[stylist] 2009 Beach Book Festival Call For Entries
Fred Wurtzel
f.wurtzel at comcast.net
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Is this for unpublished work or already published work? If unpublished, do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
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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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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.
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