To Enter
FLORIDA BOOK AWARDS
ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS
KEY DATES
July 2024: Entries Accepted
December 13, 2024: Entries Close
January 10, 2025: All Entry Materials (Entry Fees and Books) Due
February 2025: Winners Announced
April 3, 2025: Abitz Family Awards Dinner, Tallahassee
April 4—6, 2025: Word of South Festival
Applicants are encouraged to submit their books early during the submission period and as soon as possible after their books are officially published. All entry materials must be received in the FBA office and by jurors by January 10, 2025. Winners will be announced by February 2025.
Books submitted into competition must be professionally published between January 1, 2024, and December 13, 2024, and be assigned an ISBN.
If your book will be published between December 14, 2024, and December 31, 2024, your book will be eligible for the 2025 competition.
Books may be submitted into the competition by:
- Authors
- Publishers
- Literary agents
- Any member of the public.
It is up to the person submitting the nomination to determine the category in which a book is submitted. You can find the category descriptions here for clarification. Individuals may submit a book into more than one category, but they are required to submit an entry form, an entry fee, and the requisite number of review copies for each category entered. Jury members and Florida Book Awards staff do not make recommendations regarding which category best fits a book.
SUBMISSION PROCESS
1. Complete The Entry Form
Submit a completed entry form and a $60 entry fee* for each title that is being entered into the competition. Entry fees are half-price for any submissions after five titles submitted by publishers.
- A late submission fee of $70 per title is required for books entered after December 1, 2024
- All submission fees need to be paid by December 13, 2024
Entry Form
2. Pay the Entry Fee
Method One: Online Payment via Eventbrite (Preferred)
Complete your entry fee payment with our Eventbrite portal, which can be accessed here.
Make Payment
Method Two: Check
Make checks payable to The Florida Book Awards and mail to:
FLORIDA BOOK AWARD ENTRY
Florida State University, Strozier Library
116 Honors Way, Suite 314
Tallahassee, FL 32306
3. Mail Book Copies
A copy of your book needs to be sent to the FBA office and to each juror in your category. Categories have between two and three jurors. You will receive jury information after you have submitted your application, and your entry fee has been paid.
Jury members must receive their copies no later than January 10, 2025. Books will not be returned to the author and/or publisher.
Entrants are responsible for shipping costs. It is strongly recommended that entrants use package tracking to monitor the status of their entry materials.
Mailing Books to Florida Book Awards Offices
Shipping Method
U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
FLORIDA BOOK AWARD ENTRY
Strozier Library
116 Honors Way, Suite. 314
Tallahassee, FL 32306
UPS or FedEx
FLORIDA BOOK AWARD ENTRY
715 W. Madison St.
Tallahassee FL 32304-4323
*Entry fees are made necessary to offset the cost of the Florida Book Awards program, which receives no outside funding.