Thursday, February 01, 2018

Special Post for The Word Guild Awards




 WE'RE SHAKING THINGS UP...


WITH ONLY 1 DAY LEFT FOR THE WORD AWARDS PUBLISHED CATEGORIES!



Due to overwhelming contact on the need for an additional category; the Co-Coordinators have decided to revive and old category.  The 2018 Word Awards will now include a:



SPECIALTY BOOK CATEGORY

DETAILS: 
  • Gift books
  • Poetry books
  • Books that include both fiction and non-fiction; for either the Christian or General Market
  • Singularly or Co-authored
The 2018 Deadline for this category will be extended to February 15, 2018 along with the other awards being submitted on that date.  

All other category submissions for The Word Awards must be submitted TOMORROW, February 1st, 2018.  

REVISED SUBMISSION DEADLINES 

Word Awards (English & French)
Closes TOMORROW, Thursday February 1st at midnight PST.

Student Awards

In The Beginning

{Castle Quay} Best New Manuscript Award

*NEW* Word Awards SPECIALTY BOOK Category Submissions

Closes Thursday, February 15th at midnight PST.

SHIPPING BOOKS

***5  books for each Submission and 2 more for each additional category being judged in must be shipped by February 2, 2018 (SPECIALTY BOOKS on February 16, 2018) to either address:

Eric Spath
Box 377
St. George, ON
N0E 1N0

CLARIFICATION ON CO-AUTHORED BOOKS
  • Canadian authors may submit co-authored books as long as 50% of the book is written by Canadian authors. 
  • If a book is co-authored that does not meet the 50% total Canadian percentage, the Canadian author may submit their contribution in the short piece section.

PLEASE MAKE SURE TO READ THE GUIDELINES, UPDATED INFORMATION ON THE WORD AWARDS PAGE, SPECIALTY AWARDS PAGES FOR FULL CONTEST DETAILS.

and save on awards entry fees!

 


JUDGES NEEDED  

We're thankful for all who have signed up to be Judges already.  The Word Awards gains its strength from members and professionals like YOU! We are currently looking for judges for all categories of the Word Awards. To review the characteristics of a good WA judge visit our website. If you find a category that suits you feel free to fill out the Judge Form. Thank you for supporting The Word Awards. 
 


SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR 2017 AWARDS SPONSORS 
Special thanks to our sponsors for their generous support. With your assistance we were able to present The 2017 Word Awards and support Christian writers across Canada:


 
BECOME A 2018 AWARDS SPONSOR 
To connect with our sponsorship coordinator please email us at: awards@thewordguild.com or call: 1-800-969-9010 for more information.
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1 comment:

Peter Black said...

Thanks for posting this update, Carol. (Hmm, it's a few years since I've submitted an item for the awards.) It's good to see the wide category range this year. ~~+~~

1 February 2018 at 13:10:00 GMT-5

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