Entry Criteria

  • High-quality writing
  • Publication date and ISBN within the past 10 years
  • Published in English (including translations)
  • Book is not a prior entry to the TAZ awards
  • Self-published, hybrid, small and large presses are all welcome

Award Categories

Adult Fiction
  • 01 – General Fiction (mainstream, literary)
  • 02 – Historic Fiction
  • 03 – Mystery and Suspense
  • 04 – Science Fiction and Fantasy
  • 05 – Horror
  • 06 – Romance
Adult Nonfiction
  • 01 – General Nonfiction
  • 02 – Memoir, Biography, and Autobiography
  • 03 – Self-Help and How-To
  • 04 – Spirituality and Inspiration
  • 05 – Business
  • 06 – Cookbooks
  • 07 – Local Interest
Children & Teen
  • 01 – Picture Books: Fiction (Toddler to Grade 2)
  • 02 – Picture Books: Nonfiction (Toddler to Grade 2)
  • 03 – Juvenile: Fiction (Grade 3 to Grade 8)
  • 04 – Juvenile: Nonfiction (Grade 3 to Grade 8)
  • 05 – Young Adult: Fiction (Grade 9 to College)
  • 06 – Young Adult: Nonfiction (Grade 9 to College)
Collections
  • 01 – Poetry
  • 02 – Short Story Collections and Single-Author Anthologies
  • 03 – Audiobooks

Submission Guidelines

Each submission requires a completed entry form, along with a submission fee of $65.

  • Payment is due when the book is submitted.
  • Accepted forms of payment include PayPal or check.
  • Checks should be made out to The Authors’ Zone.
  • If mailing a physical copy of book: submit payment separately

Digital manuscripts highly preferred (ideally, PDF).

If submitting your book as a PDF, ePub, or Kindle book: attach the entry form to an email, along with the file and a .jpeg of the book cover, to info@theauthorszone.com.


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