Guest Post: Once Upon a Time by Jane Ubell-Meyer
Guest Post: Once Upon a Time by Jane Ubell-Meyer
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Guest Post: Once Upon a Time by Jane Ubell-Meyer
When I was twenty-two years old, I was spending my summer weekends on Fire Island, (a trendy vacation spot for New Yorkers—more shabby than chic). It was fun in the sun with parties and gourmet dinners on the beach. Even more perfect, I started dating an “older” man. I was simply crazy about him. One afternoon he said to me, “Jane, if you learn how to scuba dive, I will take you to the Caribbean.” So, of course, I jumped into the pool at the NYC YWCA and earned my scuba certification. As December rolled around, we planned a serious scuba-diving/romantic seven-day vacation in the Caribbean. I was in heaven until…
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Call for Entries: 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
If you’d like to receive greater recognition, monetary prizes, awards, and exposure for your book, this is one opportunity you’ll want to check into.
This opportunity is for all indie book authors and publishers—including small presses, mid-size independent publishers, university presses, e-book publishers, and self-published authors who have a book written in English and released in 2021, 2022, or 2023 or with a 2021, 2022, or 2023 copyright date.
Presented by Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group (IBPPG) in conjunction with Marilyn Allen (formerly of Allen O'Shea Literary Agency), the Next Generation Indie Book Awards was established to recognize and honor the top independently published books of the year. IBPPG was formed to provide support and recognition for the independent book publishing profession, and they encourage all independent authors and publishers to enter their books in the 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards so that they too can earn recognition and receive other benefits from having an award-winning book!
Offering more than 80 categories and over 80 monetary prizes, the Next Generation Indie Book Awards is the largest international awards program for indie authors and independent publishers and the only book awards program of its kind offering more monetary prizes, more awards, more recognition, and more exposure—including exposure to a leading literary agent for possible representation in areas such as distribution, foreign rights, film rights, and other rights!
Awards given to the Finalists and Winners of the 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards are:
$1,500 cash prize and trophy for the best Fiction Book
$1,500 cash prize and trophy for the best Non-Fiction Book
$750 cash prize and trophy for the second best Fiction Book
$750 cash prize and trophy for the second best Non-Fiction Book
$500 cash prize and trophy for the third best Fiction Book
$500 cash prize and trophy for the third best Non-Fiction Book
$100 Cash Prize & Gold Medal for all 80+ category Winners
Medals for each finalist in the 80+ categories
The final entry date for the 2023 awards program is February 10, 2023.
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