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2012 Evvy Award Winners Announced

Outskirts Press — Wed, 23 May 2012 10:30:50 +0000

On May 17th in Denver, Colorado, the CIPA judges presented the winners of the 2012 Evvy Award winners. Outskirts Press executives (along with a few winners) were on hand to accept the awards for each winner.

CEO Brent Sampson and COO Jeanine Sampson display 6 of the 15 EVVY Awards won by Outskirts Press authors at the 18th Annual CIPA EVVY Awards.

Winning an EVVY Award is a prerequisite to being named the Outskirts Press 2011 Best Book of the Year award-winner and walking away with the $1,500 Grand Prize. The Outskirts Press 2011 Best Book of the Year award recognizes the best book published by Outskirts Press in 2011 as decided by you, our social community.

Stay tuned next week for the announcement of the three finalists from among our EVVY winners below. Public voting for the winner of the 2011 Outskirts Press Best Book of the Year Award begins on this blog on Friday, June 1.

In the meantime, congratulations to all our winners!

1st Place

Autobiography/Memoirs

2nd Place

Fiction

Juvenile/Young Adult

Workbooks

Religion

Autobiography/Memoirs

Outskirts Press author Robert B. Wiley, Lt. Col., USAF, Ret. accepts his 2nd Place EVVY Award for “Struggles, Service, and Smiles” at the Colorado Independent Publishers Association EVVY Awards Ceremony.

3rd Place

Juvenile/Young Adult

Fiction

Autobiography/Memoirs

Outskirts Press author Vera Carolyn Snyder accepts her 3rd Place EVVY Award for “Surviving the Simple Life” at the Colorado Independent Publishers Association EVVY Awards Ceremony.

Merit Award

Parenting/Family

Fiction

Juvenile/Young Adult

Inspirational/Spiritual

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Official Outskirts Press EVVY Award Nominees for 2011

Neeraj Sachdeva — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:42:50 +0000

The Evvy Awards are widely acclaimed for recognizing excellence in independently published books. Offered every year, these awards are sponsored by the Colorado Independent Publishers’ Association, and judged by a panel of professionals on a qualitative scale of merit in nineteen different categories.

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.

Are you an author looking for help to market your self-published book?

Tagged: Best Book Awards, evvy awards, outskirts press, self-publishing

Best Book of the Year Finalists Announced

Outskirts Press — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:11:27 +0000

Last year Outskirts Press announced a new contest recognizing the best in self-publishing: its own Best Book of the Year Award. This award identifies the overall best book Outskirts Press publishes each year. One of the requirements to be considered for the Best Book of the Year Award is to win an EVVY Award. Those winners were displayed in yesterday’s blog posting.

From among the most recent EVVY Award winners, Outskirts Press selected three books as Best Book of the Year 2010 finalists. Those books and their respective authors were identified and notified yesterday. Please join us in publicly congratulating them today:

The Key To Job Success In Any Career, by Frank B. Leibold, Ph.D.

Frank B. Leibold, Ph.D., after a distinguished 30 year business career with three multinational corporations and nine jobs-culminating in the position of Group President- re-tooled himself by returning to school and obtaining his Ph.D. Frank then became a nationally recognized university professor of marketing while founding his own global management consulting company. He and his wife reside in South Carolina and spend time traveling to visit and spoil their nine grand-children- two in Australia.

In The Key to Job Success in Any Career, Leibold develops six scientifically validated Lifelong Transferable Competencies (LTCs) that are required for success in any job or career. He then offers over 60 practical suggestions on how you can enhance your future employment options by developing your own LTCs to improve your career transitions and influence.

More about The Key to Job Success in Any Career and its author will be posted on this blog on April 11th. And everyone can play a role in determining who wins the Best Book of the Year award and its $1,500 Grand Prize by participating in the open poll on this blog on April 15th.

Psych Consults, by Robert J. Mignone, M.D., F.A.P.A.

For decades, Robert J. Mignone, M.D., F.A.P.A., has helped people bounce back from all kinds of crises. A top-ranked psychiatrist in southwest Florida, Dr. Mignone has been called a gifted and inspirational speaker—in person and on TV. A two-time cancer survivor, Mignone shares his experiences in Ordinary Valor: How Cancer Saved My Life, Not Once, But Twice. He is also the author of Psychiatric Injury: Evaluation and Treatment of Psychiatric Impairment and Damages.

