{"id":105,"date":"2024-03-16T18:36:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T18:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theauthorszone.com\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2025-02-26T02:11:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T02:11:00","slug":"entry-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theauthorszone.com\/?page_id=105","title":{"rendered":"Entry Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/theauthorszone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/General-Submission-1024x331.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theauthorszone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/General-Submission-1024x331.png 1024w, https:\/\/theauthorszone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/General-Submission-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/theauthorszone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/General-Submission-768x248.png 768w, https:\/\/theauthorszone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/General-Submission-1536x497.png 1536w, https:\/\/theauthorszone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/General-Submission-2048x663.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Entry Criteria<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>High-quality writing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Publication date and ISBN within the past 10 years<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Published in English (including translations)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book is not a prior entry to the TAZ awards<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Self-published, hybrid, small and large presses are all welcome<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Award Categories<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Adult Fiction<\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>01 &#8211; General Fiction (mainstream, literary)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>02 &#8211; Historic Fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>03 &#8211; Mystery and Suspense<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>04 &#8211; Science Fiction and Fantasy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>05 &#8211; Horror<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>06 &#8211; Romance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Adult Nonfiction<\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>01 &#8211; General Nonfiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>02 &#8211; Memoir, Biography, and Autobiography <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>03 &#8211; Self-Help and How-To<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>04 &#8211; Spirituality and Inspiration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>05 &#8211; Business<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>06 &#8211; Cookbooks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>07 &#8211; Local Interest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Children &amp; Teen<\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>01 &#8211; Picture Books: Fiction (Toddler to Grade 2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>02 &#8211; Picture Books: Nonfiction (Toddler to Grade 2)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>03 &#8211; Juvenile: Fiction (Grade 3 to Grade 8)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>04 &#8211; Juvenile: Nonfiction (Grade 3 to Grade 8)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>05 &#8211; Young Adult: Fiction (Grade 9 to College)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>06 &#8211; Young Adult: Nonfiction (Grade 9 to College)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Collections<\/summary>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>01 &#8211; Poetry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>02 &#8211; Short Story Collections and Single-Author Anthologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>03 &#8211; Audiobooks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Submission Guidelines<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Each submission requires a completed entry form, along with a submission fee of $65.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Payment is due when the book is submitted. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Accepted forms of payment include PayPal or check. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Checks should be made out to The Authors\u2019 Zone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If mailing a physical copy of book: submit payment separately<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Digital manuscripts highly preferred<\/strong> (ideally, PDF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 Anna Marie (<a href=\"mailto:wip@fastmail.fm\">wip@fastmail.fm<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/theauthorszone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/TAZ-Entry-Form.pdf\">Download Submission Form<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entry Criteria Award Categories Submission Guidelines Each submission requires a completed entry form, along with a submission fee of $65. 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