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All six of our contests are now open – something for every kind of book!

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First Call for Entries! The 2019 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards contest is now open! Just $75 to enter our 13th annual awards program dedicated to childhood literacy and lifelong reading. 

Writing and publishing books that teach and inspire our children is an extremely important task, and these exist to reward those efforts.The Moonbeam Award ceremony is held in conjunction with the Traverse City Children’s Book Festival. Click here to visit the website.

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The final entry deadline for the 6th annual Illumination Awards contest is this Saturday, December, 15th.

Just 5 days left to enter the the Illumination Book Awards, honoring the year’s best new titles written and published with a Christian worldview. With the motto, “Shining a Light on Exemplary Christian Books,” there are 19 categories for new titles and 5 Enduring Light categories for books published since 2000. Click here to visit the Illumination Awards website.

2019 INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER BOOK AWARDS
“RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE IN INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING”

  – World’s largest book awards contest, for indies only
– 85 National Categories
– 24 Regional Categories
– 11 E-book Categories
– Great Publicity & Great Awards party at BEA

Calling all independent authors and publishers! This contest is for you!

The 23rd annual Independent Publisher Book Awards, conducted to honor the year’s best independently published titles, is now accepting entries for books released since January 2017. Entry fee is $95 to enter a General category and $55 “add-on” a Regional or E-Book category. All entrants are considered for the Outstanding Book of the Year Awards at no extra charge.

The entry deadline for the 2019 IPPY Awards is February 23, 2019 – just 75 days left to enter! 
Launched in 1996, the Independent Publisher Book Awards are designed to bring increased recognition to the deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors and publishers. Established as the first unaffiliated awards program (no membership fee required) open exclusively to independents, the “IPPYs” recognize hundreds of the year’s best books, bringing them to the attention of booksellers, buyers, librarians, and book lovers. The IPPY Awards contest is among the largest and most recognized book awards events in the world, and all independent, university, small press, and self-publishers who produce books intended for the North American market are eligible to enter.

VISIT THE IPPY AWARDS ENTRY PAGE

Click here to view the entry guidelines PDF. 

LIVING NOW BOOK AWARDS
“BOOKS FOR BETTER LIVING”

The 2019 Living Now Awards are now open. Just $75 per category entry until the early-bird deadline of Jan. 26th.

The Living Now Book Awards recognize books that help readers help themselves, to learn about enriching their lives in wholesome, Earth-friendly ways. Books are an important tool for gaining knowledge about life-improvement goals, and the Living Now Book Award medalists are a must-read list for helping us achieve those goals.

Click here to view the guidelines and entry form.

MOONBEAM CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS
“CELEBRATING YOUTHFUL CURIOSITY & DISCOVERY THROUGH BOOKS & READING”

The 2019 Moonbeam Awards are now open! Just $75 per entry until the early-bird entry of March 23, 2019.
The Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards honor the year’s best children’s books, and are open to authors, illustrators, and publishers of children’s books written in English or Spanish, appropriate for the North American market. These awards bring an opportunity for recognition to deserving authors and publishers who have a hard time breaking through to win library association awards like the Newbery and Caldecott.

Click here to view the guidelines for the 13th annual contest.

AXIOM BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS
“SUCCESS THROUGH KNOWLEDGE”

The Axiom Awards are open until the final entry deadline of January 12, 2019. Just 32 days left to enter!

The Axiom Business Book Awards are intended to bring increased recognition to exemplary business books and their creators, with the understanding that business people are a very well-read and informed segment of the population, eager to improve their careers and businesses. Newly published business books contain the newest, most innovative, and creative ideas that can make us think and act differently every day.

VISIT THE AXIOM ENTRY PAGE

ILLUMINATION BOOK AWARDS
“SHINING A LIGHT ON EXEMPLARY CHRISTIAN BOOKS”

The 2019 awards are open until December 15th.  Just 5 days left to enter!

The Illumination Book Awards are designed to honor the year’s best new titles written and published with a Christian worldview. Award categories range from Bible Study and Devotional to family-oriented subjects like Education and Children’s Picture Book. The purpose of the Illumination Book Awards is to bring award recipients the credibility and publicity they need to further their book marketing and sales success.

VISIT THE ILLUMINATION WEBSITE

ELIT AWARDS
“ILLUMINATING DIGITAL PUBLISHING EXCELLENCE”

Entry is open through January 31, 2019.

The eLit Awards are an industry-wide, unaffiliated awards program open to all members of the electronic publishing industry, and are committed to illuminating and honoring the very best of English language digital publishing entertainment. The eLit Awards celebrate the ever growing market of electronic publishing in the wide variety of reader formats. Hail the revolutionary world of e-books and join the awards program that’s highlighting the best in electronic reading entertainment!

VISIT THE ELIT ENTRY PAGE