The CIPA Evvy Award judges have since reviewed all the submissions received from all eligible authors and publishers to arrive upon the EVVY Award Finalists.  Those finalists will all be honored with either a 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place, or Merit Award within each applicable category at the annual EVVY Awards on May 17th in Denver, Colorado. Outskirts Press executives will be on hand to accept the awards on behalf of authors not able to appear in person.

Outskirts Press is proud to announce that it has thirteen talented finalists being honored, the most among all participating publishers. We’re sure the CIPA judges had to make tough choices to narrow our amazing list of nominees to these thirteen finalists, presented below in alphabetical order.

Winning a first, second, or third place EVVY Award is a prerequisite to being named the Outskirts Press Best Book of the Year award-winner and walking away with the $1,500 Grand Prize. More details and announcements regarding our own annual Book Contest will appear on this blog in a few weeks.

In the meantime, here are the 2012 Outskirts Press EVVY Finalists. Congratulations to them all!

It is now easier than ever to promote your award-winning book with the Award Recognition Cover Enhancement or Award Recognition Webpage Enhancement, which puts a permanent award-winning seal on every new printed copy of your book or your author webpage, respectively. Published, award-winning Outskirts Press authors can order this option conveniently from their Marketing Solutions screen by clicking here.

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So what do you get when you win? In addition to the ability to promote your work as an “award-winning” book, you get critical exposure on both the Readers Favorite and Outskirts Press award channels — in addition to the following:

• Award-Winning Author Recognition – Each winner/finalist will be able to promote themselves and their book as an award-winning author and award-winning book, respectively. We make it easy by offering authors many options for to enhance their book covers and online presence upon winning an award.
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  Medal Award Ceremony and Media Coverage – Winners and finalists are invited to the Readers Favorite Medal Award Ceremony during the week of the Miami Book Fair International, the largest book fair in the nation. The street fair will feature hundreds of booths manned by authors, publishers and other literary professionals. Readers Favorite will have a full booth all three days of the street fair where they will display all the winning books from to hundreds of thousands of visitors. Authors who are able to attend the event may bring books for sale at the booth.

• Book Review and Critique – All entrants receive a complete book review which will be posted on the Readers Favorite website, Barnes & Noble, Google Books and Facebook (unless your book has already been reviewed by the Readers Favorite team).
• Display of your Book Cover, Summary and Award Image on Readers Favorite Website – Winners and finalists will be featured on Contest Results Page via a link under the search box at the top left of every page on the Readers Favorite website.
• Professional, High Distribution Press Release – Both Readers Favorite and Outskirts Press announce the results of the competition through premium press releases and blog posts sent to a variety of media contacts and other authors.

The best (and easiest) part is: we can handle all of the submission details for you, including: sending a copy of your book to the judges, paying your award submission fee, and completing the entry forms for you (for two categories). This all comes with our Readers Favorite Book Awards Submission option.

Click here for details or to reserve your spot now. Don’t wait – the deadline for consideration for this year’s award program is Friday, April 27, 2012.

Here are the 2 finalists:

The winners will be determined by a panel of librarians and booksellers selected from our readership. Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners, as well as Editor’s Choice Prizes for Fiction and Nonfiction will be announced at a special program at the ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim this June. The winners of the two Editor’s Choice Prizes will be awarded $1,500 each.

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If your book has a copyright of 2011 or 2012, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity you don’t want to miss! Now that so many books are published each year, customers look for “award-winning” books to spend their hard-earned dollars on. The only way to have an award-winning book is to enter contests, and this is one of the most prestigious.

We can handle all of the submission details for you, including: printing copies of your book for the judges, mailing your book to the judges, paying your award submission fee, and completing the entry forms for you. This all comes with our Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards Submission option.

So what do you get when you win? In addition to the ability to promote your work as an “award-winning” book, there are various awards provided by Writer’s Digest, including their grand prize: $3000 in cash and a trip to New York City!