Full of practical information backed up by decades of experience, Dr. Mignone’s Psych Consults is a must-read for anyone who wants to learn more about mental health. This scholarly yet accessible book is designed for any adult seeking to recognize and treat everything from depression to specific issues faced by children and seniors.

More about Psych Consults and its author will be posted on this blog on April 12th. And everyone can play a role in determining who wins the Best Book of the Year award and its $1,500 Grand Prize by participating in the open poll on this blog on April 15th.

The Beads of Lapis Lazuli, by Doris Kenney Marcotte

Doris Kenney Marcotte has turned decades of studying Minoan civilization into two novels. She has researched at the Athens National Museum, the Heraklion Archeological Museum on Crete, and the British Museum in London, among others. She lives in River House in New Richmond, Ohio, and Hilltop House in Wyoming, Ohio.

The Beads of Lapis Lazuli is part mystery and part psychological drama as it mixes history, obsession, and the paranormal for an exhilarating read. Bridging time and space, the story is about seeking truth, taking control of our lives and discovering the unknown strength within each of us.

More about The Beads of Lapis Lazuli and its author will be posted on this blog on April 13th. And everyone can play a role in determining who wins the Best Book of the Year award and its $1,500 Grand Prize by participating in the open poll on this blog on April 15th.

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Self Publishing Newsletter Announces $1,500 Book Awards

Outskirts Press — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:59:36 +0000

The Self-Publishing and Book Marketing Newsletter for July 1, 2010 has been distributed. You can read the newsletter in its entirety by clicking here. Here is the lead story:

The “Christmas in July” promotion announces the Best Book of the Year Award and your opportunity to receive $1,500!

Simply order your publishing package this month and publish your book this year. No promotion code is necessary. If your book is recognized next spring as the Outskirts Press Best Book of the Year, $1500 will be credited to your account:

Consider it a refund (and then some) on your award-winning publishing package
Or use it to publish your next book (or two) with Outskirts Press for free
Or use it to purchase optional marketing services or products to promote your award-winning book

Regardless of what you do with the $1500, an exclusive award graphic will be added to your cover design as a permanent testament to your book’s quality. Your book will be the ONLY book in the world that features the “Outskirts Press 2010 Best Book of the Year” award-seal on its cover.

Are you ready to start publishing and see if your book has what it takes to win? Choose from one of these two packages:

The Pearl is for a full-color interior
The Diamond is for a black/white interior

Here’s how the Best Book of the Year Award is determined.

1. To win the Outskirts Press Best Book of the Year Award, your book must be among those books we publish every year that win an EVVY Award. The EVVY Awards are the annual independent awards held by the Colorado Independent Publishers Association in recognition of excellence in independently-published books.

2. Your book must receive an Official Outskirts Press EVVY Nomination from us in the fall, and you must accept the nomination, which includes the EVVY Nomination entry fee, the cost of the judge’s copies for your book, and the shipping/handling fee to complete your application on your behalf.

3. In addition to a well-written book, Official Outskirts Press EVVY Award Nominations are based upon 4 main criteria:

The book must be published with the Outskirts Press Diamond or full-color Pearl package
The book must have a custom cover
The book must be edited
The book must be in English

Only the top 5% of the books we publish are nominated for the EVVYs. We typically nominate between 50-75 books each year. Yes, that means once your book is nominated, you have at least a 1/75 chance to win the Best Book of the Year Award, although this is NOT a contest of chance. Award-winning books are based upon the talent and tenacity of the author.

4. Your book must win an EVVY Award to be considered to be our Best Book of the Year. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place EVVY Awards are awarded in a number of different categories. Yes, that means in order to be recognized as the Outskirts Press Best Book of the Year, your book has to win an award. Makes sense, right? Typically 10-20 of our books win EVVY Awards.

5. EVVY-winning books published by Outskirts Press are announced in the spring at an Awards Banquet in Denver. All EVVY Award-winning books receive promotion, framed awards, marketing materials, and other perks that are independent of the Best Book of the Year Award.

