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THE DIY REPORT 2010 DIY MUSIC FESTIVAL HONORS TWO ACTS LOS ANGELES (February 8, 2010) _ The 2010 DIY Music Festival has selected Skyrocket Love and The Lost Boys as the winning acts for its annual competition honoring the best of independently-produced music. The two will be honored at a dinner in Los Angeles on February 24 with a panel of industry experts. They will also be featured at an industry showcase on February 25 in Hollywood co-sponsored by Bug Music/Windswept, North America’s largest independent music publisher, at the Hotel Cafe. Skyrocket Love hails from Pasadena, CA and boasts a strong, melodic sound. Together just two years, the band has focused on recording and plans to release its debut album later this year. The Lost Boys are a group of 16-17 year olds that have already opened for a number of national acts. Their polished sound impressed the competition judges for its raw honesty and catchy pop. The 2010 DIY Music Festival is part of the tenth annual DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film, Music & Books. 2010 DIY FILM FESTIVAL SELECTS "AVABOT" LOS ANGELES (February 8, 2010) _ The 2010 DIY Film Festival has named “Avabot,” an outer space saga that explores the humanity of a robot, as the best film of its ninth annual competition honoring independent and self-produced film. “Avabot” director Jamie Surgener of Detroit, Michigan is the winner of the best director award for “Avabot.” The winners and honorable mentions in the competition will be honored at an awards program to be held February 25 at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, CA. The hotel is the home of the first Academy Awards. Other winners and honorable mentions in the competition: Best Drama Short – “It’s Not As If We Haven’t Been Here For A While…” Kathleen Hepburn Best Comedy Short – “The Lifter Upper” - Micah Chambers-Goldberg Best World Cinema – “Lionel”( Australia ) – Eddie Martin Best Animated Short – “The Magnitude of the Continental Divides” – Christopher Coleman Best Student Film – “Eluscid” – Wilson Bessinger Best Animated Feature – “Archon Defender” – David Krupicz Best Feature (Drama) – “Vitreous Floaters” – Justin Jones Best Feature (Comedy) – “When I Die” – Jason Zink/Alex Lukens Best Documentary Feature – “Remix to Rio” – Ravi Steve Best Documentary Short – “Into the Zone” – Raphael Bondy Jury Prize – Experimental Short – “Do You Know How Much I Love You?” - Caroline Clafin HONORABLE MENTIONS: “Transfusion” – Tanel Rand “Reluctance” – Seaton Lind “The Procrastinators” – Tim Arnold “Let’s Get Laid” – Melissa Hunter “Crescendo” – Pierre Terade “First Come, First Served” – Katherine Skinner “Debutante” – Kate Rhodes Kennedy “Turning A Corner” – Salome Chasnoff “A Broken System” – Kohl Harrington 2009 DIY BOOK FESTIVAL CHOOSES "MY LAST WAR" AS WINNER LOS ANGELES (February 4, 2010) _ The story of an Army veteran who served in Vietnam and Iraq is the winner of the 2009 DIY Book Festival, which honors independent and self-published books. “My Last War: A Vietnam Veteran’s Tour In Iraq," (published by iUniverse), is the story of Charles M. Grist, one of the few Vietnam veterans to have served as an enlisted solider in the Iraq war. His daily journal captures his team’s wartime experiences, taking the reader into a life filled with mortar and rocket attacks and the constant threat of ambush. But Grist’s clear-eyed sense of duty and his compassion for all in the chaos of war is the real focus of the book, which serves as a great reminder of the human side of combat, no matter where a reader stands on the issues. The competition’s award for Best Design went to the Photography/Art category winner, “Contemporary Hawai’i Woodworkers,” by Tiffany DeEtte Shafto and Lynda McDaniel. Grist and other competition authors and publishers will be honored at a dinner in Los Angeles on February 25 as part of the tenth annual DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film, Music & Books. Other winners in the 2009 DIY Book Festival: FICTION: WINNER: The American Book of the Dead – Henry Baum HONORABLE MENTION: Power’s Garden – Dianne Ebertt Beeaff Implosion – Peter Koenig Blood of the Moon – Richard Gazala The Book of Eli – Sam Moffie The Mason Key – Volume One – David Folz If You’re Ever in Key West – Jane Dawkins Our Hart - Lloyd Lofthouse The Alpha Promise – Hayat