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News, features and resources for media and publishing professionals. Thursday, June 27, 2002 Blogs | Subscribe | Interviews | Events | Films | Book Blog Media Cynic | Forum | Advertising | Classifieds | Jobs 2002 Independent Ebook Awards Shortlist Announced The Digital Literature Institute has announced the short list for the 2002 Independent Ebook Awards. The 2002 Independent Ebook Awards ceremony will be held November 2nd at the Radisson Hotel in Santa Barbara, California during the Digital Literature Festival. The Judges will award winner and two finalists per category at a special ceremony on November 2, 2002 as part of the Digital Literature Festival. Awards and cash prizes of $1,000 are offered for Best of Fiction, Best of Non-Fiction, and Best Use of the Medium. Works that were electronically published between December 1, 2000 and November 30, 2001 were eligible for the 2002 Ebook Awards and the Favorite Ebook category for the Readers' Choice Awards. The work was not required for purchase by the public, but it must have been available for viewing (in whole or in part) on the Internet or as a downloadable format. While each work must have been originally contracted or published in electronic format, the work may also have been published as a print and/or audio book as secondary distribution options. The Independent Ebook Awards were created in September of 2000 as the result of a collaboration between Sunny Ross, founder and executive director of the Digital Literature Institute and editor-in-chief of Mystic-Ink, and M. J. Rose, author of Lip Service. Ross and Rose created the Indie Awards as a way to recognize and reward outstanding work from authors with independent publishers and self-published authors in the new world of digital literature. 2002 Independent Ebook Awards Short List Short List for Fiction Genres Children/Young Adult The Adventures of Biff and Buff by Paul Gemmer, Richmond, Virginia (Double Dragon eBooks) The Light Box written by Nicki Coyne, Aston Bay, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Self-Published) Mystery of the Octagon House by Gay Toltl Kinman, Alhambra, California (RFI West) Comics/Humor Inside Business by Trevor Price, Shewsbury, Shropshire, UK (NoSpine) The Ducks of Doom by Robert A. Smith, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Self-Published) My Life As It Should Have Been by Paul Dueweke, Healdsburg, California (Self-Published) Gay/Lesbian/Bi-Sexual Brass Pony: Two Novellas by Marsh Cassady, San Diego, California (GLB Publishers) Hardball for Billy Budd by Richard Dann, San Francisco, California (GLB Publishers) The Phoenix by Ruth Sims, Danville, Illinois (The Writers' Collective) Historical Gurrewa by Kevin Richardson, Muang, Chaing Mai, Thailand (Puff Adder Books) Through Golden Light by A. A. Aquire, Indianapolis, Indiana (Self-Published) Whisper Upon the Water by Connie Vines (Hard Shell Word Factory) Horror/Thriller Dreamland by Matthew J. Pallamary and Ken Reeth, San Diego, California (Mystic-Ink) For Honor by Y. L. Harris, Willingboro, New Jersey (New Concepts Publishing Company) Single White Psychopath Seeks Same by Jeff Strand, Tampa, Florida (Wordbeams) Mainstream A Tobacco Odyssey with Humphrey Bogart by David Hammerton, Brightlingsea, Colchester, Essex, UK (Puff Adder/Author-Network) The Lock by Frank Egerton, Bampton, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (Smaller Sky Books) Visions of a Lost Girl by Jory Sherman (Hard Shell Word Factory) Mystery/Suspense Buried in Baltimore by Louise Titchener, Baltimore, Maryland (Hard Shell Word Factory) Close to Home by T. A. Stone, Naperville, Illinois (Hard Shell Word Factory) Love Thy Sister by Maria Grazia Swan, Phoenix, Arizona (Zander eBooks) Romance Amaryllis by Tricia McGill (Wings ePress Inc.) Fire Lilies by Cynthia Leal Massey, Helotes, Texas (Imprintbooks.com) Fool's Paradise by Cynthia VanRooy, San Diego, California (Sands Publishing) Speculative (Fantasy/Paranormal/Sci-Fi) The Blue Flame by Barbara M. Hodges, Nipomo, California (Hard Shell Word Factory) Immortal Khan by H. Doug Matsuoka, Honolulu, Hawaii (Scorpius Digital Publishing) The Last Bastion by Barbara Wellesley, Providence, Rhode Island (The Writers' Collective) Short List for Non-Fiction Genres Autobiography/Memoir Guilty As Charged: The True Story of a Gay Beret by Jay Hatheway, San Francisco, California (GLB Publishers) Missing Pieces by a Collaboration of Authors, San Francisco, California (The Fray) The Price of Freedom by Alex Domokos (with Rita Toews), East St. Paul, Manitoba, Canada (Hard Shell Word Factory) Inspirational/Metaphysical/Spiritual A Search For Meaning From The Surface of a Small Planet by Don Pendleton (Mystic-Ink) Birds of the Air by Diana Tabbaa, Marlborough, Massachusetts (Wordbeams) From The Ashes by Janet W. Butler, Chicago, Illinois (Sands Publishing, LLC) Reference Books Electronic Publishing: The Definitive Guide by Karen Wiesner, Black River Falls, Wisconsin, (Avid Press, LLC) Surviving the Novel Experience: An Author's Handbook by A. A. Aguirre and K. G. McAbee, (NovelBooks, Inc.) Writers Exchange 2000: Writing Advice by Writers, compiled by Sandy Cummins (Writers Exchange E-Publishing) Favorite Ebook for the Readers' Choice Awards I Can Grow! written by Mrs. Mouse and illustrated by Moonstar The Invisible Train written by Michelle Carroll and illustrated by Terri Sanders Oliver Buggins, Investigator? written by Gillian Richardson and illustrated by Cheryl Coville. Short List for the Achievement Awards The Digital Artist Achievement Awards Catska and Cory Ench, Port Townsend, Washington Duncan Long, Eastern Kansas Ariana Overton, Collinsville, Illinois Tracey L. Palmer, Silver City, New Mexico Diana Saenger, Alpine, California Dirk A. Wolf, Amherst Junction, Wisconsin The Independent Publisher Achievement Awards Alexandria Digital Literature, Dave Howell, CEO Seattle, Washington Atlantic Bridge Publishing, Linda Eberharter, Publisher Indianapolis, Indiana ElectricStory.com, Robert Kruger, Publisher North Bend, Washington The Fray, Derek M. Powazek, Publisher San Francisco, California GLB Publishers, W. L. Warner, Publisher San Francisco, California Hard Shell Word Factory, Mary Z. Wolf, Publisher Amherst Junction, Wisconsin Jacobyte Books, Tania Milohis, Publisher Allenby Gardens, South Australia Sands Publishing LLC, Diana Saenger and Sandy Scoville, Publishers Alpine, California Zander eBooks, Erica Rosch, Publisher Madison, Wisconsin. Although Wordbeams Publishing recently closed operations, the Digital Literature Institute will present Susan Bodendorfer of Portland, Oregon with a special award The Innovative Technology Achievement Award E Ink Corporation Cambridge, Massachusetts OverDrive, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio Qvadis Corporation Toronto, Ontario, Canada Short List for Additional Readers' Choice Awards Favorite Ebook Related Website BinaryThing ePublishing Network and Planet eBook The Electronic Book Web Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library Favorite Ebook Software Adobe Acrobat Reader Microsoft Reader Night Kitchen TK3 Reader Favorite e-Reader Device Franklin eBookMan hiebook Palm i705 Handheld Favorite Ezine eBooks N' Bytes Informer Eva Almeida, Publisher Net Author's E2K Rhonna Robbins-Sponaas, Editor-in-Chief, Robert Marcom, Publisher Planet Publish Newsletter Craig Kirkwood, Editor, Richard Crocker, Editor-in-Chief Related Links: · Independent Ebook Awards · Digital Literature Institute · Previous Inepdent Ebook Award Winners Click here to return to the homepage of The Write NewsTM Click here to subscribe to our free weekly email newsletter. www.writenews.com Copyright © 1997-2007 by Writers Write, Inc. All Rights Reserved.