6. From among all the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place EVVY-winning Outskirts Press books, the top 3 will be chosen by Outskirts Press to be the Best Book of the Year finalists. These choices are final. All three finalist books will receive extensive promotion in our newsletters and on our social networks, including links to the respective author webpages, book video trailers (if any), ebook or Kindle editions (if any), and any other marketing efforts the three authors have put into place. Award-winning authors realize that marketing and promotion are a vital piece of success.

7. The ultimate Outskirts Press Best Book of the Year Award will be determined by the SelfPublishingNews.com blog readership in an open, public vote. Yes, that means the three finalists hold their own fate in their hands. The Best Book of the Year Award is meant to demonstrate to agents, editors, and publishers that the author has the talent and tenacity to excel. Being a finalist means you have the talent. Do you have the marketing tenacity to get the most votes for YOUR book in an open, public vote? Leverage your Twitter and Facebook accounts; email everyone you know to vote for your book; the voting will determine the most talented writer with the best author platform.

It could be you walking away with $1,500 and the Best Book of the Year Award!

Start publishing today.

The Pearl is for a full-color interior
The Diamond is for a black/white interior

While this is the first year of our official Outskirts Press Best Book of the Year Award, we did hold a similar promotion last December and you can learn about the book and author who won by clicking here.

Even if you don’t win the Best Book of the Year Award, you will join thousands upon thousands of other satisfied authors who have received top-quality service for their top-quality publication (and countless Outskirts Press authors have gone on to win OTHER awards, anyway).

For all the Book Award details, and to hear from an Outskirts Press author in her own words, click here.

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16 EVVY Award-winning books

Outskirts Press — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:23:04 +0000

It seems like just recently, award-winning authors from Outskirts Press were recognized by the Reader Views Literary Book Awards.

Now, Outskirts Press leads the way with the most awards in the 16th Annual CIPA EVVY Awards. On hand to accept the awards on behalf of our talented group of award-winning authors were:

Back Row: Karl, Brent, Shirley, Debra, Ellen, Caroline
Front Row: Jeanine, Trinity

Here are the 2010 EVVY Award Winners from Outskirts Press, where award-winning authors publish award-winning books:

FIRST PLACE

The Gate of Beautiful, by Gerald Rasmussen
Spirituality/Religion Category

The Bethlehem Scroll, by Bill Thompson
Fiction Category

Harness the Power of Exceptional Customer Service, by Gaylyn R. Williams
Business/Finance Category

The Messy Buddha, by Kate McLennan, D.Min.
Inspirational Category

SECOND PLACE

Tirissa and the Necklace of Nulidor, by Willow
Juvenile Category

Charlie – A Boy With Reading Difficulties and His Dream, by Vassiliki Plomaritou
Parenting/Family Category

Mr. Emotions & Friends, by Glenna S. Edwards & Karen Henriques
Workbooks Category

Let Your Innate Sing, by Dr. William A. Kriva
Legacy Category

THIRD PLACE

Emerge, by Ken Jibben
Spirituality/Religion

Virginia’s Travel Basket, by Sharon M. Harvey
Juvenile Category

Harness the Power of Exceptional Customer Service, by Gaylyn R. Williams
How To Category

Khan in Rasputin’s Shadow, by Chad Huskins
Fiction Category

Life Against All Odds, by Alfred Cave
Legacy Category

Merit Awards

The Reluctant Survivor, by Kathy Ferrell Powell
Legacy Category

Mickey Mantle Is Going To Heaven, by Fritz Peterson
Memoirs Category

The Transition, by Dennis Niewoehner
Self-Help Category

Rainbow Bed, by Glenna S. Edwards
Juvenile Category

Congratulations to all our award-winning authors!

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

Ready to publish your own award-winning book? Click here for free publishing guides to help you get started.

Tagged: cipa, EVVY, self publish

Self Publishing Year in Review: Oct-Dec 2009

Outskirts Press — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:39:40 +0000

The fourth quarter started with the hotly-anticipated announcement of 3 additional trim sizes for self-publishing full-color paperback books : 5.5″ x 8.5″, 7″ x 10″, and 8″ x 10″. These sizes joined the already available full-color paperback sizes of 8.5″ x 8.5″ and 8.25″ x 11″.

