Feathered Quill Book Awards - Nominations Close Next Week! #bookaward

If you were thinking of nominating your book for a Feathered Quill Book Award, don't wait!  Nominations for this year's award program are due by next week - Tuesday, December 15 to be exact.  Then it's time to sort the books and ship them out to the judges.  Wouldn't this seal look great on your book????   Learn more at: featheredquill.com/awardprogram

Time is Running Out! #BookAwards

The annual Feathered Quill Book Awards is still accepting nominations but you don't have much time to get your submission in!  Nominations close Dec. 15, 2015.  Hurry!  Nominate your  book today!  Learn more at:  http://www.featheredquill.com/awardprogram.shtml

Awards Sell Books!

Awards sell books! Our annual awards program is now open. Take advantage of our 'early bird' reduced nomination fee and nominate your book today!

http://www.featheredquill.com/awardprogram.shtml

Score Sheets are Coming In!

It's an exciting time here at Feathered Quill.  Our judges have been busy reading/scoring the books nominated for our annual awards program.  With 22 categories, there are a LOT of books to read.  Score sheets have started arriving here at our main office and we've been going through them, organizing, comparing and placing books.  There were some HUGE categories this year with just a few points separating the top books.  We can't wait to share the results with our readers, authors, publicists, publishers and YOU!

Today is the LAST Day!

Today is the last day to nominate your book for a Feathered Quill Book Award!  We expanded our categories this year to include 'Best Debut Author,' and 'Best Seasonal.'

 With a total of 22 categories, there's a nice selection of genres to fit most books.  Our nomination fee is low AND it's only an additional $35 to nominate your book for a second and third category.

Nominate your book today!  If you win, you'll discover just what an award seal on your book can do to increase sales!

Have You Nominated Your Book?

The annual Feathered Quill Book Awards program is open and nominations are coming in.  Have you nominated your book yet???   Here's just one of the special awards we offer:

Maryglenn McCombs Book Publicity Award for Best Mystery - One professionally-written press release with distribution. - $1000 value

Learn more at Feathered Quill Book Awards.  Don't wait - nominate your book today!

Submissions for Feathered Quill's Book Awards

Things are heating up here for our annual awards program. Here's just one day's submissions. Competition will be stiff - will your book be among the winners???

Feathered Quill Awards 'Early Bird' Discount Expires Soon!

Our annual book award program is in full swing.  To start each year, we offer a special, reduced 'early bird' discount nomination fee - it encourages early entries so our judges can start reading.  This special fee of just $50 ($35 for each additional category) expires this Sunday, August 31.  If you plan on nominating your book, do it now!

Just follow this link! Feathered Quill Book Awards

Award Program Gearing Up

Our award program is gearing up and will be open for nominations in July. In the meantime, we're securing our list of special awards and tweaking the categories (adding a 'debut author' category, etc.). We'd like to know what you would like to see? A new category, or ? Let us know! Here's the link to the page with further info.

http://www.featheredquill.com/awardprogram.shtml

Feathered Quill Award Winner Gets Major Press

The winner of the mystery category in our awards program, Susan Fleet with her book 'Natalie's Revenge,' also won a special award, a press release written by Maryglenn McCombs, a well-known/respected publicist. They have been getting some major press - thanks Maryglenn for sponsoring the award!

 
Check out the press release! :  TheSunChronicle

Winners of Feathered Quill's Sponsored Awards

ADDITIONAL SPONSORED AWARDS IN THE 

FEATHERED QUILL BOOK AWARDS PROGRAM:

THE WARSAW CONSPIRACY BY JAMES CONROYD MARTIN WINS The Feathered Quill's Best Self-published Novel: All self- published books, in all categories, are eligible for this award. The TOP PICK self-published book award includes a front-page review on Feathered Quill Book Reviews and author interview with links to the book's (or author's) page. Review and interview will also be posted to our blog, twitter account, Facebook page, Book-Views.com and Book- Critique.com. In addition, the review will be posted to Barnes&Noble.com and Google Books (if the book is listed on those sites). - $125 value


