Bringing readers and books together.
Once upon a time, before I redesigned a book awards program, I was (among other things) a teacher, a mentor, a writer, an editor. Some of the highlights of those years . . . I taught Latin to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. I taught rhetorical grammar through a UC Extension program. I edited and ghostwrote for an arts and theatre journal. I ghostwrote for busy execs, for folks in need, and for professionals who knew their subject areas but not how to get around successfully on the page. I developed an editing department for a young arts and culture publication, one intended to mentor new editors and new writers, as well as to support those with more experience. I helped corporate types find and work with creatives. I worked with and edited many, many writers on works long and short. In time, I found my way to book reviews and to judging for several awards programs.
And then I had the opportunity to reenvision one such program.
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The new program pages for The Book Awards at IPNE are now up on the IPNE website. Download a handy copy here. The award winners for 2024 and years previous will be going up in a few weeks.
The 2023 awards cycle was a banner year for debut authors: eleven of our award winners were debut authors. View or download the lineup of debut books and their write-ups. View or download the entire lineup of awards that year.
The 2024 cycle was the year of abundance. We had more fine books in that year than ever before. Stay tuned for more details on these winning reads. In the interim, here’s a quick visual summary:
The 2024 Book Awards at IPNE ~ Adult Nonfiction
The 2024 Book Awards at IPNE ~ Adult Fiction
The 2024 Book Awards at IPNE ~ Poetry
The 2024 Book Awards at IPNE ~ Books for Younger Readers
The 2024 Book Awards at IPNE ~ Fiction & Nonfiction Books of the Year
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You might also be interested in this: What to look for in a book awards program.
“The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.”
“Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul.”