Nationwide — The 2025 NYC Huge E-book Award has acknowledged When It All Falls Down by Chinedu Achebe because the class winner of African American Fiction. The competitors is judged by specialists from completely different facets of the e book business, together with publishers, writers, editors, designers, booksellers, librarians {and professional} copywriters. Winners and distinguished favorites are based mostly on total excellence.
In regards to the e book
Within the stirring sequel to The Miseducation of Obi Ifeanyi, Obi and Nkechi Ifeanyi, together with their youngsters, Ikechukwu and Chimamanda, navigate the turbulent waters of recent America within the backdrop of Houston, Texas. Amidst the worldwide upheaval of the pandemic, the Ifeanyis attempt to rekindle their marriage, searching for solace in one another because the world exterior contends with racial strife and political storms.
Because the contentious 2020 US presidential election unfolds, their story is a testomony to the enduring energy of household, the complexities of id, and the relentless pursuit of happiness towards all odds. It is a story of affection, resilience, and the unyielding bonds that maintain us collectively when the world appears to be falling aside.
To view the record of NYC Huge E-book winners, please go to:www.nycbigbookaward.com
NYC Huge E-book Award obtained e book submissions worldwide. Journalists, properly established authors, small and huge press, and first time indie authors participated in document numbers. Entries this yr had been obtained from america in addition to nations corresponding to Australia, Canada, China, Dubai, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK. Cities represented among the many entries had been Chicago, Hamburg, Los Angeles, Melbourne, New York, Quebec, Rome, San Francisco, Seattle, Singapore, and Victoria.
Publishers included Berrett-Koehler; Brown Books Children; Central Avenue / Simon & Schuster; Forbes Books; Muse Literary; New Harbinger Publications; New York College Press; Oxford College Press; Pegasus Books; She Writes Press; College of Massachusetts Press to call a couple of.
Winners included “What’s My Legacy?” by Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters King, Marc Kielburger and Craig Kielburger; “Mikhail Gorbachev – How he modified our lives” by Bettina Schaefer; Berrett-Koehler’s “From Founder to Future: A Enterprise Roadmap to Impression, Longevity, and Worker Possession” by John Abrams; The Cooking Lab’s “Modernist Bread at House” by Nathan Myhrvold; and “Wild Fox Ridge” by Xue Mo to call some key titles on the awarded record.
“With so many high quality publishers and authors from all over the world collaborating this yr, I’m desperate to share these books with a worldwide readership,” stated awards sponsor Gabby Olczak.
In regards to the authorAn award-winning creator, Chinedu Achebe is Nigerian American who was born in Richmond, Virginia. Chinedu graduated from the College of Houston along with his Bachelor’s diploma in Economics. He printed his first e book, Blunted on Actuality in 2012. In 2017, Chinedu printed his second e book, The Miseducation of Obi Ifeanyi.
He was awarded the 2023 Impartial Press Award within the class of African American fiction for that e book. Chinedu additionally has written articles for The Huffington Submit, Medium, and Bella Naija. He at present lives in Houston, Texas along with his spouse and children.
You’ll want to comply with him on social media at Twitter/X and Instagram
When It All Falls Down is offered on Amazon
NYC Huge E-book Award is introduced each fall. NYC Huge E-book Award is open to all authors, publishers, and illustrators, and consists of submissions from the large 5 publishers: Penguin Random Home, HarperCollins, Hachette, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster.
Be part of us for the Impartial Press Award, deadlines each December and introduced each spring, is open to unbiased authors and publishers. Go to: www.independentpressaward.com/2025winners
Be part of us on the Awards Dinner on April twenty fifth to have fun the recipients of each packages as they obtain their awards on stage. The dinner is a part of the BookCAMP occasion, a publishing business convention held within the New York metro space, April 24-25, 2026, www.independentpressaward.com/ipabookcamp
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