Daybreak press book Awards
Daybreak Press aims to create positive cultural change through literature. The Daybreak Press Book Awards uplift the work of Muslim women writers by recognizing and honoring books that are most effectively creating that change.
SUBMISSION IS CLOSED
Any author or illustrator who is female and Muslim.
Books published between 2000 and 2023.
Entry fees are $50 per category. Books may be entered in more than one category, but a separate entry fee will be due for each entry.
Please submit your payment here: bit.ly/bookawardpayment
Please submit two physical copies and one digital copy to:
Address:
Rabata
Daybreak Press Book Awards
3533 Lexington Ave N
Arden Hills, MN 55126
Email:
DBPbookawards@rabata.org
Submissions must be postmarked by July 31, 2023
Winners will be contacted via email by September 1, 2023, and winners will be publicly announced on September 15, 2023. Winners will receive 50 book award stickers and a digital award seal. The 2023 Daybreak Press Book Awards Ceremony will be held via Zoom on Friday, October 27, 2023 and broadcasted live to YouTube.
Not necessarily. This will be left to the judges’ discretion.
Daybreak Press Book Awards does not shy away from difficult or even traditionally taboo topics. However, our awards are given to books that uphold the values of Rabata, Inc. This excludes books with explicit sexual content, gratuitous violence, or that present Islam as a problem rather than a solution.
Books submitted to the Daybreak Book Awards become the property of Rabata, Inc.
Join us in celebrating this year’s Daybreak Press Book Award winners on October 27 at 6:30pm CDT over Zoom!
Learn more about the book awards and watch the winners accept their awards and share the stories of inspiration and publication that led to their winning works.
Rabata’s Daybreak Press is honored to provide this platform and excited to celebrate with all Muslim women writers who are bringing positive cultural change to the world around us.
Join us on October 27 as we celebrate another great year of writing and be inspired to become a positive cultural change agent through words.
Mark your calendars!
Event will Livestream on YouTube.com/Rabata.
2023 Award winners
Activity Books / Age 6 and Up
Fill Me Up Gratitude Journal
Mona Zac
Activity Books / Birth to 5
What If Dinosaurs Were Muslims?
Rabia Bashir
Beginner Chapter Books
The Tiny Compass: Desert Survival
K.J. Miftah & B. Adam
Board Books
Abah Once Told Me
Sharifah Huseinah Madihid
Book Series / Age 6 and Up
Ayesha Dean Mysteries Series
Ayesha Dean – The Istanbul Intrigue
Ayesha Dean – The Seville SecretMelati Lum
Book Series / Birth to 5
Imagine Me In The Future Insha’Allah
Imagine Me In Jannah
Rabia Bashir
Children Picture Books / Age 6 and Up
Hamza Attends a Janaza
Shabana Hussain
Children Picture Books / Birth to Age 5
From Here and There
Larissa Olinda
Children Picture Books Creative Nonfiction
The Gift of Shaykh Ahmadu Bamba
Rukayat Yakub
Cover Design / Birth to 5
Mama Once Told Me
Sharifah Huseinah Madihid
Holiday
Ramadan’s Coming: A Songbook
Rabia Bashir
Illustrations
Ramadan’s Coming: A Songbook
Rabia Bashir
Non-Fiction Academic
Innocent Until Proven Muslim: Islamophobia,
the War on Terror, and the Muslim Experience Since 9/11
Maha Hilal
Non-Fiction Cookbook
Bismillah Chef
Suad Sultan
Non-Fiction Education
My Ramadan Gratitude Moments
Shaikh Samia Quddus
Non-Fiction General
National Parks and the Remembrance of Allah
Abeer Arain
Non-Fiction Motivational/Self-Help
Fill Me Up Gratitude Journal
Mona Zac
Nonfiction Biography / Memoir
Just One: A Journey of Perseverance and Conviction
Nour Akhras
Nonfiction Juvenile
Connecting with Allah
Mona Zac
Novelty Books
Your Name Is Super Special
Rabia Bashir
Poetry
Connecting with Allah
Mona Zac
Tweens Fiction / Middle Grade Fiction
Call Me Adnan
Reem Faruqi
Tweens Non-Fiction
Connecting with Allah
Mona Zac
2022 Award winners
Activity Books
Dear Allah: A Muslim Child’s Journal For Building Tawakkul
Rabia Bashir
Board Books
Musa and the Ramadan Moon
Nurgis Ara Zeb
Book Series
Asma’ul Husna Series
Ukht Husni
Children’s Picture Books
I Lost Something Very Special
Husna Rahman
Cover Design
Pearls of Noor
Shams Noor N
Fiction Islamic
I Bear Witness
Amani-Nzinga Jabbar
Fiction Young Adult
Show Yourself
Adeeba Jafri
Illustrations
Amin’s Animal Adventure
Alaa Batroukh
Non-Fiction Islamic
Pearls of Noor
Shams Noor N
Non-Fiction Juevnile
Stories of 20 Mighty Muslim Heroes
Tamara Haque
Novelty Books
The Arabic Numbers Finger Trace Book
Ukht Husni
Poetry
Our Ancestors Did Not Breathe This Air
Afeefah Khazi-Syed, Aleena Shabbir, Ayse Guvenilir, Maisha Prome, Mariam Dogar, Marwa Abdulhai
2021 award winners
Activity Book
My Prophet Muhammad Busy Book
Yatie Samsul
Board Book
Hafsa’s Kisses
Tayyaba Syed
Book Series
The Arabic Alphabet of Huruf Island
Ukht Husni
Children’s Picture Book
What Color is My Hijab?
