2010 BEACH BOOK BOOK FESTIVAL NEW YORK _ The 2010 Beach Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual program spotlighting the hottest reads of the upcoming summer season. The 2010 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, 2002. Our grand prize for the 20109 Beach Book Festival is $1500 cash, a flight to New York and a publicity campaign following the competition to spotlight your work for the beach reading season. 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 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, and a PayPal receipt if paying online. 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 May 25, 2010. 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 at BeachBookFestival@sbcglobal.net. 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.
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