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{{Short description|Former American literary award}}
{{Short description|Former American literary award}}
{{distinguish|text=Quill Awards from the [[Melbourne Press Club]]}}
{{distinguish|text=Quill Awards from the [[Melbourne Press Club]]}}
The '''Quill Award''' was an American [[literary award]] that ran for three years in 2005-2007. It was a "[[consumer]]-driven award created to inspire reading while promoting [[literacy]]."<ref name="Quill">{{cite web|url=http://www.thequills.org/ |website=TheQuills.org ([[Internet Archive]]) |title=The Quill Book Awards homepage |archive-date=June 25, 2013 |access-date=November 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625022935/http://thequills.org/ }}</ref> The Quills Foundation, the organization behind the Quill Award, was supported by a number of notable [[Mass media|media]] corporations, including [[Reed Business Information]], then parent of ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'', and [[NBC Universal Television#NBC Universal Television Stations|NBC Universal Television Stations]], along with [[Parade Magazine]], [[Borders Group|Borders]], [[Barnes & Noble]] and the [[American Booksellers Association]].
The '''Quill Award''' was an American [[literary award]] that ran for three years, from 2005 to 2007. It was a "[[consumer]]-driven award created to inspire reading while promoting [[literacy]]."<ref name="Quill">{{cite web|url=http://www.thequills.org/ |website=TheQuills.org ([[Internet Archive]]) |title=The Quill Book Awards homepage |archive-date=June 25, 2013 |access-date=November 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625022935/http://thequills.org/ }}</ref> The Quills Foundation, the organization behind the award, was supported by a number of notable [[Mass media|media]] corporations, including [[Reed Business Information]], then parent of ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'', and [[NBC Universal Television#NBC Universal Television Stations|NBC Universal Television Stations]], along with ''[[Parade Magazine]]'', [[Borders Group|Borders]], [[Barnes & Noble]] and the [[American Booksellers Association]].


Reed Business Information announced plans to dissolve the awards program in February 2008 and distribute the remaining Foundation funds to non-profit organizations [[First Book]] and Literacy Partners.<ref>{{cite web|title=Quill Awards Program Suspended |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6534903.html?industryid=47141 |publisher=[[Publishers Weekly]] |website=PublishersWeekly.com (Internet Archive) |date=February 25, 2008 |archive-date=February 15, 2009 |access-date=November 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215040132/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6534903.html?industryid=47141 }}</ref> Reed declined to give reasons for the suspension,<ref name="CNN">"[https://money.cnn.com/2008/02/26/news/bc.apfn.books.quills.ap/ Reed drops Quills awards sponsorship]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}", CNN, February 26, 2008.</ref><ref name="NYT">"[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/arts/27arts-QUILLAWARDSA_BRF.html?_r=1&ref=arts&oref=slogin Quill Awards Are Ended]", ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 27, 2008.</ref> but the awards had produced little effect on book sales, and the televised ceremonies were criticized for being too long and poorly planned.<ref name="CNN"/><ref name="CBC">[http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2008/02/26/quill-cut.html Co-founder cuts support of Quills book award], CBC News, February 26, 2008.</ref>
Reed Business Information announced plans to dissolve the awards program in February 2008 and distribute the remaining Foundation funds to non-profit organizations [[First Book]] and Literacy Partners.<ref>{{cite web|title=Quill Awards Program Suspended |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6534903.html?industryid=47141 |publisher=[[Publishers Weekly]] |website=PublishersWeekly.com (Internet Archive) |date=February 25, 2008 |archive-date=February 15, 2009 |access-date=November 11, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215040132/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6534903.html?industryid=47141 }}</ref> Reed declined to give reasons for the suspension,<ref name="CNN">"[https://money.cnn.com/2008/02/26/news/bc.apfn.books.quills.ap/ Reed drops Quills awards sponsorship]{{dead link|date=July 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}", CNN, February 26, 2008.</ref><ref name="NYT">"[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/27/arts/27arts-QUILLAWARDSA_BRF.html?_r=1&ref=arts&oref=slogin Quill Awards Are Ended]", ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 27, 2008.</ref> but the awards had produced little effect on book sales, and the televised ceremonies were criticized for being too long and poorly planned.<ref name="CNN"/><ref name="CBC">[http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2008/02/26/quill-cut.html Co-founder cuts support of Quills book award], CBC News, February 26, 2008.</ref>


