Manuscript Details

What category is your manuscript? *

What is the genre *

Other:

Manuscript Title *

Word Count of Manuscript *

About Your Manuscript *

Author Information

First Name *

Last Name *

Pseudonym (If Applicable)

Street Address *

City *

Province *

Postal Code / Zip Code *

Province/State (If Outside of Canada) *

Country of Residence (If Outside of Canada) *

Please Confirm Below *

I am a Canadian citizen living abroad.

Email *

Daytime Phone *

Alt. Phone

About You *

Please tell us a little bit about yourself in a few sentences. This could include your educational background, current/past employment or volunteer experiences, previous publications, etc. If applicable, please let us know how these details are relevant to your manuscript (for example, you are a nurse who has written a medical mystery novel, or you have been married for thirty years and have written a book for newlyweds on establishing a marriage that will last).

Eligibility

In order to be eligible for our contest, you must affirm all of the following statements:

Please Check off All Applicable Statements: *

I am a Canadian citizen, and/or person living in Canada with permanent resident status.
My manuscript has not been previously published in part or in full, and has not previously been published in any other format, including eBooks and audio books.
I understand that author names or pseudonyms and manuscript titles for our contest winners and shortlisted titles will be celebrated via email, our website, on social media, etc. Should my manuscript be among the finalists I give Word Alive Press permission to include my name (as submitted above) and manuscript title in this list.
I affirm the Apostles’ Creed and/or Nicene Creed.

*By checking “yes” to the preceding statements you are confirming your eligibility to be an entrant in this contest. If any of the statements you affirmed are found to be false, your entry will be withdrawn.

I agree to the above conditions

Final Logistics

I would like to sign up for the Word Alive Press monthly eNewsletter and contest winners announcement *

I would like to receive free evaluation feedback for my contest entry *

How did you hear about the contest? *

How did you hear about the contest (if Other)? *

Submit Your Manuscript

Please be advised that all manuscripts must be at least 14,000 words in length, and that a 3-5 page synopsis must be included at the end of the manuscript document in order for your entry to be eligible.

Once you submit your entry form, you will receive a confirmation email. Please reply to that email, and attach your manuscript to complete the submission process.

Please Note: No changes may be made once a manuscript has been submitted. Only Word Document files and Rich Text Files will be accepted.

Thank you for submitting your entry form! There is one final step to complete your entry into the Braun Book Awards.

Please check your email for confirmation that your entry form was received. Please reply to that email, and attach your manuscript to complete the submission process.

If you have any questions or did not receive a confirmation email, please contact our Contest Administrator, Aveline Vandermeulen, at:

aveline@wordalivepress.ca