THE SILVER SPHERE BY MICHAEL DADICH WINS The Write Companion Award for Best Overall TOP PICK - Adult, Children's and Young Adult categories: Originality is key. Falling into a stereotypical plot or character is difficult for an author. That is why this award is given to the author that makes that lasting impression. Based on pure originality, this award seeks the writers who - like Dean Koontz's Odd Thomas or Preston and Childs' inventive detective Aloysius Pendergast - have created a character who makes that lasting impression on readers. Do I smell sequel? The winner will receive
marketing on all Amy Lignor's websites: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, TWC, Pinterest, as well as a free consultation regarding their next book project. This comes with a free edit/polish/notes/suggestions of their next book. If there is not a project as of yet, the consult will be given to answer any author's questions when it comes to publishing, agencies, independent books, self-publishing - a conversation regarding the here and now of the industry that may help them in the future.


THE DOGS OF PROUD SPIRIT BY MELANIE SUE BOWLES WINS The ReaderViews Award for the Readers' favorite - We will choose from the winners of all categories on the book for this award, based on Reviews Scores, Cover Design, and relevance to readers today. The winner will get a Publicity Package AA, which includes a Book Review, Live Interview and a one week Feature on our Home page, Inside Scoop Live page and Newsletter. Plus one hour of online publicity consultation. - $385 value

NATALIE’S REVENGE BY SUSAN FLEET WINS The Maryglenn McCombs Book Publicity Award for Best Mystery - One professionally-written press release with distribution. - $1000 value

THE GENTLE BEAGLE BY KAREN ROBERTS WINS The Five Star Publications Award for Best Animal - Children's and YA A one hour book consulting session - $200 value


COMET’S TAIL BY STEVEN WOLF WINS The Polka Dot Banner Award for Best Non-Fiction Personal Award - The Polka Dot Banner, the book visibility site, will provide the winner of this category with a one-year Pro- Promoter profile that includes: a front page book cover ad, top-of-the-page banner, Featured Author interview, book cover ad, a top-of-every-page mini book icon, Platinum Authors highlight page placement, special easy-access browse tab to your book, and access to all available profile tabs. (See site for complete details of this option.) - $169 value


VIEW FROM THE EDGE BY MICHAEL KASENOW WINS The Savannah's Choice Award for Best Adult Fiction Written by a Self- Published Author - Prize includes: book review by Savannah Mae, a page highlighting both author & book to be featured for a month on the home page of saywhatsavannahmae.com following the awards. Book review and highlight pages to remain on website indefinitely, featured under "Savannah's Choice Awards" and an ad with the winning book cover linking to Amazon.com for 1 year on sidebar.


SUMMER SALTZ BY CONNIE SEWELL WINS The Savannah's Choice Award for Best Children's Book Written by a Self-Published Author - Prize includes: book review by Savannah Mae, a page highlighting both author & book to be featured for a month on the home page of saywhatsavannahmaekids.com following the awards. Book review and highlight pages to remain on website indefinitely, featured under "Savannah's Choice Awards" and an ad with the winning book cover linking to Amazon.com for 1 year on sidebar.

SHADOWS: A JAKE SOMMES NOVEL BY DON CASTLE WINS The BestsellersWorld Award for Best Cozy Mystery - This award includes an author page on the site and the book and synopsis added to the Featured Books page for 10 days. - $125 value

LIFE WITH ANNA BY JANE KELLY WINS The Larch Hill Orchids 'Spoil An Author' Award Because authors work so hard to promote their books, they deserve to be spoiled, just a bit. One winning author will be randomly chosen from all award-winning authors, to receive an orchid from Larch Hill Greenhouse. Note that due to weather considerations, orchid will be shipped to winner in mid- April (or later if weather is severe in Massachusetts where greenhouse is located).

SEBASTIAN COLE, AUTHOR OF SAND DOLLAR AND JON NELSON, AUTHOR OF REFLECTIOS OF LIFE, BOTH WIN A $50 AMAZON GIFT CERTIFICATE.

And The Winners Are...

