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Mary Ann Bernal receives national recognition through the Independent Press Award
Image: https://www.abnewswire.com/upload/2025/02/c18341d4b79417748f812da1d590cb74.jpgOmaha, Nebraska - The INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD, one of the most globally prestigious book award programs for independent authors, publishers, and illustrators, recognized AnaRose and Pharaoh's Gold by Mary Ann Bernal as a winner in the category of Novella.
The competition is judged by experts from different aspects of the book industry, including publishers, writers, editors, book cover designers and professional copywriters. Selected IPA Award Winners and Distinguished Favorites are based on overall excellence.
AnaRose and Pharaoh's Gold
A stolen relic. A ruthless cult. An ancient evil.
A priceless Egyptian artifact listed for auction on the black market sparks a deadly chase between museum curator and archaeologist AnaRose Preston and a fanatical ancient sect. The Cult of Apophis will stop at nothing to reclaim the relic housing the deity's soul. AnaRose risks her life to prevent the secret society from unleashing hell on earth.
In 2025, the INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD saw participation from journalists, well established authors, and small, medium and large publishers across the globe, including those residing in Australia, Canada, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, India, Hong Kong, Japan, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, and the United States.
Winners were chosen from publishers such as Amplify Publishing Group, Black Rose Writing, Blackstone Publishing, BookBaby, Calumet Editions, Globe Pequot, Finishing Line Press, Gatekeepers Press, Hachette Go (Blanco of Grand Central Publishing), HarperCollins Leadership, Ideapress Publishing, IVP Kids, Koehler Books, Mad Cave Studios, North Dakota State University Press, Oceanview, Publishing Old Stone Press, Pegasus Books, Post Hill Press, Red T Kid's Media, Rowman & Littlefield, She Writes Press, University of California Press, and University of Georgia Press.
"The 2025 INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD awardees included the excellence and diversity of global independent publishing," said Gabrielle Olczak, IPA President and Award Sponsor. "There is no stopping independent publishing. It provides unparalleled content and quality to consumers worldwide, and we are excited to showcase this year's honorees to the world."
For more information, please visit independentpressaward.com; and to see this year's list of IPA Winners and Distinguished Favorites, please visit the website pages:
2025 WINNERS: https://www.independentpressaward.com/2025winners
2025 DISTINGUISHED FAVORITES: https://www.independentpressaward.com/2025favorites
The Independent Press Award is announced every spring and is open to independent authors and publishers.
The fall book competition, NYC Big Book Award, https://www.nycbigbookaward.com/, allows all authors and publishers and includes submissions from the big five publishers.
Join us for the Awards Dinner on May 3rd, and at the BookCAMP event, May 2 - 4, 2025, https://www.independentpressaward.com/ipabookcamp.
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