Posted by admin on Feb 8, 2010 in
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books Voting is now open for the 2010 Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Award. The competition launched in 2004 to bring attention and awareness to lesser-known books produced by small publishers. There are eight categories open for voting:
- Fiction
- Biography
- Christian Living
- Relationships/Family
- Bible Study/Theology
- Children’s Book 4-8 years
- Children’s Book 8-12 years
- Young Adult (12+ years).
Voting will remain open until March 31, 2010. Readers can vote online now at www.christianpublishers.net/10votes. Voting on the Book of the Year Award is open through March 31, 2010. The winners will be announced on April 15.
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Posted by admin on Apr 20, 2009 in
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publishers Small publishers step into the spotlight for the Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year awards. The awards are designed to promote small publishers and bring recognition to great Christian books. Check out the 2009 winners.
Want to be considered for this award? Enter now! The deadline is November 15, 2009 for titles published in 2008 or 2009. Christian book readers and retailers will be allowed to vote on the books they love in February and March of 2010.
There are eight categories for the award including Nonfiction Biography, Fiction, Nonfiction General and Children’s. To qualify the publisher must have annual revenues of $350,000 or less. The books must be Christian in nature and published for the Christian marketplace. Here are the full guidelines and here is a nomination form.
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Posted by admin on Dec 22, 2008 in
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The Grand Prize Winner
They’ll always be the first. The 66 authors chosen to receive the Christian Choice Book Awards will always be the first to receive this award since it’s in its inaugural year. Of the 407 entrants, there were 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in each of the 22 categories, including the grand prize winners. Xulon released this statement, “as the first contest of its kind in the Christian publishing arena, the Christian Choice Book Awards represents a unique opportunity for self-published Christian authors to make their voice heard,” stated Xulon Press, the publishing arm of Salem Communications, which launched the contest. The contest was open to all self-published Christian authors who released books in 2007-2008. Every winner received prize money and certificates with approximately $1500 going to the grand prize winners:
Grand Prize: Christopher H. K. Persaud-Evolution
1st Runner-Up: Waneta Dawn-Behind the Hedge
2nd Runner-Up: Rick Brown-Out of the Forest
Xulon says that of the 66 winners, only four were authors not published or marketed through Xulon Press. Click here to see a full list of the winners.
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