Deadline: 1 December 2010
Geographical coverage:
Reading Fee: undisclosed
Accepts (genre): short stories, books
Prize/Payment: undisclosed
Contact: thrillersubmissions@thrillerwriters.org
Categories:
BEST HARD COVER NOVEL
This award honors the best hard cover thriller novel of the year.
BEST FIRST NOVEL
This award honors our debut thriller novelists. Eligibility covers an author's first novel, whether under the author's name or a pseudonym, regardless of publication format.
NOTE: ALL FIRST NOVELS MUST BE ENTERED IN THE BEST FIRST NOVEL CATEGORY.
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL
This award honors the best paperback original novel of the year.
BEST SHORT STORY
This award honors the best short story (up to 35,000 words to enable novellas to participate) of the year.
RULES OF ELIGIBILITY FOR PRINTED WORK
All novels FIRST published in the English language by a commercial ITW Recognized Publisher within the 2010 calendar year are eligible for the respective categories listed above.
ITW maintains a list of recognized traditional commercial publishers on its website. Any publisher or author may fill out ITW's "Publisher Questionnaire," seeking admission to the list. Generally, to be a commercial ITW Recognized Publisher, the publishing house must be a print publisher, pay advances and issue royalty statements, edit books, create covers, neither solicit nor accept financial payments from its authors, copyright an author's title under the author's name or business entity, and never expect or ask authors to buy a certain number of copies of the author's books.
ITW will solicit publishers for eligible work, but ultimately it will be the responsibility of each author who would like to be considered for an award category to contact his publisher and ensure copies reach each judge in that category by the stated deadline dates. Publishers are requested to submit a title to only the appropriate category: Hard Cover novels must be entered in Best Hard Cover Novel category (except for First Novels). Paperback Originals must be entered in Best Paperback Original category. All First Novels must be entered in the Best First Novel category. Any author who has been previously published in any format is ineligible for Best First Novel. Those authors are invited to check the criteria for Best Hard Cover and Best Paperback Original to submit to the appropriate category there.
RULES OF ELIGIBILITY SPECIFIC TO SHORT STORIES
The term Short Story is expanded to include novellas. Entries must be under 35,000 words to be eligible for entry in the Best Short Story Award category. Entries must be first published in the English language in print or ezine format between January 1 and December 31 for the year under consideration. Original publication or a copy of the story published is admissible, provided it is accompanied by proof of publication (i.e. publication's copyright page/notice). Hard copies must be mailed to the judges; electronic submissions will not be accepted.
Once your entry form is received, your entry will be assigned to a panel and you will receive email instructions on where to send the novels for judging. An additional copy must be mailed to the ITW Awards chair. The mailing instructions will be included with your entry acknoledgement. (Only novels advancing from the First Round are sent to Second Round. Entrants are notified of this advancement by email.) Each entry receives specific instructions from the Awards Chair. Novels forwarded to judges outside these specific instructions will be disqualified.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS
Novels meeting the criteria stated above that are first published from January 1 through December 31 for the year under consideration. Publishers, agents, publicists and/or authors are required to get copies of eligible work into the hands of the category judges no later than December 1 to allow adequate time to review the titles.
Books should be sent to the judges now or as soon as possible. Please ship copies to judges living outside the United States by air or a delivery service such as UPS. In addition, a copy of all work submitted must also be mailed to the Awards Chair.
Only works received by the appropriate judges at the close of business on December 1 are eligible for award consideration.
SCHEDULE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS
Finalists will be announced in April following the close of compition. Winners will be announced in July at the International Festival of Thrillers (aka ThrillerFest) special ceremony. To receive notification of these announcements, please email the Awards Coordinator at thrillersubmissions@thrillerwriters.org. Authors, contact your publishers. Publishers submit your entries using our online submissions form. The ITW Awards Coordinator will advise entrants of your judges' mailing addresses.
More information here.
Geographical coverage:
Reading Fee: undisclosed
Accepts (genre): short stories, books
Prize/Payment: undisclosed
Contact: thrillersubmissions@thrillerwriters.org
Categories:
BEST HARD COVER NOVEL
This award honors the best hard cover thriller novel of the year.
BEST FIRST NOVEL
This award honors our debut thriller novelists. Eligibility covers an author's first novel, whether under the author's name or a pseudonym, regardless of publication format.
NOTE: ALL FIRST NOVELS MUST BE ENTERED IN THE BEST FIRST NOVEL CATEGORY.
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL NOVEL
This award honors the best paperback original novel of the year.
BEST SHORT STORY
This award honors the best short story (up to 35,000 words to enable novellas to participate) of the year.
RULES OF ELIGIBILITY FOR PRINTED WORK
All novels FIRST published in the English language by a commercial ITW Recognized Publisher within the 2010 calendar year are eligible for the respective categories listed above.
ITW maintains a list of recognized traditional commercial publishers on its website. Any publisher or author may fill out ITW's "Publisher Questionnaire," seeking admission to the list. Generally, to be a commercial ITW Recognized Publisher, the publishing house must be a print publisher, pay advances and issue royalty statements, edit books, create covers, neither solicit nor accept financial payments from its authors, copyright an author's title under the author's name or business entity, and never expect or ask authors to buy a certain number of copies of the author's books.
ITW will solicit publishers for eligible work, but ultimately it will be the responsibility of each author who would like to be considered for an award category to contact his publisher and ensure copies reach each judge in that category by the stated deadline dates. Publishers are requested to submit a title to only the appropriate category: Hard Cover novels must be entered in Best Hard Cover Novel category (except for First Novels). Paperback Originals must be entered in Best Paperback Original category. All First Novels must be entered in the Best First Novel category. Any author who has been previously published in any format is ineligible for Best First Novel. Those authors are invited to check the criteria for Best Hard Cover and Best Paperback Original to submit to the appropriate category there.
RULES OF ELIGIBILITY SPECIFIC TO SHORT STORIES
The term Short Story is expanded to include novellas. Entries must be under 35,000 words to be eligible for entry in the Best Short Story Award category. Entries must be first published in the English language in print or ezine format between January 1 and December 31 for the year under consideration. Original publication or a copy of the story published is admissible, provided it is accompanied by proof of publication (i.e. publication's copyright page/notice). Hard copies must be mailed to the judges; electronic submissions will not be accepted.
Once your entry form is received, your entry will be assigned to a panel and you will receive email instructions on where to send the novels for judging. An additional copy must be mailed to the ITW Awards chair. The mailing instructions will be included with your entry acknoledgement. (Only novels advancing from the First Round are sent to Second Round. Entrants are notified of this advancement by email.) Each entry receives specific instructions from the Awards Chair. Novels forwarded to judges outside these specific instructions will be disqualified.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS
Novels meeting the criteria stated above that are first published from January 1 through December 31 for the year under consideration. Publishers, agents, publicists and/or authors are required to get copies of eligible work into the hands of the category judges no later than December 1 to allow adequate time to review the titles.
Books should be sent to the judges now or as soon as possible. Please ship copies to judges living outside the United States by air or a delivery service such as UPS. In addition, a copy of all work submitted must also be mailed to the Awards Chair.
Only works received by the appropriate judges at the close of business on December 1 are eligible for award consideration.
SCHEDULE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS
Finalists will be announced in April following the close of compition. Winners will be announced in July at the International Festival of Thrillers (aka ThrillerFest) special ceremony. To receive notification of these announcements, please email the Awards Coordinator at thrillersubmissions@thrillerwriters.org. Authors, contact your publishers. Publishers submit your entries using our online submissions form. The ITW Awards Coordinator will advise entrants of your judges' mailing addresses.
More information here.
