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vote in the quill awards

According to the Award Winners Blog, the Quill Award is a new national book award that allows consumers to vote for the winners. The five nominees in each of the 19 categories were selected by a national panel of booksellers and librarians. The first Quill Awards will be announced on October 11 at a ceremony hosted by NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams, with appearances by Jon Stewart, Robert Klein and others.

The winners will be determined by consumer voting online at quillsvote.com, which will begin on August 15 and continue through September 15, 2005. Readers can cast their ballots for their favorites among the nominees shortlisted for each category and choose from the finalists in all genres for the Book of the Year.

According to the Quill Awards webpage, the awards ceremony will not be aired on NBC until October 22.

Speak (vote) now, or forever hold your peace.