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Nashville Book Festival 2009
2009
NASHVILLE _ The 2009 Nashville Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring the best of regional, national and international literature.
The 2009 Nashville Book Festival will consider entries in general non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children’s books, cookbooks, compilations/anthologies; e-books; genre-based, how-to, photography/art, spiritual, music, teenage/young adult, unpublished stories and the wild card (anything goes!) categories published after Jan. 1, 2005.
All entries must be in English and can be published, self-published or issued by an independent publishing house.
Our grand prize for the 2009 Nashville Book Festival is $1500 cash and a flight to
Submitted works will be judged by a panel of publishing industry experts using the following criteria:
1) General excellence and the author's passion for telling a good story.
2) The unique use of marketing tactics to reach a wider audience. This includes innovative marketing, merchandising, publicity and other methods of reaching an audience in this crowded marketplace.
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) E-books (word or .pdf file acceptable)
6) Photography/Art
7) Poetry
8) Audio/Spoken Word
9) Teenage/Young Adult
10) Biography/Autobiography
11) Audio/spoken word
12) Best Unpublished Short Story (all manuscripts welcome)
13) Cookbooks
14) Compilations/Anthologies
15) Spiritual
16) Wild Card
17) Music
In addition to honoring the top selections in the above categories, The Nashville Book Festival will award the following chosen from submissions:
1) Nashville Book Festival Author of the Year-Honors the outstanding book of the competition.
2) Nashville Book Festival Book Design of the Year - Honors outstanding and innovative design.
3) Nashville Book Festival 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:
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.diyconvention.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
TO ENTER: Entry forms are available online at www.nashvillebookfestival.com or www.diyconvention.com or may be faxed/e-mailed to you. Applications must be accompanied by a non-refundable entry fee via check, money order or PayPal online payment of $50 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 should include one copy of the book; any relevant marketing material; your official entry form or a copy; and the entry fee or receipt. Entries should be mailed to:
JM
attn:
Phone: 323-665-8080
AWARDS: Winners of the Nashville Book Festival will be honored at a gala ceremony held in Nashville this Fall You do not need to be present to accept your award or accompanying prizes.
The 2009 Nashville Book Festival is part of the JM Northern Media family of festivals, which includes the DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film,
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First Women Authors Book Festival - New Mexico
MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION SHOPS
PRESENT FIRST NEW MEXICO WOMEN AUTHORS BOOK FESTIVAL
September 27
Festival to Feature 75 New Mexican Women Authors in:
Fiction, Poetry, History, Art, Mystery, Biography, Children’s Books & More
SANTA FE, NM—Novelist Ana Castillo, Santa Fe Poet Laureate Valerie Martinez, former CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson, cookbook guru Deborah Madison, and 71 other notable women authors will celebrate the joy of reading and the creative power of New Mexico’s women writers at the first “New Mexico Women Authors Book Festival” on Saturday, September 27.
The festival takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Milner Plaza on Museum Hill. Festival admission is free, and also includes free admission to the Museum of International Folk Art and Museum of Indian Arts and Culture.
A diverse collection of 75 well-known and emerging women writers from throughout New Mexico have been selected to participate in the New Mexico Women Authors Book Festival, which is modeled after the Library of Congress’ National Book Festival, held every September on the mall in Washington, D.C. This unique festival format allows visitors to hear authors in a variety of genres read and discuss their craft in 30-minute intervals in a casual, interactive environment.
Authors will be showcased at the festival in seven open-air pavilions: “Fiction,” “Poetry,” “Mysteries and Fantasy”, “History and Biography,” “Art,” “Home and Family,” and “Children.” (A list of participants is attached.) Additionally, a special pavilion will highlight information about the New Mexico History Museum, scheduled to open in 2009, and educate visitors about the history of book-making and printing in New Mexico.
Book signings and sales will also take place on Milner Plaza, as well as special activities and educational games for children and their parents. New Mexico teachers will be invited to a special event to learn about the depth of women writers in the state and how their books can contribute to school curricula.
“We want the community to see that there’s this powerful group of women in New Mexico producing wonderful work,” says John Stafford, retail operations director for the Museum Shops.
Museum of New Mexico Foundation Executive Director Tom Aageson adds: “Each of these women is an entrepreneur in their own right, and each is special to New Mexico.”
The first New Mexico Women Authors Book Festival is presented by the Museum of New Mexico Foundation Shops, a program of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, as part of its successful “New Mexico Creates” program, which provides marketing and promotion opportunities and support to artists, artisans, and other creative entrepreneurs statewide. Since its founding in 2002, participation in the New Mexico Creates program has grown from 319 artists to nearly 800 artists last year, while the Museum Shops has purchased over $4 million in New Mexico-made merchandise, helping to build both artists’ livelihoods and the New Mexico economy.
The New Mexico Women Authors Book Festival is being made possible by a major grant from the Marineau Family Foundation and support from other sponsors. Additional sponsorship opportunities are available. Volunteers are also being sought for the daylong festival.
For more information about festival sponsorship opportunities, or how to become a festival volunteer, contact John Stafford, Museum Shops Director of Retail Operations, at 505-982-3016 or john@museumfoundation.org.
