We aim to announce winners by the end July.

We announce winners on our website and send an email to all subscribers. Winners are also contacted directly to receive their prize.

We have a pool of judges that we regularly call upon. We also like to add new ones. We usually have two for the Book Award. However, previous judges that are not necessarily listed as a judge for one specific year are often still called upon as readers. So you can be sure that if your category is not represented by the named judges your work will be read by someone with an interest in your area. An example of this is poet Jeff Phelps, who in 2014 was not a judge but helped with the reading and selecting process. In fact, poetry was our first prize winner for 2014.

​As we are international we accept several different currencies. You will need to see the entry page for details of currencies. Select a currency to pay in and the entry form will load for you to fill in and make the payment.

​If your book is postmarked by the closing date then your entry will be accepted.

​The premise of what we do is to give well-deserved recognition to authors of independent publishers and self publishers. Big publishing houses do not need us to give them recognition - they can afford to pay the large entry fees to enter prestigious awards or be placed on tables of book shops.

We would not accept entries from publishers such as:

Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Hachette Book Group, and Simon & Schuster.

​Yes but this would be counted as an additional entry, with another entry fee. Both versions will be registered and seen by our readers and/or judges.

​While every entry is given careful consideration our judges cannot read all the books entered. Our experienced readers assist our judges so you can be sure that each book has been carefully considered.

​Feedback is not a service that we offer.

We send an email to everyone on our mailing list to announce the shortlist. If you don't receive it, your server might be blocking our email or it went to your junk folder. We also announce winners on Facebook and Twitter. Only prize winners are contacted directly.

​The next book award will launch in September.

Here is the page to our terms and conditions.