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Text Reads: Book Award Update October 2023

Book Award Update for Indie Authors: October 2023

Book Award News: Trends and Updates For Indie Authors, October 2023. As more book awards open their doors to independent authors, the number of opportunities to receive professional recognition from respected accolades is on the rise.

Indie Author Friendly Book Awards

For the longest time, indie authors weren't able to enter awards like other authors. But more and more, book awards and prizes are opening up to us. Today, the Alliance of Independent Authors AskALLi highlights some of the best awards and prizes open to Indies. This is indie author friendly awards.

The Ultimate Guide to Winning Book Awards: Tips and Tools

For a long time, book awards were only open to traditionally published authors. But that's just not the case any more. With an enormous swathe of awards open to indies, the Alliance of Independent Authors thought it was time we created an ultimate guide to all things book awards. With thanks to Annie Mydla from the North Street Book Prize and Hannah Jacobson from Book Award Pro for their contributions to this post.

August 9, 2021
AskALLi Team
Process 5 & 6: Marketing & Promotion, Top 100
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Writing: ALLi Members Win & Place in Inaugural Award for Self-published Authors

Sharing the outcome of the new Selfies award recognising self-published books, run by BookBrunch, sponsored by IngramSpark and won by ALLi member Jane Davis! Orna Ross reports.

Book Marketing: Book Awards and Indie Authors

This extract from ALLi's Campaign Book, "Open Up to Indie Authors", offers the indie perspective on the book award landscape, from the biggest to the smallest writing prizes - and encourage us to keep campaigning!