Paris _ The 2011
Paris Book Festival
is now in its late
registration period to
its annual competition
honoring the best of
international
publishing.
The 2011 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compilations/anthologies; e-books; genre-based, how-to, photography/art, spiritual, music, teenage/young adult, unpublished stories and the wild card (anything goes!)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, 2005.
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 2011 Paris Book
Festival is $1500 cash
and a flight to Paris
for our gala awards
ceremony on May 15, 2011
OR a flight to San
Francisco, CA and a
similar cash grant for
our San Francisco Book
Festival awards on the
same date.
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11) Best Unpublished Short Story (all manuscripts welcome)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
postmarked by the close
of business on April 25,
2011. 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.
The 2011 Paris Book Festival is part of the JM Northern Media family of festivals, which includes the DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film, Music & Books, the New York Book Festival and the Hollywood Book Festival. The 2010 Paris Book Festival is sponsored by eDivvy, the Larimar St. Croix Writers Colony, Shopanista; Westside Websites and the DIY Reporter.com.
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