Ali NON-FICTION: WINNER: How Big Is Your But? - James Robinson HONORABLE MENTION: Stars Everlasting – Maria Polo Who Stole My Soul? - Vishwa Prakash Maximizing LinkedIn – Neal Schaffer The Ice Cream Theory – Steff Deschenes CHILDREN’S: WINNER: Perry The Playful Polar Bear – Olive O’Brien/illustrated by Ninan Finn-Kelcey HONORABLE MENTION: Scamper – Lisa Young/illustrated by Joan Neath The Legend of Barknight – The McConnell Family I Choose – Suzin Helen Carr/illustrated by Chandler J. Carr Monster Moon: Curse at Zala Manor – BBH McChiller Nick & Slim: The Legend of the Falcon Mine – Pamela Henn Worried Wendy Goes To School - Jenna Lumbard Baron Thinks Dogs Are People Too! – Laurie Dean/illustrated by Kevin Collier The Careless Frog – Dana L. Perri/illustrated by Juan Carlos Casas Davey Bighead: Dream Big – Peter J. Hayden The Homework Monster – Karen E. Culpepper Curio a Shetland Sheepdog Meets The Cat – Jeanette A. Griver/Phyllis L. Milway PHOTOGRAPHY/ART: WINNER: Contemporary Hawai’i Woodworkers – Tiffany DeEtte Shafto/Lynda McDaniel HONORABLE MENTION: Gattorno: A Cuban Painter For The World – Sean M. Poole Minnesota: Chasing The Seasons from the North Shore to the Mississippi – Jim Jamieson downTown U.S.A. – Susan Madden Lankford A Desert Illuminated – John P. Schaefer and others BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY: WINNER: My Last War – Charles M. Grist HONORABLE MENTION: Siren’s Feast – Nancy Mehagian Beyond Reason – Gregg Korbon No Limits – Byron Rempel Beyond The Cold – Michael Kleiner Move and Other Four-Letter Words – Joan Brown HOW-TO: WINNER: Harvesting Rainwater for Drylands and Beyond, Vol I and II – Brad Lancaster HONORABLE MENTION: The Primal Blueprint – Mark Sisson Renting With Rex – Jackie Phillips Recess is Over! – Dr. Sherry L. Meinberg FUNdraising Events! – Rose Marie Kern Beyond The Brochure – Christina Simon/Anne Simon/Porcha Dodson POETRY: WINNER: Her Sculptures Speak To My Soul – Rebecca Hayward Mitchell HONORABLE MENTION: A Vision in Ebony – Ebony Alexander-Woods COOKBOOKS: WINNER: Canal House Cooking Vol. 1 – Christopher Hirsheimer & Melissa Hamilton HONORABLE MENTION: Bake Deliciously! – Jean Duane Texas Tables – Junior League of North Harris and South Montgomery Counties Shortcuts To Gourmet Cooking and Family Favorites – Frances Schaffer The Table My Mother Set – Theresa V. DeCaria How To Lower Your Cholesterol with French Gourmet Food – Chef Alain Braux COMPILATIONS/ANTHOLOGIES: WINNER: Cradle To Cross Trilogy Set – Mac McConnell HONORABLE MENTION: Recompense – Brian Irwin A Christmas Sampler – Bethlehem Writers Group TEENAGE: WINNER: The Difference Between A Boy and a Man – Amy Modica Myers HONORABLE MENTION: Lord Skyler and the Earth Defense Force – Matt T. Schott Girls Rule! – CJ Golden Practice Room – Susan Zeidler Vargulf – Tim Garrity Tyler & His Solve-A-Matic Machine – Jennifer Bouani The Attitude Girl – Mila Bernadkin GENRE-BASED: WINNER: Journey Through Ten Thousand Veils – Maryam Kabeer Faye HONORABLE MENTION: Revelations – Kevin Wright Kwatee – Richard Downey E-BOOKS: WINNER: Mayan Calendar Girls 2012 – Team 2012 HONORABLE MENTION: Deadly Enchantment – Kathryn R. Blake COMICS: WINNER: Vinland – The Saga of Leif Eriksson – Ralph Cinque

UPCOMING EVENTS Sat, 4/24/2010 The 2010 Green Book Festival Read to save the planet at the 2010 Green Book Festival, which celebrates books that contribute to greater understanding, respect and positive action on the changing worldwide environment Fee: $50 Sat, 5/1/2010 The 2010 Paris Book Festival The 2010 Paris Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring the best of international publishing. Fee: $50 Fri, 5/7/2010 The 2010 San Francisco Book Festival It's the summer of loving reading as the 2010 San Francisco Book Festival opens the Golden Gate to the world's top authors and publishers... Fee: $50 Sat, 6/12/2010 The 2010 Beach Book Festival Honoring the hottest reads of the summer beach season.... Fee: $50 Sat, 6/12/2010 The 2010 New York Book Festival The 2010 New York Book Festival has issued its call for entries to its annual competition celebrating books deserving greater recognition from the world's publishing capital.... Fee: $50 Sat, 7/10/2010 The 2010 Hollywood Book Festival Now in its fifth year! The only book festival spotlighting works worthy of further consideration from the film, TV and game industries. Fee: $75