Questions and Answers About APEX 2009 The Twenty-first Annual Awards for Publication Excellence Competition
Sponsored by the Editors of Writing That Works: The Business Communications Report
How were awards presented? APEX 2009 awards were based on excellence in graphic design, editorial content and the success of the entry -- in the opinion of the judges -- in achieving overall communications effectiveness and excellence.
Naturally, entries in design categories were judged solely on the basis of their graphic design, and writing entries were evaluated primarily on the basis of editorial quality.
How many entries were there? How many awards were given? 3,785 entries were evaluated, in the following distribution: Newsletters: 385; Magazines & Journals: 706; Magapapers & Newspapers: 82; Annual Reports: 183; Brochures, Manuals & Reports: 378; Video & Electronic Publications: 193; Web & Intranet Sites: 267; Campaigns, Programs & Plans: 301; Writing: 659; Design & Illustration: 392; Special Publications: 239.
A total of 100 APEX Grand Awards were presented in 11 major categories to honor the outstanding works in those categories. 1,158 APEX Awards of Excellence recognize excellence in 122 individual categories.
Is there a list of winning entries? Yes. See Announcing the Winners of APEX 2009 (pdf). Grand Award winners are listed by main category. Award of Excellence winners are listed within each subcategory, alphabetically by organization, or by last name for individual entrants.)
Can I see some of the winning entries online? Yes. You may view a selected number of the winning Web site entries online. You'll find brief descriptions and links to those selected winning sites. You may also read comments about -- and link to Web sites of -- most of the 100 APEX 2009 Grand Award Winners, as well as the APEX 2008 Grand Award Winners, and earlier winners back through 2001.
Well, voting is now open. I suggest you check out all the nominees. The People's Choice YA Book blog awards is about recognising all book bloggers for their effort, and showing our appreciation to bloggers we admire. Every book blogger makes a huge effort on their blogs, and I hope you are all giving yourselves a pat on the back. Once you're done with that, vote! Voting is open until May 15th.
"Hey, Teenager of the Year" web site has almost 80 entries and is broken down into various sections:
Best Reviewer Award Best Newcomer Award Best Interviewer Award Golden Blog Award
Such events can only be good for both bloggers and writers, spreading the word about what this great bunch of literary blog writers produce.
Recently, Amazon.com and Penguin Group (USA) announced the second annual Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA), an international competition seeking fresh new writing voices. One Grand Prize winner will receive a full publishing contract with Penguin including a $25,000 advance. As a popular website for writers, we thought you might be interested in sharing details about this competition with your site visitors. Contest details are listed below, and further information and official rules can be found at www.amazon.com/abna.
What is the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award? The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award is an opportunity for emerging fiction writers to join a community of authors on Amazon.com, showcase their work and compete for a chance to get published. Sponsored in partnership with Penguin Group (USA) and CreateSpace, the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award first launched in October 2007 and received more than 5,000 initial entries. In the inaugural contest, Amazon customers voted and named Bill Loehfelm the winner with his novel, “Fresh Kills.” Several of the other Top 10 finalists also received publishing deals with Penguin.
What is the grand prize? A full publishing contract with Penguin to market and distribute the Grand Prize winner's winning manuscript as a published book, including promotion for the book on Amazon.com and a $25,000 advance.
How do interested authors enter? Contest submission period begins February 2nd, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. (U.S. Eastern Standard Time) and ends February 8th, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Standard Time), or when the first 10,000 entries have been received, whichever is earlier. How do interested authors get more information about the contest? Visit www.amazon.com/abna to sign up to receive contest updates, get tips on how to enter, participate on the ABNA message boards as well as find full contest rules.
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