Right on the heels of Outskirts Press landing nearly smack-dab in the middle of the Inc. 500 list at #268, venture capital firm Foundation Capital and Inc. Magazine honored Outskirts Press again in the 4th quarter with “best of the best” honors from among all 500 companies.

The 4th quarter marked the introduction of two exciting new marketing options for self-publishing writers, namely the custom t-shirt featuring the author’s cover; and the first iTunes option, namely the Enhanced Audio Excerpt, which includes a professional recording of the author’s excerpt and the creation of an iTunes graphic, plus “podcast level” distribution.

The Enhanced Audio Excerpt was the reward for the author of the most popular Halloween Book Video, as determined by readers of this blog in the 4th quarter. José Cepeda García’s book video trailer for his book, 21 Bizarre Short Stories, was voted the most popular, taking home 50% of the votes. Press play to watch the winning video:

José Cepeda García’s winning streak continued when 21 Bizarre Short Stories became an official Outskirts Press nominee for an EVVY Award, and was a finalist in the USA Book News Awards, joining 13 other Outskirts Press authors, including category winners Elise Cooke (for The Grocery Garden), J. Laurence Stillwell (for The Soldiers of the Cross), and Leon Newton (for Titus). Congratulations to them all!

Ex-New York Yankee Fritz Peterson hit a home run in the 4th quarter when his book Mickey Mantle is Going to Heaven, debuted on the Outskirts Press Top 10 Bestsellers List for September and stayed in the top 10 for October. Mickey Mantle is Going to Heaven is also an official Outskirts Press EVVY Award nominee.

Meanwhile (and speaking of New York), the following 12 Outskirts Press books were featured in a full-page ad in the December 13th issue of the New York Times Book Review:

Following Joe
Hanging on a Twisted Line
Hooked
How do Religious Figures Induce the Establishment of Sects?
The ‘I Love My Bible’ Commentary
Immaculate Deception
The Immigrants
Life Under the Corporate Microscope
Schrodinger’s Universe
Through the Triangle
Unstoppable Confidence
Wrongsized

Awards season got in full-swing in the 4th quarter with talented and hopeful self-publishing writers keeping the Author Support department busy with hundreds of submissions to major book awards like the Benjamin Franklin Awards and ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards.

And, of course, the 4th quarter marks the time of year when the official Outskirts Press EVVY nomination invitations are sent to select authors. Less than 5% of the books published by Outskirts Press are nominated for this prestigious annual award, currently in its 16th year.

Below are the official Outskirts Press EVVY nominees for the 2010 EVVY Awards. Please join us in congratulating them all!

The Young Guardians and the Genesis Spell

The Channel

The Ghost Tree

Let Your Innate Sing

Barnyard Babies To The Rescue

Dear Sebastian

Queen Vernita Visits the Blue Ice Mountains

Pieces ‘N Bits

The Messy Buddha

How I Lost Twenty Pounds N Kept It Off

The Reluctant Survivor

Heroes of Googley Woogley

Dose of Revenge

Eddie’s Wake

The Sara Chronicles

In the Land of Cotton

The Mystery of the Moaning Banshee

Mickey Mantle is Going to Heaven

Compulsion

Dream Chaser

The Expedition

The Gate of Beautiful

Privileged Information 101

Christmas Treena

Murdock Mystery #1

As Long As He Needs Me

Life Against All Odds

The Paradise Puzzle

Mysterious Magical Circus Family Kids

A Bridge of Doom

Khan in Rasputin’s Shadow

Empire of Peace

Virginia’s Travel Basket

To Rhyme Is Not A Crime

The Smile of a Man Lost

Unlocking the Poet’s Realm

Charlie – A Boy With Reading Difficulties and His Dream

Both Ends Burning

21 Bizarre Short Stories

The Student Prophet: Initiation Rites

Burnarounds: Unlocking The Double Digit Profit Code

The Wedding Palace

The Transition

Bobby and Troubador’s Great Adventure

Robbobell

Through The Triangle

Ribbons and Roses

Aurora of the Northern Lights

Rainbow Bed

Mr. Emotions & Friends

From an Otherwise Comfortable Room

Life and Times of a Ragamuffin

Looking Glass

Holly Hill

The Adventures of Magellan

Emerge

It’s in the Eyes

The Breakout Year

The Bethlehem Scroll

Cash in on the Obama $3 Trillion Spending Plan!

