6 Ebook Awards For Self-Publishers

To be nominated or even winning an award is not only a great feeling. It also is also the best publicity: You gain new readers, it increases your prestige as an author and finally raises your sales (often also for your other books). Most often the prize is publicity and a seal, but there are also sponsored awards with a sum of money for the winner. We listed six awards for self-published ebooks for you:

London / New York / San Francisco Book Festival:
The winner gets $1500 cash appearance fee and the flight to the gala awards ceremony. The participation criteria are the same.
Website: londonbookfestival.com newyorkbookfestival.com sanfranciscobookfestival.com
Entry fee: $50 per title
Final entry deadline: November 25 (London), closed (New York), and April 25 (San Francisco)

International Book Awards
Website: internationalbookawards.com
2013-2015 publication date, published in English and with ISBN number. All sales are final. All entry books become the property of International Book Awards and will not be returned.
Early-bird fee: $39.00 (before August 30)
Entry fee: $59.00 per title, per category
Final entry deadline: April 30, 2015.

eLit Awards
Website: elitawards.com
eLit accepts recent ebooks written in English. There is a wide range of categories.
Early-bird fee: $60 per title, per category (August 31)
$70 per title, per category (November 30th)
Entry fee: $80 per title, per category
Final entry deadline: January 31, 2015

EPIC’s eBook Competition
Website: epicorg.org
“Qualifying entries must be submitted as non-DRM PDF format English-language electronic books, including self-published books.”
Entry fee: $25 for EPIC members; $35 for non-members.
Final entry deadline: already closed

The Digital Book Awards
Website: digitalbookworld.com
The Digital Book World is a set of annual awards bestowed in 14 categories representing. The fee includes an automatic entry in our QED process. QED is a quality certification you get when your ebook passes the 13 criteria. The submission for the QED is free, so a good start to get a feeling for the organization and its criteria.
Entry fee: $199
Final entry deadline: September 2

Dan Poynter’s Global Ebook Awards
Website: globalebookawards.com
Entry fee: $79 per title, per category
Final entry deadline: already closed

Here you can find further links to book awards for self-publishers:
thebookdesigner.com

Bottom line, check out genre specific or local awards too. There are most likely less competitors and they have most likely a more specific community too.

Share your experiences with awards with our community or in a comment. Or do you know other awards for self-publishers?