Welcome the to Colorado Book Awards Online Submission Manager. The 2012 Colorado Book Awards the 21st Annual Awards event for celebrating Colorado authors.
To be eligible for a Colorado Book Award, a primary contributor to the book must be a Colorado writer, editor, illustrator or photographer. Current Colorado residents are eligible, as are individuals engaged in ongoing literary work in the state and authors whose personal history, identity, or literary work reflect a strong Colorado influence. Authors not currently Colorado residents who feel their work is inspired by or connected to Colorado should submit a letter in addition to his/her entry describing the connection. Final eligibility determinations will be made by the Colorado Book Awards Advisory Committee.
As a contributor, you may submit your own work or as a publisher you may submit the work of the authors you represent.
Entries in the 21st Annual Colorado Book Awards must have a 2011 publication date. With the exception of fine press entries, books must be professionally published and assigned an ISBN.
New editions of previously published work are not eligible unless substantive changes have been made to the text of the book. Books published and available in late 2011 that have a delayed (2012) copyright may be submitted either in the 21st or the 22nd Annual Colorado Book Awards, but not both.
Our Online Submission Manager accepts digital (pdf) versions of your book. You may opt to complete your entry online and send hard copies of your work to our office as well.
An Entry Fee of $53.00 is required to process your entry. You will be asked to provide your payment information online before your entry can be finalized.
2012 Book Award - Total Entry Online (Entry Form+Fee+Book+Book Cover) - $53.00
Steps:1) Download and complete the Entry Form from: http://coloradohumanities.org/content/colorado-book-awards
2) Create a final, published version PDF file of your book.
3) Create a final, printed version jpeg (.jpg) of your book cover art.
4) Create a 75-word author bio
In the cover letter, please include a 75-word book description and the ISBN number and copyright date of the book you are submitting for entry.
Upload all documents to include: the Entry Form, PDF of your book, any graphic of the cover (.jpg), author bio and book description.
Click submit.
2012 Book Award--Partial Online Entry (Entry Form + Fee Only) - Shipping Hard Copies of Book - $53.00
Choose this option if you prefer to ship printed copies of the submitted book for consideration in the 2012, 21st Annual Colorado Book Awards.Submit your Entry Form and pay online and then ship seven (7) hard copies of each book submitted to our office.
Steps:
1) Download and complete the Entry Form from: http://coloradohumanities.org/content/colorado-book-awards
2) Create a 75-word author bio
In the cover letter, please include a 75-word book description and the ISBN number and copyright date of the book you are submitting for entry.
Upload all documents to include: the Entry Form, author bio and book description.
Click submit.
2012 Book Award-- Online Entry PAYMENT BY CHECK (PUBLISHER'S OPTION: Entry Form + Book PDF + Book Cover PDF)
Steps:1) Download and complete the Entry Form from: http://coloradohumanities.org/content/colorado-book-awards
2) Create a final, published version PDF file of your book.
3) Create a final, printed version jpeg (.jpg) of your book cover art.
4) Create a 75-word author bio
In the cover letter, please include a 75-word book description and the ISBN number and copyright date of the book you are submitting for entry.
Upload all documents to include: the Entry Form, PDF of your book, any graphic of the cover (.jpg), author bio and book description.
Click submit.
5) Send your check, payable to Colorado Humanities, for $53 to:
SUBMISSIONS SENT PRIOR TO OCTOBER 10, 2011:
Colorado Center for the Book
Colorado Book Awards
1490 Lafayette Street
Suite 101
Denver, CO 80218
SUBMISSIONS AFTER OCTOBER 15, 2011
PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS -
Colorado Center for the Book
Colorado Book Awards
7935 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 450
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
PLEASE INCLUDE THE TITLE OF YOUR BOOK(S) ON THE CHECK FOR WHICH YOU ARE SUBMITTING so we can accurately attribute your payment to your entry.