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COLORADO AUTHORS' LEAGUE TOP HAND AWARDS Click here for 2007 Winners! >>>Entry Form<<< Colorado Authors' League 2010 Awards Contest Information All Colorado Authors' League members are invited to enter their best works published in 2009. Please read the contest rules carefully before submitting your entries. Award winners will be announced at CAL’s annual banquet this spring. Prizes include cash, plaques, recognition and promotion. We’re making a few modest changes in judging this year. There will be a single judge for each category. The judge will be a non-CAL member with expertise in that category. There also must be at least three entries in a particular category in order for that category to be judged. Contest Rules 1. ONLY original work may be entered. Such work includes books in which the contestant has contributed a piece. However, only the contestant's work will be judged, not the entire book. Original work may include self-published books. 2. A contestant (and all collaborators) MUST be a CAL member in good standing with dues paid in full. 3. All entries MUST have been published during 2009. 4. Contestants must submit one copy of each entry and provide a self-addressed, stamped envelope if they wish to have their entry returned. Submissions without a SASE will not be returned. 5. Contestants are responsible for placing their entry in the most appropriate category. The Awards Committee cannot accept responsibility for reclassifying entries. Once submitted, each entry will be judged in the category in which the contestant placed it. 6. Each entry must be accompanied by an official entry form or facsimile, fully completed and signed, along with the $25.00 entry fee. Please submit checks payable to CAL. Cash will not be accepted. 7. Members may enter as many times and in as many categories as they wish, with a separate entry form and fee for each entry (fees may be combined in one check). 8. Any entry not in strict compliance with these rules will automatically be disqualified. 9. Each category must have a minimum of three entered works in order for that category to be judged. Categories BOOK LENGTH FICTION (Hardcover or Paperback Originals) 1. Mainstream 2. Genre 3. Middle Grade/Young Adult 4. Children (picture books and early readers) SHORT FICTION 5. Adult 6. Young Adult/Children BOOK LENGTH NONFICTION (Hardcover or Paperback Originals) 7. General nonfiction 8. Creative nonfiction 9. How-to nonfiction 10. Young Adult/Children NONFICTION ARTICLES 11. Adult Feature (i.e., travel, trends, profiles, how-to, investigative, round-ups, etc.) 12. Adult Essay (op-ed, humor, inspirational, personal, etc.) 13. Young Adult/Children POETRY 14. All forms of poetry SPECIALTY WRITING 15. Any published work the author believes is not covered by any other category (i.e. non-print media, scripts, newsletters, brochures, calendars, etc.) Submitting Entries: Fill out an official entry form for each entry. Mail the form along with a single copy of the entry to be judged and the $25 entry fee. Multiple entries may be sent in one package, but each entry must be accompanied by its own Entry Form and $25 entry fee. Make sure your entry forms are complete. If you have questions, direct them to CAL Awards Chair, Bruce Most at 303 942-1823 or brucemost@comcast.net. Entries must be postmarked by midnight, March 1, 2010. Send entries to: CAL 2010 Awards |
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