This page lists some of the awards bestowed upon Ocean Publishing, its authors and their works.

Business Supporter Award 2003

Ocean Publishing won the prestigious Business Supporter Award from The Literacy Council of Northeast Florida for its commitment to literacy efforts in the Greater Jacksonville area. The award was presented by WJXT-TV anchor Deborah Gianoulis at the First Coast Literacy Awards luncheon held at the Hilton Riverfront. Ocean Publishing was recognized for taking on the revision and re-printing of Open Mic Jacksonville, Vol. I - Poetry, an anthology of poetry by 54 local authors. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of the book are donated by Ocean Publishing to the Literacy Council.

Royal Palm Award 2003

Open Mic Jacksonville, Vol. I received the 2003 Royal Palm Award for Poetry at the Florida Writers Association Conference in Orlando. The judges praised the anthology for its role in support of literacy and for its diversity of both poets and styles.

Royal Palm Awards 2004

Jacksonville resident Kay Day won her 1st place Royal Palm in the poetry category for A Poetry Break, a collection of work with Southern themes. Day recently learned that her book was named one of two finalists for Best Poetry Book, 2004 in the USA Book News Best Books Contest. President of the Jacksonville branch of The National League of American Pen Women, Inc., Day is a nationally recognized author and poet whose works have achieved broad acceptance by poetry lovers, students, and teachers. Her first non-fiction title, Killing Earl, will be released by Ocean Publishing in March, 2005.

Victor DiGenti won his 1st place Royal Palm in the young adult category for his first novel, Windrusher, an adventure fantasy. Windrusher has received national acclaim, including high praise from actress and animal activist Betty White. DiGenti, who resides in Ponte Vedra Beach, had his second book in the Windrusher series, Windrusher and the Cave of Tho-hoth, released by Ocean Publishing on October 29th.

The final author honored is also the publisher at Ocean Publishing. Frank Gromling won his 1st place Royal Palm in the nature/environment category for Frank's Whales, which describes the plight of North Atlantic right whales and how a group of Florida volunteers is gathering valuable data about the whales and their calves in Florida coastal waters. Frank's Whales is one of the only layperson accounts of first hand research on the North Atlantic right whale.

USA Book News - Best Books 2004

A Poetry Break, Kay Day's collection of Southern-themed poetry placed second in the USA Book News Best Books 2004 Contest in the Poetry category.

Muse Medallion

Victor DiGenti was awarded a Muse Medallion in Fiction/Books from the Cat Writers' Association for Windrusher, his first adventure fantasy novel. The Cat Writers' Association, Inc. (CWA) is a national organization of professionals writing, publishing and broadcasting about cats.