My Best-Bet,Value-Added Indie Writers’ Contest of 2022 Based on Winning Writers Experience

I have been supporting this Winning Writers North  Street Book Prize for Indie-Published Books for a growing number of genres including literary, graphic, and poetry! Along with several other ethical-minded publishing industry entities!  I support with free ebooks for entrants and free personal marketing consultations for winners in each category. Principles Jendi Reiter and Adam Cohen offer a year round newsletter of vetted contests, too! If this isn’t a resource for you it should be! Be sure to see a details and a lovely endorsement for my consulting component below! 

Please submit during
February 15-June 30, 2022.
Submit self-published books in one of these categories:

• Mainstream/Literary Fiction
• Genre Fiction (e.g. romance, mystery, thriller, young adult, science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, etc.)
• Creative Nonfiction & Memoir (definition)
• Poetry
• Children's Picture Book
• Graphic Novel & Memoir
• Art Book (definition)
• Not currently accepted: books by deceased authors, anthologies with 3+ authors, history, biography, self-help, how-to, reference, cookbooks, education, travel guides, middle-grade books for ages 8-12, political tracts, religious instruction, translations of the work of other people

PRIZES

• One grand prize winner will receive $8,000, a marketing analysis and one-hour phone consultation with Carolyn Howard-Johnson, a $300 credit at BookBaby, and 3 free ads in the Winning Writers newsletter (a $525 value)
• The top winner in each category will receive $1,000, a marketing analysis and one-hour phone consultation with Carolyn Howard-Johnson, a $300 credit at BookBaby, and one free ad in the Winning Writers newsletter (a $175 value)
• One honorable mention in each category will receive $250
• We will publish online excerpts from all entries that win a prize, along with critiques from the judges

ENTRY FEE

• $70 per book

ALL CONTESTANTS RECEIVE

• How to Get Great Book Reviews Frugally and Ethically by Carolyn Howard-Johnson (PDF)
• Free guides to successful publishing from BookBaby
• Three months' free subscription to Book Award Pro(Essentials tier), so you can find more great contests for your book
• The 7 Steps to Plan and Write Your Book, courtesy of Book Launchers (PDF)
• 8 Simple Secrets for Big Book Sales on Amazon, courtesy of C.S. Lakin at The Self Publisher (PDF)
• One month free membership in The Self-Publishing Mastermind at Self-Publishing Made Simple, a community for growing your knowledge of all aspects of self-publishing

When you submit to the North Street Book Prize, you are not committing to any ongoing subscription charges. We do not transmit your payment information to our co-sponsors. If you choose to take advantage of certain free trials after submitting your contest entry, you may give your payment information to one of our co-sponsors at that point, but it's your choice.

Length limit: 200,000 words maximum. Submit an ebook or a printed book. You may submit a collection of short stories or essays as a single entry. No restriction on age of author. No restriction on year of publication. All self-publishing platforms are eligible. All countries eligible except Syria, Iran, North Korea, and Crimea (due to US government restrictions).

Read about the winners of our sixth contest. The results of our seventh contest will be announced on February 15, 2022. The results of our eighth contest will be announced on February 15, 2023.

"My consultation with Carolyn Howard-Johnson was filled with great conversation, valuable advice, and left me with two pages of notes, inspired and motivated! I'd read her book The Frugal Book Promoter prior to our meeting, and it was a good informative read. Definitely the 'self-publisher's handbook' that I wish I'd read prior to my book venture, as a lot of its content I'd encountered and learned from by going into this blind. Although nothing beats learning from your mistakes than experience, it would've saved me headache! Fortunately, the new tips I've learned from it will help me going forward! It was an absolute pleasure working with Carolyn and I'm happy we connected!"
—Ryan Poirier, 2021 North Street winner for Graphic Novel & Memoir

The North Street Book Prize is recommended by the Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi), a designation for "contests which are organized for the benefit of the author rather than the profit of the organizer."

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MORE ABOUT THE BLOGGER 

 Howard-Johnson is the multi award-winning author of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. She is also a marketing consultant, editor, and author of the multi award-winning HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers including the multi award-winning The Frugal Book Promoter (http://bit.ly/FrugalBookPromoIII), now offered in its third edition by Modern History Press. Carolyn's latest is in the #HowToDoItFrugally Series of books for writers is How to Get Great Book Reviews Frugally and Ethically. She has two booklets in the #HowToDoItFrugally Series, both in their second editions from Modern History Press. Great Little Last Minute Editing Tips for Writers (http://bit.ly/LastMinuteEditsII) and The Great First Impression Book Proposal (http://bit.ly/BookProposalsII) are career boosters in mini doses and both make ideal thank you gifts for authors. The one on writing book proposals is also available as an Audio Book. The Frugal Editor (http://bit.ly/FrugalEditor), now in its second edition, is the winningest book in the series. Carolyn also has three frugal books for retailers including one she encourages authors to read because it helps them convince retailers to host their workshops, presentations, and signings. It is A Retailer’s Guide to Frugal In-Store Promotions: How To Increase Profits and Spit in the Eyes of Economic Downturns with Thrifty Events and Sales Techniques (http://bit.ly/RetailersGuide). In addition to this blog, Carolyn helps writers extend the exposure of their favorite reviews at TheNewBookReview.blogspot.com. She also blogs all things editing--grammar, formatting and more--at The Frugal, Smart, and Tuned-In Editor (http://TheFrugalEditor.blogspot.com). Learn more and follow for news on her new releases direct from Amazon at http://bit.ly/CarolynsAmznProfile.