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35-574: The IPPY Awards were founded in 1996 by the Small Press publishing magazine. In 1998, Small Press became the Independent Publisher magazine, but continued to run the annual IPPY Awards. The IPPY's mission statement claims the awards are intended to 'recognise the deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors and publishers, and bring them to the attention of booksellers, buyers, librarians, and book lovers around

70-410: A $ 25 discount was available for early submissions. Entries are judged based on first impression, design, originality, use of language, message delivery, and relevance. IPPY medalists receive certificates, medals, and book sticker seals. They also have the option to purchase additional merchandise, including plaques, electronic images, and additional medals and seals. About 2,400 publishers throughout

105-891: A 2003 Outstanding Book of the Year for A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius . Margaret Atwood won in 2003 for Negotiating with the Dead: A Writer on Writing . Juan Felipe Herrera , the United States Poet Laureate, won an IPPY gold medal in 2005 for Featherless (Desplumado) . Randal Graham won in 2018 the IPPY gold medal in fantasy fiction for Beforelife . David Pietrusza won the 2023 IPPY Gold Medal for US History. General Categories: E-Book Categories Regional Categories (Awards for "Best Fiction" and "Best Non-Fiction" in each region) The IPPY Awards were criticized by Writer Beware , an advocacy website sponsored by

140-546: A majority having come from his previous participation in the LIGO Collaboration. Kalmus is a science communicator whose efforts center on shifting culture away from fossil fuel acceptability. He tweets as @ClimateHuman and as of April 2022 is the most-followed climate scientist on Twitter. He focuses in particular on encouraging the Earth science and other academic communities to speak out with greater urgency on

175-403: A misconduct inquiry, and complained to Abramoff's employer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory . Kalmus and Abramoff further claimed that AGU threatened to have them arrested if they returned to the meeting. Abramoff was subsequently fired by Oak Ridge. In January 2023, 1500 scientists signed an appeal to object to what happened to their colleagues. On April 6, 2022, Kalmus was arrested, along with

210-836: A physicist, an engineer and a science teacher, for chaining himself to the door of the JP Morgan Chase building in Los Angeles, protesting the bank's investments in new fossil fuel projects. Writing in The Guardian in April   2022, Kalmus advocated civil disobedience following the release of the final IPCC Working Group III report. In the article, Kalmus says "It's now the eleventh hour and I feel terrified for my kids, and terrified for humanity. [...] But I'll keep fighting as hard as I can for this Earth, no matter how bad it gets, because it can always get worse". Kalmus

245-663: A postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology , leading major full-collaboration searches for gravitational waves from magnetars , gamma ray bursts and supernovae and contributing to the precise calibration of the world's gravitational wave observatories . After focusing on LIGO related work for several years, Kalmus's focus transitioned into earth and climate science. Kalmus's recent research centers on cloud physics , specifically improving basic understanding of marine stratocumulus clouds and severe convective weather such as tornadoes with

280-473: Is a book publishing and marketing company based in Traverse City , Michigan , USA . It was established in 1988 as Publisher's Design Service and Publisher's Distribution Service, then was incorporated as Jenkins Group in 1995. It provides custom book publishing and marketing services and has founded several book awards programs. A contest created in 1996 and nicknamed the "IPPY" Awards, this program

315-730: Is also a recipient of the inaugural Transition US Walking the Talk award. He is a 2018 "Grist 50" fellow, one of the ten 2018 fellows classified as "Visionaries". His book, Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution won an IPPY Outstanding Book of the Year Award, the Nautilus Book Award , and the Foreword Indies Book Award. Jenkins Group Jenkins Group, Inc.

350-455: Is an American scientist and writer based in Altadena, California . He is a data scientist at NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an associate project scientist at UCLA 's Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science & Engineering. In addition to his scientific work, he is the author of the book, Being the Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution . A documentary by

385-679: Is open to independently published titles written in English . According to its website, the awards seek to "reward those who exhibit the courage, innovation, and creativity to bring about change in the world of publishing." Entrants can choose from 88 general awards categories as well as e-book categories and regional categories in North America , Europe , and Oceania . This award was founded in 2006 and with its 40+ categories aims to recognize children's books that may otherwise have been overlooked by larger, more general contests. Since 2010,

