Here are the final shortlists for various categories of the Publishing Next Industry Awards 2020. The shortlisted candidates are listed alphabetically:
Publisher of the Year
| Publisher Logo | Publisher Name |
|---|---|
 | Aleph Book Company |
 | Katha |
 | Penguin Random House India |
 | Pickle Yolk Books |
 | Yoda Press |
Printed Book of the Year (English)
| Title of the Book | Author / Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
 | Animal Intimacies: Beastly Love in the Himalayas | Radhika Govindrajan / Viking (Penguin Random House India) |
 | Cities and Canopies: Trees in Indian Cities | Harini Nagendra and Seema Mundoli / Viking (Penguin Random House India) |
 | Rewilding: India's Experiments in Saving Nature | Bahar Dutt / Oxford University Press |
 | Sketches: The Memoir of an Artist | K.M. Vasudevan Namboodiri (Trans. Gita Krishnankutty) / Penguin Press (Penguin Random House India) |
 | The Dancing Poet: Rabindranath Tagore and Choreographies of Participation | Rimli Bhattacharya / Tulika Books |
Printed Book of the Year (Indian Languages)
| Title of the Book | Author / Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
 | Dopehri | Pankaj Kapur / HarperCollins Publishers India |
 | Duppattu | Rajaram Tallur / Bahuroopi |
 | Hanuman Chalisa | Sant Tulasidas and others / Palm Leaf Innovations |
 | Irasindhur Jadukor | Ursula le Guin (Tr. Sudeshna Datta Chaudhuri) / Jadavpur University Press |
 | Loktantra Via Sadak Marg; Bharat ki 25 Saal ki Chunaavi Yatraon ka Nichod | Ruchir Sharma / Penguin Hindi (Penguin Random House India) |
Children's Book of the Year (8+)
| Title of the Book | Author / Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
 | Inside a Dark Box | Ritu Vaishnav / Penguin Books (Penguin Random House India) |
 | Kaju ki Train | Radha Indu Rana / Room to Read Trust |
 | Pops! | Balaji Venkataramanan / Duckbill Books (Penguin Random House India) |
 | The Middle | Richa Jha / Pickle Yolk Books |
 | Who Stole Bhaiya’s Smile? | Sanjana Kapur / Pratham Books |
Children's Book of the Year (0-8)
| Title of the Book | Author / Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
 | Darkless | Tanu Shree Singh / Puffin Books (PRH India) |
 | My Daddy and The Well | Jerry Pinto / Duckbill Books (PRH India) |
 | Papa Ki Koshish | Nguyen Khac Tu / Room to Read Trust |
 | Raja Ke Choohe | Radha Indu Rana / Room to Read Trust |
 | Snip | Canato Jimo / Pratham Books |
Illustrated Book of the Year
| Title of the Book | Author / Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
 | A Journey Within | Olivia Fraser / HarperCollins Publishers India |
 | Indian Railways: A Visual Journey | Vatsal Verma, Chitra Subramanyam / DK |
 | Rachel Goenka's Adventures with Mithai | Rachel Goenka / HarperCollins Publishers India |
 | The Classic Konkan Cookbook: Based on the original recipes of Narayani Nayak | Jyotsna Shahane / HarperCollins Publishers India |
 | Words From My Window | Ruskin Bond / Penguin Random House India |
Cover of the Year (Indian Languages)
| Book Cover | Cover Designer | Author/ Publisher |
|---|---|---|
 |  Aparajita Ninan | Surendra Mohan Pathak / Penguin Random House India |
 | Aparajita Ninan | Surendra Mohan Pathak / Penguin Random House India |
 |  | Pankaj Kapur / HarperCollins Publishers India |
 |  Kiran Madalu | Kiran Bhat / Bahuroopi |
 |  M S Sagar | Rajaram Tallur / Bahuroopi |
Cover of the Year (English)
| Book Cover | Cover Designer | Author/ Publisher |
|---|---|---|
 |  Amit Malhotra | S. Hareesh (Tr: Jayasree Kalathil) / HarperCollins India |
 |  Bhavi Mehta | Uzma Aslam Khan / Context Books |
 |  Gunjan Ahlawat (cover art by Ankita Thakur) | Rheea Mukherjee / Penguin Random House India |
 |  Rujuta Thakurdesai | Paul Rosolie / Penguin Random House India |
 |  Sherna Dastur | Sudhanva Deshpande / Leftword Books |
Illustrator of the Year
| Name of Illustrator | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|
 | Ayeshe Sadr & Ishaan Dasgupta | HarperCollins India |
 | Krishna Bala Shenoi | Pratham Books |
 | Rohan Chakravarty | Rohan Chakravarty |
 | Sandhya Prabhat | HarperCollins India |
 | Sunaina Coelho | Pratham Books |
 | Vishnu M Nair | Pratham Books |
Editor of the Year
| Name of Editor | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|
 | Ayushi Saxena | Penguin Random House India |
 | Bijal Vachharajani | Pratham Books |
 | Ishita Gupta | Yoda Press |
 | Rahul Soni | Kanishka Gupta |
 | Tarini Uppal | Penguin Random House India |