It’s finally starting to feel like summer in Ludington! Can you believe it snowed in Ludington last week? Todd and Brad have enjoyed getting out and making some new images the last few weeks. You'll see these throughout the newsletter.
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Book Award Update
IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards
Todd and Brad Reed's Michigan: Wednesdays in the Mitten won silver medals in TWO categories in the Benjamin Franklin Awards for 2016. The two categories were best Coffee Table Book in North America and best Interior Design: 3 or more Color in North America.
The IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award for excellence in book publishing is regarded as one of the highest national honors for small and independent publishers.
Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY)
Todd and Brad Reed's Michigan: Wednesdays in the Mitten won bronze in the IPPY Awards in the national category of Coffee Table Books.
The "IPPY" Awards were conceived as a broad-based, unaffiliated awards program open to all members of the independent publishing industry, and are open to authors and publishers worldwide who produce books written in English and intended for the North American market. They are designed to bring increased recognition to the deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors and publishers. Established as the first awards program open exclusively to independents, over 3,000 "IPPYs" have been awarded to authors and publishers around the world.
2015 IndieFab Book of the Year Award
Todd and Brad Reed's Michigan: Wednesdays in the Mitten is also a finalist for the 2015 IndieFab Photography Book of the Year
“The 2015 INDIEFAB finalist selection process is as inspiring as it is rigorous,†said Victoria Sutherland, publisher of Foreword Reviews. “The strength of this list of finalists is further proof that small, independent publishers are taking their rightful place as the new driving force of the entire publishing industry.â€
Foreword Reviews will announce and celebrate the winners during a program at the American Library Association Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida in June. We hope Wednesdays is a winner!
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NANPA's Showcase 2016 Competition - Top 100!
We are happy to announce that "Crystal Cathedral", one of Todd's images, made it into the top 100 images entered into the 2016 Showcase Competition out of approximately 2,600 images submitted! "Eben Ice Art" by Todd placed in the top 250. The Top 250 photos are selected by a jury panel from thousands of images sent in by the NANPA members for the Showcase gallery. These were also published in the 2016 NANPA Expressions journal. In addition to appearing in Expressions, each week 7 photos are selected from the top 100 Showcase images to appear on the front page of NANPA’s website and all 250 are available for viewing on the NANPA's website. This week "Crystal Cathedral" will be included in the NANPA's home page slideshow.
Crystal Cathedral - Placed in the top 100
Eben Ice Art - Placed in the top 250
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Ludington named as America's Best Beach Town
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We’re excited for summer here at the gallery, but this week we are celebrating Ludington in particular, as it has just been named “America’s Best Beach Town†in Outside Online’s “America’s Best Town of 2016†contest. The bracket-style contest features cities all across the United States that were nominated by the website’s Instagram followers in four categories: mountain, culture, beach, and river towns. There was a winner for each category, including Ludington for beach, Billings, MT for river, Seattle, WA for culture, and Jackson, WY for the mountain title. The four category winners were placed against each other in the semi-final round of voting where Ludington lost to Billings, MT. Billings is now up against Jackson, WY to take the final title in the race for “America’s Best Town of 2016!†We are very humbled that Ludington was nominated and we are excited to celebrate being “Amercia’s Best Beach Town†for 2016!
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