Paris _ The 2013
Paris Book Festival
has issued the call for
entries to its annual
competition honoring the
best of international
publishing.
The 2013 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unpublished stories and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!).There is no date of publication restriction.
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 2013 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,
2013.
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
6)
Photography/Art
7)
Poetry
8)
Young
Adult |
9)
Biography/Autobiography
10)
Audio/spoken
word
11)
Best
Unpublished
Short
Story
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
April 25, 2013. 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.
E-book entries are
welcome. You can
enter an e-book in two
ways:
-
Send as a .pdf to
our e-mail address
labeled as "2013
E-book Entry" in the
subject line. Please
attach copies of
your PayPal receipt
and entry form to
the email.
-
Click here to use our Book Uploader
to send a copy of
your work. We accept
most e-book formats.
Then send an e-mail
to us labeled as
"2013 E-Book Entry"
with PayPal receipt
and entry form
attached.
Send us a Kindle
copy as a gift. Send
an e-mail to us
indicating that
you have sent the
book, attaching your
PayPal receipt and
entry form.
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.
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