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2009 New England Book
Festival Winners
2009 New England Book
Call for Entries
BOSTON _ The 2009 New England Book Festival is now in the late registration period for its annual program celebrating the best books of the holiday season. All entries must be received by the final deadline of Tuesday, December 15, 2009 to be eligible for the competition.
The New England
Book Festival will
consider non-fiction,
fiction,
biography/autobiography,
children's books,
teenage, how-to,
cookbooks, science
fiction, audio/spoken
word, photography, art,
poetry and spiritual
works published on or
after Jan. 1, 2000. All
entries must be in
English.
Our grand prize
for the 2009 New England
Book Festival winner is
$1500 cash and a
publicity campaign in
the New Year
spotlighting your work. The
winning author will also
have a choice of flights
to our various awards
ceremonies for our
family of festivals and
a free vendor table at
the day events,
including New York,
Hollywood and London.
Genre category
winners will receive a
combination of books,
software, cash awards
and free vendor tables
at our New York or
Hollywood Book
Festivals.
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.
•
General
Non-fiction
•
General
Fiction
•
Children's
books
•
How-to
•
Spiritual
•
Photography/Art
•
Fan
Fiction
•
Poetry
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•
Teenage
•
Biography/Autobiography
•
Audio/spoken
word
•
Compilations/Anthologies
•
Best
Unpublished
Short
Story
•
Cookbooks
•
Science
Fiction
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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.
NOTIFICATION
AND DEADLINES: We
will notify each entry
of the receipt of their
package via e-mail and
will announce the
winning entries on our
web site (www.diyconvention.com).
Because of the
anticipated high volume
of entries, we can only
respond to e-mail
inquiries.
Deadline submissions in each category must be received by the close of business on December 15, 2009 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.
TO ENTER:
Entry forms are
available online at
www.diyconvention.com
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.
You can also
enter the contest by
phone by calling
323-665-8080 between 10
a.m. and 6 p.m. Pacific
time.
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
AWARDS:
The New England Book
Festival selection
committee reserves the
right to determine the
eligibility of any
project.
The 2009 New
England Book Festival is
part of the JM
Northern Media
family of festivals,
which include the DIY
Convention: Do It
Yourself in Film, Music
& Books, New York Book
Festival and Hollywood
Book Festival. The New
England Book Festival is
sponsored by The Larimar
St. Croix Writers
Colony, The Hollywood
Creative Directory;
eDivvy, Shopanista and
Westside Websites.
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CONTACT:
NewEnglandBookFest@sbcglobal.net
323-665-8080
2008 New England Book
Festival Winners
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