Book Awards
Information about FAPA's annual President's Book Awards
2019 FAPA President’s Book Awards Selections Announced
The Board of Directors of the Florida Authors and Publishers Association are pleased to announce the books that have been selected to be awarded 2019 FAPA President’s Books Awards medals.
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FAPA Book Award Submissions Open November 1!
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.
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Meet new member and FAPA Gold medalist Deborah Gomer
Meet new member and 2018 FAPA Gold medalist Deborah Gomer, an oncology nurse, case manager, health coach, and a cancer survivor who values the extraordinary power of the mind and body.
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FAPA Silver Medalist Sarah Frank Gets Local News Coverage
High school sophomore and FAPA member, Sarah Frank, was recently featured on Tampa Bay News 9 and in an article in the Tampa Bay Times about being awarded a Silver medal in the 2018 FAPA President’s Book Awards for her first book, One Chance.
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Meet Bob Dekle, this month’s Featured Member and 2018 FAPA Medalist
George R. (Bob) Dekle, Sr. is a retired law professor, a former prosecutor and public defender, and the author of eight books including 2018 FAPA Gold Medalist Prarie Defender: The Murder Trails of Abraham Lincoln.
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Recommended Read | “A Beautiful Morning: How a Morning Ritual Can Feed Your Soul and Transform Your Life” by Ashley Ellington Brown
This week’s recommended read is “A Beautiful Morning | How a Morning Ritual Can Feed Your Soul and Transform Your Life” by Ashley Ellington Brown, a 2018 FAPA Gold Medalist for How-To and Self Help.
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FAPA Announces the 2018 President’s Book Awards Medalists
On August 4, the Florida Authors & Publishers Association awarded its prestigious annual President’s Book Awards for the best books of 2017 and the first half of 2018 submitted nationally by authors and publishers. The event, which took place at the Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace, recognized outstanding books by awarding gold, silver, or bronze medals.
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2017 FAPA Silver Medalist for Children’s Chapter Books | Picture Perfect by D.G. Stern
Meet D.G. Stern, FAPA member, 2017 Silver FAPA Book Awards medalist, graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School. In addition to vintage car racing, basket weaving (no kidding) fills any empty moments.
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2017 FAPA Gold Medalist for Memoir | Undertow by Charlene Edge
I am a slow-poke reader and a snail’s-pace writer interested in how we evolve as human beings. Curiosity, if I were a cat, would have killed me by now.
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