OUR AWARDS
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006
1998
The first edition of
the Humanure
Handbook is a 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, first edition is an Amazon.com
category #1 Bestseller
Slate
Roof Bible, 1st ed. is an Amazon.com #1
CATEGORY BESTSELLER
2001
The 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
is again a
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
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
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
