Rules and explanations for authors
Winners and Finalists get National Media & Industry Exposure!
DON'T KEEP IT A SECRET - INDUSTRY AWARDS AND REVIEWS CAN HELP SELL BOOKS! PROMOTE YOURSELF WHEN YOU'RE AN AWARD WINNER OR FINALIST!
Promote your Winner or Finalist award in all your marketing materials. We provide an easy to download banner to promote your winner status. In addition, you can purchase gold or silver stickers to put on the books you have already printed. Lastly, check out our Promotion page for help with additional exposure to key book-buying audiences. Being recognized as a Winner or Runner-up of the Lesfic Bard Awards is a celebrated honor given by industry experts, and you'll want everyone to know!
DON'T KEEP IT A SECRET - INDUSTRY AWARDS AND REVIEWS CAN HELP SELL BOOKS! PROMOTE YOURSELF WHEN YOU'RE AN AWARD WINNER OR FINALIST!
Promote your Winner or Finalist award in all your marketing materials. We provide an easy to download banner to promote your winner status. In addition, you can purchase gold or silver stickers to put on the books you have already printed. Lastly, check out our Promotion page for help with additional exposure to key book-buying audiences. Being recognized as a Winner or Runner-up of the Lesfic Bard Awards is a celebrated honor given by industry experts, and you'll want everyone to know!
AWARD RULES
Eligible Books
Eligible Books
- Any book submitted is subject to eligibility of the Lesfic Bard Awards© selection committee.
- The Lesfic Bard Awards accepts both Novellas @ 17,500 to 39,999 words and Novels @ 40,000 words or more.
- All books must be in final published print or e-book form.
- First publication date must fall between January 1 to December 31, 2024.
- All titles must have an ISBN-13 or ASIN.
- We require one copy of your e-book PER category entered with the appropriate entry number at the top.
- One submission form can be used for multiple categories, but all book copies must accompany the Submission Form.
- We reserve the right to change book categories where it is deemed appropriate.
- We reserve the right to cancel individual categories if there are too few submissions. In the event a category is canceled, all entry fees previously received will be refunded.
- Lesfic Bard Awards is open to all English language books that are available for sale wherever good books are sold, both online and in bookstores.
- This award is for ALL books and publishers with the following amendments: books containing pedophilia, necrophilia, or bestiality will not be considered. No artifical intelligence (A.I.) created books are eligible.
- Entrants must be 18 years of age to enter the awards.
- Who is ineligible to enter: no employees of the company, persons in a relationship with an employee of the company, and an employee's immediate family. Immediate family includes spouses (whether by marriage or co-habitating), siblings, parents, grandparents, children, and grandchildren (whether by marriage or adoption).
Book Submissions
- Book submissions must be received by the published deadline to be considered, and any book received after the deadline will automatically be considered for the next year's judging process.
- Book submissions cannot be returned. Each entry must include the official entry form.
- Book submissions must be in electronic, E-Book form. We do not accept physical paperback/hardback for submissions as there is no way to keep the judges from knowing who the author/publisher/book title and keep them anonymous.
Lesfic Bard Awards© Refund Policy
All sales are final. There are no refunds except in the case of when we haven't received enough submissions in a particular category. We will issue a refund only if that category hasn't received enough submissions. Only appropriate submissions will be eligible to enter the contest. Lesfic Bard Awards© therefore reserves the right to refuse any material for any reason without issuing a refund.
All sales are final. There are no refunds except in the case of when we haven't received enough submissions in a particular category. We will issue a refund only if that category hasn't received enough submissions. Only appropriate submissions will be eligible to enter the contest. Lesfic Bard Awards© therefore reserves the right to refuse any material for any reason without issuing a refund.
Notifications and Deadlines: we do our best to notify you via email of any new contest(s). You have until Midnight CST (North American CST) on December 31, 2024 to enter your book(s) in the various categories.
Winners and Finalists in each category will be notified by email. Please subscribe to our blog so you get the news throughout the year.
Winners and Finalists in each category will be notified by email. Please subscribe to our blog so you get the news throughout the year.
ENTRY FEES for Novels:
$45.00 per entry/per category. The cost for each subsequent category (up to a total of five) is $40.00. Six or more categories costs $35.00 each.
$50.00 per entry for each cover.
ENTRY FEES for Novellas:
$35.00 per entry/per category. The cost for each subsequent category (up to a total of five) is $30.00. Six or more categories costs $25.00 each.
ENTRY FEE for Covers:
$50.00 per entry for each cover.
order.)
Please include proof of payment by PayPal or check with your entry submission. Make checks payable to:
“Lesfic Bard Awards” and mail to:
$45.00 per entry/per category. The cost for each subsequent category (up to a total of five) is $40.00. Six or more categories costs $35.00 each.
$50.00 per entry for each cover.
ENTRY FEES for Novellas:
$35.00 per entry/per category. The cost for each subsequent category (up to a total of five) is $30.00. Six or more categories costs $25.00 each.
ENTRY FEE for Covers:
$50.00 per entry for each cover.
- All monies must be in U.S. dollars.
- All titles must have an ISBN-13 or ASIN and be published books available on Amazon.com.
- All submissions are requested by December 31, 2024.
- Winners and Finalists will be notified spring 2025.
- All submissions are final.
- There are no refunds.
- We are not responsible for electronic errors or failures. Please check your SPAM folder if you don't see an email from us.
- You may include multiple categories on one submission form but you must copy the submission form and include a copy with each book you submit per category (for mail-ins only).
order.)
Please include proof of payment by PayPal or check with your entry submission. Make checks payable to:
“Lesfic Bard Awards” and mail to:
Lesfic Bard Awards
607 S. 24th Avenue Suite #385
Wausau, WI 54476
You may pay by credit card using the PayPal link below, or mail your check or money order (U.S. funds) with your book submission.
607 S. 24th Avenue Suite #385
Wausau, WI 54476
You may pay by credit card using the PayPal link below, or mail your check or money order (U.S. funds) with your book submission.
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OFFICIAL CATEGORIES OF THE ANNUAL Lesfic Bard Awards®
PayPal Online: Please use this form Lesfic Bard Awards Annual Online Entry Form and Online Payment. After payment has been cleared, an email acknowledging your payment will be issued, and if accepted a number will be issued for you to submit your actual manuscript per the format as outlined here.
OFFICIAL CATEGORIES OF THE ANNUAL Lesfic Bard Awards®
PayPal Online: Please use this form Lesfic Bard Awards Annual Online Entry Form and Online Payment. After payment has been cleared, an email acknowledging your payment will be issued, and if accepted a number will be issued for you to submit your actual manuscript per the format as outlined here.
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