== Selection process ==
== Selection process ==
Winners were selected through a two-part process involving nomination by industry experts and final selection by consumer votes. To be eligible for nomination, a book had to be published in English during the previous year and be included in at least one industry or sponsor listing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.quillsliteracy.org/nominatingvoting.html |title=Nominating & Voting |work=Quills Literacy Foundation web site |archive-date=April 28, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060428105856/http://www.quillsliteracy.org/nominatingvoting.html}}</ref> Readers selected the winners from among the five nominees selected by the board for each category. However, for the 2007 edition, the choice by public vote was restricted to book of the year, and winners in other categories were chosen by retailers and librarians.<ref name="CBC"/>
Winners were selected through a two-part process involving nomination by industry experts and final selection by consumer votes. To be eligible for nomination, a book had to be published in English during the previous year and be included in at least one industry or sponsor listing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.quillsliteracy.org/nominatingvoting.html |title=Nominating & Voting |work=Quills Literacy Foundation website |archive-date=April 28, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060428105856/http://www.quillsliteracy.org/nominatingvoting.html}}</ref> Readers selected the winners from among the five nominees selected by the board for each category. However, for the 2007 edition, the choice by public vote was restricted to book of the year, and winners in other categories were chosen by retailers and librarians.<ref name="CBC"/>


== 2007 Quill Award winners ==
== 2007 Quill Award winners ==
*'''Book of the year:''' ''Angels Fall'', [[Nora Roberts]]
*'''Book of the year:''' ''Angels Fall'', [[Nora Roberts]]
*'''Debut author of the year:''' [[Diane Setterfield]], ''[[The Thirteenth Tale]]''
*'''Debut author of the year:''' [[Diane Setterfield]], ''[[The Thirteenth Tale]]''
*'''Audio book:''' ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'', [[Harper Lee]], (read by [[Sissy Spacek]])
*'''Audio book:''' ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'', [[Harper Lee]] (read by [[Sissy Spacek]])
*'''Children's illustrated book:''' ''[[Flotsam]], [[David Wiesner]]
*'''Children's illustrated book:''' ''[[Flotsam]], [[David Wiesner]]
*'''Children's chapter book/middle grade:''' ''[[The Invention of Hugo Cabret]]'', [[Brian Selznick]]
*'''Children's chapter book/middle grade:''' ''[[The Invention of Hugo Cabret]]'', [[Brian Selznick]]
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*'''Humor:''' ''Don't Make a Black Woman Take off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life'', [[Tyler Perry]]
*'''Humor:''' ''Don't Make a Black Woman Take off Her Earrings: Madea's Uninhibited Commentaries on Love and Life'', [[Tyler Perry]]
*'''Sports:''' ''Get Your Own Damn Beer, I'm Watching the Game!: A Woman's Guide to Loving Pro Football'', [[Holly Robinson Peete]]
*'''Sports:''' ''Get Your Own Damn Beer, I'm Watching the Game!: A Woman's Guide to Loving Pro Football'', [[Holly Robinson Peete]]
*'''''Variety'' Blockbuster Book to Film''': ''[[The Devil Wears Prada (novel)|The Devil Wears Prada]]'' and [[The Devil Wears Prada (film)|its film adaptation]], author [[Lauren Weisberger]] and [[film director|director]] [[David Frankel]].
*'''''Variety'' Blockbuster Book to Film''': ''[[The Devil Wears Prada (novel)|The Devil Wears Prada]]'' and [[The Devil Wears Prada (film)|its film adaptation]], author [[Lauren Weisberger]] and [[film director|director]] [[David Frankel]]


