Business Book Awards
Since 2007, the Porchlight Business Book Awards have recognized the best books in the business genre every year, and all the people who help bring them to life.
Recap: The 2021 Business Book Awards
Watch the 2021 Porchlight Business Book Awards Announcement Video here or on YouTube.
2018 Business Book Awards
Our 2018 Winner
Flatiron Room, NYC
Guests arriving
The 2018 Shortlist
So You Want to Talk About Race
by Ijeomo Oluo (Seal Press)
Mismatch
by Kat Holmes (MIT Press)
Silicon States
by Lucie Greene (Counterpoint Press)
Jack Covert, Seth Godin, and Carol Grossmeyer
We believe in books.
Andrew Koenig, Kim Petty, and Dylan Schleicher
Crowd at the Flatiron
Peter Knox
Wendy Wolf and Rebecca Schwartz
Our staff meeting new friends
Congratulating authors and publishers on their amazing work
Priya Parker & Dan Pink
A room packed with book lovers
Lucie Green & Andy Hunter
Meeting new & old friends
Rebecca Schwartz
The awards begin!
Seth Godin receives the Jack Covert Award for Contribution to the Business Book Industry
Our founder, Jack Covert
Seth Godin & Helene Godin
Celebrating the winners
Priya Parker
Priya reads her husband Anand's acceptance speech via text from London.
Our Business Book of the Year
Top honors went to WINNERS TAKE ALL by Anand Giridharadas
About the Awards
We believe that books can help create more humane, diverse, modern, and effective businesses, stronger communities, and a better world. The Porchlight Business Book Awards exist to recognize the best books published every year, and all the people who helped bring them to life. While the books we choose are not always what most would consider traditional business books, they are the books we believe are the most important for businesses to consider.
Eligibility
Any business book originally published in 2022 and available in the United States. Books must be submitted by the publisher, agent, or author of the book.
Judging Criteria
Each book is judged on the originality and applicability of its ideas and quality of the writing.
Categories
Awards are given in the following eight categories:
- Leadership & Strategy
- Management & Workplace Culture
- Marketing & Communications/Sales & Influence
- Innovation & Creativity
- Personal Development & Human Behavior
- Current Events & Public Affairs
- Narrative & Biography
- Big Ideas & New Perspectives
Deadline
Call for entries will open in August 2023. The longlist will be announced in November, and the shortlist in December. The Business Book of the Year will be announced in January 2024.
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How much does it cost to submit a book?
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How many books can I enter?
Each publisher or imprint may enter up to 30 books.
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Which books are eligible for submission?
Any business book with a U.S. publication date in 2022.
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I am a business book reader, and I want to submit my favorite book. Can I do that?
Books must be submitted by the publisher, publicist, agent, or author of the book.
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When is the submission deadline?
October 3, 2022.
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Who judges the awards?
The Porchlight Editorial Team serves as the awards jury.
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Can I save my entry form and finish later?
Unfortunately, you cannot. Please have all the required information on hand before you start the form.
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When will the awards be announced?
The Awards Longlist will be announced in November, the Shortlist in December, and the Book of the Year on January 12, 2023.
How can we help?
Dylan Schleicher, our Marketing & Editorial Director, is happy to answer your questions.