The Florida Bookstagram Awards

The first annual Florida Authors and Book Lovers Bookstagram Awards are here. After more than 414 nomination comments on Bookstagram, the results are in.

The Florida Authors and Book Lovers Bookstagram Awards

These awards were created to encourage Bookstagram creativity and innovation among Florida authors and Florida book lovers. 

Awards are given to Florida Bookstagram accounts that inspire creativity and reading in innovative ways, stand out, are memorable, update regularly, foster community, and focus on more than just self-promotion.

Congratulations to all the winners! 

Thank you for making Bookstagram an amazing place to be for book lovers in Florida and beyond.

Best Florida Bookstagrammer Award 

1st place 

Carmen @tomesandtextiles  🏆

2nd place Frank Chillura @ohyouread 

3rd place Carla @carla_is_reading 

Best Florida Author on Bookstagram

1st place Dominique Richardson and Sorboni Banerjee 🏆
 @domwritesbooks and @sorbonified

Authors of the Everbeach Series and co-founders of YA by the Bay.
2nd place

Rochelle B Weinstein @rochellebweinstein
Co-host of Book Talk and A
uthor of What You Do To Me, This Is Not How It Ends, When We Let Go, Where We Fall, What We Leave Behind, Somebody's Daughter, and The Mourning After

3rd place
Sara Kate @sarakateauthor
Author of The Woman I Befriended, He Thought I Was His, Everything Led Me To You, and Zoey's Memory. 

Best Florida Book Club on Bookstagram

1st place
Bookshelf Baddies, Homestead, Fl @bookshelf_baddies 🏆

2nd place
Rebel Readers Florida, Jacksonville, FL @rebelreadersflorida

3rd place
Tampa Silent Book Club @silentbookclubtampa

Best Florida Bookstore on Bookstagram

1st place
Tombolo Books, St. Petersburg, FL @tombolobooks 🏆

2nd place
Oxford Exchange Bookstore, Tampa, FL @oebookstore 

3rd place
Femme Fire Books, Jacksonville, FL @femmefirebooks

Best Florida Library on Bookstagram

1st place
Orange County Library System, Orlando, FL @ocls 🏆

2nd place
Barbara S. Ponce Library, Pinellas Park, FL @bsplibrary

3rd place
Jacksonville Public Library, Jacksonville, FL @jaxlibrary

Best Florida Bookish Organization on Bookstagram

1st place
Florida Freedom to Read @flfreedomtoread 🏆

2nd place
Rebel Readers Florida, Jacksonville, FL @rebelreadersflorida

3rd place
Books and Books Literary Foundation, Coral Gables, FL @booksandbooks

Best Florida Book Festival on Bookstagram

1st place
YA by the Bay, Tampa, FL @yabythebay 🏆

2nd place
Miami Book Fair, Miami, FL @miamibookfair

3rd place
Read Out Loud Festival, St. Petersburg, FL @readoutfestival

Best Florida Bookstagram Newbie on Bookstagram

Amanda at @TechaBooks 🏆

Congratulations to all!

The excitement has been thrilling and overwhelming, and it is such a treat to see all of the Florida book lovers coming together to support each other and your love of the written word. 

Thank you to everyone who nominated their favorites.

The Florida Authors and Book Lovers award stats: 

• 414 nomination comments 

• 27 Florida Bookstagrammers nominated 

• 6 New Florida Bookstagrammers nominated 

• 90 Florida Authors nominated 

• 13 Libraries nominated 

• 36 Florida Bookstores nominated 

• 13 Florida Book Clubs nominated 

• 6 Florida Book Festivals nominated 

• 5 Florida Bookish Organizations nominated  

Support all the Florida authors and book lovers mentioned above by following them on social media, and thank them for being such pillars of the Florida bookish community.

You can find Florida Authors and Book Lovers on Instagram and Facebook, and you can join the Florida Authors and Book Lovers News & Events group to share and find Florida book news and events.