{"id":11270,"date":"2024-11-29T23:45:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T23:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/?p=11270"},"modified":"2026-01-13T19:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T19:28:43","slug":"rare-vascular-plants-of-alberta-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/?p=11270","title":{"rendered":"Rare Vascular Plants of Alberta Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Join us in congratulating our dedicated authors whose determined efforts made the second edition of the Rare Vascular Plants of Alberta book a reality, as they received their Gold Medal (Canada-West &#8211; Best Regional Non-Fiction) in the 2024 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the Rare Vascular Plants of Alberta second edition award at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ippyawards.com\/blog\/2024-medalists\">2024 Medalists | Independent Publisher Book Awards<\/a> \u00a0and purchase the book at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubcpress.ca\/rare-vascular-plants-of-alberta-second-edition\">Rare Vascular Plants of Alberta, Second Edition<\/a> \u00a0or at a 2025\u00a0Alberta Native Plant Council event.\u00a0Every year since 1996, the IPPYs have celebrated the best independently published titles from around the globe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ippyawards.com\/\">Prestigious Indie Book Awards | IPPY Book Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-27-Gathering-of-RVPA-Bk2-editors-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-27-Gathering-of-RVPA-Bk2-editors-1-1024x740.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-27-Gathering-of-RVPA-Bk2-editors-1-1024x740.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-27-Gathering-of-RVPA-Bk2-editors-1-640x463.jpg 640w, https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-27-Gathering-of-RVPA-Bk2-editors-1-768x555.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-27-Gathering-of-RVPA-Bk2-editors-1-1536x1110.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/anpc.ab.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-10-27-Gathering-of-RVPA-Bk2-editors-1-2048x1480.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>From left: Amy Griffiths, Kristen Foreman, Jenalee Mischkolz (holding a framed book cover), Gina Fryer (holding the IPPY Gold Medal), Kimberly Ottenbreit, Jane Lancaster (holding the framed IPPY Certificate), and Christina Metke; unfortunately Donna Cherniawsky was unable to make the trip to Calgary.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us in congratulating our dedicated authors whose determined efforts made the second edition of the Rare Vascular Plants of Alberta book a reality, as they received their Gold Medal (Canada-West &#8211; Best Regional Non-Fiction) in the 2024 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs). 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