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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