Books For Life Foundation Announces $25,000 Literary Awards.Business Editors INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2003 Books For Life Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to educating aspiring authors and poets about the publishing process, is pleased to announce the $25,000 John T. Lupton "New Voices In Literature" Awards. The Lupton Awards are the largest prizes ever presented for query letters and book proposals only -- no manuscript required. The winner in the fiction and non-fiction categories will each receive $10,000. The prizes also include $2500.00 for travel and expense costs of attending the May 28, 2003 BookExpo America convention in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , California, where the winners will receive their awards during the Writer's Digest Writer's Digest, established in 1920, is a United States magazine devoted to both beginning and established writers, offering interviews, market listings, calls for manuscripts, and how-to articles. Writer's Conference. All entries must be received by May 1, 2003. Mark Shaw This article is about contemporary British singer. For the fictional character used by DC Comics, see Manhunter (comics)#Mark Shaw. Mark Shaw (born Mark Robert Tiplady, on 10 June, 1961, in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England) is an English singer, who is the founder and creative director of Books For Life Foundation and author of twelve published books including, Larry Legend the Life and Times of NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= Superstar Larry Bird Larry Joe Bird (born December 7,1956) is a retired American NBA basketball player, widely considered one of the greatest players of all time, and one of the best clutch performers in the history of sports. and Down For The Count, The Shocking Truth Behind the Mike Tyson Rape Trial. His latest publication, Book Report, Publishing Strategies, Writing Tips, and 101 Literary Ideas for Aspiring Authors and Poets, is the theme for the Foundation's free seminars. Shaw, a former lawyer and media analyst for CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. , ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network and ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. , created the foundation to encourage and educate aspiring authors and poets and to protect them from the publishing trap -- subsidy publishers and unscrupulous agents who prey upon unsuspecting writers. Marie Butler-Knight, publisher of Alpha Books, a division of Penguin Putnam and advisor to the foundation, calls the awards, "Important ... They promote the development of basic marketing skills to compliment a writer's creative writing skills." Literary agent Kimberly Cameron, a recent addition to Books For Life Foundation's growing advisory board, applauds the awards and the efforts of the foundation. "I am grateful to the foundation for sponsoring a 'mentor' program preparing writers for the challenging road to publishing," she said. More information about the Lupton Awards and the foundation's free seminars and services is available at www.booksforlifefoundation.com. You may also call Bis Whitacre, Assistant Director, Books For Life Foundation at 317/685-2500 or contact her by e-mail at bis@booksforlifefoundation.com. Requests for interviews with Mark Shaw can be coordinated through Christine Drury Van Marter at the contact information listed above. |
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