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History
'The BookLife Prize is an annual writing competition in two Contests (Fiction and Nonfiction) sponsored by BookLife and Publishers Weekly. The Prize seeks to support independent authors and discover great written works in nine categories across the two Sections. The categories in the Fiction Contest are: Romance/Erotica; Mystery/Thriller; Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror; General Fiction; and Middle-Grade & YA Fiction. The categories in the Nonfiction Contest are: Memoir/Autobiography; Self-Help; Inspirational/Spiritual; and Business/Personal Finance. The Prize is judged by PW reviewers, editors, acclaimed authors, and publishing veterans, and awards are given to finalists in each Contest's categories, with a grand cash prize of $5,000 going to the most outstanding finalist in each Contest.' (https://booklife.com/about-us/the-booklife-prize.html
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2018
inaugural winner y
The Vanirim
Australia
:
Tim Slee
,
2018
14975400
2018
single work
novel
science fiction
fantasy
'Crime noir sci-fi mashup The Vanirim was the Grand Prize winner of the inaugural Publishers Weekly BookLife Prize in Fiction. '
