Title: The Altaire Manuals
Subtitle: Book Awards
Description: The Altaire Manuals: Book Awards provides the required data to the questions: 'what book awards', 'which genres', ‘how to submit’, 'where are they' and 'what does it cost'.

The publishing guide details 1,277 global book awards or awarding organizations, which are first classified by country and then further categorized into the following sections: awards for published literary fiction, poetry, non-fiction, children’s and young adult and lastly a grouping for multiple category awards and all genre fiction awards including crime, science fiction, noir, historical fiction, women’s fiction, thrillers, fantasy, and others. The award listings for non-fiction and academic awards include those for published scholarly monographs, works of journalism, historical works, travel and adventure, biographical, autobiographical and memoir writing and other works. 

In order for publishers and authors to conveniently locate, identify and submit to targeted, relevant awards, The Altaire Manuals: Book Awards directory contains the following information: the awarding company or sponsor summary, the book award information, the submission requirements including book genres accepted, the prize amounts or type granted, the cost of the application, and the contact information with website addresses. The 1,277 distinct book award entries included in the directory span American, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Irish, Asian, South Asian, South African, African, European, Middle Eastern, Caribbean and other international English-speaking awards and prizes, including global online book awards, and awards for audiobooks.

The Altaire Manuals: Book Awards is the first book in The Altaire Manuals: International Publisher and Author Resource series. 

Featuring 14 volumes containing 29 distinct directories and over 4,000 pages of tabled listings, The Altaire Manuals: International Publisher and Author Resource offer publishers, independent authors and book marketing and public relations professionals the precise tools, data and resources required to capitalize on all sectors of multinational marketing options for published books, with the ultimate aim of selling books. The Altaire Manuals are the sole global publishing directories designed to deliver the full spectrum of international post-production book marketing, book distribution, book review and book sales opportunities available to traditional publishers, small presses and independent authors.
Subjects: Traditional publishing, publishing guides, publishing industry, book awards, self publishing, author platform, book promotion, book prizes, literary prizes, reference, directories, non-fiction