Sixteen iUniverse titles recently received honors at the 2007 DIY Book Festival.
The DIY Book Festival is part of the DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film, Music & Books, which also produces the DIY Film Festival and the DIY Music Festival. Produced by JM Northern Media LLC, the festival is designed to honor top independent works of literature.
The sixth annual festival recognized titles from 18 categories. The iUniverse authors receiving honors in the 2007 DIY Book Festival include:
Choices - Kate Buckley.
Ring a Ring of Roses - Randall Scott. Genre-based Honorable Mention
Introduction to Love and Self: A Romantic Novel - Joan Vassar. Genre-based Honorable Mention
Alpha Rising - G.L. Douglas. Genre-based Honorable Mention
Head Trauma: Sonnets and Other Poems - Gary David Johnson. Poetry - Honorable Mention
Sightlines:
Restoring My Soul - Andrea Matthews. Non-Fiction Honorable Mention
A Trial of One - Mary E. Martin. Fiction - Honorable Mention
The Sidewalk Smokers Club - Stephen Siciliano. Fiction - Honorable Mention
West Across the Board - Andrew Jalbert. Fiction - Honorable Mention
Tunnel Vision - W.K. Brown. Fiction - Honorable Mention
The Only Game in Town - Gordon Donell. Fiction - Honorable Mention
Friends and Lovers in Black and White - Altomease Kennedy. Fiction - Honorable Mention
Cibolero - Kermit Lopez. Fiction - Honorable Mention
No Experts Needed - Louise Lewis. Compilations Honorable Mention
Dreamtime - Robert Steiner. Compilations Honorable Mention
“The DIY Book Festival program demonstrates the tremendous volume of quality work being independently published today,” Susan Driscoll, president and CEO of iUniverse, said. “I’m very pleased by the number of iUniverse titles honored in this year’s competition. Our authors have demonstrated that success can be achieved outside the boundaries of traditional publishing.”
For the complete list of finalists at the 2007 DIY Book Festival or to learn how to qualify for next year’s awards, visit www.diyconvention.com. To find out more about the book publishing, editorial and marketing services offered by iUniverse, visit iuniverse.com.