Tagged: award-winning book, outskirts press, Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards ]]> http://selfpublishingnews.com/2012/03/22/self-publishing-award-deadline-2012-writers-digest-self-published-book-awards/feed/ 0 elconnors Order Now http://selfpublishingnews.com/2012/03/12/2011-reader-views-literary-award-winners-in-self-publishing-announced/ http://selfpublishingnews.com/2012/03/12/2011-reader-views-literary-award-winners-in-self-publishing-announced/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:49:50 +0000 Elise L. Connors http://selfpublishingnews.com/?p=6913 ]]> The Reader Views 2011 Literary Award Winners have been announced!

Congratulations to all Outskirts Press authors who won.  Here is the full list:

Second Place
Body/Mind/Spirit
A Master @ Life!
Harold L. Lamma II

First Place
Business/Sales/Economics
What to Charge
Laurie Lewis

*What to Charge also won Second Place in the Writing/Publication category

Second Place
General Fiction
Millennial Fears
Debbie Boucher

First Place
History/Science
The Art of the Roman Catacombs
Gregory S. Athnos

First Place
History/Science
Russia’s Prestige
Kashif Parvaiz

Second Place
History/Science
SAT & BAF!
Doug DePew

Second Place
Humanities
Making a Meal of It
Jui-shan Chang, PhD

Second Place
Poetry
The Lament
Ercell H. Hoffman

First Place
Religion (Eastern/Western)
Breaking the Bonds of Adult Child Abuse
Sister Renee Pittelli

Second Place
Religion (Eastern/Western)
I Want to Know My Future
Linda Dipman

First Place
Self-Help
March Forth
Marci A. Schmitt

Second Place
Societal Issues (Politics/Society/Etc)
House of Cards
Theodore Jerome Cohen

Outskirts Press authors swept most categories – with the most winners in History/Science, Religion (Eastern/Western), and Self-Help categories.

Congratulations again to all of the award-winning authors.

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Winners will be announced soon. Congratulations (and good luck) to the following Outskirts Press Finalists:

Congratulations to all our finalists! Since Outskirts Press publishes so many award-winning books, we make it easier than ever to promote your award with our Award Recognition Cover Enhancement and Award Recognition Webpage Enhancement options. For details and to order, visit the Marketing Options screen of your author’s center, or click the link above or the icon to the right.

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Each year, Outskirts Press officially nominates a small percentage of the books published during the year for submission to the Evvy Awards. Since a nomination is the first step toward receiving the Outskirts Press Best Book of the Year Award, this year the standards were exceedingly high; we nominated just 2% of the books we published in 2011. These nominations represent the very best of our publications as determined by Outskirts Press executives and members of the production teams. Potential nominees are notified via email in the fall. There is no obligation to accept the nomination; just being recognized is a great accomplishment.

Outskirts Press official nominees and winners receive additional exposure of their books in featured Outskirts Press marketing channels, including our blog, social media networks, and in our email newsletters.  The winners are announced during an awards ceremony hosted by the Colorado Independent Publishers Association on May 17, 2012.

Congratulations to this year’s Official Outskirts Press EVVY Award nominees, presented alphabetically below:

There’s more!

Do you know that as a result of being nominated for the EVVY Awards, these Outskirts Press authors have taken the first step toward winning the coveted Outskirts Press Best Book of the Year Award? Three of the nominees above who subsequently win an EVVY Award next May will be selected as Semi-Finalists for our annual Best Book of the Year Award and its $1,500 Grand Prize.  Stay tuned.

Wouldn’t you like to win an extra $1,500, and bragging rights as the author of the best book of the year published by Outskirts Press? Start publishing now, get nominated for an Evvy Award next fall, and your book could be in the running for the “Best Book of the Year Award” for 2012. If selected, you will also walk away with $1,500 credit to your account, which you can then use to publish your next book or purchase optional marketing services. For more information on rules and eligibility, click here: Best Book of the Year Award.

