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Everything you want to know about the EVVY Book Awards for Self Publishing Authors
Here is the WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, and HOW about the EVVY Book Awards…
WHO:
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.
WHAT:
What are the EVVY Awards? The EVVY Awards recognize excellence in self-published books. Each year, every Diamond and Pearl book published by Outskirts Press is considered for EVVY Award eligibility. Less than 5% of the books we publish become finalists for official Outskirts Press nomination.
WHERE:
Where are the EVVY Awards held? The EVVY Awards Banquet and Awards Ceremony are held in Denver, Colorado in March of each year.
WHEN:
When are books nominated? Books are nominated for submission to the EVVY Awards in the fall of the year of their copyright. For example, books with a copyright date of 2009 are considered for official Outskirts Press nomination in the fall of 2009.
WHY:
Why should you be interested in winning an EVVY Award? Winning an award is one of the most recognized and effective methods of differentiating your book from the masses. Along with the sense of pride and accomplishment that comes from winning the 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)- 50 cover stickers (1st, 2nd, 3rd place winners)
- A framed award featuring the cover of your book (1st, 2nd, 3rd place winners)
- Bonus blog and newsletter exposure (all winners)
- An invitation to be featured in national advertising (selected nominees)
Framed awards for the 6 First Place Outskirts Press Books
HOW:
Add comment March 31, 2009
Official Outskirts Press EVVY Nominees
Every fall, Outskirts Press officially nominates the top 5% of its published titles for the Annual EVVY Book Awards. This year’s black-tie banquet and awards ceremony takes place March 28th in Denver, Colorado, hosted by the Denver-area’s #1-rated morning talk show co-host, Dom Testa of the “Dom & Jane Show.”
Stay tuned on Monday to see the Outskirts Press award-winners posted right here, from among the official nominees below. Congratulations to all our current (and past) EVVY nominated books. Just being nominated is a great honor.
EVVY Nominations (and particularly wins) are very competitive.
| Title | Author |
| Fixer | Ed Brodow |
| Piccolo, the Gray Robe | Robin M. Ambrozic |
| An Unlikely Place for Love | Ruth Ann Nordin |
| Winning Strategies to Ace the Job Interview | Barbara Hanks |
| Far Above Rubies | Laurenda Salandy |
| Glorified Chicken Coops | Tanya I. Cole |
| What To Do When You Become The Boss | Bob Selden |
| Title | Author |
| Stella Ducktropolis | Charlotte Barnes |
| Arlington’s Dream | Diane Marie McCarthy |
| Who’s There? | Sandra Jones Cropsey |
| Walking Through Walls | Two Lenz |
| Certain Mercies | Daril Bentley |
| Title | Author |
| The Wizard’s Legacy | Ashley Simmons |
| A Guide For Tortured Souls | Jeanne du Soleil |
| Memoirs of a Cold War Colonel | William MacArthur |
| Title | Author |
| Who’s Steering | George A. Eddy |
| Azulejo | Daphne A Oberon |
| Heal Depression Yourself! | Randy G. Sorter, MA, LPC, NCC |
| EverWing | MJ Grothoff |
| One Night Stand | Betty Shafer |
| Haints | Nash Black |
| The Land of Carina | Carol Garton |
| Hanover Easy | Debra P. Whitehead |
| Title | Author |
| Stay 40 | Richard Lippman |
| Earth School 101 | Alan Arcieri |
| Lioness of the Clan | Anthony Isoh |
| Title | Author |
| The Little Woman Handbook | Cheryl Hattrup |
| Queen Vernita’s Visitors | Dawn Menge |
| What Can We Do Next? | Toula Magi |
| Gene the Pumpkin Man | Carol Rhodes |
| Pathway to Pre-Algebra Proficiency | Susan Mercer |
| Christine Laffer: Tapestry and Transformation | Carole Greene |
| Adventures in Publishing | Brent Sampson |
| Title | Author |
| Through The Knot Hole | Winston S. Nurse |
| The Crow’s Nest: Flight Of Phantoms | Karen Lynn S. |
| Living and Practicing by Design | Dr. John Hayes, Jr. |
| The Shady Nook Pageant | J. L. Durnin |
| Family Secrets | R. A. Siracusa |
| The PTA | Carol Olson & Cherie Rodgers |
| Title | Author |
| My Time on the Clock | Wm. Joseph McFarland |
| Utopia Texas | Betty Byrd |
| The Coronado Brief | Justin Dwinnell |
| Red Sky Morning | Andrew J Rafkin |
| Whitie’s Gold | H. D. Williams |
| Fatal Waters | Iris Moss |
| Title | Author |
| Surviving Love in War | M.A. Cary |
| Clone’D’ | Bert Hunnersen |
| Peaceful Endings | Michael K. Tucker |
| His Name Was Donn | Evelyn Sweet-Hurd |
| The Next Falling Empire | Marc Boyajian |
| A Pawn of Fate | Rita Keeley Brown |
| Become Unstoppable | Lee Witt |
| A Worthy Legacy | Tomi Akinyanmi |
| Little Stories | Jeff Roberts |
| Title | Author |
| The Lemurian | Darin Williams |
| Betrayal | Norman Chance |
| Outside the Lavendar Closet | Martha A. Taylor |
| Female Empowerment – A Personal Journey | Kim Goff |
Yes, every publisher wants their books to win awards, but at Outskirts Press, not only do our authors win, but so do our production team members. Outskirts Press book designers, cover designers, and author representatives of EVVY Award-winning books receive cash bonuses if the book they worked on wins an award. In other words, our production team is motivated to make every single book we publish an Award-winning book.
Is it time to publish your own award-winning book? Start today…
Add comment March 27, 2009
