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The Eyelands Book Awards is running for the eighth year and is open to writers from all over the world. There are several categories to choose from:
AWARD CATEGORIES (select one per entry application):
The following are eligible:
1/Full-length books of fiction (Novels or novellas of any genre)
2/Collections of short stories by one author
3/Collected and selected poems
4/Historical fiction – Memoir
5/Children’s and YA books – Graphic Novels
6/ LGBTQIA+ (texts of any genre with main theme related to the community)
7/ Sci-Fi – Crime/Thriller – Horror (Novels or novellas)
8/ Self-published books
PRIZES
– Grand prize (published books): Five-day stay in Athens.
– Grand prize (writers’ choice): Five-day stay in Athens.
– Grand prize (unpublished books): Translation into Greek and publication from Strange Days Books.
– 14 more prizes, also win a handmade ceramic designed especially for Eyelands Book Awards!
– Certification document for every prize winner.
– Online publication for selected texts of prize-winning books.
– Translation into Greek for poetry & short stories prize winners!
– Video promotion across our social media for grand prize & prize winners.
– There will be at least five finalists for each category.
Check out the competition site for the full details and to enter.
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