INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD and NYC BIG BOOK AWARD P R E S E N T
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We thank this past year’s publishers and authors who participated in the NYC Big Book Award® and extend our congratulations to the 2023 Winners & Distinguished Favorites The impressive roster of international and domestic entries resulted in a record
from Blackstone Publishing, Berrett-Koehler, Beyond Words, Casemate,
year for book award winners in major categories. The competition draws a
Cinnabar Moth Publishing, Citrine Publishing, Four Way Books, Fantagraphics,
diverse and high-quality pool of authors and publishers. The NYC Big Book
Greenleaf Book Group Press, Ideapress, Inner Traditions, Kogan Page, Ooligan
Award boasts a worldwide entry pool from Asia, Australia, Europe, and North
Press, Riverhead Books, Rutgers University Press, She Writes Press, Story
America. This year, cities such as Ann Arbor, Denver, Edinburgh, London, Los
Monsters Press, Teacher Created Materials, The Wild Rose Press and the White
Angeles, Melbourne, Miami Beach, New Delhi, New York, Ottawa, Princeton,
House Historical Association.
San Francisco, San Juan, Singapore, and Winnipeg were represented. Winners were recognized from Austria, Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, England,
“Our team is honored to highlight the excellence and achievements of a diverse
Germany, India, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, and the United States.
array of authors and publishers,” said awards sponsor Gabrielle Olczak. “Their work represents a commitment to excellence. It is our mission and privilege to
Journalists, well established authors, small and large presses, and first time
continue to showcase their work in an international stage.”
independent authors participated in remarkable numbers. Awardees hailed
To view the list of winners, visit https://www.nycbigbookaward.com/2023winners and distinguished favorites: https://www.nycbigbookaward.com/2023distinguishedfavorites YouTube Channel http://youtube.com/c/IndependentPressAwardSpringNYCBigBookAwardFall • Author Interviews: www.TheGabTalks.com Join us for Spring 2024, https://www.independentpressaward.com/ • Follow us on Twitter @GabbyBookAwards
Join us every fall for the NYC Big Book Award. Book submissions are welcomed from independent authors, publishers, and big press. WHO CAN ENTER the NYC Big Book Award? Any publisher or author can enter. WHAT CAN BE SUBMITTED? All publication dates within the past three years are recommended and accepted.
WHEN CAN I ENTER? We are on a rolling submission, approximately every two months, with two hard deadlines: (1) October 2023 to March 30, 2024 (2) April 1, 2024 to August 30, 2024
Full details, see NYCBigBookAward.com • Enter the 2024 NYC Big Book Awards Today!
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PUBLISHER’S LETTER
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hat an exciting year! Every year’s competition brings excellent authors, famous and not; a wealth of diversity; and the same categories approached from very different perspectives. This year’s competition included a Pulitzer Prize winning title and, apparently, the judges didn’t even know it when the book was submitted…just another reason why I so love the NYC Big Book Award. Inside this issue, you’ll see the full list of this year’s winners and distinguished favorites. I hope you find some favorites including A Long Time Dead, A Joe Turner Mystery by T.L. Bequette, which was honored in the Crime Fiction category, and recently interviewed by the president of the NYC Big Book Award on www. TheGABTALKS.com. You can read an excerpt of that discussion on page 6. In addition, the fall line up is brimming with exceptional authors from an array of categories, and we’ll be featuring a number of them in our December issue. Some books are very personal. My mother-in-law asked me “Ted, would you know if I was having a stroke,” and honestly said I wouldn’t. A month later, my uncle had a stroke. According to the CDC, almost 800,000 people in the United States have strokes yearly, and 75% for the first time. With World Stroke Day approaching, which raises awareness every year on October 29, I thought it appropriate to request an article not only to be aware of this common life-threatening condition, but to understand the people who have suffered it. I choose Terence Ang, author of Emerging From The Dark: Stroke… The Untold Stories, who has suffered a stroke, and dedicated his life to the cause. Please read his story on page 25. Enrich your life. Look through the pages of this announcement issue: be inspired, buy a few books, and write a few reviews. The authors will thank you, and your life will be better for it. Until next month…
Ted Olczak Publisher
The magazine Independent Press Award and NYC Big Book Award Present is published eight times per year and has been issued the following ISSNs by the U.S. ISSN Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.: Format: Online Format: ISSN 2836-9157; and the Print Format: ISSN 2836-9149. Any questions or comments, please contact the Publisher Ted Olczak at Ted@GabbyBookAwards.com or Ted@PrintedWordReviews.com
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