OUR AWARDS
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
2020
The Humanure Handbook 4th Edition
Gold Medal: Foreword Magazine Indies Awards
Science Category
2020
The Humanure Handbook 4th Edition
Gold Medal: 2019 Readers' Favorite Awards.
The reviewer stated, "This book is a must-have for any library. Trust me."
The Balance Point
2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards
National Bronze Medalist:
Creative Non-Fiction Category
Slate Roof Bible, 3rd Edition
Historic Harmony Heritage Award, March 9, 2019
2018
The Balance Point
A Missing Link in Human Consciousness
Winner
Top Shelf Book Awards
The Balance Point took first place in the Science/Nature/Environment category in the the 2018 TopShelf Indie Book Awards!
It was also a finalist in the Current Events/Social Change category.
It also won the New York City Big Book Awards, also in two separate categories: Environment, and Spirituality!
2017
Slate Roof Bible, 3rd Edition
First Place Gold
IBPA Benjamin Franklin Book Awards
Reference Category
Slate Roof Bible, 3rd Edition
2017 Independent Publisher Book Awards
National Bronze Medalist:
Architecture Category
Slate Roof Bible, 3rd Edition
FINALIST
Foreword Magazine Indie Book of the Year Awards
Architecture category, 2017
Slate Roof Bible, 3rd Edition
GOLD WINNER: 2017:
Benjamin Franklin Book Awards
FIRST PLACE: 2017:
Independent Press Awards
BRONZE MEDALIST: 2017
Independent Publisher Book Awards
FINALIST: 2017
National Indie Excellence Awards
FINALIST: 2017
Foreword Magazine Indie Book of the Year Awards
FINALIST: 2016
Beverly Hills Book Awards
RUNNER UP: 2016
New England Book Festival
HONORABLE MENTION:
2016 Great Midwest Book Festival
HONORABLE MENTION:
The Eric Hoffer Book Awards, Reference category 2017
HONORABLE MENTION:
2017 New York Book Festival
2016
Slate Roof Bible, 3rd Edition
FINALIST
Beverly Hills Book Awards
Slate Roof Bible, 3rd Edition
Honorable Mention
Great Midwest Book Festival
2016
Slate Roof Bible, 3rd Edition
Second Place
New England Book Festival
2016
2014
H. Clark Gregory Award
"Awarded by the US Composting Council to an individual who has displayed outstanding service to the composting industry through various grassroots efforts; including backyard composting, vermi-composting, or public or end user education. A nominee must be active in one or more of these compost related efforts for a minimum of 5 years."
2006
Humanure Handbook
3rd Edition: 2006 IPPY Awards
Mid-Atlantic – Best Regional Non-Fiction
Honorable Mention
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.
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."
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)
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.
1999
Humanure Handbook
Second edition is an Amazon.com
#1 CATEGORY BESTSELLER
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