Hudda Ibrahim
Omar & Oliver The Super Eidilicious Recipe
Maria Dadouch & Aly Elziny
Collections & Anthologies
Desiring Light: Poems and Reflections
Ameera Aslam
Cover
Tis The Night Before Eid
Yasmin Rashidi
Early Juvenile Chapter Book
Zayan Unlocks The Quran
Najia Syed
Holiday
Hassan’s (Amal’s) Perfect Eid
Tasmea Mahmud
Illustrations
Subhan Allah (You)
Tasmea Mahmud
Illustrator: Ayesha Sohail
Islamic Fiction
Rekiya & Z
Muti’ah Badruddeen
Juvenile Educational
Phases of the Moon
Hajera Memon
Lift the Flap Book
Dear Allah
Razaida Bahram
Non-Fiction Family & Parenting
Unfiltered Truths of Motherhood
Suka Nasrallah
Non-Fiction General
Exceptional Authors Are Authentic
Nasreen Variyawa
Non-Fiction Islamic
Musings Of A Muslim Chaplain
Sondos Kholaki
Non-Fiction Juvenile
Firdaus Learns About The Heart
Dr. Sara Kulsum Alavi
Non-Fiction Motivantional Self-Help
Reflecting On The Names Of Allah
Jinan Yousef
Poetry
Breathe
Tumkeen
2020 award winners
Board Book
Ana Muslim
Tan Nural Hafidzah, Azlina Wahid, Maryam Dzinnira
Children’s Picture Book
Spell It Like S-A-M-A-R
Shifa Safadi
Illustrations
Najma
Anousha Vakani
Illustrator: Ayesha Sohail
Important Topics
Talaal And The Whispering Worrier
Shereeza Boodhoo
Islamic Fiction
The Path That Leads Upwards
Haniyah J. Ee
Islamic Non-Fiction
Interview With Death
Loretta J. Poisson
Middle Grade Chapter Book
Khadijah: Mother of History’s Greatest Nation
Fatima Barakatullah
Non-Fiction Biography/Memoir
Eye of the Heart
Sammieh Stephanie Flower
Non-Fiction Cookbooks
Ramadan Recipes: From Our Table to Yours
Samantha Sanches
Non-Fiction Juvenile
My First Muslim Potty Book
Yousfa Janjua
Non-Fiction Motivantional Self-Help
Intentionally Rising
Kaitun Karani
Poetry
Knowing You
Shaziya Barkat
2019 Award winners
Activity Books
Ahmadu Bamba: Sage of Senegal
Rukayat Yakub
Cover
Khadijah: The Mother of History’s Greatest Nation
Fatima Barkatullah
Illustrations
Nanni’s Hijab
Khadijah Abdul-Haqq
Illustrator: Vitchapol Taerattanchai
Book Series
Jannah Jewels
Nazlin Rafiq, Shehnaz Karim, Tayyabah Syed, and Dr. M.C. Mulderig
Children’s Picture Book
Laila’s Lunchbox
Reem Faruqi
Ramadan Around the World
Ndaa Hasan
Fiction
Litte Brother for Sale
Rahma Rodaah
Fiction Young Adult
The Moon of Masarrah
Farah Zaman
Islamic Fiction
Tight Rope
Sahar Abdulaziz
Non-Fiction
iCOVER: A Day in the Life of an American-Muslim COVERed Girl
Sadaf Syed
Non-Fiction Cookbooks
My Halal Kitchen: Global Recipes, Cooking Tips, Lifestyle Inspiration
Yvonne Maffei
Poetry
(W)holehearted
Sara Bawany