Congratulations to the winners of our first annual awards program.  We had a HUGE response and our judges worked very, very hard to select the winners.  There were many top books, but we could only choose three per category.  Thanks to all the authors/publishers/publicists who nominated books.  And now, the Winners of the 2014 Feathered Quill Book Awards are:

FEATHERED QUILL BOOK AWARDS 2014

- Best Children's Illustrated
1. Summer Saltz by Connie Sewell
2. The Christmas Tree Elf by Valentine D’Arcy Sheldon 
3. Murphy and the Magical Hat by Kate David


- Best Juvenile/Young Adult Non-Fiction
1. The Depth of Grace by J. Bronson Haley
2. Tails of Sweetbrier by Deanie Humphrys-Dunne 
3. Life with Anna by Jane Kelly


- Best Juvenile/Young Adult Fiction, Graphic/Anime
1. The Silver Sphere by Michael Dadich 
2. 84 Ribbons by Paddy Eger
3. Fall Down Seven by Chuck Edmonson


- Best Adult Fiction (General)
1. The Magdalene Mystery by Christine Sunderland 
2. Vampire Defense by James Bell
3. The Rockin’ Chair by Steven Manchester


- Best Romance
1. Acadian Waltz by Alexandrea Weis 
2. Sand Dollar by Sebastian Cole
3. The Palomar Parodox by Richard Rydon

- Best Mystery/Thriller
1. Natalie’s Revenge by Susan Fleet
2. Too Much Blood by Jane Bennett Munro 
3. A Wicked Thing by Michael Kasenow


- Best Cozy Mystery

1. Shadows: A Jake Sommers Novel by Don Castel
2. Saving Faith by Patrick Garry
3. Off the Hook by James Twerell


- Best Non-Fiction Personal (Self-Help, Memoir, Inspirational)
1. Comet’s Tale by Steven Wolf
2. Up and In by Steve Kubicek
3. Dogs of Proud Spirit by Melanie Sue Bowles


- Best Non-Fiction Informational (Business, History, Parenting)
1. Super Baby Food by Ruth Yaron
2. COMPASS: Creating Exceptional Organizations by William F. Brandt, Jr.
3. The Impending Monetary Revolution by Edmund Contoski


- Best Short Story
1. So Too My Love by Harvey Goodman 
2. Reflections of Life by Jon Nelson
3. Remnant by Roland Allnach


- Best Historical (both historical fiction and non-fiction)
1. The Warsaw Conspiracy by James Conroyd Martin 
2. Visibly Struck by Steve Kubicek
3. Law of the Desert Born by Beau L’Amour


- Best Humor
1. The Seraph Contingency: Anael’s Tale by Jennifer Fales
2. Jesse James and the Secret Legend of Captian Coytus by Alex Mueck
3. The Lost Mind of Buffalo Morgan by Barry Hemmerle


- Best Animal - Children's and YA
1. The Gentle Beagle by Karen Roberts
2. The Little Blue Dog Goes to School by Karen Roberts 
3. The Story of Moses by Jennifer Talbot Ross


- Best Animal - Adult (both fiction and non-fiction)

1. Comet’s Tale by Steven Wolf
2. The Belair Stud by Kimberly Gatto
3. The Dogs of Proud Spirit by Melanie Sue Bowles 

Let the Judging Begin!!!

It's official.  The nomination deadline for the Feathered Quill Book Awards was November 30, 2013 and we are no longer accepting nominations. The last few books have come in and now it's time to sort through all the books, separate by category and get them off to the judges.  We are truly honored by the HUGE number of authors who have put their trust in Feathered Quill and have nominated their books.  The judges certainly have their work cut out for them and it's going to be a very, very busy few months as we read all the books.  Winners will be announced on February 1, 2014.

Nominations Close Tomorrow!

Nominations Close Tomorrow!

Have you nominated your book for the Feathered Quill Book Awards?  If not, you better hurry!  Nominations are due by tomorrow, November 30, 2013.  Fill out the submission form asap (by tomorrow night at the latest) and then get those books in the mail.  We'll be sorting and getting shipments ready to send to our judges for the next week, so don't delay.  There's still time, but not much!!!

Here's the Award Page where you'll find all the information you need.