Now in its 27th year, the WBP Book Design & Effectiveness Competition recognizes, celebrates, and encourages excellence in bookmaking across the greater Washington, D.C., book publishing community. The competition's judges evaluate the excellence of each book's design and effectiveness in achieving the publisher's goals, meeting the readers' needs, and reaching its market. Prizes are awarded in fifteen categories -- five designs for each of the three publisher categories -- plus Best of Show.

The 2011 winners were announced and the awards were presented at a reception and ceremony on Wednesday, June 8, 2011.

The books entered in the competition were donated to the District of Columbia Public Library. 

2010 Winning Publishers

American Psychological Association/Magination Press

American Society of Civil Engineers/ASCE Press

Arthur Sackler Gallery

Borden Institute

The Catholic University of America Press

CQ Press

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Johns Hopkins University Press

Library of Congress 

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

National Gallery of Art 

National Portrait Gallery 

NSTA Press/National Science Teachers Association

Red Cell Publishing

Regnery Publishing

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

Sheed & Ward

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Taylor Trade Publishing

United States Institute of Peace

Woodrow Wilson Center Press

World Bank

2011 Winners Slideshow-Part 1 (PDF, 3 MB)

2011 Winners Slideshow-Part 2 (PDF, 4 MB)

2010 Ceremony Program (PDF, 285 kB)
2010 Winners Slideshow (PDF, 4.7MB)

2009 Ceremony Program

2009 Winners Slideshow
2008 Ceremony Program
2008 Winners Slideshow
2005 Winners Slideshow (PDF, 3.8 MB)
2004 Winners Slideshow (PDF, 2.6 MB)

2003 Winners Slideshow (PDF, 1.6 MB)