Deadline: July 1

$22,000 in Prizes | Final Judge: Jendi Reiter

Submit your self-published or hybrid-published book to this year's North Street contest from Winning Writers. The grand prize winner will receive $10,000.

Choose from eight categories:

• Mainstream/Literary Fiction

• Genre Fiction

• Creative Nonfiction & Memoir

• Poetry

• Children’s Picture Book

• Middle Grade

• Graphic Novel & Memoir

• Art Book

$22,000 in cash will be awarded in all, and the top nine winners will receive additional benefits to help market their books. Books published on all self-publishing and hybrid-publishing platforms are eligible. Any year of publication is eligible. Entry fee: $85 per book, with free gifts for everyone who enters.

All entrants who submit online can choose to receive a brief commentary from one of the judges (5-10 sentences) at no extra charge.

Winning Writers is one of the "101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest, 2024), and this contest is recommended by Reedsy. Click to read about past winners and learn more about our contest.

Winning Writers is proud to be a Partner Member of the Alliance of Independent Authors. Partner Members include "contests that have been vetted and align with ALLi's Code of Standards." These are ALLi's guiding principles in rating literary awards:

 

• The event exists to recognize talent, not to enrich the organizers
• The judging process is transparent and clear
• Entrants are not required to forfeit key rights to their work

• Receiving an award is an achievement
• Prizes are appropriate and commensurate with the entry fees collected
• There is no profiteering upsell

You may mail your entry and $85 fee to Winning Writers, Attn: North Street Book Prize, 351 Pleasant Street Suite B PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060-3998, USA. Please postmark your entry by July 1.

Please note that feedback will only be provided for entries submitted online, and not those entries submitted by mail.

If you would like us to return your book at the conclusion of the contest, please request this at the time of your entry and enclose an extra $10 for postage and handling.