Lulu Blooker Prize
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Lulu Blooker Prize is a literary award for "Blooks" (books based on blogs), inaugurated in 2006, to coincide with the 450th anniversary of Gutenberg's invention of moveable type.
It is sponsored by Lulu.com, a print on demand publisher, and the name is a pun on the long-established Man Booker Prize.
An overall prize is awarded, based on the winners of three subsidiary categories: non-fiction, fiction and comics.
The Lulu Blooker Prize is 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). The term "based on" is here defined as having content that was developed in a significant way from material originally presented on a blog or website. This can include the themes, ideas, characters or outline of the material eventually published as a printed book.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] 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 Priest (fiction, source blog)
- Totally Boned: A Joe and Monkey Collection by Zach Miller (comics, self-published through Lulu.com)
[edit] Runners up
- Biodiesel Power by Lyle Estill (runner up, non-fiction, see Biodiesel, source blog)
- Hackoff.com: An Historic Murder Mystery Set in the Internet Bubble and Rubble by Tom Evslin (runner up, fiction, source blog)
- Dinosaur Comics: Huge Eyes, Beaks, Intelligence, and Ambition by Ryan North (runner up, comics, source blog)
[edit] 2007
The 2007 competition had 110 entries from 15 countries. The number of judges was increased to five: Paul Jones (chair), Arianna Huffington, Julie Powell (2006 overall winner), Rohit Gupta, and Nick Cohen.
[edit] 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)
[edit] Runners Up
- My Secret: A PostSecret Book by Frank Warren (Non-Fiction)
- Monster Island: A Zombie Novel by David Wellington (Fiction)
