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 theauthorszone@fastmail.com.