I’ve been on vacation the last 2 weeks, so there haven’t been any new posts but now it’s back to business as usual!
I’ve been on vacation the last 2 weeks, so there haven’t been any new posts but now it’s back to business as usual!
Have a safe and wonderful holiday weekend! ~ Penny
I posted this article several years ago, it was updated in April 2016. Read it and BEWARE!
INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARDS
RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE FOR 21 YEARS
First early-bird deadline is September 24, 2016. Enter soon to save!
We are proud to announce the reopen of the annual Independent Publisher Book Awards, conducted to honor the year’s best independently published titles. Jenkins Group will present the medals for the 21st annual Independent Publisher Book Awards in May 2017 in New York City in conjunction with the BookExpo America convention.
Click here to view the 2017 entry guidelines.
Click here to view the 2016 national winners.
Click here to view the 2016 regional and ebook winners.
Click here to view the 2016 outstanding winners.
LIVING NOW BOOK AWARDS
BOOKS FOR BETTER LIVING
The 2016 Living Now Awards are now closed for judging – best of luck to the entrants!
The Living Now Book Awards are designed to honor life-changing books, and to bring increased recognition to the year’s best lifestyle, homestyle, world-improvement and self-improvement books and their creators. We also present the Living Now Evergreen Book Medals, in five categories, to commemorate books published since the year 2000, for contributing to positive global change.
Click here to view the 2015 medalists.
Click here to view the Evergreen medalists.

MOONBEAM CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS
CELEBRATING YOUTHFUL CURIOSITY, DISCOVERY AND LEARNING THROUGH BOOKS
The FINAL entry deadline is this month – enter by August 20, 2016!
The Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards contest is designed to honor the year’s best children’s books, authors and illustrators. This year’s tenth annual Moonbeam Awards program is open to authors, illustrators, and publishers of children’s books written in English or Spanish and intended for the North American market.
Click here to view the 2015 medalists.
Click here to view the guidelines and entry form.

ILLUMINATION BOOK AWARDS
SHINING A LIGHT ON EXEMPLARY CHRISTIAN BOOKS
Entry fee is just $85 per category until the second early-bird entry deadline on August 27.
The Illumination Awards are intended to celebrate and recognize the exemplary books produced by the ever-growing Christian branch of publishing and bookselling. With 19 different categories, from Bible Study and Devotional to Education and Children’s Picture Book, Jenkins Group aims to recognize a broad range of diverse books, authors and publishers.
Click here to view the 2017 entry guidelines.
AXIOM BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS
SUCCESS THROUGH KNOWLEDGE
Entry fee is just $85 per category until the second early-bird entry deadline on October 29th!
The prestigious Axiom Business Book Awards are presented in 22 business categories and serve as the premier list to help business book readers discover new and innovative works.
Click here to view the 2016 medalists.
Click here to view the 2017 entry guidelines.
I’m a big fan of authors joining their local groups for networking, picking brains and learning about Self-Publishing, Writing, etc. so I thought it was a good time to re-publish this list:
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Independent Book Publishers Assoc. – http://www.ibpa-online.org
Bay Area Independent Publishers Assoc. – http://www.baipa.org
Book Publishers Northwest – http://www.bpnw.org
Midwest Independent Publishers Assoc. – http://www.mipa.org
Minnesota Book Publishers Roundtable – http://www.publishersroundtable.org
New Mexico Book Assoc. – bpnwnews@aol.com
Colorado Independent Publishers Assoc. – http://www.cipabooks.com
Connecticut Authors & Publishers Assoc. – http://www.aboutcapa.com
Florida Publishers Assoc., Inc. – http://www.FloridaPublishersAssociation.com
Great Lakes Independent Publishers Assoc. – glipa@tm.net
Northern California Publishers & Authors – http://www.norcalpa.org
Northwest Assoc. of Book Publishers – http://www.nabponline.org/
Organization of Book Publishers of Ontario – http://www.ontariobooks.ca
Publishers & Writers of San Diego – http://www.PublishersWriters.org
Hawaii Book Publishers Assoc. – http://www.hawaiibooks.org
Independent Publishers of New England – http://www.ipne.org
Michigan Black Independent Publishers Assoc. – info@tanyabates.com
Midatlantic Book Publishers Assoc. – http://www.midatlanticbookpublishers.com
Publishers Assoc. of Los Angeles – http://www.pa-la.org
Publishers Assoc. of the West – PubWest.org
Small Publishers, Artists & Writers Network – http://www.spawn.org
St. Louis Publishers Assoc. – http://www.stlouispublishers.org
Upper Penninsula Publishers & Authors Assoc. – http://www.uppaa.org