The Quill Book Awards

Voting is open for the second annual Quill Books Awards (aka The Quills), and Julie Powell is one of five nominees for Debut Author of the Year. Julie & Julia is also a nominee for the Cooking category, and since all Quill nominees are also in the running for Book of the Year, that's three awards Julie could win!

The Quills are a "consumer-driven award created to inspire reading while promoting literacy," and are backed by a few large media companies such as NBC and Reed Business Information (parent company of Publishers Weekly). Voting for all 20 categories takes place online, and anyone can participate. However, voting closes on September 30, so time is running out if you want to participate.

Go there now and vote for Julie!

By the way, Julie & Julia isn't the only blook up for a Quill. Eisner Award winning Mom's Cancer, by Brian Fies, is one of the nominees in the Graphic Novels category. It hasn't been entered in the Blooker...yet (hint, hint).

Although it is still being developed, we plan to officially announce "The People's Blooker" later this year. Like the Quills, anyone will be able to participate in the voting, but the big difference is that the nomination process will also be open to all. I'll share more details once we have the process worked out a bit more.