Literary Gateway FAQs
How does Awards Finder find which book awards are out there
for my book?
Awards Finder technology tracks and monitors thousands of awards.
Throughout your membership, the system automatically matches your book
to its appropriate award opportunities.
What does the 6 months’ access to Awards Finder
guarantee?
You’re guaranteed at least one award category match a week and
one nomination entry per month on the Awards Finder
platform.
Every month during the 6-month access, Awards Finder will select your book’s best award opportunity from the match results, and target that one award match for you by submitting a nomination entry. These targeted awards accept electronic submissions and have entry fees of up to $100 – your entry fees for the target awards are already covered by Awards Finder.
Can I purchase this service for an old book that I have
published many years ago?
This service is available for all types of book genres that were
published up to five (5) years ago.
Can Awards Finder target and submit an entry to more than one
award match?
Boost options are available if there are other award match
opportunities you want to pursue, on top of the one targeted award every
month. Boost options can be applied to award contests that accept
electronic submissions. These options also have entry fees.
Can I use the match results and submit to the awarding body
directly?
Awards Finder is designed to help you narrow your search for award
opportunities by providing you award category matches every week. These
are actionable matches – whether you use Awards Finder to submit
the nomination for you or you submit directly to the awarding
body.
You can rely solely on Awards Finder to pick, target and
submit the award nomination for you every month; or, you can use the
award contest information provided on your dashboard and submit
nomination entries on your own. Some of these award matches may
still require a physical copy of the book, which you will need to submit
along with the entry fee (if any) to the awarding body
directly.
If you choose to enter an award match directly, make sure to email
support@awardsfinder.co so that particular award is not
selected as a targeted match.
Can I join a specific award?
If you want to join a specific award, you’ll have to indicate it
in the author questionnaire we send to you before your account is set
up. However, we can’t guarantee that your book will match the
award that you prefer. If there are matches, it will appear during the
6-month duration of the service.
What assurance can Vox Book Publishers give that I’ll win an
award?
Vox Book Publishers’s Literary Gateway does not guarantee you’ll
win a book award; it is designed to match your book to as many great
award opportunities as possible. As with any contest, not everyone will
be an award winner. Awarding bodies operate independently from Awards
Finder and adhere to their own judging criteria.