Book awards give you clout and credibility!

Whether you’re a first time author or a New York Times Best Seller this book award contest is for you.

Are you ready for the chance to be an award-winning author?  

Yes!  Excellent!

All entrants receive the following:

•  A 250-350 word review of your book, which you can use/post wherever you like simply by adding “Originally reviewed for Authors Talk About It Book Award Contest by _____”
• A badge to share on your site that states the following: A 2016 Book Award Contest Entrant Helping Feed the World  *We donate $5.00 of every entry to Heifer International to help end hunger and poverty.
• A virtual class: 3 Easy Ways to Promote Your Book

Who/what can enter:

• Authors 18 years of age or older
• Published and unpublished books, manuscripts and ebooks are accepted
• Books in the following categories:
  1. General Fiction
  2. Romance (Erotica is currently not accepted. Spicy and steamy? Yes, but nothing explicit.)
  3. Mystery/Thriller
  4. Sci-fi/Paranormal
  5. Horror
  6. General Children/Young Adult Fiction
  7. Non-fiction

Those earning 3-5 Stars in their review receive:

• Featured post on Authors Talk About It
• Offer to do an interview on the podcast (4-5 Stars)
• Promotion across our combined social media of 40K+
• Digital Badge for 4-5 Stars

Those earning less than 3 Stars in their review:

• Reviews are more of a critique with helpful feedback and are not posted in a featured post

Grand Prize – $2997 value

• Author VIP Day with Rob and Janelle (virtually or in-person)
• Promotion across our combined social media of 40K+ throughout 2017
• Featured on homepage November 2016 through January 2017 (3 months in total)
• Featured on sidebar through all of 2017
• Audio promo on podcast 6x in January 2017
• Announcement during winners showcase on podcast
• Additional interview as Gold Award Winner 2016
• Listed in featured post as ATAI Book Award Contest Gold Award Winner 2016
• Badge as ATAI Book Award Contest Gold Award Winner 2016
• Roll of Gold Award Winner stickers

Category 1st Prizes – $697 value

• Virtual class: Outside the Box Marketing 
• Promotion across our combined social media of 40K+ for 3 months
• Featured on sidebar through January 2017
• Listed in featured post as ATAI Book Award Contest 1st Place Winner
• Badge as ATAI Book Award Contest 1st Place Winner
• Announced during winners showcase on podcast

Entry fee is:

Early-bird through January 31, 2023 – $60.00

Official opening for submissions fee as of February 1, 2023 – $75.00

Submissions Deadline: August 15, 2023

Finalists announced: October 1, 2023

Winners announced: November 1, 2023

**Finalists and winners are notified via the email they entered with as well as in a featured blog post on ATAI and on a special podcast on those days.

How to submit your book

1. Pay via the button below.
2. Upon payment you’ll be taken to a page with submission details (email address and/or postal address to send copy of book to and any other information we need such as book cover jpeg, author name and bio, book title, subtitle, author email, agent/publicist email if applicable, contact phone number, book description, etc.)  *Digital copies must be sent as PDF, Kindle gift, or .docx.  Print copies are NOT returned.
3. If you have any questions, you can email us at authorstalkaboutit@gmail.com.