January 7, 2010 – 4:13 pm
FINAL CALL: THE 2010 ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD
SMALL PRESSES * ACADEMIC PRESSES * MICRO PRESSES * SELF-PUBLISHERS — $1,500 GRAND PRIZE — LOW ENTRANCE FEE — DEADLINE: January 21st, 2010
New or old, we want to read your book. … Each year, independent publishers release extraordinary books to little or no [...]
The Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards are well under way and quickly approaching the end of our early bird savings entry deadline on June 20th.
The third annual Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards honor the year’s best children’s books, authors and illustrators. The program is accepting entries until August 8th, 2009 for books with 2008 or 2009 copyrights [...]
The 2009 Green Book Festival’s late registration period is underway for its annual competition honoring books that contribute to greater understanding, respect and positive action on the changing worldwide environment. Final competition deadline is April 15.
The 2009 Green Book Festival will consider published, self-published and independent publisher works in the following categories: non-fiction, fiction, children’s [...]
December 14, 2008 – 7:25 am
Writers Studio announces its 5th Writers Studio Literary Contest for Colorado residents in fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction. This year’s judges are Mark Irwin, Poetry, John Calderazzo, Creative nonfiction, Teague Bohlen, Fiction. $250 first prize in each category. Deadline: February 2, 2009. For more information visit our website or email Writers Studio at writerstudio@arapahoe.edu.
October 28, 2008 – 7:16 pm
SMALL PRESSES * ACADEMIC PRESSES * MICRO PRESSES * SELF-PUBLISHERS — $1,500 GRAND PRIZE — LOW ENTRANCE FEE
Each year, independent publishers release extraordinary books to little or no recognition. The Eric Hoffer Book Award recognizes excellence in publishing. A SINGLE REGISTRATION gives you FOUR WAYS TO WIN by genre, press, the Montaigne Medal, and the [...]
October 14, 2008 – 12:34 pm
If you published a cookbook or book on food in 2008, now is the time to enter the International Association of Culinary Professionals contest. Open to the general public, this is a prestigious cookbook award in the culinary world and worth a shot for anyone who has written a qualifying book.
Good luck!
October 1, 2008 – 2:28 pm
The deadlines for the 2008 DIY, London and New England Book Festivals are approaching.
*** The 2008 DIY Book Festival will have a special focus on unpublished stories, poetry and comics at its seventh annual program celebrating the success of independent authors and publishers.
*** The 2008 London Book Festival honors books worthy of further attention from [...]
September 17, 2008 – 10:51 pm
Now celebrating their 5th year, The National “Best Books 2008″ Awards honors outstanding mainstream and independent titles.
This is a pretty cool award to win, I must say, having won a Best Books 2006 award myself for my cookbook, Glorious One-Pot Meals, in 2006. It can be great it is for your publicity efforts to be [...]
September 4, 2008 – 9:59 am
The call for entries has been issued for the 9th Annual Nautilus Book Awards.
The Nautilus Book Awards recognize distinguished literary and heartfelt contributions to spiritual growth, conscious living, high-level wellness, green values, responsible leadership, positive social change as well as to the worlds of art, creativity and inspirational reading for children and young adults.
I’ve known several [...]
The 2008 DIY Book Festival has issued a call for entries for its seventh annual program celebrating the success of independent authors and publishers.
The DIY Book Festival will consider self-published or independent publisher non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children’s books, teenage, how-to, cookbooks, science fiction, audio/spoken word, photography, art, comics, ‘zines, fan fiction, poetry and e-books published [...]