ASJA and Gotham Ghostwriters are pleased to announce that submissions for the 2027 Andy Awards for outstanding nonfiction book collaborations are now open.
“The Andy Awards were created to bring collaboration out of the shadows and into a well-deserved spotlight,” said ASJA President Darcy Lewis and Gotham President Alison Schwartz in a joint statement. “Collaborative projects are flourishing in today’s publishing marketplace and reflect the growing recognition that first-rate nonfiction is very often created in partnership with a professional writer.”
Four 2027 Andy Awards Categories
In 2027, the awards once again will be presented in four categories:
- Business and thought leadership
- Memoir
- Narrative nonfiction
- Prescriptive nonfiction
To be eligible, books must be published between Jan. 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026. Both author and paid collaborator (ghostwriter) must agree to jointly submit a work for consideration and agree to share the award.
Submissions for the 2027 Andy Awards will remain open through June 30. See the full eligibility guidelines and entry form here.
Past Andy Award Winners
Previous Andy Award winners include:
- Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty, author of Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World, in collaboration with Joanne Gordon
- Benji Backer, author of The Conservative Environmentalist: Common Sense Solutions for a Sustainable Future, in collaboration with Salwa Emerson
- Jill Dillard, author of Counting the Cost, in collaboration with Craig Borlase
- Joe Moore, author of White Robes and Broken Badges: Infiltrating the KKK and Exposing the Evil Among Us, in collaboration with Jon Land
- Dr. Heather Sandison, author of Reversing Alzheimer’s: The New Toolkit to Improve Cognition and Protect Brain Health, in collaboration with Kate Hanley
The full list of 2024 and 2025 Andy Award winners and finalists can be found here.
To learn more about the 2027 Andy Awards, please visit www.gothamghostwriters.com/the-andy-awards.