Ribbon Falls

Tirissa and the Necklace of Nulidor

Exploring the Sixth Sense

Tagged: evvy awards, inc magazine, self-publishing

Official Outskirts Press EVVY Award Nominees

Outskirts Press — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:07:15 +0000

The EVVY Awards recognize excellence in self-published books. Each fall, approximately 5% of the books published by Outskirts Press become finalists for official Outskirts Press nomination by receiving an invitation to participate from Outskirts Press.

Exemplary Outskirts Press books are nominated by the Author Support Department and OP Executive Team for submission to the EVVY Awards in the fall of the year of their copyright. For example, this past November select books with a copyright date of 2009 were invited to participate in the 2010 EVVY Awards by receiving an invitation via email from our Director of Author Support.

All the books published with our Diamond and Pearl packages are automatically eligible for EVVY Award Nominee consideration, but not all Diamond and Pearl books receive an official nomination. What makes a good EVVY Award Nominee? The same thing that makes any good award-winning book: A fantastic cover, strong, well-written content, and copyediting. These are the cornerstones of any good book. Fortunately, Outskirts Press offers the optional services necessary to turn an average book into a good one, and a good book into an award-winning one!

So, without further ado, please join us in congratulating this year’s Official Outskirts Press EVVY Award Nominees:

The Young Guardians and the Genesis Spell	by	Grady P. Brown
The Channel	by	Susan Alcott Jardine
The Ghost Tree	by	Daphne Oberon
Let Your Innate Sing	by	Dr. William A. Kriva
Barnyard Babies To The Rescue	by	Carol Italiano-Krivinskas
Dear Sebastian	by	Bianca Tora
Queen Vernita Visits the Blue Ice Mountains	by	Dawn Menge
Pieces ‘N Bits	by	William Ison
The Messy Buddha	by	Kate McLennan, D.Min.
How I Lost Twenty Pounds N Kept It Off	by	Caren Wong
The Reluctant Survivor	by	Kathy Ferrell Powell
Heroes of Googley Woogley	by	Dalton James
Dose of Revenge	by	Rhonda Thomas McWhirt
Eddie’s Wake	by	C. A. Peterson
The Sara Chronicles	by	L. Hughes
In the Land of Cotton	by	Martha A. Taylor
The Mystery of the Moaning Banshee	by	Fritz Peterson
Mickey Mantle is Going to Heaven	by	Barbara Carroll
Compulsion	by	Jennifer Chase
Dream Chaser	by	P. Christina Greenaway
The Expedition	by	Kerry Fusaro
The Gate of Beautiful	by	Gerald Rasmussen
Privileged Information 101	by	Rayford Lynn Butler Sr.
Christmas Treena	by	Carol A. Hanzl Birkas
Murdock Mystery #1	by	Sandy Zaugg
As Long As He Needs Me	by	Mary Verdick
Life Against All Odds	by	Alfred Cave
The Paradise Puzzle	by	Ed Jones
Mysterious Magical Circus Family Kids	by	R. Hawk Starkey
A Bridge of Doom	by	Kurt Paul Hotelling
Khan in Rasputin’s Shadow	by	Chad Huskins
Empire of Peace	by	Don L. Johnson
Virginia’s Travel Basket	by	Sharon M. Harvey
To Rhyme Is Not A Crime	by	Walter Brandenberg
The Smile of a Man Lost	by	J. Evan Johnson
Unlocking the Poet’s Realm	by	Matt Wiebusch
Charlie – A Boy With Reading Difficulties and His Dream	by	Vassiliki Plomaritou
Both Ends Burning	by	Craig Juntunen
21 Bizarre Short Stories	by	Jose Cepeda Garcia
The Student Prophet: Initiation Rites	by	James Nicholas Logue
Burnarounds: Unlocking The Double Digit Profit Code	by	Steven L. Blue
The Wedding Palace	by	M. Abdelsalam Elemary
The Transition	by	Dennis Niewoehner
Bobby and Troubador’s Great Adventure	by	Ronald Raver
Robbobell	by	Dr. Robert F. Hill
Through The Triangle	by	C.P. Stewart
Ribbons and Roses	by	V. M. Wolter and Joseph A. Zapalac
Aurora of the Northern Lights	by	Holly Hardin
Rainbow Bed	by	Glenna S. Edwards
Mr. Emotions & Friends	by	Glenna S. Edwards & Karen Henriques
From an Otherwise Comfortable Room	by	Roger Sakowski
Life and Times of a Ragamuffin	by	Russ Freeman
Looking Glass	by	Max Boneta, MA
Holly Hill	by	Scott Dahm
The Adventures of Magellan	by	T.L. Mann
Emerge	by	Ken Jibben
It’s in the Eyes	by	Charles Toftoy
The Breakout Year	by	Vicki Williams
The Bethlehem Scroll	by	Bill Thompson
Cash in on the Obama $3 Trillion Spending Plan!	by	Ed Benjamin, Colonel, USAF (Retired)
Ribbon Falls	by	Brad Anderson
Tirissa and the Necklace of Nulidor	by	Willow
Exploring the Sixth Sense	by	Dr. James E. Jones

