Lulu Blooker Prize
Encyclopedia
Lulu Blooker Prize is a literary award for "Blook
s" (books based on blogs), awarded in 2006 and 2007.
It was sponsored by Lulu.com
, a print on demand
publisher, the name being a pun on the long-established Man Booker Prize
.
An overall prize was awarded, based on the winners of three subsidiary categories: non-fiction, fiction and comics.
The Lulu Blooker Prize was open to any blook — defined as a bound and printed book based on either a blog or website—that has been published to date (i.e., by the entry deadline).
(chair), Arianna Huffington
, Julie Powell
(2006 overall winner), Rohit Gupta, and Nick Cohen
.
Blook
A blook is printed book that contains or is based on content from a blog.The first printed blook was User Interface Design for Programmers, by Joel Spolsky, published by Apress on June 26, 2001, based on his blog Joel on Software...
s" (books based on blogs), awarded in 2006 and 2007.
It was sponsored by Lulu.com
Lulu.com
Lulu is a company offering publishing, printing, and distribution services with headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina. Since their founding in 2002, Lulu has published over 1.1 million titles by creators in over 200 countries and territories and adds 20,000 new titles to their catalogue a month...
, a print on demand
Print on demand
Print on demand , sometimes called, in error, publish on demand, is a printing technology and business process in which new copies of a book are not printed until an order has been received...
publisher, the name being a pun on the long-established Man Booker Prize
Man Booker Prize
The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe. The winner of the Man Booker Prize is generally assured of international renown and...
.
An overall prize was awarded, based on the winners of three subsidiary categories: non-fiction, fiction and comics.
The Lulu Blooker Prize was open to any blook — defined as a bound and printed book based on either a blog or website—that has been published to date (i.e., by the entry deadline).
2006
The first competition saw 89 entries from over a dozen countries. A panel of three judges decided the winners: Cory Doctorow, Chair of Judges; Paul Jones; and Robin "Roblimo" Miller.Winners
- Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell (main prize, non-fiction, source blog)
- Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Cherie PriestCherie PriestCherie Priest is an American novelist and blogger living in Seattle, Washington.-Biography:Priest is a Florida native, born in Tampa in 1975. She graduated from Forest Lake Academy in Apopka, Florida in 1993. She moved around quite a bit as a child of an Army father, living in many places such as...
(fiction, source blog) - Totally Boned: A Joe and MonkeyJoe and MonkeyJoe and Monkey is a webcomic written and illustrated by Zach Miller. It debuted on July 27, 2004. New comic strips were posted every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. However, the comic has not updated regularly since mid-2008...
Collection by Zach Miller (comics, self-published through Lulu.com)
Runners up
- Biodiesel Power by Lyle EstillLyle EstillLyle Estill is the author of Small is Possible; life in a local economy, and Biodiesel Power; the passion, the people, and the politics of the next renewable fuel....
(runner up, non-fiction, see BiodieselBiodieselBiodiesel refers to a vegetable oil- or animal fat-based diesel fuel consisting of long-chain alkyl esters. Biodiesel is typically made by chemically reacting lipids with an alcohol....
, source blog) - Hackoff.com: An Historic Murder Mystery Set in the Internet Bubble and Rubble by Tom EvslinTom EvslinTom Evslin formerly served as Chief Technology Officer for the State of Vermont. Formerly he was Chief Recovery Officer responsible for coordinating the State's use of federal stimulus money under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act...
(runner up, fiction, source blog) - Dinosaur Comics: Huge Eyes, Beaks, Intelligence, and Ambition by Ryan North (runner up, comics, source blog)
2007
The 2007 competition had 110 entries from 15 countries. The number of judges was increased to five: Paul JonesPaul Jones (computer technologist)
Paul Jones is a graduate of NC State University and the Director of ibiblio, a contributor-run, digital library of public domain and creative commons media, administered by the Office of Information Technology Service of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
(chair), Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington is a Greek American author and syndicated columnist. She is best known as co-founder of the news website The Huffington Post. A popular conservative commentator in the mid-1990s, she adopted more liberal political beliefs in the late 1990s...
, Julie Powell
Julie Powell
Julie Powell is an American author best known for her book Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen.- Biography :...
(2006 overall winner), Rohit Gupta, and Nick Cohen
Nick Cohen
Nick Cohen is a British journalist, author and political commentator. He is currently a columnist for The Observer, a blogger for The Spectator and TV critic for Standpoint magazine. He formerly wrote for the London Evening Standard and the New Statesman...
.
Winners
- My War: Killing Time In Iraq by Colby Buzzell (Overall Winner and Non-Fiction Winner)
- The Doorbells of Florence by Andrew Losowsky (Fiction Winner)
- Mom's Cancer by Brian Fies (Comics Winner)
Runners up
- My Secret: A PostSecret Book by Frank Warren (Non-Fiction)
- Monster Island: A Zombie Novel by David Wellington (Fiction)