2010 New Mexico Book Awards
NM Book Awards Sponsors
The 2009 New Mexico Book Awards are sponsored by
Underwritten by Albuquerque The Magazine, Borders, Sunbelt
Shows/Fiery Foods, Printer’s Press, LPD Press & Rio
Grande Books, New Mexico Book Co-op, and New Mexico
Humanities Council, the New Mexico Book Awards are
sponsored by Albuquerque/Bernalillo County Library System
and the Friends of the Albuquerque Public Library,
Albuquerque The Magazine, Borders, Cygnet Press, Land of
Enchantment Romance Authors, New Mexico Book Association,
New Mexico Coalition for Literacy, New Mexico Humanities
Council, New Mexico Poetry Tangent, New Mexico State
Library, PageOne Books, Pen New Mexico, Portales Public
Library, Printer’s Press, ReadingNewMexico.com, ReadWest,
Rio Rancho Public Library, Santa Fe Public Library,
SouthWest Writers, Sunbelt Shows/Fiery Foods, WalMart at
Zuni, and WordHarvest Writers Workshop.
Organized by the New Mexico Book Co-op
925 Salamanca NW, Los Ranchos, NM 87107
505/344-9382 or info@nmsantos.com
Entry Information
recognizing
the best books in New Mexico
New
Mexico
Book Awards
The purpose of the New Mexico Book Awards is to uncover and
honor the best in New Mexico’s books! Entries in the New
Mexico Book Awards will be judged by booksellers,
librarians, teachers, and book marketing experts. The New
Mexico Book Awards are underwritten by Albuquerque The
Magazine, Borders,
LPD Press & Rio Grande Books, Printer’s Press,
Sunbelt Shows/Fiery Foods,
the New Mexico Humanities Council and the New Mexico Book
Co-op.
Eligibility
Open to authors
and publishers anywhere; books must have a direct
connection to New Mexico, either as subject, author, or
publisher. Books with a publication date or copyright date
of 2009 or 2010 are eligible. Books that won in a category
in a previous New Mexico Book Award Program are not
eligible for re-submission; finalists can be re-submitted.
All entries must be received no later than July 1, 2010.
Finalists will be announced by mid-October.
Requirements
Books can be
entered in more than one category. Each entry must include
the Entry Form, payment of the entry fee and three copies
of the book being considered (add one copy for each
additional category entered for the same book). $40 per
entry/per category; there will be a $10 discount for
entries submitted before May 1, 2010 ($30 per entry).
Entry form
Enter in
Category
Title of Book
Author
Author mailing address
Author email address
Publisher
Publication/Copyright date
ISBN
Name of person submitting
Mailing address
Phone number of person submitting
Email address of person submitting
Total payment submitted
All entries
must include the Entry Form, payment of entry fees and
three copies of the book being considered (add one copy for
each additional category entered for the same book). $40
per entry/per category; $30 per entry if submitted before
May 1.
The summary comments and scores from the
judges will be available to entrants this year for any
authors who request them. The cost to have the
scores/comments mailed to you is $3.00.
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Check here is you wish to
have the scores/comments for your entry and include $2.50
in your entry fee. Thank you.
Make checks payable to New Mexico Book Awards. Send entries
to New Mexico Book Awards, 925 Salamanca NW, Los Ranchos,
NM 87107. For more info 505-344-9382 or email
info@nmbookcoop.com.
Download the form HERE.