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Contests and Awards

ForeWord Book of the Year Awards

by SusanDaffron on May 1, 2012

ForeWord Reviews is now accepting title entries for the 2012 Book of the Year Awards! New in 2012: ForeWord amended its genre categories to address specific literary trends. Additions include Translations and War & Military to the fiction category and Popular Culture to the Adult Nonfiction list. They also split Children’s Picture Books into two [...]

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Sharp Writ Book Awards

by SusanDaffron on May 1, 2012

Submissions are now being accepted for the 2012 Sharp Writ Book Awards. Organized by the Smart Book Lovers, the Sharp Writ Book Awards are presented annually to recognize excellence in writing. Printed and e-Books are eligible, and must be in English, published in 2009 or later, and have a valid ISBN (not required for digital [...]

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Short Crime Fiction Anthology Submissions

by SusanDaffron on February 1, 2012

Level Best Books is now accepting submissions for its tenth anthology of short crime fiction from New England writers are residents of the six New England states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. If you have any questions about whether you qualify, please query before submitting, levelbestbooks@yahoo.com. Starting January 1, 2012, we [...]

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2012 Beach Book Festival

by SusanDaffron on February 1, 2012

The 2012 Beach Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual program. Grand prize for the 2012 Beach Book Festival is $1500 cash and a flight to the Algonquin Hotel in New York. More information and registration available at www.beachbookfestival.com

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Ventura County Writers Club Poetry Contest

by SusanDaffron on February 1, 2012

The Ventura County Writers Club Poetry Contest deadline for submissions is February 15, 2012. www.venturacountywriters.com for more details.

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Ventura County Writers Club Short Story Contest

by SusanDaffron on December 30, 2011

The three top winners of the 12th Annual Ventura County Writers Club Short Story Contest will be presented and afforded with the opportunity to read their winning entries at the January 10 meeting of the Ventura County Writers Club (VCWC). The first-place winning entry will be published in the Ventura County Star newspaper’s Sunday edition [...]

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Gemini Magazine Short Story Contest

by SusanDaffron on December 30, 2011

The Grand Prize is $1,000. Second place wins $100 and there will be three honorable mentions. There are no restrictions on content, style, genre, or length. All five finalists will be published online in the June 2012 issue of Gemini. Entry fee: $4. Deadline: March 31, 2012. Enter by email or snail mail. Also check [...]

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ForeWord Reviews’ Book of the Year Awards

by SusanDaffron on December 1, 2011

ForeWord Reviews’ Book of the Year Awards were established to bring increased attention to librarians and booksellers of the literary and graphic achievements of independent publishers and their authors. ForeWord is the only review trade journal devoted exclusively to books from independent houses. First-, second-, and third-place winners will be awarded in each category. A [...]

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Beach Book Festival Call for Entries

by SusanDaffron on December 1, 2011

The 2012 Beach Book Festival has issued a call for entries—self-published or independent publisher non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children’s books, teenage, how-to, science fiction, romance, comics, poetry, spiritual, compilations/anthologies, history, business and health-oriented books. The grand prize for the 2012 Beach Book Festival is $1500 cash and a flight to New York. More information and registration [...]

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Los Angeles Book Festival Call for Entries

by SusanDaffron on December 1, 2011

The 2011 Los Angeles Book Festival has issued a call for entries in general non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children’s books, cookbooks, science fiction, business, spiritual, genre-based, how-to, photography/art, spiritual, poetry, foreign language, romance and mysteries, teenage/young adult, and the wild card (anything goes!) categories published on or after January 1, 2008. Entries can be in English, [...]

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