{"id":7941,"date":"2024-10-13T15:55:08","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T22:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/?p=7941"},"modified":"2024-10-13T16:30:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T23:30:03","slug":"nyc-big-book-award-makes-3-international-literary-prizes-for-kennedy-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/nyc-big-book-award-makes-3-international-literary-prizes-for-kennedy-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Big Book Award makes 3  international literary prizes for KENNEDY GIRL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sunshine Coast, British Columbia<\/strong> &#8212; The <strong>NYC Big Book Award<\/strong> has recognized <strong><em>KENNEDY GIRL<\/em><\/strong> in the category of <strong>Historical Fiction <\/strong>as a D<strong>istinguished Favorite <\/strong>in their literary competition of 2024. This follows upon an earlier award for the first book in the Annie Shea series, the audiobook of <em>A Theory of Expanded Love<\/em>, which also won Distinguished Favorite with NYC Big Book Award in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/nycbookaward-kennedy-square.webp\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7935 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/nycbookaward-kennedy-square.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The competition was judged by experts of the book industry, including publishers, writers, editors, designers, booksellers, librarians and professional copywriters. Winners and distinguished favorites are based on overall excellence.<\/p>\n<p>\u200bKENNEDY GIRL, published by Brown Posey Press (a subsidiary of Sunbury Press), Pennsylvania in 2023, takes place in Southern California in 1968.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/KG-on-ipad-FINALIST-.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7876\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/KG-on-ipad-FINALIST--1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"734\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/KG-on-ipad-FINALIST--1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/KG-on-ipad-FINALIST--300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/KG-on-ipad-FINALIST--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/KG-on-ipad-FINALIST--768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/KG-on-ipad-FINALIST--1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/KG-on-ipad-FINALIST--600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/KG-on-ipad-FINALIST--100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/KG-on-ipad-FINALIST-.jpg 1551w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>An uncontrollable series of events transform the lives of two teenagers the night of RFK&#8217;s assassination. Annie Shea, the unforgettable heroine of A Theory of Expanded Love returns in this coming-of-age adventure about love, justice and the memorable year of 1968. (Getty images photo credit).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-13-at-4.07.51-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7946 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-13-at-4.07.51-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"296\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other recent awards for KENNEDY GIRL include <strong><em>Finalist in Cross Genre Fiction<\/em><\/strong><em> for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=3ef51485c6305d9effbf6edba&amp;id=60103c63af&amp;e=04bfb3bc96\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 2024 American Fiction Awards<\/a>. <\/em>Awards were presented for titles published in 2022-2024 and can be accessed here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanbookfest.com\/2024afafullresults.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.americanbookfest.com\/2024afafullresults.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 115%;\">In British Columbia, the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society awarded KENNEDY GIRL an <b><i>Honourable Mention,<\/i><\/b><i> Sunshine Coast Voices <\/i>in their second annual<i> <u>Book Awards for BC Authors contest<\/u>.<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scwes.ca\/contests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.scwes.ca\/contests<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunshine Coast, British Columbia &#8212; The NYC Big Book Award has recognized KENNEDY GIRL in the category of Historical Fiction as a Distinguished Favorite in their literary competition of 2024. 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