2012 Paris Book Festival Call for Entries
Paris _ The 2012 Paris Book Festival has issued the call for entries to its annual competition honoring the best of international publishing. 
 
The 2012 Paris Book Festival will consider entries in general non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children’s books, cookbooks, compilations/anthologies; e-books; genre-based, how-to, photography/art, spiritual, music, teenage/young adult, unpublished stories and the wild card (anything goes!) categories published on or after Jan. 1, 2008.  
 
Entries can be in French, English, Spanish, German or Portuguese and can be published, self-published or issued by an independent publishing house.  
 
Our grand prize for the 2012 Paris Book Festival is $1500 cash and a flight to Paris OR a flight to San Francisco, CA and a similar cash grant for the San Francisco Book Festival awards in May, 2012.
 
Submitted works will be judged by a panel of publishing 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 gain a wider audience in the worldwide market.
 
ENTRIES: Please classify your book and enter it in the following categories. Multiple entries must be accompanied by a separate fee for each book.

1) General Non-fiction  
2) General Fiction  
3) Children's books  
4) How-to  
5) E-books (word or .pdf file acceptable)  
6) Photography/Art  
7) Poetry  
8) Young Adult  		 9) Biography/Autobiography  
10) Audio/spoken word  
11) Best Unpublished Short Story (all manuscripts welcome)  
12) Cookbooks  
13) Compilations/Anthologies 
14) Spiritual 
15) Wild Card (anything goes) 
16) Romance 

In addition to honoring the top selections in the above categories, The Paris Book Festival will award the following chosen from submissions:  
 
1) Paris Book Festival Author of the Year - Honors the outstanding book of the competition.  
 
2) Paris Book Festival Book Design of the Year - Honors outstanding and innovative design.  
 
3) Paris Book Festival 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: Paris 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.parisbookfestival.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 Abril 25, 2012. Winners in each category will be notified by e-mail shortly after the final entry deadline and the results will be posted at www.parisbookfestival.com. Please note that judges read and consider submissions on an ongoing basis, comparing early entries with later submissions at our meetings. Many late submissions have won our competitions.
 
TO ENTER: Entry forms are available online at www.parisbookfestival.com or may be faxed/e-mailed to you. Applications must be accompanied by a non-refundable entry fee via check, money order or PayPal online payment of $50 in U.S. dollars for each submission. Multiple submissions are permitted but each entry must be accompanied by a separate entry 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 MUST include one copy of the book; any relevant marketing material; a copy of your official entry form or a copy; and the entry fee or receipt.  
 
 Entries should be mailed to:

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

AWARDS: Winners of the Paris Book Festival will be honored at a gala ceremony held in Paris this Spring. You do not need to be present to accept your award or accompanying prizes.