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It is the longestrunning unaffiliated contest open exclusively to independent presses. We have a partner membership for services which align with our code of standards and go through a vetting process. Congratulations and sincere thanks to the independent authors and publishers who participated in our 23rd annual, 2019 independent publisher book awards contest. The independent publisher book awards, also styled the ippy awards, is a set of annual book awards for independently published titles. In midapril, we got word that our book had won gold at the independent publisher ippy book awards.
Most everyone is conscious, and some are even crazyaware, of social distancing. Largest nonprofit trade association for independent publishers and author publishers in the u. Home to some of the most exciting opportunities in independent publishing. North america and overseas publishers who publish englishlanguage books. Here are the gold, silver and bronze medalists in our 83 general categories. The 2020 independent publisher book awards results. All entrants receive direct judge feedbackunique in the industry. The awards are intended to bring increased recognition to the thousands of exemplary independent, university, and selfpublished books released each year. 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. We now hang our masks up with our keys so that both are ready to go when were heading outside. Congratulations to to all all the the the winners winners winners winners. Salt publishing accepts submissions from agents only. Independent publisher book awards 2006 results ten outstanding books of the year and regional award winners one outstanding book winner and two honorable mentions in each of ten categories one best fiction and two honorable mentions and one best nonfiction and four honorable mentions in eight u.
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Founded in 1999 in cambridge, salt publishing is a ukbased award winning independent publisher who publishes different genres, including plays, poetry, literary biography, crime fiction, science fiction and short stories. The list is supplied as information for authors and self publishers interested in pursuing awards and citations as a means to their own publishing goals. They handed out gold, silver, and bronze medals to titles in 80 national, 9 outstanding books of the year, and 34 regional and ebook categories, all celebrating. Here are the gold, silver and bronze medalists in our 80 national categories. Thanks to all of the independent authors and publishers who participated in our 24th annual, 2020 independent publisher book awards contest. The awards are open to all members of the independent publishing industry, and to authors and publishers worldwide who produce books intended for an englishspeaking market. Since 1997, the independent publisher book awards have been recognizing the best independently published books each year read more about the history of the ippys. Yesterday, the results for the 2020 independent publisher book awards were revealed, and i am pleased to announce that the night weaver has won a silver in the horror category there are still so many emotions coursing through me im so honored to receive an ippy, and im filled with so much gratitude to be named alongside so many talented authors. 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. Explore and enter the independent publisher book awards at 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 appropriate for the north american market. Award recognition helps publishers and authors succeed in todays competitive publishing industry. Since the inaugural contest in 1996, nearly 5,000 books have received ippy awards, along with the recognition, credibility, and increased sales that a book award can bring. These medalists were chosen from our regular entries for exemplifying this daring spirit the book projects our judges found.
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