Winning Book Contests: It's too Late to Enter Most of the the 2012 Competitions, but You Can Still Be Hysterical Waiting for the Results
19 Apr
I just received a notice from Jim Barnes of the Jenkins Group, which hosts the IPPY (Independent Press) Awards. The IPPYs are the oldest and largest contest for books produced by independent presses.
THEY’RE STARTING TO ANNOUNCE THE 2012 WINNERS ON APRIL 27TH. ALL THE AWARDS WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY MAY 1!
HOLY MACARONI! THAT’S NEXT WEEK!
In honor of the last phases of book contest participation, I’m re-posting my Mother’s Day bulletin of 2011. In it, I set out exactly what I do to win awards in contests. It’s too late to do any of that stuff this year, the contests are closed and in the judging process. (Though you can still get into the Best Books of 2012 (USA Book News). They have the latest closing and award announcement dates of the indie contests.)
If you do read my earlier article, which follows these introductory remarks, you may want to run screaming, vowing never to think about book contests.
Is that what it takes to win? Yeah. That’s exactly how I’ve done it.