What is the Eric Hoffer Award?
Presidential Medal of FreedomEric Hoffer / AwardsThe Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the president of the United States to recognize people who have made “an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.” Wikipedia
What is the Independent Press Award?
The Independent Publisher Book Awards, also styled the IPPY Awards, are a set of annual book awards for independently published titles. They are the longest-running unaffiliated contest open exclusively to independent presses.
What is the Indies Choice Book Award for children’s literature?
White Read-Aloud Awards, previously administered by the Association of Booksellers for Children, recognize books that reflect the playful, well-paced language, the engaging themes, and the universal appeal to a wide range of ages embodied by E.B. White’s collection of beloved books.
Is the Eric Hoffer Award legitimate?
The Eric Hoffer Award has been around since 2000 and is well respected as an independent entity with no corporate ties. It has fewer categories than some other contests.
Are the Ippy Awards legitimate?
Independent Publisher (“IPPY”) Book Awards is run by the Jenkins Group (a book marketing firm) and is clearly a for-profit venture. However, they have built up a good reputation over twenty years.
What Books won the Coretta Scott King Award?
Gandhi Peace Prize
Coretta Scott King Award for Authors
Coretta Scott King/Awards
How do I submit my book to awards?
Submissions for the National Book Awards open each March. In order to be eligible for the National Book Award for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature, a book must be written by an American citizen or approved via the petition process.
What is the Sydney Taylor award?
National Jewish Book Award for Children’s LiteratureSydney Taylor / Awards
What is one book that has won the Caldecott honor?
The adventures of a little boy in the city on a very snowy day. The illustrator is Marcia Brown.
What books won the Coretta Scott King award?
When was the Sydney Taylor award established?
1968
The Sydney Taylor Book Award recognizes the best in Jewish children’s literature. Medals are awarded annually for outstanding books that authentically portray the Jewish experience. The award was established in 1968 by the Association of Jewish Libraries.
What is the difference between the Caldecott award and honor?
Caldecott Medal : honors the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children. This link includes nominees and winners. Newbery Medal: honors the author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. This link includes nominees and winners.
Why is there a horse on the Caldecott Medal?
The obverse scene is derived from Randolph Caldecott’s front cover illustration for The Diverting History of John Gilpin (Routledge, 1878, an edition of the 1782 poem by William Cowper), which depicts Gilpin astride a runaway horse.