Visionary Awards Categories

• BOOKS: Aging Consciously Books – Books to help shift the relationship to aging, health, and longevity over age 50.
• BOOKS: Almanacs, Calendars & Datebooks – Printed calendars, almanacs, and datebooks available to the commercial market in 2025.
• BOOKS: Alternative Science Books – Emerging science, including nature, space, ancient mysteries, archaeology, and psychology.
• BOOKS: Anthologies – Books organized under a central Mind/Body/Spirit theme that offer written works of either (1) a thematic collection of written works by various authors, or (2) a thematic collection of written works by a single author.  The collection must be presented under a single binding or single e-book title.
• BOOKS: Art Books – Primarily containing photos, prints, drawings, or reproductions of works of art.
• BOOKS: Astrology Books – Books pertaining to the study and practice of astrology, the zodiac, horoscopes, and planetary aspects.
• BOOKS: Biographical Books – Autobiographies and biographies, including about historical or contemporary figures.
• BOOKS: Book Cover Design – Outer cover design or dust jacket. A high-quality .jpeg or .png image of the front cover must be submitted along with a hard copy of the book.
• BOOKS: Book Illustration – Illustrations not including the outside cover or dust jacket. Please submit both a hard copy of the book and also a high-quality .jpeg or .png of an interior illustrated page.
• BOOKS: Book Series – Three or more volumes or titles connected as a named series. The most recent release in the series must have a copyright date of 2023, 2024, or 2025. (Note: Please enter the overall named book series, not the individual book titles. Previously entered series may only enter the Iconic Books category once eligible.)
• BOOKS: Children’s Books – Mind/Body/Spirit books written specifically for children up to age 12.
• BOOKS: Coloring Books – Pictures intended for coloring designed for the Mind/Body/Spirit industry.
  
• BOOKS: Conscious Business Books – Conscious leadership, ethical consumerism, and successful business practices.
• BOOKS: Contemporary Religion Books – Alternative Christianity, Judeo-Christian principles, Islam, Kabbalah, and other religious studies.
• BOOKS: Contemporary Spirituality Books – Spirit guides, angels, alternative philosophies, and other contemporary spiritual beliefs not tied to a specific region or culture. For practices connected to specific regions or cultures, please enter the World Spirituality Books category.
  
• BOOKS: Crystals & Gemstone Books – Crystals, stones, gems, and minerals.
• BOOKS: Divination Books – Divination systems, such as runes, oracles, pendulums, numerology, palmistry, dowsing, and fortune-telling practices. (Note: If the book is packaged as a set with a deck or product, use the CARD DECKS or PRODUCTS categories. For books about Tarot specifically, enter the Tarot Books category.)
• BOOKS: Dream Books – Recognize and interpret the significance and symbolism of dreams and their messages, learn to remember dreams, and practice lucid dreaming.
• BOOKS: Earth Changes Books – Environmentalism, climate change, sustainability, and changing our relationship to the Earth.
• BOOKS: Folk Magic Books – Folk practices such as Hoodoo, Conjure, Brujería, Rootwork, Pennsylvania Dutch Hex Craft, Appalachian Folk Magic, and Granny Magic.
• BOOKS: Grief Books – Books that address all levels of grieving, emotionalism, and the mourning process through any transition.
• BOOKS: Health & Wellness Books – Promote optimum physical and mental health and wellness, including herbalism, aromatherapy, meditation, nutrition, psychology, and holistic practices.
• BOOKS: Iconic Books – Books or book series published and introduced to the commercial market in or before 2022. This includes republished works, updated editions, and anniversary releases.
• BOOKS: Journals – Printed books for recording thoughts, experiences, and observations.
• BOOKS: LGBTQ+ Books – Mind/Body/Spirit books written specifically for the LGBTQ+ community.
• BOOKS: Memoirs & Personal Journey – Personal experiences, memoirs, and non-fiction narratives of your individual journey.
• BOOKS: Paranormal Books – Paranormal phenomena, ghosts, cryptids, UFOs, and parapsychology research.
• BOOKS: Personal Growth & Self-Help Books – Mindfulness, how-to guides, addiction issues, relationships, and co-dependency.
• BOOKS: Pets & Animal Books – Pets, animals, and animal communication.
• BOOKS: Poetry Books – A single book of poetry for the Mind/Body/Spirit.
• BOOKS: Psychic Development Books – Exploring and developing intuition and psychic gifts, such as clairvoyance, mediumship, astral projection, psychometry, and empathic abilities.
• BOOKS: Reincarnation, Death & Dying Books – Reincarnation and our relationship to the afterlife, past lives, death, and dying.
• BOOKS: Rising to the Challenge Books – Created to help the global community face contemporary challenges in a modern world.
• BOOKS: Sacred Space Books – Feng Shui, Vaastu, creating a sacred space, building altars, and other spatial energy systems.
• BOOKS: Shamanism & Paganism Books – Paganism, polytheism, shamanic practices, spiritual cleansing, shamanic journeying, spirit animals, and earth-based religions.
• BOOKS: Social Justice Books – Social issues, equal rights, inclusivity, cultural evolution, and resolving historical conflict and its impact on the world.
  
