About Us


Why we set up the Book Award

 

There are a number of book awards out there. However, if you are not a big publisher these competitions are usually prohibitively expensive. For example, the Booktrust and Orange Prize (to name just two) state that if a book makes it to the short list the publisher has to pay a substantial amount of money to the organisers. This can leave small independent publishers and self publishers struggling to find the recognition they deserve. 

As the publishing world shifts to include more and more independent publishers and self publishers the International Rubery Book Award is creating an opportunity for these books by rewarding them for their quality. However, it is important to reiterate that this is not just a self publishing award as books published by independent publishers are also welcome.

The Rubery Book Award will run annually - usually launched in September each year. 

We also run an annual short story competition. This is usually launched in April. 


The future of RBA 

 


Books
Once established we believe that RBA will gain recognition for finding quality books within the self publishing and independently published books community. This would mean winners, past and present, can proudly announce that they are award-winning authors of our prize and be confident that this title will be respected. We anticipate that the media and book stores will take more interest in an area that has long been neglected.

In future years we are planning to increase the award prize which would enable us to offer prizes for each category.


Short Stories
RBA also runs competitions for unpublished short stories. We are aware that writers would like more opportunities for their stories and we believe that our judges will help RBA give you the respect you deserve for quality writing. 

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Contact us by email
The Rubery Book Award, PO Box 15821, Birmingham, B31 9EA, UK. 
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