Quill Awards

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The Quill Awards were "consumer-driven awards created to inspire reading while promoting literacy."[1] The Quills Foundation, the organization behind the Quill Awards, is supported by a number of notable media corporations, including Reed Business Information, parent of Publishers Weekly, and NBC Universal Television Stations, along with Parade Magazine, Borders, Barnes & Noble and the American Booksellers Association.

Reed Business Information announced plans to dissolve the awards program in February 2008 and distribute the remaining Foundation funds to non-profit organizations First Book and Literacy Partners.[2] Reed declined to give reasons for the suspension,[3][4] but the awards had produced little effect on book sales, and the televised ceremonies were criticised for being too long and poorly planned.[5][3]

[edit] Selection process

Winners are selected through a two-part process involving nomination by industry experts and final selection by consumer votes. To be eligible for nomination, a book had to be published in English during the previous year and be included in at least one industry or sponsor listing.[6] Readers selected the winners from among the five nominees selected by the board for each category. However, for the 2007 edition, the choice by public vote was restricted to book of the year, and winners in other categories were chosen by retailers and librarians.[5]

[edit] 2007 Quill Award winners

[edit] 2006 Quill Award winners

[edit] 2005 Quill Award winners

The foundation awarded a Quills Corporate Literacy Award to Verizon for its support of literacy programs in the United States.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Quill Awards homepage Quills Foundation
  2. ^ "Quill Awards Program Suspended", Publishers Weekly, 2008-02-035. 
  3. ^ a b "Reed drops Quills awards sponsorship", CNN, February 26 2008.
  4. ^ "Quill Awards Are Ended", The New York Times, February 27, 2008.
  5. ^ a b Co-founder cuts support of Quills book award, CBC News, February 26, 2008.
  6. ^ [1][dead link]
  7. ^ Verizon Wins First Quills Corporate Literacy Award

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