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Biography: General (Finalist) History: Media/Entertainment (Finalist)

Business: Reference (Finalist)

Business: Writing & Publishing (Finalist)

Fiction: Fantasy/Sci-Fi (Finalist) Fiction: Romance (Finalist)

Fiction: Gay & Lesbian (Finalist)

Fiction: Visionary (Finalist)

Health: General (Finalist)

Health: Sex/Sexuality (Winner)

Health: Women's Health (Finalist)

History: Military/Political (Finalist)

History: United States (Finalist)

Non-Fiction: Narrative (Finalist)

Parenting/Family: General (Finalist)

Poetry: Inspirational (Finalist)

Religion: Christianity (Finalist)

Women's Issues (Finalist)

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Reader Views Literary Awards – November 18th, 2011
Benjamin Franklin Awards – November 30th, 2011
ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Award – December 16th, 2011

Outskirts Press published authors can purchase any of these a-la-carte award submission option individually. Or… select the package and save 25% on all 6 award contests throughout the year. Enjoy maximum convenience by allowing us to submit your book to 6 recognized, vetted, and legitimate book award contests, some of which offer major cash and prizes (Writer’s Digest and Foreword) and all of which offer the chance for extra exposure, recognition, and the chance to claim “award-winning” during your marketing efforts. Click here for more information about the Book Award Submissions Package.

It used to be that simply having a published book was indicative of supremely high quality, but now that self-publishing is available for everyone, winning a book award is one of the most powerful and effective ways you can make your book stand above the crowd. With so many book awards and contests available, Outskirts Press has pre-screened and vetted 6 contests. Outskirts Press can facilitate the submission details to all these contests for you. With your purchase of this package and your eligible book, we will handle all the details, including

• the award submission fee
• registering your book with the contest
• sending them each the necessary review copies of your book
• accurately and completely filling out the necessary entry forms
• selecting the most appropriate category for your book (if we’re not sure, we’ll ask you)
• shipping and handling costs of your book to each of the contest’s multiple judges

Many awards only accept books in the current copyright year (some will accept older books). If you just published your book this year, it is definitely the time to enter before it’s too late!

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Award season is looming. This is a busy time for self-publishing authors. As the top self-publishing and book marketing company, we like to keep our authors abreast of award season happenings – including deadlines and ways to save on entry fees, etc.

The below information was extracted directly from the International Book Awards website:

The 3rd Annual International Book Awards (IBA 2012) are specifically designed to be a promotional vehicle for authors and publishers to launch their careers, open global markets and compete with talented authors and publishers throughout the world.

• Open to all books with a copyright date between 2009-2012, published in the English language with an ISBN and currently available for sale online to global consumers.

• Affordable Entry Fee! $69.00 per title/per category. Over 150 active categories to choose from including e-books, audiobooks,  first time author and design categories. OCTOBER SPECIAL! $20 off regular entry fee! Through October 31, 2011, your entry fee is $49.00 per title/per category!

ENTRY FEES AND DEADLINE

$69.00 USD per title/per category
OCTOBER SPECIAL! $20 off regular entry fee!
Through October 31, 2011, your entry fee is $49.00 per title/per category!

• Final Entry Deadline is April 30, 2012. (All entries must be postmarked on or before April 30, 2012)
• Winners and Finalists will be announced nationally at the Book Expo America in New York City June 5-7, 2012.
• Eligible titles must have a 2009-2012 publication date, published in English and have an ISBN number.
• Galley copies are welcome.
• All entry fees must be paid via online or by check/money order in U.S. Dollars (“USD” must be pre-printed on all international checks/money orders)
• All sales are final. All entry books become the property of JPX Media Group and will not be returned.
• JPX Media reserves the right to refuse/reject any entry into The 2012 International Book Awards for any reason. Refused entries will be returned to sender with the original check intact.

Please visit www.internationalbookawards.com for more details and to enter.

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