• BOOKS: Spiritual Healing Books – Energy work such as reiki, chakras, and healing of a spiritual nature, including ancestral and karmic healing, spiritual balancing, and healing cultural trauma.
• BOOKS: Tarot Books – Written for the practice and study of the Tarot. (Note: For Tarot books that are only available with an accompanying Tarot deck, use the CARD DECKS: Guidebook category.)
• BOOKS: Teen Books – Mind/Body/Spirit books written specifically for teens ages 13-19.
• BOOKS: Witchcraft & Magick Books – Any practice using spells, incantations, candles, rituals, or elemental magick, including but not limited to Wicca, witchcraft, and ceremonial magick.
• BOOKS: World Spirituality Books – Spiritual practices and indigenous traditions from cultures around the world, including Hinduism, Shinto, Taoism, Hellenism, African Traditional Religions, and Afro-Caribbean practices such as Vodou, Santeria, Candomble, Ifá, Obeah, and others. (Note: Books based on Judeo-Christian-Islamic teachings or principles should enter the Contemporary Religion Books category.)
• BOOKS: Visionary Fiction Books – Fiction books with metaphysical, paranormal, fantasy, or spiritual content and do not fit any of the other BOOKS categories. If you chose another BOOKS category for entry, you cannot also choose this one.
• BOOKS: Visionary Non-Fiction Books – Non-fiction books that are targeted to the Mind/Body/Spirit community and do not fit any of the other BOOKS categories. If you chose another BOOKS category for entry, you cannot also choose this one.

CARD DECKS

• CARD DECKS: Celebrating Diversity – Card decks designed to honor and celebrate diversity with themes centered around race, culture, gender, sexuality, or ethnicity.
• CARD DECKS: Collaborative Card Decks – Card decks featuring artwork by three or more artists collected under a single concept or theme.
• CARD DECKS: Contemporary Tarot Decks – Tarot decks featuring modern and contemporary styles, meanings, and themes that are different from traditional tarot decks. Examples: renaming of suits or major arcana, modern art styles and motif, additional or alternative cards beyond the traditional 78, etc.
• CARD DECKS: Design & Packaging – The unique presentation and physical design of a deck, such as the card shape, box design, outer artwork, special features, etc. 
• CARD DECKS: Guidebook – Book or booklet written as a guide and packaged with a deck of cards. (Note: For Tarot books not packaged with a Tarot deck, use the BOOKS: Tarot Books category.)
• CARD DECKS: Iconic Card Decks – Card decks introduced to the commercial market in or before 2022.
• CARD DECKS: Inspirational Card Decks – Card decks intended to transform and inspire one’s viewpoint and physical/mental/emotional condition.
• CARD DECKS: Oracle Card Decks – Card decks designed to provide divination and foresight.
• CARD DECKS: Pop Culture Decks – Card decks designed around a specific pop culture theme or concept, such as celebrities, television series, movies, video games, etc.
• CARD DECKS: Traditional Tarot Decks – Tarot decks based on traditional or historical designs and meanings, such as Rider-Waite-Smith, Marseille, Golden Dawn, etc.
• CARD DECKS: Wisdom Card Decks – Card decks designed to instill wisdom, inspire innovation, and cultivate self-awareness.
• CARD DECKS: Visionary Card Decks – Decks that are targeted to the Mind/Body/Spirit community and that don’t fit any of the other CARD DECKS categories. If you entered another CARD DECKS category, you cannot also enter this one.

PRODUCTS

• PRODUCTS: Aroma Products – Designed to uplift the spirit through fragrance, including incense, aromatherapy, scented candles, and essential oils.
  
