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Jay Schabacker won a Bronze Medal for "Purposeful Design - Understanding the Creation" under Category & Education. Check it out at www.independentpublishers.com.
In 2006, The Independent Publisher Book Awards, launched in 1996, are designed to bring increased recognition to titles published by independent authors and publishers. Gorham Printing did the complete design layout for each of these titles. These winners brought a distinctly northwest flavor to the competition.
In 2006, Noah Ashenhurst, of Shelton Washington, won for Best Regional Fiction (West Pacific) for his debut novel Comfort Food: A Novel, a character-driven; literary work about six young adults trying to find their purpose in the world.
In 2006, Russell H. Holter and Jesse Clark McAbee won Honorable Mention for Best Regional Non-Fiction (West Pacific) for "Rails to Paradise, The History of the Tacoma Eastern Railroad 1890-1919".
In 2006, Cora Holmes won in the Best Romance category for her novel "Outside Man", a story of suspense, romance and ancient legends set in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. (coraholmes.com)
In 2010, PJF Publishing is pleased to announce that VETTING has won the 2010 First Place Gold Award in the AXIOM Business Book Awards competition in the category of Business Biography and Memoirs. This competition was open to all publishers and not limited to independent publishers. (pjfpub.com)
In 2010, Joan Webster won a bronze medal for Visionary Fiction for her novel "Turkoise." The novel also took top honors in the Multicultural Fiction category at the NIEA (National Indie Excellence Awards)
In 2012, Tammy Jones won a silver medal in the West Pacific-Best Regional Non-Fiction category with Alaska Bound: One Man’s Dream…One Woman’s Nightmare! (Pennock Island Productions)
In 2012, Missy Anne Peterson was selected as a finalist for The National Excellence Book Award for Regional Fiction for her book "Jimmy James Blood".
Peter Fischer was awarded Benjamin Franklin's IBPA Best Mystery Novel of 2012 for "The Unkindness of Strangers. This title can be purchased at The Grove Point Press Website.
In 2007, author Spence Campbell was runner up for Idaho Book of the Year with his true-life story "Lewis & Clark and Me". The book chronicles his historic 557-mile long distance swim down the Clearwater, Snake and Columbia rivers to the Pacific Ocean, as well as his later adventures as a professional deep-sea diver.
The Idaho Library Association states that "The award is intended to encourage the writing and publishing of books about Idaho, and to encourage excellence in writing and high standards of accuracy and readability in those books."
Spence Campbell writes, "I have had so many great comments on the quality of the book and the great cover... I'm sure part of this award goes to Gorham Printing". Gorham Printing is happy to be part of this author's success.
