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Congratulations and sincere thanks to the independent authors and publishers who participated in our 20th annual, 2016 independent publisher book awards contest. Congratulations and sincere thanks to the independent authors and publishers who participated in our 20th annual, 2016 independent publisher book awards. Apr 09, 2018 congratulations to the 30th annual ibpa benjamin franklin award winners for excellence in book publishing. The independent book publishers association ibpa is excited to announce finalists in the 32nd annual ibpa benjamin franklin awards program. Being young and arab in america, which won an american book award and the arab american book award in 2009. Goodreads choice award, rita award by romance writers of america, locus award, dorothy canfield fisher childrens book award, nation. It is judged by a panel of over 120 librarians and booksellers to bring attention to some of the most innovative, creative, and beautiful books from independent presses and authors. These fifty awards represent a range of competitions from ones that are ongoing to monthly, annual or bi annual for a variety of genres and book types. We are proud to announce the 20th annual independent publisher book awards, conducted to honor the years best independently published titles. Apr 06, 2019 congratulations to the 31st annual ibpa benjamin franklin award winners for excellence in book publishing. Trishs fall photography named 2016 foreword indies book of the year awards finalist.
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Ucla professor of spanish and portuguese, hector calderon. The next generation indie book awards is the largest notforprofit book awards program for indie authors and independent publishers. The 76 medals went to publishers and authors representing 17 u. The independent publisher book awards ippys honor the years best books from independent and small press publishers. Sponsored by independent publisher since 1996, the ippy awards. A mong the dozens of awards for selfpublished books, there arent many that are worth winning. The independent publisher book awards were conceived in 1996 as a. If you win any readers favorite award level in our annual book award contest, your listing in the clcd will be automatically updated to display your award, setting your book apart to the countless literary professionals who use the database. Congratulations to the winners of the 9th annual axiom business book awards. The awards are intended to bring increased recognition to the thousands of exemplary independent, university, and. Announcing the results of the 2019 independent publisher book awards. Slate roof bible 2004 independent publisher book award finalist. October 22, 2019 hector calderon, a ucla professor of spanish american, mexican, and chicanao literature and cultures, was awarded first place for best academic themed book at the 21 st annual international latino book awards on sept. We are proud to announce the 20th annual independent publisher.
New york publishers, university presses, and independent publishers of all sizes. Nov 01, 2019 the aztlan mexican studies reader, 19742016 was also awarded second place in the category best latino focused nonfiction book english and in may the reader was recognized at the 2019 independent publisher book awards with a bronze award in the book series category for nonfiction. The number of self published titles produced annually has grown 437% in five years. The majority of selfpublished book awards dont confer any benefit to the author, other than a seal that winners often must pay for. Industry news about the publishing industry, print and ebooks, publishers, book deals, publishing jobs, book fairs and trade shows, and book marketing. Prnewswire independent book publishing professionals group has. Each winning book receives a medal, a personalized certificate, and 20 sample seals. Whistler independent book awards, new in 2016, is open to canadian selfpublished authors. The associations members presently include the states preeminent book publishers, consultants, and distributors. Now accepting entries into the 7th annual 2020 new apple book awards book awards. Jane brox, helen fremont, dzvinia orlowsky, and martha rhodes, four way press first works were of poetry in 1995. The ippy conducted annually, the independent publisher book awards honor the years best independently published titles from around the world. Book awards are an honor for authors and publishers, and they can.
Your book trips, travels and dreams how lsd saved me entered in the life stories category was included in the 2019 writers digest 28th annual selfpublished book awards and was considered, along with all submissions, for the prizes. Here are the results of the 2016 independent publisher regional and ebook awards, presented to the years best titles published in these important and growing divisions of independent publishing. It is the longestrunning unaffiliated contest open exclusively to independent presses. The list is supplied as information for authors and selfpublishers interested in pursuing awards and citations as a means to their own publishing goals. The ippy awards were conceived as a broadbased, unaffiliated awards program open to all members of the independent publishing industry, and are open to authors and publishers worldwide who produce books written in english and. The photographing tourist wins ten book awards noyes travels. The national indie excellence awards niea is open to all english language printed books available for sale, including small presses, midsize independent publishers, university presses, and selfpublished authors. Building on the success and legacy of the bookseller industry awards the trade nibbies, 2016 marked the first step, and a stepchange, in the way the book trade. Headline books is an acclaimed independent publisher that has been helping authors succeed for over 33.
