DIY Book Festival

=DIY (Do It Yourself) Book Festival=
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2008 DIY Book Festival has issued a call for entries for its seventh annual program, which celebrates the success of independent authors and publishers. Award winners will be honored at a ceremony held on October 25, 2008 in Los Angeles in conjunction with the 2008 DIY Book Festival, now in its fourth year.
The DIY Book Festival will consider self-published independent publisher nonfiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children's books, teenage, how-to, cookbooks, science fiction, audio/spoken word, photography, art, comics, 'zines, fan fiction, poetry and e-books published on or after January 1, 2005. All entries must be in English and have been self-published or issued by an independent house. Works by iUniverse authors are eligible.
The grand prize for the 2008 DIYBF Book of the Year is $1,500 cash and a flight to the awards ceremony. Genre category winners will receive a combination of books, software, and cash awards.
Applications must be accompanied by a completed <a href="http://cl.exct.net/?ju=fe58177876630778741d&ls=fe3015707267007b761477&m=fefb177077620d&l=ff2d12727d66&s=fe5e15787562027b7512&jb=ffcf14&t=" target="_blank">entry form</a> and a non-refundable entry fee via check, money order, or PayPal online payment of $10-$75 for each submission. Multiple submissions are permitted, but a separate form and entry fee must accompany each entry. Deadline submissions in each category must be postmarked by the close of business on September 25, 2008
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