At its December 10 meeting, the BAIPA awards committee honored 12 authors for their books, with first-place for fiction going to Dennis Koller's The Oath and first-place for non-fiction to Skye Blaine's Bound to Love. Second-place awards … [Read more...]
BAIPA Book Awards Winners/Member Panel Spill Their “Secrets”
Come one, come all—to the December BAIPA meeting for a variety of surprises and treats! Meeting on December 10 runs from 9am to 12:30pm with a members-only holiday party immediately following The winners of the BAIPA Book Awards will be announced! … [Read more...]
NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCES CASH AWARD FOR GRAND PRIZE
THE NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS staff members are proud to announce that the Grand Prize Award for their 19th season will be a cash prize of $2,500. This Grand Prize award will be given to the author of an extraordinary book, one selected from among the … [Read more...]
New Season Opens for Nautilus Book Awards
NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCES A New Category and Season Opens in Six Days Nautilus' 19th SEASON of celebrating and promoting Better Books for a Better World will open on Wed, September 21, 2016. You can view the entry form on … [Read more...]
JoAnn Smith Ainsworth Wins Contest
Finalist in East Texas Writers Guild Contest The East Texas Writers Guild announced that JoAnn Smith Ainsworth’s paranormal suspense novel, Expect Deception, was named a Finalist in the Mystery/Thriller category of Published Books in its annual … [Read more...]
Aleta George’s Book About Ina Coolbrith Wins IPPY Award
BAIPA member Aleta George's book, Ina Coolbrith: The Bittersweet Song of California's First Poet Laureate, has received a bronze medal in the biography category from the Independent Publisher Book Awards. The IPPY Awards program is open to … [Read more...]
CALL FOR ENTRIES—2016 BAIPA BOOK AWARDS
BAIPA is Pleased to Announce the 2016 BAIPA Book Awards Contest Entries are being accepted now—the deadline to enter is July 11 The awards program is an excellent opportunity for your book to be reviewed and publicly recognized. Cash prizes will be … [Read more...]
35th Northern California Book Awards
The 35th Northern California Book Awards will be held Sunday, May 15, 2016, in the Koret Auditorium of the San Francisco Main Library at the Civic Center. Admission is free. The schedule is: Awards Ceremony from 1-2:30 p.m., and book signing and … [Read more...]
Nautilus Book Awards
Nautilus Book Awards Due Date Extended to February 13 Nautilus Book Awards was informed recently by several authors who are publishing through CreateSpace, that there was a significant delay in their production schedule for December 2015 books. To … [Read more...]
2015 BAIPA Book Award Winners
The 2015 BAIPA Book Award winners were announced at the December meeting. Below is the list of winners, the categories they won in, and a little bit about the authors and the books. BEST BOOK and MYSTERY AND SCIENCE FICTION Bones in the Wash, by … [Read more...]