THE EVVY AWARDS

Each year, the EVVY Awards recognize excellence in independently published books. Sponsored by the Colorado Independent Publisher's Association, the EVVY Awards are judged by a panel of professionals on a qualitative scale of merit in nineteen different categories.

All Colorado publishers are eligible to enter for recognition and awards. First, second, and third place winners in each category receive a framed award recognizing their accomplishment, along with award-winning stickers to affix to their book covers.

Each year, Outskirts Press officially nominates approximately 5% of the books published during the year for submission to the EVVY Awards. These nominations represent the very best of our publications as determined by Outskirts Press executives and members of the production teams. Potential nominees are notified via email in the fall. There is no obligation to accept the nomination; just being recognized is a great accomplishment. Outskirts Press official nominees and winners receive additional exposure of their books on the Outskirts Press EVVY Awards Marketing Page and in featured Outskirts Press email newsletters.

Select nominees and winners are also invited to be featured in full-page ads within the pages of national writing magazines like Writer's Digest, Poets & Writers, and The Writer. These invitations are sent to select authors at Outskirts Press's sole discretion and there is no additional cost to participate in the advertisement (nor is there any obligation to).Click the sample to the left to enlarge.

EVVY Photographs (click to enlarge)
EVVY 2006 l-r: Tony, Lynn, Brent, Jeanine	EVVY 2007 l-r: Karl, Shirley, Jeanine, Brent

Officially nominated books are listed on this page and submitted to the annual EVVY Awards. Outskirts Press takes care of all the details (the submission fee, the submission of 4 copies with entry forms to the contest, etc.) Winners are announced each spring during a banquet dinner celebration in Denver, Colorado, hosted by Dom Testa of Denver's #1-rated Dom & Jane Morning Show.

Like all book contests, the EVVY Awards are very competitive and only the highest-caliber books are recognized from the publisher's submissions across the state. Unlike other book contests, however, fewer than 500 total entries are submitted, increasing the statistical odds that an Outskirts Press Official Nominee will be recognized as an award-winning publication.

Congratulations to our growing list of EVVY nominees and winners below. Do you want to join these award-winning books with an award-winning book of your own? Every fall Outskirts Press officially nominates its best Diamond and Pearl books for submission to the EVVY Awards. If your book has a 2008 copyright date and you publish under our Diamond or Pearl package, your book could be eligible to be nominated in November 2008. Start publishing today.

Long Neck
by Michael Willert