's Poetry

  19. Coffee Table & Gift Books

  20. Comic Books

  21. Education

  22. Environment

  23. Fiction: Collection of Short Stories

  24. Fiction: Novel

  25. Fine Art, Photography

  26. Cookbooks, food travel, food history, food-related

  27. General

  28. Graphic Novel

  29. Health, Diet, Nutrition

  30. Historical Fiction

  31. History Non-Fiction

  32. Holiday

  33. Home & Garden

  34. How-To

  35. Humor

  36. Learning Tools (a literacy tool that encourages reading)

  37. Letters, Journals, Diaries

 
 

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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