The 2016 axiom medalists at the ceremony in chicago. Presented since 1976, the awards annually recognize distinguished professional and scholarly books, reference works, journals, and electronic content. Last fall and winter, we entered book design made simple in some independent publishing book award contests. For the regional, ebook, and outstanding category medalists, click the links below. Entries are limited to independently indie published books, including those from small presses, ebook publishers, and selfpublished authors. The independent publisher book awards, also styled the ippy awards, is a set of annual book awards for independently published titles. Book awards for selfpublished authors including them here should not be taken as an endorsement of the competition or its sponsors.
The biba is a selfsponsored international award annually. The ibpa benjamin franklin award program, which include over fifty categories recognizing excellence in book editorial and design, are regarded as one of the highest national honors for independent publishers. Specialising in general business publications for the professional reader lid is headquartered in madrid and london with satellite offices in mexico city, shanghai, new delhi, new york city, buenos aires and bogota. The books are winners of the 2016 next generation indie book. Each year the florida authors and publishers association fapa sponsors the fapa presidents book awards, which recognizes book publishing excellence and creativity in design, content, and production for authors and publishers. Including them here should not be taken as an endorsement of the competition or its sponsors. He is professor of english at brooklyn college, city university of new york cuny. Conducted annually, the independent publisher book awards honor the years best independently published titles from around the world. Congratulations to the 30th annual ibpa benjamin franklin award winners for excellence in book publishing. Enter your book in the foreword indies, a book awards program honoring the best of indie publishing each year. The ip book awards by no coincidence concur with bookexpo america bea, the largest publisher trade show of the year.
Book publishers have always counted on awards to highlight the best offerings in a genre or category, thats true now more than ever. The next generation indie book awards are the largest international awards program for independent publishers indie book awards homepage the largest international awards. New apples annual book awards for excellence in independent publishing were established to honor the creative achievements within the world of indie and. View les kollegians profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Nico calavita, recently retired after teaching for 30 years in the graduate program in city planning at san diego state university, received the marilyn gittell urban affairs association. The details of the competitions are many and varied submission criterion, deadlines, award dates, prizes, entry fees etc. Here are the gold, silver and bronze medalists in our 80 national categories. Selfpublished book awards the writers union of canada. Jan 14, 2017 a mong the dozens of awards for selfpublished books, there arent many that are worth winning.
Collecting old maps was named gold medalist in the reference book category of the 2016 independent publisher book awards the independent publisher book awards honor the years best independently published books at the annual bookexpo america, the largest publishing event in north america. About the ippy awards independent publisher book awards. Book prizes and publishing industry awards publishers weekly. Jun 15, 2016 usa best book awards is sponsored by usa book news and i310 media group. The 2020 new apple book awards for excellence in independent publishing. A paid trip to the writers digest annual conference, including a coveted pitch slam slot. Midwest book awards honor the publishers in the 12state midwest publishing community who are producing quality. And many of these contests are run by media groups that use them as a way to drum up business. The independent publisher book awards were conceived in 1996 as a broadbased, unaffiliated awards program open to all members of the independent publishing industry, and are open to independent authors and publishers worldwide who produce books intended for an english speaking audience. Awarded the independent publishers guild, independent and academic publisher of the year award awards won by our authors, editors and societies 2016. The next generation indie book awards are the largest international awards program for independent publishers. He is the editor of midnight on the mavi marmara and coeditor of the edward said reader. Celebrating our 20th anniversary this year, we are now accepting entries for books with 2014 2016 s or released between january 1, 2014 and february 27, 2016.
It was announced today that a secret history of the ollie took a gold medal in the 20th annual 2016 independent publisher book awards. Slate roof bible, 2nd edition, named a finalist in the reference category. The hawaii book publishers association hbpa, established in 1986, is a notforprofit organization whose purpose is to promote book publishing in hawaii. Before the fancy party at book expo and the welldressed winners arrive to accept their awards, the independent publisher book awards ippys is a labor of love nearly a year in the making. Established in 2016 to recognize excellence in canadian independent publishing, the whistler independent book awards offers prizes in two categories. Lid publishing, more commonly referred to as lid, is a publishing and communications company founded in 1993. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded in each category. One first prize winner in each category will receive. The prose awards professional and scholarly excellence are presented by the association of american publishers aap professional and scholarly publishing psp division.
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