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Good books
for Writers
.
S UMMER 2017
D O B OOK A WARDS M ATTER ? YES! (C ONT ’ D )
Most awards charge a fee to enter. Not all awards have a category for your
genre and not all of these will work for every book.
Here’s a list of my Top 37 book awards worthy of your consideration. Keep in
mind that links change all the time and contests come and go, so check them out
by clicking the link. Some links are for the previous year because that’s all that was
available at the time of this writing. If the event has passed, keep it in mind for
next year’s submissions.
1. Check out the National Book Critics Circle Awards
http://bookcritics.org/awards/award_submissions
2. Entering IndieFab Awards should definitely be on your literary to-do
list. https://publishers.forewordreviews.com/awards
3. The Man Booker Prize for Fiction boasts that the prize is the world’s most
important literary award. Entry Forms are due in March and Finished Books are
due in June. http://themanbookerprize.com/fiction
4. Find out how your book can earn a Hugo Award and check out science fic-
tion’s most prestigious award details
http://www.thehugoawards.org/about
5. Strive to be nominated and win the Nobel Prize in literature. Who can nom-
inate? Professors of literature and of linguistics at universities and university
colleges to name a few. (Another reason it pays to keep the ties to your alma
mater!) http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/nomination
6. See how to submit your book for The Edgar Allan Poe Award, “The Ed-
gar.” http://www.mysterywriters.org/?q=Edgars-Info
7. FT/Goldman
Sachs
Business
Book
of
the
Year.
http://www.ft.com/intl/management/business-book-award
8. The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction site reopened for new entries in May
2017. http://www.pulitzer.org/how_to_enter
9. The National Book Award by the National Book Foundation. Learn how to
submit your book here http://www.nationalbook.org/nbaentry.html
10. Learn more about how to enter to win the Stonewall Book Award. Click for
details http://www.ala.org/glbtrt/award
11. Enter Dan Poynter’s Global eBook Awards. Don’t miss this important ebook
only award. http://globalebookawards.com
12. The Deadline for the Autumn House Press award for poetry, fiction and
non-fiction is June 30. Check it out
http://www.autumnhouse.org/contest-submissions
13. Enter to win the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. Click for more
details http://www.pen-ne.org/hemingway-foundationpen-award
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14. Poets & Writers has nice list
of writing
contest, grants and awards. Check it out
at: http://www.pw.org/grants