The Awards Ceremony and Banquet is held in March by the Colorado Independent Publishers Association. Award-winners are announced at that time and soon thereafter our EVVY-Award winning authors are notified. Winners will also be featured on this blog.

We have an extra special announcement coming in 2010 that will involve next year’s EVVY Nominees, so now is the time to publish with Outskirts Press.

Tagged: evvy awards, self publish, self-publishing

Excellence in Self Publishing – 2011 EVVY Awards

Outskirts Press — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:02:50 +0000

Here is everything you ever wanted to know about the EVVY Book Awards…

What are the EVVY Awards?

The EVVY Awards recognize excellence in self-published books. Each year, 5% of the books published by Outskirts Press become finalists for official Outskirts Press nomination by receiving an invitation to participate from Outskirts Press.

When are books nominated by Outskirts Press?

Exemplary Outskirts Press books are nominated by the Author Support Department and OP Executive Team for submission to the EVVY Awards in the fall of the year of their copyright. For example, books with a copyright date of 2010 are invited to participate in the 2011 EVVY Awards by receiving an invitation via email in the fall of 2010.

The Outskirts Press Author Support Department will be notifying select authors of 2010 copyright books throughout the week of November 8th via email. If you receive an invitation from Outskirts Press, you have a limited amount of time to accept the nomination and take the steps outlined in the email.

Where are the EVVY Awards held?

The EVVY Awards Banquet and Awards Ceremony are held in Denver, Colorado in March of each year.

Who sponsors the EVVY Awards?

The EVVY Awards are named in honor of the first president of the Colorado Independent Publishers Association; and CIPA continues the tradition of recognizing excellence in self-published books with their annual EVVY Book Awards.

How do you win an EVVY Award?

In order to be considered for an official 2011 Outskirts Press EVVY Nomination, your book must be published with either the Diamond Publishing Package (for black/white) or the Pearl Publishing Package (for color) and have a copyright date of 2009. Having a custom cover and professional editing services significantly increases your chances.

Why should eligible authors accept their EVVY Award nomination and participate in the Awards?

Winning any kind of book award is one of the most recognized and effective methods of differentiating your book from the masses. The EVVY Awards improve the chances of your book winning an award because just being nominated to participate indicates your book is in the top 5%. In fact, recipients of the EVVY Invitation should strongly consider entering their book in additional book award contests. Details about saving 25% with the Book Awards Submission Package can be found by clicking here.

Furthermore, unlike many other national contests, the EVVY Awards typically involve less than 250 total books, among numerous categories. Plus, the CIPA EVVY Awards are nationally recognized as being indicative of excellence.

