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Midland Authors now accepting submissions for annual literary awards

Midland Authors now accepting submissions for annual literary awards The Midland Authors is now accepting submissions for its annual literary awards, which will honor books by Midwestern authors published in 2021. This year's contest includes a new category—history. Please read the following rules carefully before submitting. These rules are also posted on our website at midlandauthors.org/how-to-submit/ (Please note that we are using a new domain, midlandauthors.org, at this time rather than our previous .com website.) 2021-2022 Competition Rules The Midland Authors Awards recognize book writing excellence by Midwestern authors. Three judges on each committee will select one winner that is best in that category. Category winners receive $500 and a recognition award. Judges may also deem up to three honorees as worthy of recognition. Each honoree will receive a commemorative award. All honors are given out at the awards banquet in May 2022 or a substitute ceremony, if necessary, and if allowed by pandemic mandates.  Follow the directions below to submit a book and pay the entry fee. To enter this year's competition, fill out the online entry form for each nominated book. A printed entry form must also accompany each book sent to each of the three judges in its category. That means a total of three printed forms per title (three judges, three forms, three books) in addition to the online form. Books unaccompanied by completed entry forms will not be considered. Each book entry must have a 2021 publication date that corresponds with its copyright date.  A book may be nominated by its author or publisher. The author must either reside in, be born in, or have strong ties to one of the 12 Midland states SMA represents: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin. If the author lives outside these states, please indicate any connection to the Midwest on the "comments" section of the entry form. Each submission requires an entry fee of $25. The online form allows payment by PayPal or credit card. To pay by a mail service, send a check and a printed copy of the entry form to Society of Midland Authors, P.O. Box 10419, Chicago, IL 60610. If you pay by check or money order, be sure to write the author's name on the face of the check or money order so SMA can confirm the paid entry. A copy of the entry form should also accompany each book that you mail to each of the three judges in your category. (Do not mail books to the Society's P.O. Box.) For your convenience, a printable PDF of the submission form is available here. We do not consider e-book originals unless accompanied by a print edition. Books by deceased authors are eligible, providing that at least one of the authors meets the residency protocol and other requirements. A book may be entered in only one category, not several categories. Submissions must be postmarked by Saturday, January 29, 2022.  We urge early submissions.  Send entries to the appropriate judges under your category of Contest Judges listed below. Make sure your book entry goes to judges in the proper category. (For example, all children's books go to children's categories, rather than Poetry or Biography and Memoir, which are for adult submissions only.) Books submitted to improper categories will be disqualified.  Any judge who has a conflict of interest with a submission will be recused from discussion of that entry. For your convenience, a printable PDF of the submission form is also available here. For comments, questions, or to confirm an entry has reached the judges, contact Gerry Plecki at gplecki@travel-brokers.com SEND 1 COPY OF THE BOOK AND 1 ENTRY FORM TO EACH OF THE 3 JUDGES IN THE BOOK'S CATEGORY. Judges for books published in 2021 History John Holden, 1254 W. Elmdale Ave., Chicago, IL 60660 Joseph Gustaitis, 1824 West Erie St., Chicago, IL 60622 Dominic Pacyga, 10123 S. Wood Street, Chicago, IL 60643 Bernard J. Brommel Award for Biography and Memoir John Hallwas, 14495 Tamarind Loop, Spring Hill, FL 34609 (please send entries after Nov. 10) Bob Remer, 5840 N. Kenmore, Chicago, IL 60660 Gary Schmidt, 7306 McCords Ave. SE, Alto, MI  49302 Adult fiction Dan Chaon, 2863 Meadowbrook Blvd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118 Kent Meyers, 1745 Third St., Spearfish, SD 57783 Jean Thompson, 2201 Wyld Drive, Urbana, IL 61801 Richard Frisbie Award for Adult Nonfiction Marie Mockett, 2490 31st Ave., San Francisco, CA 94116 Jack Shuler, 17 Samson Place, Granville, OH 43023 Kim Hiltwein, Pritzker Military Museum & Library, 104 S. Michigan Ave., Suite 400, Chicago, IL 60603 Poetry Chris Abani, 7833 Niles Center Road, Skokie, IL 60077 Nandi Comer, 3808 Virginia Park St., Detroit, MI 48206 Emilio DeGrazia, 211 W. Wabasha St., Winona, MN 55987 Children's Fiction Laura Hirshfield, 3318 Noyes Street, Evanston, IL 60201 Julie Novak, Northfield library, New Trier H.S., 7 Happ Road, Northfield, IL 60093 Sandy Renner, 420 Summit Ave., Suite 401, St. Paul, MN 55102 Children's Reading Round Table Award for Children's Nonfiction Mary Losure, 1311 Osceola Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105 Marianne Malone, 714 St. Georges Road, Philadelphia, PA 19119 Judith Schein Cohen, 222 Main St., Apt. 405, Evanston, IL 60202 Copyright © 2021 Society of Midland Authors, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you're a member of the Society of Midland Authors. Our mailing address is: Society of Midland Authors P.O. Box 10419 Chicago, IL 60610 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.