• PRODUCTS: Charms & Talismans – Designed to be carried for inspiration, luck, protection, and other spiritual intentions.
• PRODUCTS: Clothing & Wearables – Items designed for personal wear.
• PRODUCTS: Divination Products – Designed for divination, such as runes, pendulums, dowsing tools, and dice sets, not including card decks. (Note: Card decks should be entered in the corresponding CARD DECKS category.)
• PRODUCTS: Dream Products – Designed to help interpret dreams or practice lucid dreaming, including card decks, dream pillows, dreamcatchers, and other tools to assist with dreaming. (Note: For books about dreams, use the BOOKS: Dream Books category. For dream journals, use the BOOKS: Journals category.)
• PRODUCTS: Herbal Products – Items made with herbs or plant materials, such as potpourri blends, teas, tinctures, salves, and other herbal products. (For products about herbs and herbalism such as card decks and instructional materials, please refer to the corresponding Product or Card Deck category.)
• PRODUCTS: Home Décor & Textile Products – Items for home and garden decoration, such as statues, figurines, chimes, tapestries, tote bags, wall art, and posters.
• PRODUCTS: Iconic Products – Products and jewelry introduced to the commercial market in or before 2022.
  
• PRODUCTS: Instructional Products – Designed for instruction, education, or self-help, including guide charts, reference sheets, or instructional media released in a physical format.
• PRODUCTS: Jewelry with Stones – Composed of precious or semi-precious stones, with or without metal settings.
• PRODUCTS: Manifestation Products – Designed to focus intention to manifest results, such as spell kits, ritual objects, power/intention oils, intention candles, and visualization aids.
• PRODUCTS: Metal Jewelry – Composed of metals, such as pewter, stainless steel, gold, silver, platinum, etc. without stones.
• PRODUCTS: Personal Products – Designed to engage the body, such as health and wellness products, exercise, massage, yoga materials, and beauty products.
• PRODUCTS: Print Magazines – Magazines in printed circulation in 2025.
• PRODUCTS: Tabletop Games  – Games in physical, rather than digital or electronic format, based on subject matter or including content with Mind/Body/Spirit topics or elements.
• PRODUCTS: Tarot Products – Products based on the images or associations of the Tarot, not including decks or books.
  
• PRODUCTS: Transformational Products – Designed to engage and develop the mind/body/spirit, offer wisdom and guidance, or inspire and uplift the buyer, such as crystals, candles, keychains, bookmarks, and greeting cards. (Note: for card decks, please use one of the CARD DECKS or other appropriate category.)
• PRODUCTS: Visionary Products – Products or jewelry that is targeted to the Mind/Body/Spirit community and that doesn’t fit any of the other PRODUCTS categories. If you entered another PRODUCT category, you cannot also enter this one.

VISIONARIES

• VISIONARIES: Artist – Creator of visual representations and works of art in any physical or digital medium designed for the Mind/Body/Spirit community.
• VISIONARIES: Author – Creator of written work such as books, articles, poems, stories, blogs, etc. on topics for the Mind/Body/Spirit community.
• VISIONARIES: Brick & Mortar Retailer – A retailer operating one or more physical locations of which 75% or more of their products cater to the Mind/Body/Spirit community. Must have been in operation for at least 6 months in 2025.
• VISIONARIES: Musician – Creator of musical and audio works of art in any physical or digital medium, with or without vocals, designed for the Mind/Body/Spirit community.
• VISIONARIES: Online Retailer – A retailer operating online only via website or virtual marketplace of which 75% or more of their products cater to the Mind/Body/Spirit community. Must have been in operation for at least 6 months in 2025.
• VISIONARIES: Oracle & Diviner – A person who provides spiritual readings or intuitive guidance using psychic abilities or divination tools. This includes psychic mediums, clairvoyants, tarot/cartomancy readers, rune/bone readers, palm readers, etc. Must have been in operation for at least 6 months in 2025.
• VISIONARIES: Practitioner – A person who offers services for the Mind/Body/Spirit community such as reiki, energy healing, spiritual or religious counseling, bodywork, spellcasting, animal communication, or life coaching. Must have been in operation for at least 6 months in 2025.
• VISIONARIES: Publisher – Publishing house or imprint that releases books or card decks for the Mind/Body/Spirit marketplace. This includes small, large, and independent publishers.
• VISIONARIES: Self-Publisher – An author or creator who self-publishes books or card decks for the Mind/Body/Spirit marketplace under their own name or company and not through a publishing house. 
• VISIONARIES: Social Media Personality – Content creator featured on a social media platform that consists of themes and topics for the Mind/Body/Spirit community. Must have been releasing content for at least 6 months in 2025.