North Street Book Prize: Grand Prize $10,000

Deadline: July 1, 2024

Winning Writers will award a grand prize of $10,000 in the tenth annual North Street competition for self-published and hybrid-published books.

Choose from eight categories

Mainstream/Literary Fiction

Genre Fiction

Creative Nonfiction & Memoir

Poetry

Children’s Picture Book

Middle Grade

Graphic Novel & Memoir

Art Book

$20,400 will be awarded in all, and the top nine winners will receive additional benefits to help market their books, including $500 credits to use at BookBaby and a marketing consultation with Carolyn Howard-Johnson. Books published on all self-publishing and hybrid-publishing platforms are eligible. Any year of publication is eligible.

Entry fee: $79 per book, with free gifts for everyone who enters.

New this year: All entrants who submit online will receive a brief commentary from one of the judges (5-10 sentences).

Submit online via Submittable or by mail. Winning Writers is a partner member of the Alliance of Independent Authors, and this contest is recommended by Reedsy.

Click HERE to learn more.

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