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August 11, 2005

2005 DIY Book Festival - Deadline

The 2005 DIY Book Festival entry deadline is Sept. 25 for the fourth annual program celebrating the success of independent authors and publishers.

The DIY Book Festival will consider self-published or independent publisher non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children's books, teenage, how-to, audio/spoken word, photography, art, comics, 'zines, fan fiction, poetry and e-books published on or after Jan. 1, 2003. All entries must be in English and have been self-published or issued by an independent publishing house that has published less than 50 works since the entry cut-off point.

The grand prize for the 2005 DIYBF Author of the Year is $1000 cash and a flight to Los Angeles for the gala awards ceremony. Genre category winners will receive a combination of books, software and cash awards.

Submitted works will be judged by a panel of industry experts using the following criteria:

1) General excellence and the author's passion for telling a good story.

2) The unique use of guerilla marketing tactics to reach a wider audience. This includes innovative marketing, merchandising, publicity tactics and other innovative methods of reaching an independent audience...

For more information please visit the DIY convention website

Posted by Andreas at August 11, 2005 11:22 PM

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