Sonoma County Library is participating in a local author contest that will accept submissions of adult and young adult fiction, to be recognized as the top independently-published eBooks in California. Winners will be chosen by librarians.

Winners in each category will receive $500 as well as:

• Inclusion in Indie California, a digital collection of local authors on BiblioBoard Library
• Honors at the 2020 Public Library Association Conference in Nashville, TN
• Opportunities to promote the winning title at California public libraries
• Inclusion in a full page spread in Library Journal, one of America’s oldest and most renowned trade publications for library news

This contest is a fantastic prospect to elevate the careers of indie-published authors. Winning authors will reach hundreds if not thousands of new readers via the library, and can also leverage being an award-winning indie author for additional marketing opportunities.

Each book that is submitted to the contest must be:

• Independently-published
• In the category of adult or young adult fiction
• Written by a California resident
• Available in either PDF or ePUB format

The contest will accept submissions April 1, 2019 through May 31, 2019. Authors can submit here.