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Updated September 03rd, 2008
fee: $100, prize $3000, Deadline is May 01st, 2008

Writer's Digest is searching for the best self-published books of the past few years. Whether you're a professional writer, part-time freelancer, or a self-starting student, here's your chance to enter the only competition exclusively for self-published books!

ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER will be awarded $3,000 cash and promotion in Writer's Digest andPublishers Weekly, and marketing advice from self-publishing guru Dan Poynter. Plus, the editors of Writer'sDigest will endorse and submit 10 copies of theGrand Prize-Winning book to major review housessuch as The New York Times and The Washington Post. In addition, Book Marketing Works, LLC will provide a one-year membership in Publishers Marketing Association, a customized Book Market Map Directory, guaranteed distribution to bookstores and libraries through Baker & Taylor, six hours of book shepherding from Poynter Book Shepherd Ellen Reid, guaranteed review in Midwest Book Review, and an all-day PublishingGame.com workshop with Fern Reiss.

THE CATEGORIES: Mainstream/Literary Fiction, Genre Fiction, Nonfiction, Inspirational (Spiritual, New Age), Life Stories (Biographies, Autobiographies, Family Histories, Memoirs), Children's Picture books, Middle-Grade/Young Adult books, Reference Books (Directories, Encyclopedias, Guide Books), Poetry

RULES:
1. The competition is open to all English-language self-published books for which the authors have paid the full cost of publication, or the cost of printing has been paid for by a grant or as part of a prize.
2. Entrants must send a printed and bound book. Entries will be evaluated on content, writing quality and overall quality of production and appearance. No handwritten books are accepted.
3. All books published or revised and reprinted between 2003 and 2008 are eligible. ( Writer's Digest may demand proof of eligibility of semifinalists.)
4. All books must be accompanied by an Official Entry Form. Photocopies of the Official Entry Form are acceptable. You may enter more than one book and/or more than one category; however, you must include a separate book, entry form and the additional fee for each entry.
5. Check, money order or credit card payment for the required judging fee of $100 for the first entry, $50 for each additional entry must accompany submissions.

First entry: $100
Additional entries: $50 each

send: Complete MS

looking for: Novel

 
 
Updated October 28th, 2008
fee: $20, prize $1000, Deadline is December 01st, 2008

Two prizes of $1,000 each are given annually for debut books of fiction by a gay writer and by a lesbian writer published in the current year. Submit four copies of a first novel or a short story collection (or bound galleys) with a $20 entry fee by December 1.

A book can be nominated only by its author or by its publisher. Each nomination includes a completed nomination form, an administrative fee of $20, and four (4) copies of the book. Only one nomination form is required per book; however, additional fees and books are required if a book is nominated in two categories. Example: A debut novel may be entered in both the Fiction and Debut Fiction categories. One (1) nomination form, two fees ($40) and eight (8) copies of the book will be necessary to be judged in both categories.

The book must be published and distributed (i.e. available in bookstores) in the United States during 2008.

Categories:
Fiction—Novels, novellas, and short story collections. Anthologies are not eligible.
Memoir/Biography—Posthumously published authors or those with co-authors are also eligible. Anthologies are not eligible.
Mystery— Novels, novellas, and short story collections. Anthologies are not eligible.
Romance— Novels, novellas, and short story collections. Anthologies are not eligible.
LGBT Anthology—Collections of fiction, poetry, drama, and/or nonfiction are eligible.
LGBT Arts & Culture—Books about music, architecture, visual arts, dance, film, TV, popular culture, essays, literary criticism, etc.
LGBT Children’s/Young Adult—Fiction, nonfiction, picture books, poetry, and anthologies—whose intended audience are young readers—are all eligible.
LGBT Drama/Theater—Books and anthologies of plays, histories of theater, drama studies are all eligible. An auto/biography of an actor, director, or theater professional is eligible, but may be better placed in Autobiography/Biography.
LGBT Erotica—Anthologies, novels, memoirs, short story collections whose content is principally of an erotic nature.
LGBT Nonfiction—Books and subjects for the general reader, e.g. histories, politics, community organizations, humor, parenting, religion, spirituality, relationships, psychology, travel, etc.
LGBT Poetry—Single volumes, selected and collected poems, and anthologies are eligible. Chapbooks are not eligible.
LGBT Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror—Novels, novellas, short story collections, and anthologies are eligible.
LGBT Studies—Scholarly work oriented toward academia, libraries, cultural professionals, and the more academic reader.

Betty Berzon Prize for Lesbian Debut Fiction—Novels, novellas, or short story collections by lesbians who have not previously published a book of fiction. Anthologies are not eligible. Authors who have appeared in anthologies are eligible, as long as they have not published a volume identified as theirs alone.
Betty Berzon Prize for Gay Debut Fiction—Novels, novellas, or short story collections by gay men who have not previously published a book of fiction. Anthologies are not eligible. Authors who have appeared in anthologies are eligible, as long as they have not published a volume identified as theirs alone.
Bisexual—Fiction and nonfiction: novels, short story collections, anthologies, poetry, memoirs, cultural studies, public policy, law, history, spirituality, gender studies, etc.
Transgender—Fiction and nonfiction: novels, short story collections, anthologies, poetry, memoirs, cultural studies, public policy, law, history, spirituality, gender studies, etc.

send: Complete MS

looking for: Novel