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Founded in 1962, the private, non-profit Museum of New Mexico Foundation provides funding for exhibitions, education, collections, capital improvements and other valuable programs and projects at the Museum of New Mexico. More than 12,000 foundation members statewide and across the U.S. support the Palace of the Governors and the New Mexico History Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of International Folk Art, and Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology; seven state monuments; and the Office of Archaeological Studies.
For more information about the Museum of New Mexico Foundation, call 505-982-6366
or visit www.museumfoundation.org
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Contact
Steve Lewis
LOCAS Communications
505.473.9002
Fax: 505.473.3899
slewisnm@earthlink.net
Beach Book Festival Call for Entries
2008 BEACH BOOK BOOK FESTIVAL CALL FOR ENTRIES
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (January 8, 2008) _ The 2008 Beach Book Festival
has issued a call for entries for 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/autobiogr aphy, 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, 2000.
Our grand prize for the 2008 Beach Book Festival is $1500 cash, a
flight to Atlantic City for our casino-based awards program and a
publicity campaign from Tracey Miller & Associates, a leading
international PR firm, following the competition.
Submitted works will be judged for general excellence, i.e., the
potential of the work to be an engaging beach read this summer
season.
Deadline submissions in each category must be postmarked by the
close of business on April 25, 2008. 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.beachbookfestiv al.com or may be faxed/e- mailed to you by
calling 323-665-8080 between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Pacific time.
The 2008 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 2008
Beach Book Festival is sponsored byThe Hollywood Creative Directory;
Westside Websites com; Shopanista; eDivvy and The DIY Reporter.com.
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Upcoming Book Events - January through February 2008
JANUARY 2008
TBA
Athens, GA
Stitching Stars Storytelling Festival
phone: 706-613-3650, ext. 314 or email: stitchingstars@athenslibrary.org
Check for information at: www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us/
10 - 20
Key West, FL
Key West Literary Seminar
phone: 1-888-293-9291
http://keywestliteraryseminar.org/
11 - 16
Philadelphia, PA
American Library Association midwinter meeting/exhibition
Contact the ALA at 312-280-5044 or 1-800-545-2433
25 - 26
Kennesaw, GA
Winter StoryFest
phone: 404-329-9950
http://www.southernorderofstorytellers.org/
26
Stuart, FL
BookMania!
Sponsored by the Martin County Library System
phone: 772-221-1403 / email: mclsprogrm@martin.fl.us
26
Natchez, MS
Eleventh Moon Storytelling Festival
phone: 601-446-6502 / email: gvni@mdah.state.ms.us
JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2008
January 24 - February 3
Eatonville, FL.
ZORA! Festival (Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities)
Contact N.Y. Nathiri by phone at 407-647-3307/ fax: 407-647-3959
email: apec@cfl.rr.com
http://www.zoranealehurstonfestival.com/
January 26 - February 2
Elko, NV
Cowboy Poetry Gathering
Sponsored by the Western Folklife Center.
Contact Tara McCarty, Executive Director, at 775-738-7508
http://www.westernfolklife.org/
FEBRUARY 2008
1 - 3
Vancouver BC Canada
Vancouver International Storytelling Festival
phone: 604-876-2272
http://www.vancouverstorytelling.org/
1 - 3
Sierra Vista, AZ
Cochise Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering
Call 520-459-3868 / email: gathering@cowboypoets.com
http://www.cowboypoets.com/
2
Savannah, GA
Savannah Book Festival
phone: 912-897-9600 or email: mattprickett@savannahbookfestival.org
http://www.savannahbookfestival.org/
3 - 4
National African American Read In
Sponsored by the Black Caucus of the NCTE and by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
www.ncte.org/prog/readin
7 - 9
Pigeon Forge, TN
Smoky Mountain Storytelling Festival
phone: 865-429-7350
http://www.mypigeonforge.com/winterfest-storytelling.asp
9
Schaumberg, IL
Storytelling at the Prairie Center
phone: 847-923-3608 / fax: 847-923-2346 / email: iflodin@ci.schaumberg.il.us
http://www.prairiecenter.org/ and click on Events
15 - 17
Oklahoma City, OK
WinterTales Storytelling Festival
A program of the Arts Council of Oklahoma City
Contact Peter Dolese, Director, at 405-270-4848
email: info@artscouncilokc.com
http://www.artscouncilokc.com/WinterTales/p/3410/Default.aspx
15 - 17
Los Angeles, CA
California International Antiquarian Book Fair
Sponsored by the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America
Alternates each year between Los Angeles and San Francisco
phone: 415-551-5190
www.labookfair.com/
15 - 17
Dahlonega, GA
Dahlonega Literary Festival
phone: 706-864-0161
email: info@literaryfestival.org
www.literaryfestival.org/
21 - 24
Natchez, MS
Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration
phone: 1-866-296-6522
http://www.colin.edu/nlcc/default.htm
22 - 24
Columbia, SC
The South Carolina Book Festival and Antiquarian Book Fair
Sponsored by the South Carolina Humanities Council
For information phone: 803-771-2477 or email: bookfest@schumanities.org
http://www.scbookfestival.org/
TBA
Panama City, FL
Books Alive!
For information - email: gvickery@nwrls.lib.fl.us
http://www.booksalive.net
next: February 2009
Jerusalem
Jerusalem International Book Fair
phone: 972 2 629 6415
http://www.jerusalembookfair.com/
