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FAPA Book Award Submissions Open November 1!

Nov 1, 2018

Submissions for the 2019 FAPA President’s Book Awards open on November 1, 2018. Submissions will close on April 1, 2019. This year FAPA will award gold, silver, and bronze medals in twenty-five categories.

FAPA announces new program with Orange County Library System

Oct 31, 2018

OCLS and FAPA are pleased to announce a new joint program that will enable any FAPA President’s Book Award winner to submit an eBook through the library’s eBook lending platform, ePULP, and be added to the library’s catalog with an expedited review.

Publishing Industry Standards

Oct 16, 2018

IBPA provides a comprehensive industry standards checklist for publishing books that will allow your book to have a professional presentation in the market. Check out some of the key things your book needs.

Member Benefit Update | IBPA Spotlight

Oct 10, 2018

If you are a FAPA member, IBPA, welcomes news about your events or accomplishments.

Meet new member and 2018 FAPA Gold medalist Grayson Rigby

Sep 28, 2018

Meet new member Grayson Rigby, a 7th grader and the author of Expedition to the Galápagos Islands which won a 2018 FAPA Gold Medal for Children’s Nonfiction.

Meet New Member Douglas Wells

Sep 27, 2018

Meet new member Douglas Wells, an award-winning author with a unique interest in and perspective on the tragic, comical, and the redemptive in his characters.

2019 Call to Submissions Reminder from the LGBTQ Resource Center at Gulfport Public Library

Sep 26, 2018

The submissions deadline for Readout 2019, a lesbian literary event sponsored by the Gulfport Public Library’s LGBTQ Resource Center is September 30, 2018.

Kimberlee Benart Releases Second Romance Collection

Sep 26, 2018

FAPA member and book awards medalist Kimberlee Benart, writing as Ronnda Eileen Henry, releases her second collection of romances, “The Daughters of Penruddock”.

Meet new member and 2018 FAPA Silver medalist Enrique de la Espriella

Sep 19, 2018

Meet new FAPA member and 2018 Silver Medalist Enrique de la Espriella, a fine artist and designer working in different mediums.

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