Hi all,
If you haven't already guessed from the title, I've won a book award!
I entered Blood and Water a few months ago into the award on a whim, and managed to make it through all three rounds!
Although it's only a small award, I'm still so grateful to win it. You don't need a prestigious book award to be a good author.
I struggled to find awards to enter due to be self published. A lot of the larger and more well known awards won't even look at you unless you're traditionally published, so I had to look elsewhere for Indie awards.
The problem is, a lot of these awards are scams.
A lot of them charge extortionate fees or don't give out the winning prizes. You really need to research which awards you want to enter before submitting. I managed to find a few that charged a fair entry fee but also, with a bit of research, were legit.
Even if you don't win, some offer reduced rates on editing your manuscript or getting added to the longlist. Some will even still advertise your book anyway.
If you're going to enter an indie award, please just research before you do anything. It will save you money and pain in the future.
That's it for this week, I hope you enjoyed! See you next week.
