Fifth 12 months of UK Selfies Ebook Awards – For the Very Finest in Self-Publishing – Opens for Submissions
London, 23 November 2022. For the fifth 12 months working the vastly standard Selfies guide awards – powered by UK commerce journal BookBrunch and sponsored by IngramSpark® – will once more reward three self-published authors for his or her publishing excellence. Submissions are actually open for indie authors who’ve revealed an grownup autobiography/memoir, grownup fiction or kids’s guide throughout 2022. Supported by The London Ebook Honest and Nielsen Ebook, these awards recognise one of many quickest rising components of the guide market. Entries opened on Wednesday, 16th November 2022, and the cut-off date shall be Tuesday 3rd January 2023. Shortlists shall be introduced in March, and the Selfies Award winners shall be introduced at The London Ebook Honest Writer HQ in April 2023.
Initially launched within the UK in 2018, this initiative uncovers unbelievable expertise and rewards the easiest self-published authors annually. The inaugural Selfies Award 2019 was offered to Jane Davis for her grownup novel Smash all of the Home windows. In 2020, the winner of the grownup class was Clare Flynn along with her historic love story The Pearl of Penang, whereas Jemma Hatt took house the inaugural kids’s prize for her middle-grade escapade The Adventurers and the Cursed Citadel. In 2021 a 3rd class was added to make a trio of spectacular winners: Halima Khatun’s The Secret Diary of an Organized Marriage (grownup fiction), Kate Claxton’s My Mum’s a Tiger, illustrated by Angela Mayers (kids’s guide) and Sophie Campbell’s Breakfast at Bronzefield (memoir/autobiography). In 2022 the winner of the grownup fiction class was The Different Instances of Caroline Tangent by Ivan D. Wainewright, an unique time journey journey, the winner of the memoir/autobiography award was The Cactus Surgeon: Utilizing Nature to Repair A Defective Mind by Hannah Powell, whereas a various kids’s guide class noticed Conker the Chameleon by Hannah Peckham, illustrated by Stephanie Jayne, “a beautiful exploration of being just a little bit completely different”, triumph.
Hannah Peckham, the winner of the youngsters’s guide class in 2022, commented: “It’s great that [the Selfies] are recognising self-published authors within the business”. Hannah Powell, non-fiction winner, added: “Strolling away as an award winner was fairly particular. I shan’t overlook the second it was introduced in a rush”, a sentiment echoed by Ivan Wainewright, winner of the grownup fiction class, who mentioned: “I’m nonetheless in shock even now that I gained!”
“We have been all so happy with the standard of the submissions in 2022; the three winners have been impressively nicely revealed in addition to splendidly readable and we are able to’t wait to see what the 2023 awards will deliver.” mentioned Jo Henry of BookBrunch.
Ben Hughes, Senior Supervisor of Enterprise Improvement at IngramSpark, mentioned: “IngramSpark is happy to proceed its help of the Selfies Awards for 2023. The usual of writing has improved yearly and the broader neighborhood of self-published and impartial authors is as vibrant, various, and thrilling as ever. We stay up for seeing what new tales emerge in 2023 and I’m assured that one other worthy winner shall be topped.”
The winners in every class get £750 plus a profile in BookBrunch, banner promoting on the BookBrunch web site and the choice of a particular publishing deal supplied by sponsors IngramSpark. As well as, all shortlisted authors will obtain free entry to the 2023 London Ebook Honest and membership of Writer HQ membership on the Honest. Comprising a theatre and networking space, Writer HQ supplies a discussion board for discussions on approaches to publishing and contains networking occasions and ‘how-to’ fashion panels.
What the judges are on the lookout for:
- A unbelievable story that entertains and delights the reader
- A well-produced guide
- An attractive cowl and blurb that efficiently addresses the audience
- An efficient and inventive advertising and marketing and publicity technique that has the potential for excellent gross sales
All titles submitted have to have been revealed in English between January and December 2022 and entries will solely be accepted from authors based mostly within the UK who’re predominantly or solely self-published, i.e. the place the creator themselves acts because the writer/artistic director.
As a way to register, authors ought to go to BookBrunch, click on on the subscribe button and choose the 6 month subscription field, utilizing the code SELFIES2023. The price of £35 will embody a six-month subscription to BookBrunch (regular value £65). Please head to the Selfies webpage for extra particulars.
The sister Selfies guide awards within the U.S. shall be opening for submissions in Spring 2023. For extra info, please see www.selfiesbookawards.com.
