NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS
CELEBRATING SELF & INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING EXCELLENCE
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14th Annual Jurors Choice Award
The Indie Excellence® Jurors Choice Award honors a title that embodies the spirit of the competition in all aspects with an unrestricted gift of funds (though we suggest it be used for
future marketing, distribution and PR efforts).
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2020 Juror's Prize: Two Awards at $500.00 each
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The 13th Annual Juror's Choice Prize will be awarded by Paul Shirley.
After graduating from Iowa State University with a degree in mechanical engineering, Paul Shirley embarked on a nine-year professional basketball career that included stops on three NBA teams, five teams in Europe, and several minor league outfits, some of which even paid him on time.
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While playing for the Phoenix Suns, Paul started a blog that led to a book deal with Random House. That book, Can I Keep My Jersey?, was released to wide acclaim in 2007. Paul has since written for Esquire, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, ESPN.com and for FlipCollective.com, a website he started.
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Paul lives in Los Angeles, where he runs a writers’ workshop called Writers Blok and PenCoach.com, where he serves as a writing coach, editor, and mentor. His second book, Stories I Tell I Dates, was released in 2017. He is currently at work on his third and fourth books.