== 2005 Quill Award winners ==
== 2005 Quill Award winners ==
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*'''Book of the Year:''' ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', [[J.K. Rowling]], [[Mary GrandPré]] (Illustrator)
*'''Book of the Year:''' ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', [[J.K. Rowling]], [[Mary GrandPré]] (Illustrator)
*'''Debut Author of the Year:''' [[Elizabeth Kostova]] for ''[[The Historian]]''
*'''Debut Author of the Year:''' [[Elizabeth Kostova]] for ''[[The Historian]]''
*'''Audio Book:''' ''[[America (The Book)|The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction]]'', [[Jon Stewart]] and the Writers of [[the Daily Show]]
*'''Audio Book:''' ''[[America (The Book)|The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction]]'', [[Jon Stewart]] and the Writers of [[the Daily Show]]
*'''Children's Illustrated Book:''' ''[[Runny Babbit|Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook]]'', [[Shel Silverstein]]
*'''Children's Illustrated Book:''' ''[[Runny Babbit|Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook]]'', [[Shel Silverstein]]
*'''Children's Chapter Book/Middle Grade:''' ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'', [[J.K. Rowling]], [[Mary GrandPré]] (Illustrator)
*'''Children's Chapter Book/Middle Grade:''' ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'', [[J.K. Rowling]], [[Mary GrandPré]] (Illustrator)
*'''Young Adult/Teen:''' ''[[Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood]]'', [[Ann Brashares]]
*'''Young Adult/Teen:''' ''[[Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood]]'', [[Ann Brashares]]
*'''General Fiction:''' ''[[The Mermaid Chair]]'', [[Sue Monk Kidd]]
*'''General Fiction:''' ''[[The Mermaid Chair]]'', [[Sue Monk Kidd]]
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20130625022935/http://thequills.org/}}
* {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20130625022935/http://thequills.org/}}
** {{Cite web |url=http://www.thequills.org/ |title=The Quill Awards : Auction |access-date=July 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430021149/http://www.thequills.org/ |archive-date=April 30, 2008 |url-status=bot: unknown |df=mdy-all }}
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.thequills.org/ |title=The Quill Awards : Auction |access-date=July 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430021149/http://www.thequills.org/ |archive-date=April 30, 2008 |url-status=bot: unknown |df=mdy-all }}


[[Category:Awards established in 2005]]
[[Category:Awards established in 2005]]

Revision as of 17:56, 2 March 2023

Not to be confused with Quill Awards from the Melbourne Press Club.

The Quill Award was an American literary award that ran for three years, from 2005 to 2007. It was a "consumer-driven award created to inspire reading while promoting literacy."[1] The Quills Foundation, the organization behind the award, was supported by a number of notable media corporations, including Reed Business Information, then parent of Publishers Weekly, and NBC Universal Television Stations, along with Parade Magazine, Borders, Barnes & Noble and the American Booksellers Association.

Reed Business Information announced plans to dissolve the awards program in February 2008 and distribute the remaining Foundation funds to non-profit organizations First Book and Literacy Partners.[2] Reed declined to give reasons for the suspension,[3][4] but the awards had produced little effect on book sales, and the televised ceremonies were criticized for being too long and poorly planned.[3][5]

Selection process

Winners were selected through a two-part process involving nomination by industry experts and final selection by consumer votes. To be eligible for nomination, a book had to be published in English during the previous year and be included in at least one industry or sponsor listing.[6] Readers selected the winners from among the five nominees selected by the board for each category. However, for the 2007 edition, the choice by public vote was restricted to book of the year, and winners in other categories were chosen by retailers and librarians.[5]

2007 Quill Award winners

2006 Quill Award winners

2005 Quill Award winners

The foundation awarded a Quills Corporate Literacy Award to Verizon for its support of literacy programs in the United States.[7]

References

  1. ^ "The Quill Book Awards homepage". TheQuills.org (Internet Archive). Archived from the original on June 25, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  2. ^ "Quill Awards Program Suspended". PublishersWeekly.com (Internet Archive). Publishers Weekly. February 25, 2008. Archived from the original on February 15, 2009. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Reed drops Quills awards sponsorship[permanent dead link]", CNN, February 26, 2008.
  4. ^ "Quill Awards Are Ended", The New York Times, February 27, 2008.
  5. ^ a b Co-founder cuts support of Quills book award, CBC News, February 26, 2008.
  6. ^ "Nominating & Voting". Quills Literacy Foundation website. Archived from the original on April 28, 2006.
  7. ^ Verizon Wins First Quills Corporate Literacy Award
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