Dartmouth Book Awards (Fiction and Non-fiction)
Eligibility Criteria
1. Books about Nova Scotia and/or its people.
2. Books published in 2009 for the first time (re-issues of earlier publications are not eligible).
3. Authors must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants
4. Books in any genre: fiction, history, essay, poetry, biography, politics, drama etc.
5. Books must contain a minimum of 40% text.
6. No anthologies please.
7. Books must be 49 pages or more and available for sale.
8. The Steering Committee reserves the right to accept or reject submitted titles. Rejected titles will not be returned.
9. A $10.00 non-refundable submission fee for each title must accompany entries. Cheques should be made payable to the Halifax Regional Municipality.
10. Children's books are not eligible. All children's submissions should be submitted to the Ann Connor Brimer Award Committee. For further information about the Ann Connor Brimer award, please contact Heather Hamilton at 902-444-1253 or email hamilth@gmail.com.
A call for submissions goes out in early September. The deadline for submissions is December 1.
For more information contact:
Heather MacKenzie
Halifax Public Libraries
60 Alderney Drive
Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4P8
Tel: (902) 490-5991
Fax:(902) 490-5889
E-mail: mackenh@halifaxpubliclibraries.ca
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