London Book Festival
As a newly published Author in September 2011 I entered myself and my book Mum's The Word into The 2011 London Book Festival annual competition
The competition honors the best of international publishing and all the submitted works were to be judged by a panel of publishing industry experts using the following criteria:
- General excellence and the author's passion for telling a good story.
- The potential of the work to gain a wider audience in the worldwide market.
The Categories were
General Non-fiction
General Fiction
Children's books
E-books (word or .pdf file acceptable)
Photography/Art
Poetry
Audio/Spoken Word
Teenage/Young Adult
Biography/Autobiography
Audio/spoken word
Best Unpublished Short Story (all manuscripts welcome)
Cookbooks
Compilations/Anthologies
Spiritual
Wild Card
Music
In addition to honoring the top selections in the above categories, The London Book Festival will award the following chosen from submissions:
- London Book Festival Author of the Year-Honors the outstanding book of the competition.
- London Book Festival Book Design of the Year - Honors outstanding and innovative design.
- London 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.
For my work I have received an Honorary Mention in the How To Section of this competition and all winners and honorable mentions in the competition will be honored at a dinner held January 26, 2012 in London.
To view the winners and of course my 1st acknowledgement for my 1st book Mum's The Word please click on the image below
The Winners of The London Book Festival Competition
Did you go to the award ceremony in London and where was it located? What was the nature of the award you received (a certificate, a letter???) I haven’t been able to locate this festival except in Hollywood, CA. I would appreciate it if you’d send a direct reply to my email address. Thank you!
http://bhgig.brinkster.net/portal/content.asp?contentid=603
Here you go, this is the link to the London Book Festival Awards… 🙂
I was awarded with a certificate on the evening and I had an “Honorary Mention for my book, Mum’s The Word”