2018 New England Book Festival Winners – Click Here

BOSTON _ The 2018 New
England Book Festival
has issued a call for
entries for its annual
program celebrating the
best books of the
holiday season.

The New England Book
Festival will consider
non-fiction, fiction,
biography/autobiography,
children’s books, young
adult, how-to,
cookbooks, science
fiction,
photography/art, poetry,
gay literature, regional
literature, spiritual,
wild card (anything
goes!), business books,
unpublished stories and
compilations/anthologies.
All entries must be in
English.

Our grand prize for the
2018 New England Book
Festival winner is an
appearance fee of
$1500 cash and a flight
to our awards ceremony
in Boston, to be
held in February, 2019.

Submitted works
will be judged by a
panel of industry
experts 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:
Please classify your
book and enter it in the
following categories.
Multiple entries must be
accompanied by a
separate fee for each
book.

In addition
to honoring the top
selections in the above
categories, The New
England Book Festival
will award the following
chosen from submissions:

1. Author of
   the Year- Honors the
   outstanding book of the
   competition.
2. Book
   Design of the Year –
   Honors outstanding and
   innovative design.
3. Publisher of the Year-
   Honors the top publisher
   based on materials displaying
   excellence in marketing
   and promotional
   materials, as determined
   by our judges.

FESTIVAL
RULES: New England
Book Festival
submissions cannot be
returned. Each entry
must contain the
official entry form,
including your e-mail
address and contact
telephone number. All
shipping and handling
costs must be borne by
entrants. Books
published on or after
Jan. 1, 2015 are
eligible for the
competition.

NOTIFICATION AND
DEADLINES: :
Deadline submissions in
each category must be
received by the close of
business on December 15,
2018 to be eligible for
the competition. Winners
in each category will be
notified by e-mail and
on the web site. Please
note that judges read
and consider submissions
on an ongoing basis,
comparing early entries
with later submissions
at our meetings.

Winners in each category
will be notified by
e-mail and on the web
site. Please note that
judges read and consider
submissions on an
ongoing basis, comparing
early entries with later
submissions at our
meetings.

TO ENTER:
Entry forms are
available online at

newenglandbookfestival.com/enter
or may be faxed/e-mailed
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.

Entry fee
checks should be made
payable to JM Northern
Media LLC. We’re sorry,
but entries must be
mailed and cannot be
delivered in person or
by messenger services to
the JM Northern Media
offices.

Entry
packages should include:

1. One copy of the
   book
2. A copy of your
   official entry form
   or a reasonable
   facsimile
3. The entry
   fee or receipt for
   online payment
4. Any marketing
   materials you wish to
   send. Marketing is used
   as a tie-breaking
   consideration by our
   judges.

Entries
should be mailed to:

JM
Northern Media LLC
attn:
New England Book
Festival
7095
Hollywood Boulevard
Suite
864
Hollywood,
CA 90028-0893
Phone:
323-665-8080
 

E-book entries are
welcome. You can enter
an e-book in three ways:

1.  Send your
   book as a .pdf to
   our
   
   NewEnglandBookFest@sbcglobal.net
   address labeled as
   “2018 E-Book Entry”
   in the subject line.
   Please attach copies
   of your PayPal
   receipt and entry
   form.
2. Send us a Kindle
   copy as a gift to
   
   NewEnglandBookFest@sbcglobal.net.
   Then send an e-mail
   to us indicating
   that you?ve sent the
   book, attaching your
   PayPal receipt and
   entry form.
3. Click here to use our
   “Book Uploader”
   to send a
   digital copy of your
   work. We accept most
   e-book formats.
   IMPORTANT: After
   uploading your book,
   you MUST send an
   e-mail to
   
   NewEnglandBookFest@sbcglobal.net
   with “2018 E-Book
   Entry” in the
   subject line and the
   title of your book.
   Please attach a copy
   of your PayPal
   receipt and entry
   form.

Failure to follow
these steps on e-book
submissions may
disqualify you.