Eyelands.gr & Strange Days Books are proud to announce the launch of
This is the announcement for the 8th Eyelands Book Awards / Deadline: 20 October 2025. We launch our contest for the 8th consecutive year and we are always seeking talented writers from all over the world. An international book award based in Greece!
PRIZES AND MORE
Grand prize (published books): Five-day stay in Athens
Grand prize (writers’ choice): Five-day stay in Athens
Grand prize (unpublished books): Translation into Greek and publication from Strange Days Books
14 more prizes, also win a handmade ceramic designed especially for Eyelands Book Awards!
Certification document for every prize winner.
Online publication for selected texts of prize-winning books
Translation into Greek for poetry & short stories prize winners!
Video promotion across our social media for grand prize & prize winners
There will be at least five finalists for each category.
Online Certification document for every finalist upon request.
NEW! Early bird submissions for writers on low income
NEW! Review for grand prize winner book – published category
NEW! categories! Sci-Fi – Thriller, LGBTQIA+
JUDGES
| 1 euro from every submission will be donated to United Nation’s Refugee Agency Greece |
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES & DATES & DETAILS
Opening: June 20, 2025
Closing: October 20, 2025, at midnight PST.
Submit your book or manuscript online
Manuscripts must be written in English.
Open to writers of any nationality
Eligible submissions include: poetry, novellas, short story collections, novels, children’s and YA books, historical fiction/memoir, graphic novels.
Multiple submissions allowed.
Simultaneous submissions allowed, but please notify us if full manuscript is accepted elsewhere.
Finalists for every category to be announced on November 20, 2025
Final results are to be announced on Wednesday, December 30, 2025.
There is no restriction regarding the form or style of writing. We prefer the pages to be numbered. Files should be uploaded as an MS Word document or PDF. Fill the entry form, copy and paste it in the body of your email.
No need to send the cover
Submit your manuscript online to: eyelandsmag@gmail.com
Or/ strangedaysbooks@gmail.com
Online submissions
We use AI detector to check that the text has not been created or developed with the use of generative AI tools
*All published books must have been published between September 20, 2016 – October 20, 2025.
*Finalists must acknowledge receipt of their nomination email to proceed to the final prizes stage.
Final results to be announced on December 30, 2025.
EARLY BIRD SUBMISSIONS
* for writers U20 (for under-18 participants parents’ consent is necessary)
*for prize winners of previous Eyelands Book Awards
*for writers on low income
*for books submitted via publishing houses
*when resubmit a book for another year anytime
* Every other submission after the first one for the same author
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*Free submissions for writers of countries suffering from the consequences of a war
*No fee for grand prize winners of previous EBA contests
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ENTRY FORM
(one entry form per book):
Title:
Author:
Category:
Publisher: (for published books only)
ISBN: (for published books only)
Address:
E-Mail:
AWARD CATEGORIES (select one per entry application):
The following are eligible:
1/Full-length books of fiction (Novels or novellas of any genre)
2/Collections of short stories by one author
3/Collected and selected poems
4/Historical fiction – Memoir
5/Children’s and YA books – Graphic Novels
6/ LGBTQIA+ (texts of any genre with main theme related to the community)
7/ Sci-Fi – Crime/Thriller – Horror (Novels or novellas)
8/ Self-published books
–The limit is 250.000 words for every category of published or unpublished books.
–Limit for any text/poetry collection: up to 250 pages written by a single author is eligible.
EBA follows the CLMP Contest Code of Ethics.
PAYMENT
Pay via paypal – See the banner on the websites: http://www.eyelands.gr
Click the «buy now» button. Fill the description with: EBA
Submission fee: 40 euros ($ 45)
Early bird submission 30 euros ($ 35) till September 1st, 2025.
*After the payment is complete, you may send the email with your manuscript as an attachment and the entry form completed, copied and pasted in the body of your email
*An email confirmation that your entry has been received will be sent within three/four days
*Every writer may submit more books with the early bird payment fee of $35 (30 euros) for each additional submission
MORE ABOUT PRIZES
Grand Prize (Published books): A five-day holiday in Athens in November 2026 to attend the prize ceremony
Eyelands cover all accommodation costs for the award winner. Air tickets not included. Any text/book written by two or more writers is also eligible. In this case, accommodation in Athens will be shared
Grand prize (Unpublished books): Translation into Greek and publication from Strange Days Books
Writers’ choice: Prize winners will read and vote for the best prize-winning book between January –March 2026. The winner will receive another grand prize and a five-day stay in Athens in November 2026 to attend the ceremony or (if he/she prefers) translation of the book into Greek.
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If you have any questions, please contact us at
eyelandsmag@gmail.com [or] strangedaysbooks@gmail.com
| We always answer all your questions within three days at most. We are not an impersonal organization but a group of people who love books, literature and care for the authors from all over the world! |
LINKS
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