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THE DIY REPORT The 2011 DIY Convention is officially underway and marking the tenth anniversary of our film, music and book festivals. ***Once again, we have partnered with Bug Music, North America’s largest independent publisher, to bring you a special showcase in front of the industry’s most influential publishers and music supervisors as part of the DIY Music Festival. Entries are now being accepted through Sonicbids. ***The DIY Film Festival, curated by noted film director/producer Richard Martini, is now accepting entries through Withoutabox.com. ***And finally, the tenth DIY Book Festival will honor the best of independent and self-published works in TWO gala ceremonies, to be held in Los Angeles and New York City. Details and entry forms for the book festival are on the right side of this page. # # # The 2012 San Francisco Book Festival has issued the call for entries to its annual competition honoring the best books of the spring season. Details on right side of page. The Halloween Book Festival is part of the Aliens to Zombies Convention in Hollywood this October! Join us as some of the top science fiction and horror writers in the business flesh out their ideas in a live forum. Details at www.alienstozombies.com.
HOLLYWOOD BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES WINNERSHOLLYWOOD, Ca. (July 7, 2011) _ The remarkable biography of a world-class chef’s rise and ultimate triumph over cancer is the grand prize winner of the 2011 Hollywood Book Festival, which celebrates books worthy of greater attention from the film, television, game and multimedia industries. “Life, on the Line: A Chef’s Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death and Redefining the Way We Eat (Gotham Books) tells the story of Grant Achatz, who achieved the kind of acclaim most chefs dream about, winning Best New Chef honors from Food & Wine magazine and the James Beard Foundation’s Rising Chef of the Year award. Then he was diagnosed with stage IV tongue cancer. His remarkable biography, co-authored with restaurant partner Nick Kokonas, is the “Brian’s Song” of the culinary world and a page-turning read for food lovers, inspirational story fans and those who want an inside peak in the high-stakes world of major restaurants. The authors and other winners in the competition will be honored July 22 at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. Other winners in the competition : TEENAGE WINNER: Quintspinner – A Pirate’s Quest – Dianne Greenlay RUNNER-UP: Kali Kara – Shima City – Kris Palm HONORABLE MENTIONS: Watersmeet – Ellen J. AbbottMy Life After Life – A Posthumous Memoir – Galen Stoller, edited by K. Paul StollerTuesday’s Child – Carolyn GibbsThe Great Adventures of Thomas Trumpt – S.T. AdamThe League of Freaks and the Secret Key – Alberto HazanFreefall – Anna LevineBIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY WINNER: Life, on the Line – Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas RUNNER-UP: Unraveling Anne – Laurel Saville HONORABLE MENTIONS: Winchell and Runyon – Trustin HowardA Fall to New Heights – Sidney AndrewsThe Kennedys – All the Gossip That’s Fit To Print – Darwin Porter and Danforth PrinceThe Maybelline Story – Sharrie Williams with Bettie YoungsWhen Someday Comes – Joe MarkkoBox of Mustaches – Stan EvansOn Toby’s Terms – Charmaine HammondWalking the Tiger’s Path – Paul M. KendelSolacers: A Memoir – Arion GomakaniNON-FICTION WINNER: The Murder Room – Michael Capuzzo RUNNER-UP: Bringing Up Oscar – Debra Ann Pawlak