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 /
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 /
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 /
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 /
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).
Our Self - Publishing Issue features a comprehensive collection
of articles on the rise
of the
independent author, including an overview
of options, expert advice, and important warnings for self - published
writers; profiles
of Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert, poet August Kleinzahler, and
fiction writer Andre Dubus III; an essay on the short stories
of Denis Johnson; tips on how to be a good
literary citizen; and much more.
Tupelo Press, Inc., which released its first five books in fall 2001, is an
independent,
literary press devoted to discovering and publishing works
of poetry,
literary fiction, and creative nonfiction by emerging and established
writers.
A while back, I distributed an email asking what you all thought about the idea
of putting together a kind
of guide or e-book or SOMETHING to explore how
independent writers could more effectively sell their works
of literary fiction.