[stylist] 2009 Beach Book Festival Call For Entries

Tue Jan 6 01:49:26 UTC 2009

Hello,

Is this for unpublished work or already published work?  If unpublished, do
they publish it?

Thanks.

Warm Regards,

Fred

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of LoriStay at aol.com
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 7:51 PM
To: stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: [stylist] 2009 Beach Book Festival Call For Entries

Some of you might find this useful.
Lori

In a message dated 1/5/09 2:36:44 PM, BeachBookFestival at sbcglobal.net
writes:

> 2009 BEACH BOOK BOOK FESTIVAL CALL FOR ENTRIES
>  NEW YORK (January 5, 2009) _ The 2009 Beach Book Festival has issued a
call 
> for entries to its annual program spotlighting the hottest reads of the 
> upcoming summer season.
>  The Beach Book Festival will consider self-published or independent 
> publisher non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children's books,
teenage, 
> how-to, science fiction, romance, comics, poetry, spiritual, 
> compilations/anthologies, history, business and health-oriented books
published on or after 
> Jan. 1, 2001.
>  Our grand prize for the 2009 Beach Book Festival is $1500 cash, a flight
to 
> Atlantic City for our casino-based awards program and a publicity campaign

> touting competition winners.
>  Submitted works will be judged for general excellence, i.e., the
potential 
> of the work to be an engaging beach read this summer season.
>  ENTRIES: Please classify your book and enter it in the following 
> categories.Multiple entries must be accompanied by a separate fee for each
book.
>  1) General Non-fiction
>  2) General Fiction
>  3) Children's books
>  4) How-to
>  5) Business
>  6) Comics/graphic novels
>  7) Health
>  8) Spiritual
>  9) Romance
>  10) Poetry
>  11) History
>  12) Teenage
>  13) Biography/Autobiography
>  14) Compilations/Anthologies
>  15) Science Fiction
>  In addition to honoring the top selections in the above categories, The 
> Beach Book Festival will award the following chosen from submissions:
>  1) Beach Book Author of the Year-Honors the outstanding book of the 
> competition.
>  2) Beach Book Designer of the Year --- Honors outstanding and innovative 
> design.
>  3) Beach Book Publisher of the Year-Honors the top publisher based on 
> materials displaying excellence in marketing and promotional materials, as

> determined by our judges.
>  FESTIVAL RULES: Beach Book Festival submissions cannot be returned. Each 
> entry must contain the official entry form, including your e-mail address
and 
> contact telephone number. All shipping and handling costs must be borne by

> entrants.
>  NOTIFICATION AND DEADLINES: We will notify each entry of the receipt of 
> their package via e-mail and will announce the winning entries on our web
site 
> (www.beachbookfestival.com). Because of the anticipated high volume of 
> entries, we can only respond to e-mail inquiries.
>  Deadline submissions in each category must be postmarked by the close of 
> business on April 25, 2009. Winners in each category will be notified by 
> e-mail. Please note that judges read and consider submissions on an
ongoing basis, 
> comparing early entries with later submissions at our meetings.
>  TO ENTER: Entry forms are available online at www.beachbookfestival.com
or 
> may be faxed/e-mailed to you. Please contact our office for fax requests. 
> Applications must be accompanied by a non-refundable entry fee of $50 in
the 
> form of a check, money order or PayPal online payment in U.S. dollars for
each 
> submission. Multiple submissions are permitted but each entry must be 
> accompanied by a separate form and entry fee.
>  Entry fee checks should be made payable to JM Northern Media LLC. We're 
> sorry, but entries must be mailed and cannot be delivered in person or by 
> messenger services to the JM Northern Media offices.
>  Entry packages MUST include:
>  1) One copy of the book;
>  2) Your official entry form or a copy;
>  3) The entry fee or receipt for online payment;
>  4) Any marketing materials you wish to send. Marketing is used as a 
> tie-breaking consideration by our judges.
>  Entries should be mailed to:
>  JM Northern Media LLC
>  attn: Beach Book Festival
>  7095 Hollywood Boulevard
>  Suite 864
>  Hollywood, CA 90028-0893
>  Phone: 323-665-8080
>  AWARDS: The Beach Book Festival selection committee reserves the right to

> determine the eligibility of any project.
>  The 2009 Beach Book Festival is part of the JM Northern Media family of 
> festivals, which includes the New York Book Festival, Hollywood Book
Festival, 
> London Book Festival and DIY Convention. The 2009 Beach Book Festival is 
> sponsored by The Larimar St. Croix Writers Colony; Westside Websites com; 
> Shopanista; eDivvy and The DIY Reporter.com.
>  # # #
> 
> 
> Unsubscribe | Complain | Edit Profile | Confirm  
> 7095 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood CA 90028
> 
> 
> 
> 

**************
New year...new news.  Be the first to know what is making 
headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)
_______________________________________________
Writers Division web site:
http://www.nfb-writers-division.org <http://www.nfb-writers-division.org/>

stylist mailing list
stylist at nfbnet.org
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/stylist_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
stylist:
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/stylist_nfbnet.org/f.wurtzel%40comcast
.net