OUR AWARDS
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006
1998
The first edition of
the
Humanure
Handbook
Three
Rivers Award
FINALIST
in the Public Awareness
Category.
The Three
Rivers Awards, centered in western Pennsylvania,
is one of the largest regional environmental
awards programs in the US.
Humanure
Handbook
1st edition is an Amazon.com
#1
CATEGORY BESTSELLER
Slate Roof Bible
1st ed. is an Amazon.com
#1
CATEGORY BESTSELLER
1999
Humanure
Handbook
second
edition is an Amazon.com
#1 CATEGORY BESTSELLER
2000
Humanure
Handbook
second edition presented the Independent
Publisher
Outstanding Book of the
Year Award
WINNER
and was deemed the
book "Most Likely to
Save the Planet" among a competition
involving 550 independent publishers.
Humanure
Handbook
second edition, is a
ForeWord
Magazine's Book of the Year
FINALIST
competing against 1000
other publishers.
Humanure
Handbook
second edition, is a Publisher's Marketing
Association's
Benjamin
Franklin Award
FINALIST
for excellence in publishing,
among 1,804 entries
2001
Slate Roof Bible
1st ed. is a National Roofing Contractors
Association
Gold Circle Award
WINNER
For Excellence
in the Roofing Industry.
One such award is given
annually within the 4,700 member international
trade association, in the "Service to the
Industry" category.
Jenkins Publishing
Three
Rivers Environmental Award
FINALIST
Public Awareness Category,
for all three books
(Humanure
Handbook, Slate Roof
Bible, and Balance
Point)
2004
Slate Roof Bible
2nd Edition:
2004 Writers
Notes Book Award
WINNER
Reference Category
Slate Roof Bible
2nd edition:
Foreword
Magazine Book of the Year Award
FINALIST
Architecture
Category
Slate Roof Bible
2004 Independent
Publisher Book Award
FINALIST
Slate
Roof Bible, 2nd edition, named a Finalist
in the Reference category. 2,068 titles were
entered by 1,327 publishers. Entries came in
from all 50 U.S. states and Washington D.C.,
nine Canadian provinces, the Philippines, and
one Central American country (Guatemala). This
year the IPPY Awards were opened to overseas
publishers who market their books in North America,
and were joined by 12 foreign countries, including
Bahrain, Serbia, and Greece.
Slate Roof Bible
2nd edition
12th Annual Writer's Digest 2004
International Self-Published Book Awards
HONORABLE MENTION
Reference Category
"The
author's obvious love for the subject comes through
in all aspects of the book, from the text's dense
information to the scores of wonderful photos throughout
the book. The craftsmanship of the book itself is
very professional. All in all, a very good read."
2005
Joseph Jenkins
Preservation
Trades Nertwork 9th Annual Askins Achievement Award
WINNER
The
award is named in honor of the Jim Askins, the
founder of the National Park Service Preservation
Training Center. The award is given in recognition
of outstanding contributions and accomplishments
in the promotion, education, and application of
preservation trade skills. The Askins Achievement
Award recognizes contributions over and above the
noteworthy. The award criterion includes
contributions to the preservation trades for:
• the
continuance of traditional building skills
• advocacy of training in preservation trades
• practicing a building trade at master level
of skill and knowledge
• extraordinary effort given to advancing the
awareness of traditional building trade skills and
knowledge.
2006
Humanure
Handbook
3rd Edition: 2006 IPPY
Awards: Mid-Atlantic – Best Regional
Non-Fiction
HONORABLE
MENTION
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