Awards & honors
Award win:
international business Awards
8/13/25
Dr. Gary Sprouse was recognized by The Stevie Awards as a Silver winner in The 22nd Annual International Business Awards® for Lifetime Achievement – Consumer Services Industries.
These are the top business awards across the globe. The 2025 IBAs received nominations from organizations and individuals in 78 nations and territories.
Award win:
international business awards
8/13/25
Dr. Gary Sprouse was named as a Bronze Stevie Awards winner in The 22nd Annual International Business Awards®. His book, Highway to Your Happy Place: A Roadmap to Less Stress, received a Bronze award for Best Business Book and Best E-Book in the Publications category.
More than 3,800 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year.
Award win:
national Indie Excellence Awards
6/20/25
Dr. Gary Sprouse, author of Highway to Your Happy Place: A Roadmap to Less Stress was recently named a Winner in the 19th Annual National Indie Excellence Book Awards in the Well-Being category.
Now in its 20th year, this competition recognizes self & independent publishing excellence.
Award win:
eric hoffer da vinci eye awards
6/18/25
Exciting news! My book, Highway to Your Happy Place has been named a finalist in the Eric Hoffer da Vinci Eye Awards for superior cover artwork!
The da Vinci Eye recognizes outstanding book cover design, and I’m honored to see this powerful message of less stress and more joy reflected in the visual that introduces it. Big thanks to 1106 Design and everyone who helped bring the cover — and the content — to life.
Award win:
Independent Publisher Book Awards
5/27/25
Dr. Gary Sprouse received a Gold Medal in the 2025 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY Awards) for his book, Highway to Your Happy Place: A Roadmap to Less Stress. The awards honor the best independently published titles around the world, recognizing excellence & innovation in publishing.
Award win:
Visible Voice Expy
6/27/24
Dr. Gary Sprouse strolled the red carpet at the Golden Gala Awards Ceremony where he received the Visible Voice EXPY award for his podcast, Happiness Highway. Check out the video. “Special thanks to my wife, Terri for co-hosting and to Chad Alvarez at Digital Curve Media & Marketing for producing.”
Award win:
Quilly® award
2024
Gary Sprouse, M.D. received a Quilly® award for his contribution to Mindset Matters, a collaboration with Jack Canfield & best-seller on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The Quilly® Award was founded by the National Academy of Best-Selling Authors® to commemorate an author’s achievement of being named to a nationally recognized Best-Seller list.
Award win:
Goody business book award
2024
Highway to Your Happy Place: A Roadmap to Less Stress by Gary Sprouse, M.D. won a Goody Business Book Award. The awards are presented by Goody PR to honor 100% social impact book books, and were recognized in the Top 8 Business Book Awards for 2023 by Write Business Results.