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420-597: Is the founder of the website noflyclimatesci.org and a leading voice in the #FlyingLess movement. He is pushing for the American Geophysical Union to support earth scientists who choose to fly less out of climate concerns, with remote participation options at conferences. Kalmus was a lead organizer on two letters written in support of school striking youth, one from US Earth scientists and one from international scholars. His two sons have been regularly school striking on Fridays since 2018 as part of

455-652: The Fridays for Future movement . To help users track carbon emissions, Kalmus co-founded the smart phone app Earth Hero . It aims to help users reduce their emissions, shift culture with their reductions, and engage in other forms of climate activism such as protest and civil disobedience. Kalmus has won numerous awards both for his science and activism. He received the NASA Early Career Achievement Medal and three Jet Propulsion Laboratory Voyager Awards for his work in Earth science. He

490-625: The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), which stated that it was one of several profiteer awards run by the Jenkins Group and that 'even among profiteers, however, Jenkins is unusual in the amount of extra merchandise it hawks to winners.' The site classified profiteer awards as awards that are aimed at "making money for the sponsor. Such awards aren't really about honouring writers at all." Peter Kalmus (climate scientist) Peter Kalmus (born May 9, 1974)

525-569: The AIRS instrument on the Aqua (satellite) . Recently, Kalmus has begun to work in the nascent field of ecological forecasting . He is the principal investigator on a NASA grant to study the projected future of the world's coral reefs with greater accuracy and higher resolution. Coral reefs are rapidly succumbing to ocean heat waves and ocean acidification . He has co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles in physics and Earth science, with

560-530: The Change: Live Well and Spark a Climate Revolution , which was named 2018’s Most Likely to Save the Planet, as well as Warren Lehrer ’s A Life in Books: The Rise and Fall of Bleu Mobley , 2014’s Most Original Concept. Books by IPPY winners in 2016, 2017 and 2018 were published by university presses including Princeton, Stanford, Yale, Wisconsin, Iowa, and other major university presses. Among

595-477: The Earth. His work on severe weather unlocks the potential of polar orbiting satellites to observe rapidly changing convective environments by using air parcel trajectory modeling to span the temporal gap between satellite overpass and convective initiation. He has used in situ data from a ship-based campaign to bias-correct the CloudSat warm rain retrieval. He also uses in situ data to validate retrievals from

630-527: The English-speaking world participate in the awards each year. In 2017 the contest drew over 5,000 entries, and medals were awarded to authors and publishers from 43 U.S. states, seven Canadian provinces and 15 countries. In 2020, medals were awarded to authors and publishers from all 50 U.S. states, 10 Canadian provinces, and 61 countries. In 2010, the IPPYs introduced additional "Outstanding Book of

665-661: The Evergreen Book Medals for titles created in the new millennium that contribute to "positive global change". This contest began in 2009 and awards 66 categories of electronic publishing. It includes not only books, but also publications such as author websites and book trailers. The newest of Jenkins Group's award programs, Illumination was started in 2013 to recognize leading authors in Christian publishing. The awards established by Jenkins Group were criticized by Writer Beware , an advocacy blog sponsored by

700-464: The IPPYs, and 422 medals were awarded. In 25 years, IPPY entry categories have expanded from the 28 available in 1996 to more than a hundred options in 2020, including separate categories for specific genres, regions, and E-books. In 2020, the entry fee for the IPPY Awards was $ 85. Entry discounts for regional and E-book categories are often available. For the 25th anniversary IPPY Awards in 2021,

735-488: The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, listing them among others that purportedly benefit the organizer more than the winners and noting that "even among profiteers, however, Jenkins is unusual in the amount of extra merchandise it hawks to winners." The Alliance of Independent Authors also gave all six Jenkins awards its worst rating, reserved for "contests with more serious concerns". Notes for some of

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770-407: The Year" awards. Every IPPY submission is considered for an Outstanding Book award, regardless of category. The outstanding medalists are chosen for exemplifying 'daring spirit' with a book that is 'the most heartfelt, unique, outspoken and experimental among all entries.' In 2020, there were 11 Outstanding Books in eight categories: Notable Outstanding Books of the Year include Peter Kalmus ’ Being

805-490: The awards ceremony has been held as part of the Traverse City Children's Book Festival. Established in 2007, this program targets new and innovative works in the business world across 23 categories. Living Now medals have been awarded to "lifestyle, homestyle, world-improvement and self-improvement" books since 2008, with a new digital media category introduced in 2021. In 2016, they also introduced

