{"id":2237,"date":"2024-10-08T18:42:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T15:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hertfordshirepress.com\/?page_id=2237"},"modified":"2024-12-01T21:45:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T18:45:40","slug":"previous-winners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hertfordshirepress.com\/?page_id=2237","title":{"rendered":"PREVIOUS WINNERS AND NOMINEES"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Winners of 2019<\/h2>

(for the books of 2017-2018)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

  • Bestseller category: the collection \u201cA Butterfly\u2019s Song\u201d by Ermek Amanshayev<\/span><\/li>
  • Best Author category: \u201cTales of Grandma Gulsifat\u201d by Gulsifat Shakhidi<\/span><\/li>
  • Best Translation category: \u201cThe world dissolves, like a dream\u201d(Leila Aliyeva) translated by Caroline Walton\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
  • Best Editing category: “Recycled” (Anna Komar) edited by John Farndon\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
  • Breakthrough of the Year category: \u201cLand Drenched in tears\u201d by Soyungul Chanicheff and Rahima Makhmut<\/span><\/li>
  • Best Book Book Series ECG 2018 category: \u201cCold Shadows\u201d by Shahsanem Murray<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Winners of 2022<\/h2>

    (for the books of 2019-2022*)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

    • Bestsellers category: \u201cWar will tell the further plan\u201d by Alexander Kazarnovsky\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
    • Best Travel Book category: \u201cSilk Road: Revisited\u201d by Nick Rowan<\/span><\/li>
    • Best Children Book category: \u201cThe Egret and the Cow\u201d by Gareth Stamp<\/span><\/li>
    • Critics\u2019 Choice category: \u201cColourful tears\u201d by Khosiyat Rustam<\/span><\/li>
    • Best Research Book category: \u201cCompetence-based modelling of professional foreign language education\u201d by the Kazakh Ablai khan University of International Relations and World Languages, Prof. Salima Kunanbaeva<\/span><\/li>
    • Best Academy Book category: \u201cThe Kazakh Model for a Research University\u201d by Tlektes Espolov<\/span><\/li>
    • Best Biography category: \u201cA history of lithuanian writers in the United Kingdom\u201d by Aldona Grupas<\/span><\/li>
    • Best Poetic Book category : \u201cMaestro and Muse\u201d by Sergey Bely<\/span><\/li>
    • Best Love Story category: \u201c\u0412\u0437\u043b\u0435\u0442\u0435\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430\u0434 \u0436\u0438\u0437\u043d\u044c\u044e\u201d by Alexandra Lacarre<\/span><\/li>
    • Best Book in Native Language category: \u201c\u0421\u0443\u043d\u0434\u0443\u043a \u0431\u0435\u0437\u0443\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043a\u0443\u043a\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0430\u201d by Nina Yagolnitser<\/span><\/li><\/ul>

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      Winners of 2024<\/h2>

      (for the books of 2023-2024)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

      • Bestseller category<\/strong>: <\/span>
        • Prize: \u201cVoina Plan Pokazhet\u201d by Alexander Kazarnovsky\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
        • Gold Certificate of Recognition: \u2018Elish & the Wicker Tale\u2019 by Timur Akhmedjanov<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li>
        • Critics’ Choice category<\/strong>:<\/span>

          • \u2018Zinziver\u2019 by Viktor Slipenchuk<\/span><\/p><\/li>

          • Gold Certificate of Recognition: <\/span>\u2018Is it Necessary to Worship at Notre Dame?\u2019 by Alikhan Zhaksylyk<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/li>

          • Best Adaptation for Children category<\/strong>: \u2018Adventures Of The Spirit Of Times\u2019 book series by Gulchekhra-begim Makhmudova <\/span><\/li>
          • Best Love Story category<\/strong>: \u2018Labyrinths of Loneliness\u2019 by Gulsifat Shakhidi <\/span><\/li>
          • Best Epic category<\/strong>: \u2018Narqyz\u2019 by Nurpeis Baiganin<\/span><\/li>
          • Best Female Author category<\/strong>: \u2018Wise Tales for Children and Adults\u2019 by Marina Alyassova<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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            Winners of 2026<\/h2>

            (for the books of 2025-2026)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

