I’m and Author!
Are you an Author too?
Have you asked yourself or others
"How can I become an award winning author?"
There are many dynamics an author may experience.
Authors work hard. Creating a book through the processes of the writing, editing, designing of the book cover, publishing choices, the printing, the sales, and the marketing is quite a journey. Authors should be very proud of themselves for taking the risks and achieving the goal of becoming a published author.
Some authors have family and friends that celebrate them, and their awesome achievement(s) and others have little or no support.
What about book awards? I saw it worded somewhere as Book Awards are public recognition and validation for an author’s book. I agree. I love the awards my books have received.
How do you get your books recognized to receive a book award? It is like registering for a 5K or a marathon. If you don’t enter the event and show up to cross the finish line, there would be no way anyone would know you walked/ran or received a medal. You have to put yourself and your books out there.
Publishers, people who read your book, or you can enter your book for a book award. There are several book awards available. They vary between fiction, nonfiction, romance, education, etc. The list goes on and on.
There are usually several different categories a book can fall into.
Each organization that give book awards have different timelines throughout each year for submissions to be in by. Some give awards once a year others give them more often. You must check out their websites and read their book submissions guidelines. Each is different.
Here is a list that I have gathered. These are just a few.
• Writers Digest Self Published Award
• IP Independent Publishers Award
• Foreword Reviews Indie Book Award
• Next Generation Indie Book Award
• BIBA – Best Indie Book Award
• National Indie Excellence Book Award
• Writers Digest Self Published E-Book Award
• Rubery Book Prize Award – London
• National Book Award • Women’s Prize for Fiction (UK)
• Children’s Newbery Medal Award
• Readers Favorite Book Contest
• Northern Lights Publisher Award
• Indie Reader Discovery Award
• Independent Publishing Award - IPPY Book Awards
• IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award
• Forward Ladies Book of the Year Award
• Dan Poynter's Global E-book Awards
• Swoon (Swoonie) Romance Book Awards
• RITA Romance Writers of America Book Award
• The most prestigious book award to receive is the Nobel Prize Literary Award
And there are more…….
This book award list shows just shows some of the awards available to authors and writers. There are comic book awards, science fiction awards, more romance awards, short stories, poetry, and others available. You must find them.
Search what you write about for book awards, and you will find many book awards available that match your work and writing. Some have entry fees (like 5Ks and marathons), and others are free.
Take a chance for your work to be recognized.
Have fun with it!!
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