Book Award: The Great Midwest Book Festival 2013

I receive a lot of Call for Entries… so I figured I’d pass a few of them along to you all. I entered several calls after writing my Parenting book and actually did placed in several. I find it’s nice to be able to say “I’m an award winning author”. I have a list of other award shows on my blog you might be interested in checking out.
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THE 2013 GREAT MIDWEST BOOK FESTIVAL – CALL FOR ENTRIES
CHICAGO _ The 2013 Great Midwest Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its competition honoring the best books of the winter.
The Great Midwest Book Festival will consider published and unpublished works in fiction, non-fiction, biography/autobiography, how-to, compilations/anthologies, photography/art, children’s, cookbooks, poetry, spiritual, young adult, business/technology, unpublished manuscripts, wild card (anything goes!), nature/animals and regional lit. There is no date of publication restriction, but all entries must be in English or Spanish.

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Our grand prize for the 2013 Great Midwest Book Festival winner is $1500 cash and a flight to our Nov. 9 awards ceremony in Chicago, location TBA.

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Submitted works will be judged by a panel using the following criteria:
1. General excellence and the author’s passion for telling a good story.?2. The potential of the work to reach a wider audience.

ENTRIES: Multiple entries must be accompanied by a separate fee for each book, although multiple entries may be sent in the same package. Just make sure each entry has a separate entry form.

TO ENTER: Entry forms are available online at greatmidwestbookfestival.com or may be faxed/emailed to you. Please contact our office at 323-665-8080 for fax requests. Applications must be accompanied by a non-refundable entry fee of $50 in the form of a check, money order or PayPal online payment in U.S. dollars for each submission. Multiple submissions are permitted but each entry must be accompanied by a separate form and entry fee.
MORE INFORMATION:
bruce@greatmidwestbookfestival.com
phone: 323-665-8080