Dominique Raccah, founder and CEO of
Sourcebooks, received the Chicago Book Clinic's Sue Nisson Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes an individual who has been successful in the publishing industry and shown a new path and willingness to share their success and knowledge with others. Previous winners include Studs Terkel, poet Gwendolyn Brooks, bookseller Carl Kroch and columnist Bob Greene.
Stafford House announced that
The ABCs of Yoga for Kids has won five awards -- A Mom's Choice Award Gold Winner, A Family Choice Award Winner, A Living Now Book Awards Silver Winner, A Moonbeam Children's Book Bronze Award Winner, and a Pinnacle Book Achievement Award Winner.
for books published in 2009. The awards were presented on Wednesday evening May 12, 2010, at the Minnesota Humanities Center in St. Paul, MN, and a special first-ever award was presented. The Pat Bell Award "to honor a person in the publishing community who epitomizes the core values of professional collegiality and generosity with support, knowledge, and wisdom" was presented by Pat Bell to Sybil Smith, a former MIPA president and founder of FINS Publications and Smith House Press. Pat Bell is a former Board Member of IBPA. We just love her and we're thrilled that an award has been named in her honor! Congratulations, Pat and Sybil!
Tree Tunnel Press announced that
Wyndano's Cloak has won three awards recently:
1. Finalist in the 2010 National Indie Excellence Awards in the category of Young Adult Fiction
2. Finalist in the 2010 National Indie Excellence Awards in the category of Adventure
3. Winner of the 2010 National Indie Excellence Awards in the category of Children's Cover Design.
10-year-old Natalie Tinti's title
Sewing a Friendship (
Tintinatie) just won its forth award: 1.
Readers Favorite - January 2010
in Children Category 2.
Pinnacle Awards - April 2010 in Children Interest Category 3.
Indie Excellence - May 2010 in Children Motivation Category 4. Finalist 2010 in Children's Picture Book: Softcover Fiction hosted by
International Book Awards.
Congratulations everyone! It's definitely awards season. If you didn't see your award listed here this time - stay tuned...
