Happy Labor Day from Outskirts Press! Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States and Canada, celebrated on the first Monday of September. It honors the contributions of workers to society and the labor movement. In the US, it was first celebrated in 1882 and became a national holiday in 1894. The day … Continue reading Top 10 Perfect Books for Labor Day
Category: Awards
Each year, Outskirts Press officially nominates a small percentage of the books published during the year for submission to the Colorado Independent Publishers Association (CIPA) EVVY Awards. 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. These finalists will … Continue reading 2023 Outskirts Press EVVY Awards Finalists Announced
If you are looking for some fresh and original reads from independent authors, you might want to check out the Indie Book Awards, also known as the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. This is a literary awards program that recognizes and honors authors and publishers of exceptional independently published books in 70 different categories. The … Continue reading Boulder Girl and Curious – Two Indie Book Awards Finalists
Book awards give readers an important clue about the quality of a self-published book, and this year’s award season says a lot about Outskirts Press and its authors. We’re thrilled to have eight of our authors recognized in the 2020/2021 Reader Views Reader's Choice Literary Awards. Your success speaks to the many reasons we’ve been … Continue reading Outskirts Press Authors Are Honored in the Reader Views Reviewer’s Choice Literary Awards
Attention all Colorado-based authors, editors, illustrators and photographers: Outskirts Press is once again sponsoring the annual Colorado Book Awards, and we encourage your submissions for the 2021 Awards! The annual event is run by the Colorado Center for the Book, the program department of the Colorado Humanities, which is dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of … Continue reading Outskirts Press Proudly Sponsors the 2021 Colorado Book Awards
2019 was another banner year for self-publishing and for Outskirts Press authors specifically. Thanks to the talents and determination of the writers who published with us in 2019, many were rewarded with multiple awards and recognitions, which as we all know can be next to priceless when it comes to marketing a book in this … Continue reading 2019 Self-Publishing Retrospective. A Year in Review and a Look Ahead
Attention all Colorado-based authors, editors, illustrators and photographers: Outskirts Press is once again sponsoring the annual Colorado Book Awards, and we encourage your submissions for the 2020 Awards! The annual event is run by the Colorado Center for the Book, the program department of the Colorado Humanities, which is dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of … Continue reading Outskirts Press Proudly Sponsors the 2020 Colorado Book Awards
Congratulations to George Yuhasz for his extraordinary wins at the Independent Author Book of the Year Awards, where his Outskirts Press book Imagine That was a finalist in the Children's Juvenile Fiction Category and a winner in the Outstanding Children's Fiction Illustrated Category. (Just take a look at his book to see why!) George Yuhasz … Continue reading Another Award-Winning Self-Publishing Author From Outskirts Press
The votes are in and for the third time in nine years the winner of the 2019 Outskirts Press Best Book of the Year is Andrew Ceroni, author of the CIA thriller, The Red Shore! The three finalists in our annual Best Book of the Year contest all won First Place EVVY Awards during the … Continue reading Andrew Ceroni is the 2019 Best Book of the Year Author
Congratulations to Katie Patterson and Debra Parker Oliver, two more self-publishing authors who have just won Next Generation Indie Book Awards for their Outskirts Press publications. Everything Happens for a Reason in RIDE. Seventeen-year-old Alyson Butler is living a dream life in Los Angeles, California, and she’s hoping for the perfect summer before her senior … Continue reading Two More Outskirts Press Authors Have Just Won Awards