Vital Yoga: A Sourcebook for Students and Teachers
by Meta Chaya Hirschl

Honorable Mention for the Eric Hoffer Book Award in the Health category

Previous winners of the Eric Hoffer Award for independent books are listed below for the various prize categories. Each year a small group of finalists is isolated for the grand prize round of judging. This is known as the “short list,” which is announced publicly in the spring of each award year. In 2007, individual press honors were awarded for the first time, including a single grand prize winner. Beginning in 2008, the Montaigne Medal was awarded, and in 2009, the da Vinci Eye was awarded. You may read the award commentary for the most recent award winners in The US Review of Books.

 

 

Finalist in the Southwest Book Design & Production Awards for Excellence from the New Mexico Book Association

New Mexico Book Association (NMBA) is the only statewide nonprofit serving all book professionals. We are passionate book people who have come together through our common interests to preserve, protect, and promote the book in all its forms. Our members include book creators, writers, editors, publishers, illustrators, librarians, booksellers, book designers, typesetters, printers, literacy advocates, agents, reviewers, and avid readers.

 

 

2010 Winner New Mexico Book Award

The purpose of the New Mexico Book Awards is to uncover and honor the best in New Mexico’s books! Entries in the New Mexico Book Awards will be judged by booksellers, librarians, teachers, and book marketing experts. The New Mexico Book Awards are underwritten by Albuquerque The Magazine, Borders, the New Mexico Humanities Council and the New Mexico Book Co-op.

Winner in the Best Books 2010 Awards, Health: Exercise & Fitness, sponsored by USA Book News

Mainstream & Independent Titles Score Top Honors in the 7th Annual “Best Books” Awards

LOS ANGELES – USABookNews.com, the premiere online magazine and review website for mainstream and independent publishing houses, announced the winners and finalists of THE “BEST BOOKS 2010” AWARDS (BBA) on October 26, 2010. Over 500 winners and finalists were announced in over 140 categories covering print and audio books. Awards were presented for titles published in 2010 and late 2009.

Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of USABookNews.com, said this year’s contest yielded an unprecedented number of entries, which were then narrowed down to over 500 winners and finalists.  Keen says of the awards, now in their eighth year, “The 2010 results represent a phenomenal mix of books from a wide array of publishers throughout the United States. With a full publicity and marketing campaign promoting the results of BBA, this year’s winners and finalists will gain additional media coverage for the upcoming holiday retail season.”

Winners and finalists traversed the publishing landscape: Simon & Schuster, Penguin/Putnum, Rodale, McGraw-Hill, John Wiley & Sons, Moody Publishers, American Cancer Society, Sourcebooks & hundreds of independent houses contributed to this year’s outstanding BBA competition. Keen adds, “BBA’s success begins with the enthusiastic participation of authors and publishers and continues with our distinguished panel of industry judges who bring to the table their extensive editorial, PR, marketing, and design expertise.”

USABookNews.com is an online publication providing coverage for books from mainstream and independent publishers to the world online community. JPX Media, in Los Angeles, California, is the parent company of USABookNews.com.

A complete list of the winners and finalists of the “Best Books 2010” Awards are available online at http://www.USABookNews.com.

2010 Next Generation Indie Book Award

The Next Generation Indie Book Awards (the “Indie Book Awards”) is the most rewarding and exciting book awards program for independent publishers and authors worldwide. Vital Yoga won in the Health/Wellness Category

The Indie Book Awards was established to recognize and honor the most exceptional independently published books in 60 different categories, for the year, and is presented by Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group (www.IBPPG.com) in cooperation with Marilyn Allen of Allen O’Shea Literary Agency.

Gold Medal, 2010 Living Now Book Award

The Living Now Book Awards celebrate the innovation and creativity of newly published books in lifestyle categories from cooking and fitness to parenting and spirituality. Vital Yoga won in the Yoga/Pilates/Bodywork category. In all, 103 medals were awarded in 30 categories, chosen from 428 total entries.

The Living Now Book Awards celebrate the innovation and creativity of newly published books that enhance the quality of our lives, from cooking and entertaining to fitness and travel. The awards are open to all books written in English and intended for the North American market. Winning a Living Now Book Award will bring recipients the credibility and publicity they need to further their book marketing and sales success.

“Today’s fast-changing world, with all its technological and ecological issues, renews in us the sense of urgency we felt 40 years ago, and good books are necessary to inform and inspire us to keep ourselves and the Earth healthy – today, and for future generations,” said Awards Director Jim Barnes.

2010 New Mexico Women Authors’ Book Festival

Vital Yoga:  A Sourcebook for Students and Teachers has been accepted to he third annual New Mexico Women Authors’ Book Festival (NMWABF) benefiting the Museum of New Mexico Foundation opens to the public Saturday, October 2 and runs through Sunday, October 3, 2010, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the New Mexico History Museum. The festival celebrates the joy of reading and the creative power of New Mexico’s women writers. The program expands this year with best-selling author Anne Lamott kicking off the festival with a ticketed event Tuesday, Sept. 28 at the historic Lensic Theatre in downtown Santa Fe.

More than 110 talented New Mexican female authors who have been juried into the festival will discuss their current work and craft in 30-minute segments Saturday and Sunday in six different venues throughout the New Mexico History Museum (NMHM) campus. “New Mexico has a long history as a literary mecca,” says John Stafford, founder of the festival and director of retail operations, Museum of New Mexico Foundation. “We built the festival with the hopes that we can offer something to everyone in terms of world-class lectures, talks, book signings and events for both the general public and authors.” Friday, October 1, is an educational day for authors with seminars throughout the day on a variety of subjects. These events will be programmed and supported by the NMWABF Authors’ Committee.