From The Bookseller:
Amazon has launched a £20,000 cash prize for authors who self-publish their work on its Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) platform.
The Kindle Storyteller Award will be given to an English language title published through KDP between 20th February and 19th May this year.
Amazon said readers will play a hand in selecting the shortlist, compiled using “a number of factors which measure customer interest in the titles” along with a panel of judges made of up Amazon executives and literary figures.
Along with being awarded a £20,000 cash prize at a central London ceremony in July, the winning author will be given a marketing campaign to support the book on Amazon.co.uk and the opportunity to have it translated for international sales.
Link to the rest at The Bookseller
I wonder if getting translated would be a big draw. I know many of us can’t afford that (I certainly can’t). I may have something ready to meet the deadline, but not sure if I will enter. Still, 20K pounds has a nice ring to it.
foreign rights are worth ALOT of money. I wouldnt say this award money would be worth giving those away.
Nothing like giving you advance warning!
Not saying a book, even a good book, might not be written by the deadline. But it will most likely be something that’s already almost ready.
There’s a minimum of only 5,000 words, so you could write a short story or novella in plenty of time.
With that kind of a prize, my guess is that a short piece wouldn’t be wonderful enough to win.
Though I could hold off publication of something finished, if there were something in the pipeline, to comply with the date slot.
Maybe they’ll do it again, next year.
It’s not a writing contest; it’s a recruitment drive for Kindle Unlimited.
It can be both.
If you’re right, Nate, that could mean enough writers have dropped out that Amazon’s worried about KU’s continued viability.
All of the things I’ve read say KDP, not KDP Select
“Kindle Storyteller opens for entries on 20th of February and titles must be entered into the KDP Select programme for the entry period in order to be considered.”
https://www.amazon.co.uk/b?ie=UTF8&node=12061299031
Well, there you go. From the horse’s mouth. None of the articles I read mentioned that part.
Not sure a trip to London is in my future.