            Submission open<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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            2019<\/h3>
            • ‘Short Stories from Azerbaijan’ translated by Anne Thompson<\/li>
            • ‘A Butterfly\u2019s Song’ by Ermek Amanshayev<\/span><\/li>
            • ‘Tales of Grandma Gulsifat’ by Gulsifat Shakhidi<\/span><\/li>
            • ‘The world dissolves, like a dream’ by Leila Aliyeva, translated by Caroline Walton\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
            • ‘Recycled’ by Anna Komar, edited by John Farndon\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
            • ‘Land Drenched in tears’ by Soyungul Chanicheff and Rahima Makhmut<\/span><\/li>
            • ‘Cold Shadows’ by Shahsanem Murray<\/span><\/li>
            • ‘A feast in place of war’ by Nadezhda Kolyshkina, translated by George Butchard<\/li>
            • ‘Nurse, Give Me a Pill for Deat<\/span>h’ by <\/span>Aldona Grupas<\/li>
            • ‘Elish and the Wicker Tales’ by Kamran Salaev, translated by Stephen M. Bland<\/li>
            • ‘Wind: Short Stories 2017’ edited by David Parry<\/li>
            • ‘Why are we so similar?’ by Larisa Prodan<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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              2022<\/h3>
              • ‘War will tell the further plan’ by Alexander Kazarnovsky\u00a0<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘Silk Road: Revisited’ by Nick Rowan<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘The Egret and the Cow’ by Gareth Stamp<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘Colourful tears’ by Khosiyat Rustam<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘Competence-based modelling of professional foreign language education’ by the Kazakh Ablai khan University of International Relations and World Languages, Prof. Salima Kunanbaeva<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘The Kazakh Model for a Research University’ by Tlektes Espolov<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘A history of lithuanian writers in the United Kingdom’ by Aldona Grupas<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘Maestro and Muse’ by Sergey Bely<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘\u0412\u0437\u043b\u0435\u0442\u0435\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0430\u0434 \u0436\u0438\u0437\u043d\u044c\u044e’ by Alexandra Lacarre<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘\u0421\u0443\u043d\u0434\u0443\u043a \u0431\u0435\u0437\u0443\u043c\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043a\u0443\u043a\u043e\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0430’ by Nina Yagolnitser<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘Queen Kurmanjan of the Mountains’ by Bubaisha Arstynbekova<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘Meet the ‘STANS’ by Christopher Jones<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘The Final’ by Daniel Akhmed<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘Turmoil’ by Dulat Isabekov<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘Hunting Dogs’ by Farkhat Tamendarov<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘\u041f\u043e\u044d\u0437\u0438\u044f \u0432 \u0436\u0438\u0432\u043e\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0438’ by Marina Vernalis<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘The Yarn named Sun’ by Michael Kunitskiy<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘Leah and Aya the Sewing Doll’ by Nargisa Karasartova<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘Girl dancing in the Sky’ by Sagyn Berkinalieva<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘I think we should just live’ by Ekaterina Khlebnikova<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘The guardsmen of Hippocrates’ by <\/span>Vladimir Tulinov<\/span><\/li>
              • ‘\u0422\u0435\u0433\u0435\u0440\u0430\u043d-1360′ by <\/span>Zhanna Golubitskaya<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                2024<\/h3>

                • \u2018Elish & the Wicker Tale\u2019 by Timur Akhmedjanov<\/span><\/p><\/li>

                • \u2018\u0412\u043e\u0439\u043d\u0430 \u043f\u043b\u0430\u043d \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0430\u0436\u0435\u0442\u2019 by Alexander Kazarnovsky<\/span><\/p><\/li>

                • \u2018Zinziver\u2019 by Victor Slipenchuk<\/span><\/p><\/li>

                • \u2018Is it Necessary to Worship at Notre Dame?\u2019 by Alikhan Zhaksylyk<\/span><\/p><\/li>

                • \u2018Adventures Of The Spirit Of Times\u2019 book series by Gulchekhra-begim Makhmudova<\/span><\/p><\/li>

                • \u2018Wise Tales for Children and Adults\u2019 by Marina Alyassova<\/span><\/p><\/li>

                • \u2018Labyrinths of Loneliness\u2019 by Gulsifat Shakhidi<\/span><\/p><\/li>

                • \u2018And a Butterfly Soared\u2019 by Lusine Aleksanyan<\/span><\/p><\/li>

                • \u201824 \u0417\u043d\u0430\u043a\u0430 \u0417\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0430\u043a\u0430\u2019 by Nurlan Toxanov<\/span><\/p><\/li>

                • \u2018Layers Of The Heart\u2019 by Ganjina Shamsullo<\/span><\/p><\/li>

                • \u2018\u0421 \u0443\u043b\u044b\u0431\u043a\u043e\u0439 \u043f\u043e \u0432\u0441\u0435\u043c\u0443 \u043c\u0438\u0440\u0443 \/ Across the Globe with a Smile\u2019 by Marsel Salimov<\/span><\/p><\/li>

                • \u2018One Song Will Be Enough\u2019 by Lenar Shaekh<\/span><\/p><\/li>

                • \u2018Moon in the Eighth House\u2019 by Elena Soboleva<\/span><\/p><\/li>

                • \u2018\u0421\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u041a\u0435\u0440\u043a\u0430\u0448\u043a\u0430\u2019 by Bubuira Bektenova<\/span><\/p><\/li>

                • \u2018Narqyz\u2019 by Nurpeis Baiganin<\/span><\/p><\/li>

                • \u2018Flask of Crystal Hookah\u2019 book series by Gulchekhra-begim Makhmudova<\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  Winners of 2019 (for the books of 2017-2018) Bestseller category: the collection \u201cA Butterfly\u2019s Song\u201d by Ermek Amanshayev Best Author category: \u201cTales of Grandma Gulsifat\u201d …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2221,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2237","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hertfordshirepress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hertfordshirepress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hertfordshirepress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hertfordshirepress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hertfordshirepress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2237"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hertfordshirepress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2295,"href":"https:\/\/www.hertfordshirepress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2237\/revisions\/2295"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hertfordshirepress.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hertfordshirepress.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}