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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]