Cherry Creek Schools Selected to Launch Student Writing Contest for CIPA Education and Literacy Foundation
April, 2009
The Young Author's League of the Colorado Independent Publisher's Association Education and Literacy Foundation has teamed with the Cherry Creek School District to launch the 2009 Student Short-Story Writing Contest for 4th & 5th Grade students. Winning stories will appear in a book titled, Making the World a Better Place, A Child's Perspective. It will be published by the non-profit Education and Literacy Foundation (ELF), and will be released in the fall.
| YAL and ELF Student Short Story Contest Press Release (PDF) |
Scholarship & Special Awards
Presented at EVVY Banquet
March 29, 2009
The Colorado Independent Publishers Association presented its fifteenth annual EVVY Awards March 28th, 2009 at Denver’s Red Lion Hotel. The elegant gala, attended by one-hundred-sixty-five guests, was introduced by CIPA’s president, author Mara Purl, and MC’d by Denver talk-show host Dom Testa. Chair of the event was Dr. Judith Briles, best-selling author, national speaker and frequent contributor to the Denver Business Journal.
| 2009 CIPA EVVY Awards Press Release (PDF) |
Official CIPA College Press Release
January 2009
Our friends in the media and other appropriate parties may download the official 2009 CIPA College press release below.
| CIPA College Press Release (PDF) |
Local High School and College Students Receive CIPA President's Scholarship
April 24, 2009
In the spirit of mentorship and community service, CIPA and its non-profit Education and Literary Foundation offers scholarships to local students... This year's scholarship winners for excellence in creative writing and journalism were Liz Matthews, a freshman at Cheyenne Mountain High school, and Jessica Zook, a sophomore at Conifer High School.
Rotary's Mountains of Books program tops $30K mark
April 16, 2009
The Rotary Club of Conifer's Mountains of Books "Peaking" an Interest in Reading literacy campaign surpassed the $30,000 dollar mark last week when the club's Literacy Committee made yet another mountain area school and library reference book donation to Conifer High School/Jeffco Public Library on April 9th.
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Denver Post—
Book News: Publishing Workshop
March 22, 2009
The Colorado Independent Publishers Association will hold its annual CIPA College beginning Thursday at the Red Lion Hotel, 4040 Quebec St.
The three-day event will feature talks on such subjects as Web marketing, making profitable decisions for your publishing business, the power of editing, working with the major bookstore chains, working with distributors, website musts for authors and publishers, free publicity on the Internet, and more.
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Got a Book In You?
February 26, 2009
You have this great idea rattling around in your head. You've filled a few yellow pads with notes, gathered articles that pertain to your subject. But every time you think about writing, you get stopped by the overwhelming prospect. How do you find an editor? How do you even know when the book is actually done and good enough for publication?
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Graduate from Book "College" in Three Days
February 25, 2009
Always wanted to write and publish a terrific book? Wish you'd gone to college to learn how? CIPA College is your answer. All you have to do is enroll in the extraordinary three-day intensive right here in Colorado.
The Colorado Independent Publishers Association is poised to present its duo of key annual events: CIPA College, March 26-28, 2009, and the Evvy Awards on Saturday evening, March 28 th. Both events will be held at the Red Lion Hotel in Denver, Colorado.
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Learn the Book Publishing Biz at CIPA College
February 23, 2009
The theme for this year's CIPA College is "Creating Your Publishing Star Power," and the roster of speakers truly is a constellation of stars. From publishing mecca New York: Marcella Smith, Director of Barnes & Noble's Small Press Division; Eric Kampmann, President of Midpoint, one of the trade's largest distributors; and NY Times bestselling author Margaret Coel. From Los Angeles, Erin Gray of television fame will discuss her best-selling book, and Jeff Keen, founder of USA Book News Best Book Awards will share critical secrets of book awards and marketing. Other mega-stars in the industry include Fern Reiss (The Publishing Game), John Kremer (1001 Ways to Market Your Books).
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CIPA ELF & Conifer Rotary's gift to Summit County
December 22, 2008
Not rain nor sleet nor snow keeps the CIPA ELF and the Conifer Rotary Club from making gifts of books to Colorado libraries and schools and such was the case this time on December 18 in Summit County. Braving the snowy, high country roads from Conifer to Breckenridge, representatives from the Rotary Club of Conifer, Rotary District 5450 and the Colorado Independent Publishers Association's 501 c 3 Education and Literacy Foundation (CIPA ELF) delivered a holiday gift of $3000 worth of brand new reference books to the Summit County Library in Frisco.
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