840-550: The climate crisis without becoming a nihilist". Kalmus has been associated with the Movement for a People's Party , a progressive organization positioned as an alternative to the Democratic or Republican Party . After the first presidential debate of the 2020 election , Kalmus participated in a four-person response to the debate. In late‑2021, Kalmus likened his own experiences pushing for greater recognition of

875-499: The climate problem with those of the two fictional astronomers portrayed in the comedy film Don't Look Up . He also compares absurd events in that film with a series of equally absurd and elusory events in our own world. Kalmus, along with other climate activists, chained himself to the main doors of the Charlotte Douglas International Airport private jet terminal on November 10, 2022. He

910-411: The contests included "relentless marketing and upselling" and "the site's FAQ notes that judges may not even read the books". Established in 2023, Concept to Cover is a podcast hosted by Leah Nicholson that features editors, writers, and ghostwriters, and more leaders in the book industry. Established in 2023, Behind The Cover is a podcast hosted by Amy Shamroe that features award-winning authors and

945-719: The fiction gold medalists was Elena Ferrante 's The Story of the Lost Child , originally published in Italy and issued in English by Europa. Previous winners in fiction categories include the small presses like Milkweed, Coffee House, Graywolf, The Other Press, McPherson, Europa, and McSweeney's. IPPY Gold Medal winner Lord of Misrule also won the National Book Award and The Patience Stone also won France's Prix Goncourt for its French edition. David Eggers won

980-619: The flying in planes accounted for roughly 3 ⁄ 4 of his greenhouse gas emissions, and he has not flown on a plane since 2012. Kalmus believes that anyone can contribute to cultural shift by conspicuously modeling the change that needs to happen. He has stated that by "walking the talk" his advocacy has become more effective. Kalmus is a columnist and regular contributor at YES! magazine . His writing has also appeared in The Guardian , Eos , The Washington Post , and Grist . On September 14, 2019, Kalmus tweeted "Never give up" and referenced his latest article, "How to live with

1015-437: The goal of improving projections of how these phenomena will change as the planet heats, using remote sensing data, in situ data, and models. Marine stratocumulus clouds reflect incoming sunlight, cooling the planet, and are difficult to model accurately in climate models; this makes them a major source of uncertainty in climate projections. A common thread in his research is improving the utility of satellite observations of

1050-437: The need for a carbon fee and dividend policy as part of the mobilization, in which fossil fuel becomes increasingly costly as the carbon fee rises every year and 100% of the net revenue is returned equitably to the people, making the policy fiscally progressive. Kalmus lives on approximately one-tenth the fossil fuel of the average American. He says this has made his life more satisfying and meaningful. In 2010, Kalmus realized

1085-438: The need for climate action. He has been featured in many media outlets, including Mother Jones , PRI 's The World , CBC Radio , Deutsche Welle , BuzzFeed , The Intercept , and Quartz , and most often speaks to the need for an immediate and massive climate mobilization and how individuals can "vote" for this mobilization through their actions, via both activism and emissions reduction. He frequently speaks to

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1120-751: The quantum-mechanical rotational spectra of several cyanopolyynes which were subsequently found in interstellar clouds . He then taught high school physics in Massachusetts and wrote software in New York City. In 2004 he enrolled in graduate school at Columbia University and received his PhD in physics in 2008. His PhD work involved searching for gravitational waves as a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration (thesis: "Gravitational Waves Associated with Soft Gamma Repeater Flares"). He continued his work with LIGO as

1155-402: The same title complements the book. In addition to authoring articles about climate change , he is the founder of the website noflyclimatesci.org and co-founder of the app , Earth Hero: Climate Change . Kalmus attended Harvard University , where he received his Bachelor of Science in physics in 1997. At Harvard, he used Fourier-transform microwave spectroscopy to discover and categorize

1190-469: The world.' The IPPY criteria for an 'independent' publication mandates that all entries must be from publications that are either 1) independently owned and operated, 2) operated by a foundation or university, or 3) long-time independents that became incorporated but operate autonomously and publish fewer than 50 titles a year. The first IPPY awards received 325 entries and awarded 90 gold, silver, and bronze medals. In 2020, over 3,000 books were entered into

1225-430: Was charged with trespassing. In December 2022, Kalmus and climate scientist Rose Abramoff briefly showed a banner at the eve of a plenary session of the American Geophysical Union 's annual Fall Meeting with a call for scientists to engage in protest against climate change: " Out of the lab and into the streets » . AGU removed their research presentations from the meeting, banned them from participation, launched

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