Three entries from the NDSU Press received honors at the 22nd annual Independent Publisher Book Awards.
“Derby Girl: A Memoir,”by Sammi Jones, received the gold medal for cover design. The cover was designed by Jamie Hohnadel Trosen.
In addition, two entries received bronze medals:
• “The Prairie Post Office: Enlarging the Common Life in Rural North Dakota,” by K. Amy Phillips, Steven R. Bolduc, with history by Kevin Carvell and photographs by Wayne Gudmundson in the Midwest-Best Regional Nonfiction category
•“North Dakota’s Geologic Legacy,” by John P. Bluemle in the Science category
“We are on cloud nine with all the good news,” said Suzzanne Kelley, NDSU Press editor-in-chief. “Taking away three ‘IPPY’ Awards in one year tells us we’re on the right track as we work to make NDSU Press—a teaching and university press—the press of choice for scholars and writers of the plains and prairies.”
Launched in 1996 and conducted annually to honor the best independently-published books, the “IPPY” Awards recognize merit in a broad range of subjects. Medal-winning books will be celebrated May 29 during the annual BookExpo publishing convention in New York, with gold, silver and bronze IPPY medallions awarded in 83 national, 24 regional and 11 e-book categories. A special prize package will go to the 5,000th medalist of the program's 22-year history. This year’s contest drew 4,500 entries, and medals will go to authors and publishers from 43 U.S. states, six Canadian provinces, and 12 countries overseas.
In addition, the NDSU Press has several finalists in other upcoming competitions.
“Derby Girl: A Memoir,” by Sammi Jones, is a finalist in two categories –Autobiography/Memoir and LGBT Nonfiction – in the Foreword INDIES Award competition. Winners will be announced in June.
Also, NDSU Press has five finalists in four categories in the 2018 Midwest Book Awards, which will be announced in May:
• “Music at NDSU,” by Robert Groves in the Arts/Photography/Coffee Table Books category
• “This Could Have Been a SimpleStory,” by Ajla Terzic, translation by John K. Cox, in the Fiction—Literary/Contemporary/Historical category
• “Prairie Mosaic: An Ethnic Atlas of rural North Dakota, 2nd Edition,” by William C. Sherman, in the Social Science/Political/Culture category
• “The Prairie Post Office: Enlarging the Common Life in Rural North Dakota,” by K. Amy Phillips, Steven R. Bolduc, with history by Kevin Carvell and photographs by Wayne Gudmundson, in the Social Science/Political/Culture category
• “The Prairie Post Office: Enlarging the Common Life in Rural North Dakota, designed by Deb Tanner, in the Total Book Design category
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