HONORABLE MENTIONS: M-G-M: Hollywood’s Greatest Backlot – Steven Bingen, Stephen X. Sylvester, Michael TroyanGreat Negotiations: Agreements that Changed the World – Fredrik StantonTaking Back the Courts – Norm PattisMy Country is the World – Garry DavisChasing Dreamtime – Neva SullawayA Man from Another Land – Isaiah WashingtonHell on Two Wheels – Amy SnyderDriven – Rising Above It All – Michael CarringtonFICTION WINNER: Sikander – M. Salahuddin Khan RUNNER-UP: The Ghosts of Anatolia – Steven E. Wilson HONORABLE MENTIONS: Standing in for Lana – Richard FrattaliThe Clan – Sarah WoodwardAnarcho Grow – T.A. SedlakSeparation of Faith – Cheri LaserTo Live and Die for Dance – Francine PainoPhyllis Marie – Terry RowThe Gray Zone – Daphna ZimanAggie’s Nine Heroes – Diana LaurenceMississippi Flyway – Nel RandTales from my Hard Drive – Megan KaraschCeltic Tales 3 Love – Jill WhalenClearing House – Michael Lee CannonFalling in Love with Sophia – Robert KrantzZeus Blinked – Adrian CrookGenghis Khan, World Conqueror – Vol. 1 & 2– Sam DjangHana-Lani – Christine SunderlandGame Over – Bernie DuboisA Short History of a Tall Jew – Dennis DanzigerTucker’s Monster – SS WilsonMarvin Piersoll – Bernard MendilloRose’s Betrayal and Survival – Phyllis A. CollmannThe Burning Gavel – Norman ShabelGENRE-BASED WINNER: Unreasonable Inferences – Michael Griesbach RUNNER-UP: Pennsylvania Dutch – A Dark Moon for Dying – Mary Wannagat HONORABLE MENTIONS: The Torah Codes – Ezra BaranyJack and the Jungle Lion – Stephen JaredHenrietta the Dragon Slayer – Beth BaranyThe Sin of Addison Hall – Jeffrey A. OnoratoNightstalker – Rebecca RockHomecoming: Osguards Guardians of the Universe – Malcolm D. PettewayStories 4 Women – Amy Artino, Ashley Ratcliff, Mary Scott, Rebecca VillanedaLorcan’s Bane – Kitty Roxanna ConnellOpen Source – Matthew FrickWILD CARD WINNER: A Break in the Rain – Tony Lotti HONORABLE MENTIONS: Lessons from Oz – Julienne La FleurThe Shadow of a Dog I Can’t Forget – Mary Kennedy EasthamRominus – Jonathan AmaretMy Bad Tequila – Rico AustinThe Horrible Alien Visitor – Michelle MeadHOW-TO WINNER: Bad Girls: Why Men Love Them & How Good Girls Can Learn Their Secrets – Carole Lieberman, M.D. RUNNER-UP: 301 Smart Answers to Tough Business Questions – Vicky Oliver HONORABLE MENTIONS: How to Help When Parents Grieve – Holly Fox VellekoopMoney Management Easy as 1, 2, 3 – Ernest Burley, Jr. CHILDREN’S BOOKS WINNER: Quickly – The Magic Spatula – Jeryl Abelmann/Miriam Kronish/Chason Matthams RUNNER-UP: The Most Beautiful Color of All – Kelly Fischer/Michelle Duckworth HONORABLE MENTIONS: The Perfect Orange: A Tale from Ethiopia – Frank P. Araujo/Xiao Jun LiIs the Bald Eagle Sleeping? – Jocelyn WonPop Pop’s Magic Chair – David Russell/Frank FurlongBeatrice Pigeon Goes to Mexico – Lisa Young/Joan NeathSkater Kate – Hilary MalloyA Whale’s Tale – Daniel S. Janik/Ruth JanikBogie Sees Paris – Arleen ShabelParis Goes To Los Angeles – Jenna ConwisarThe Laughing River – Elizabeth H. VegaBubblecubes – Sandy PughLook at Me…A Musician I Want to Be! – Karean L. Chapman/Izabela CiesinskaTraegonia – The Ember Rune – K.S. Krueger/Dino C. CrisantiAUDIO/SPOKEN WORD WINNER: Devil Wind – Deborah Shlian and Linda Reid HONORABLE MENTIONS: Pinocchio in the Hood- Hugh Kelley and Lang ElliottInform Them, Reform Them, Transform Them – James E. PuckettCOMICS WINNER: Trickster: Native America Tales A Graphic Collection – Matt Dembicki EBOOKS WINNER: Esoteric – Forrest Boston UNPUBLISHED WINNER: So Go On and Live – Erick Galindo
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