Along with the sense of pride and accomplishment that comes from winning the EVVY Award, Outskirts Press Officially Nominated EVVY Award-winning authors receive a variety of marketing and promotional materials, opportunities, and prizes. Depending upon the placing of your book among the winners, you may receive some or all of what is listed below:

Marketing materials like bookmarks and placards (all winners)
A framed award featuring the cover of your book (1st, 2nd, 3rd place winners)
Bonus blog and newsletter exposure (all winners)

Framed awards for the 6 First Place Outskirts Press Books from the 2009 Awards

Watch the video featuring 2009 EVVY Award Winners from Outskirts Press

Ready to publish your own award-winning book?

*originally posted in 2009 and revised in 2010 for the 2011 awards

Tagged: book awards, evvy awards, self-publishing

Previous Award Nominees

Outskirts Press — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:38:25 +0000

One tactic of successfully published authors is submitting your published book to awards and contests. But winning a nomination or award is only the beginning. It’s important to keep reminding readers and the public that your book is at the top of the heap.

With that in mind, let’s shine the spotlight on some of our EVVY Award Nominated Books from the past. After all, a good book is a good book, regardless of when it was published:

Autobiography/Memoirs
	Adios, Havana A Memoir by Andrew Rodriguez

	Yellowstone to Denali Bears, bison, poachers, thieves and other characters by Clay Cunningham
Biography/History
	Loving Larry A Tribute to the Lady Who Named Peptoboonsmal by Penny Wormet with Elaine Hall
	Plains Bound: Fragile Cargo Revealing Orphan Train Reality by Charlotte M. Endorf, Illustration by Sarah M. Endorf
Business/Finance
	I Want to Make Money in the Stock Market Learn to begin investing without losing your life savings! by Chris M. Hart, Sr.
Children’s/Juvenile
	Sneezy Neezy by Rick HandloserIllustrated by Shawn Byous

Diet/Health/Fitness
	How to Turn Your Body Into the Ultimate Fat-Burning MachineReprogram Your Body to Stop Storing Fat and Start Burning It… by Julie Arnold, M.A., C.P.T.




Humor

	Son of Orbiting Death-Ray Platform by Dr. Heinrich Heildmon
Inspirational/Self-Help

	Making a Difference Changing the World One Penny and One Minute at a Time by Dr. Rhonda Hackett
	My Journey to Know the Truth Healing the Broken Heart by Tony Kent
	Senior Moments Getting the Most Out of Your Golden Years by David Wayne Silva

All our Diamond and Pearl books are automatically eligible for EVVY Award Nominee Consideration. What makes a good EVVY Award Nominee? The same thing that makes any good award-winning book: A fantastic cover, strong, well-written content, and copyediting. These are the cornerstones of any book.

Ready to publish your own book?

Tagged: award winners, book awards, self-publishing

1st and 2nd Place Award Comparison

Outskirts Press — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:20:58 +0000

In the 2009 EVVY Book Awards, Outskirts Press authors won First and Second Place in the Humor Category. First Place was won by J. L. Durnin, for the book The Shady Nook Pageant.

The Shady Nook Pageant by J. L. Durnin

And Second Place was won by The PTA: Sex, Intrigue, and Designer Handbags, by Carol Olson & Cherie Rodgers.

The PTA by Carol Olson & Cherie Rodgers

In the interest of helping all authors understand what comprises an award-winning book, let’s take a closer look at comparing these two wonderful award-winning Outskirts Press publications:

	Shady Nook	The PTA
EVVY Award	1st Place	2nd Place
Category	Humor	Humor
Author Representative	Jennifer J.	Lisa H.
Title Production Supervisor	Lora G.	Michele C.
Custom Cover	Yes	Yes
Custom Cover Designer	Melanie S.	Melanie S.
Publishing Package	Diamond	Diamond
Page Count	164	153
Black/White or Full Color	Black/White	Black/White
Retail Price	$13.95	$12.95

J.L. Durnin, award-winning author of The Shady Nook Pageant, had this to say when notified of the award:

“Thank you for your congratulatory message. I am extremely gratified and honored to have won a 1st place award from the Colorado Independent Publishers Association in the prestigious 2009 EVVY Book Awards competition. I’m sure it would not have been possible, without help and support from Outskirts Press. It has be a pleasure to work with your organization, I will not hesitate to avail myself of your services for my next literary effort. From my personal experience, I recommend your services to any writer, neophyte or veteran, as a wise choice for self publishing authors.”

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