New Award for Childrens Literature Announced
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Entries will be judged by a panel of elementary school principals and reading specialists on originality, learning quality and use of language standards.“We created these awards to recognize and encourage independent authors, who face many challenges in getting their stories into the hands of young readers,” said Lisa Hayes, President of Kabuki Helps.In fact, some of our greatest children’s books, like ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit,’ would have not exist if the author had waited for a traditional publisher to accept them.” Each of the two CLIPPA award winners will receive a cash prize of $250, a consultation session on promoting self-published books with brand-builder Mike Michalowicz, author of The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur (valued at $450); 100 gold foil award stickers for the winning book; a publicity campaign announcing the award; and feature placement on the KabukiHelps website (kabukihelps.com) for a month.“We created these awards to recognize and encourage independent authors, who face many challenges in getting their stories into the hands of young readers,” said Lisa Hayes, President of Kabuki Helps.To be eligible, books must be self-published by the author, published in English, and printed in hard copy and available for purchase in the U.S.Entries will be accepted from February 1, 2014 to July 31, 2014, and awards will be announced October 1, 2014.