Honors and Awards

Botts Begins won a gold award in the Humor category of the 2021 Benjamin Franklin Awards.

The Farmall Cub Encyclopedia won a silver award in the Professional and Technical category of the 2020 Benjamin Franklin Awards.

IMSA 1969-1989 won a bronze award in the Sports/Fitness/Recreation category of the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs).

TRACTOR won a gold award in the Interior Design category of 2019 Benjamin Franklin Awards.

TRACTOR won a silver award in the History category of the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Awards

Victory Motorcycles won a gold award in the Professional and Technical category of the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Awards.

Victory Motorcycles won a gold award in the Cover Design: Large Format category of the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Awards.

Victory Motorcycles won a silver award in the Reference category of the 2019 Benjamin Franklin Awards.

Red 4WD Tractors won a gold award in the Transportation category of the Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Awards).

Red 4WD Tractors won a gold Benjamin Franklin Award in the Reference Category and a sliver Benjamin Franklin Award in the History category.

The International Scout Encyclopedia won a Benjamin Franklin Award (Silver) in the Reference category.

The book The Build, published by Octane Press, won a 2017 Benjamin Franklin Award (Gold) in the Professional and Technical Category.

Beast by Jade Gurss won an Bronze IPPY Award in the transportation category.

Red Combines 1915-2015 won a gold Benjamin Franklin Award in the Professional and Technical Category and a sliver Benjamin Franklin Award in the History category.

The book Red Combines 1915-2015 won a Gold IPPY in the Transportation category.

The book Canning, Pickling and Freezing with Irma Harding won the 2015 Benjamin Franklin Award (gold) for nonfiction book cover, small format.

The book Red Tractors 1958–2013 won the bronze IPPY award in the transportation category.

The book Red Tractors 1958–2013 won the 2014 Benjamin Franklin Award (gold) in the history category.

The Octane Press book, In the Red by Jade Gurss won the bronze IPPY award in the southeast regional non-fiction category.

The Adventurous Motorcyclist's Guide to Alaska won a Benjamin Franklin Award in the travel category.

The Octane Press book, Forward: The First Unsupported Expedition to the North Pole, was one of four finalists for a Minnesota Book Award in the General Nonfiction category.

In the Red by Jade Gurss, published by Octane Press, was one of three finalists for the Dean Batchelor Award, which is given to one automotive-related book in honor of the late automotive journalist Dean Batchelor.

Forward: The First American Unsupported Expedition to the North Pole

IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards

Jun 2012

The Octane Press book, Forward: The First American Unsupported Expedition to the North Pole, won the 2012 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award (gold) in the Sports and Recreation Category.