Established, recognized literary awards in independent publishing include, but are not limited to, the Ben Franklin Book Awards (Independent Publishing Association); the Colorado Book Awards (Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book); the EVVY Award (Colorado Independent Publishers Association / CIPA); Foreward Magazine's Book of the Year / Indie Fab Awards; Global Ebooks Award; Historical Novels Society Awards; International Book Awards (USA Book News); IPPY Awards (Independent Publisher Book Awards); Midwest Book Awards (MIPA): National Book Awards; Next Generation «Indie» Book Awards; Indie Excellence Award (National); Pen Center USA Literary Awards; WILLA Literary Awards; Writer's Digest Self - Published Book Awards; USA Book Awards / Book News Awards; and
genre specific awards such as the RITA (Romance Writers of America and the HUGO (World Science Fiction Society / Worldcon).
Not exact matches
In addition to presenting our Annual
Awards and Top Ten List, members of the Indiana Film Journalists Association stay active throughout the year serving on film festival juries, attending and sponsoring special screenings, appearing at film and
genre -
specific conferences, and speaking to civic groups, schools, media outlets and many other places.
The
awards ceremony, which takes place during the 2012 D.I.C.E summit on February 9, champions all corners of the games industry with prizes for retail, downloadable and mobile games as well as individual categories for
specific genres.
Finally, libraries, celebrities, and book taste - makers also have
awards bearing their names, often focused on a
specific genre or topic reflecting their passion.
They are often category or
genre specific such as the Edgar or Caldecott
awards; sometimes they honor unpublished or first time authors as do the Hemingway
awards; some
award only to those authors whose work has appeared in a
specific periodical or journal; and many are open only to affiliated members of the sponsoring organization.
And when your entrants range from a chapbook of poetry to a five volume history of World War I, you come to see the necessity of
awarding people in their
specific genre or field to truly reward their accomplishments.
JKS will submit an author's book for various
genre -
specific awards that garner recognition and praise from the industry.
Part science fiction, part thriller and part other
genres (depending on the
specific book), he writes with such subtlety but also depth that he has garnered many
awards and much recognition.
Be sure to include writing
awards as well as nominations and memberships in
genre -
specific organizations.
Among the best attended
genre -
specific conferences of the year, RWA itself fields a packed agenda of workshops, publisher and indie book signings, networking events, editor and agent appointments, speakers,
awards presentations, and more.