Press Release from ForeWord Reviews - Finalists for 2013 Awards

Foreword’s 2013 Book of the Year Award Finalists Announced

Review journal narrows the field in its search for the best indie books of 2013

TRAVERSE CITY, MI, March 13, 2014 — Foreword Reviews, the only review magazine solely dedicated to discovering new indie books, announced the finalists for its 16th Annual Book of the Year Awards today. Each year, Foreword shines a light on a small group of indie authors and publishers whose groundbreaking work stands out from the crowd. Foreword’s awards are more than just a shiny sticker on the front of a book; they help connect the best indie books to readers eager to discover new stories written by previously unknown authors.

In the next two months, a panel of over 100 librarians and booksellers will determine the winners of these prestigious awards. A celebration of the winners will take place during the American Library Association Annual Conference in Las Vegas on Friday, June 27 at 6 p.m. with awards in over 60 categories, cash prizes for the best in fiction and nonfiction, and widespread recognition.
Ready to read the best indie books of the year? Here is the complete list of Foreword Reviews’ 2013 Book of the Year Award Finalists.

And here are the 7 finalists in the WRITING category, including Jodie Renner's writing guide, FIRE UP YOUR FICTION, which has already won two other book awards. Click HERE to go to the listing of Fire up Your Fiction as a finalist in this contest.

BOTYA 2013 Finalists in Writing (Adult Nonfiction)

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  Author YOU
  by Judith Briles
  Mile High Press
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  Find Your Story, Write Your Memoir
  by Lynn C. Miller and Lisa Lenard-Cook
  The University of Wisconsin Press
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  Fire Up Your Fiction
  by Jodie Renner
  Cobalt Books
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  Sound Ideas
  by B. Eugene McCarthy and Fran Quinn
  Hobblebush Books
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  The Tiferet Talk Interviews
  by Melissa Studdard, Donna Baier Stein (editor), and Diane Bonavist (designer)
  Tiferet Press
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  Word Up!
  by Marcia Riefer Johnston
  Northwest Brainstorm Publishing
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  Writing from Within
  by Bernard Selling
  Hunter House Publishers

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