Get Book Awards Entry Form - Eng 2016docx

Awards are given annually for books published in the United States during the current year to recognize “outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America's diverse literary community.” Submit two copies of a book (or bound galleys) in any genre published in 2022 by December 31.

Yes, many book awards give cash.

Book awards are not only a wonderful honor for an author (and publisher!), but for self-published and traditionally published books alike, they can also can stir up media attention, tap into new audiences, support promotional efforts, and boost sales.

Submit a completed entry form and a $60 fee* for each title that is being entered into the competition. Entry fees are half-price for any submissions after five titles submitted by publishers. Call the FBA office at 850-644-5211 and provide your credit card information.

To be nominated, titles must be exemplary in its appeal to children and one or more of the following: artistic worth, literary quality, originality, and imagination.

In order to be eligible for the National Book Award for Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People's Literature, a book must be written by an American citizen or approved via the petition process. For the Translated Literature Award, neither author nor translator are required to be US citizens.

At the National Book Awards Ceremony and Dinner held in New York City each November, the chair of each judging panel announces the winners of the year's National Book Awards. Each finalist receives $1,000, a medal, and a citation written by the judging panel; winners get $10,000 and a bronze sculpture.

Authors can be of any nationality, based anywhere in the world and working in any language provided that the nominated work has been published in the UK and Ireland, for the first time between the 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023.