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EYELANDS BOOK AWARDS 2020 – FINALISTS

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We are glad to announce the finalists of our Eyelands Book Awards For 2020/ Prize winners to be announced on December, 30, 2020

(By submission order/ number of finalists according to category participants)

POETRY PUBLISHED

Weight of the ripened – Gina Ferrara /USA

Goodbye toothless house – Kelly Fordon /USA

Fingertip of the tongue- Sarah Rice /Australia

Dust Blown side of the journey – Eleonore Schönmaier /Netherlands

Rewriting Stella – Dan Tuttle /USA

POETRY UNPUBLISHED

Hummingbird from Heaven – Keti Bozukova /Bulgaria

Crows at Sunset – Terry Watada / Canada

Lessons from the Greeks – Gail Sidonie Šobat /Canada

The storehouse of wonder and astonishment – Sherry Mossafer Rind /USA

Diary of the heart – Neal Hall /USA

CHILDRENS /GRAPHIC NOVELS PUBLISHED

Swords in the sky – Judy Brulo /United Kingdom

Susie in Spectra – W.E. Lake / United Kingdom

The infinity trap – Ian C Douglas /United Kingdom

The Red Eyes – Lee Ching Kai /Malaysia

CHILDRENS / GRAPHIC NOVELS UNPUBLISHED

Tweaked Tales – Judy Brulo / United Kingdom

Grandma Grumbly: A Story to Read Aloud – Mike Mesterton-Gibbons /USA

Surfing, Your Star Shines Above Me – Vezna Andrews /USA

Maximum Flight – Abigail Keoghan /Ireland

Amy’s Plan – Eunice Barnes /USA

SHORT STORIES PUBLISHED

The World Within-A Play – Yamini Mathur / Thailand

Nom De Plume – Christy Iron /Greece

Making love while levitating three feet in the air – Jeff Fearnside /USA

Hotel du Jack – Dan Brotzel /United Kingdom

SHORT STORIES UNPUBLISHED

Discarded Encounters – Gita Simic/ Bosnia-Herzegovina

The Girl Who Can Take The Most Electricity – Anna Mantzaris /USA

Blu’s Muse – Craig (blu) Ritchie / Canada

Don Quixote’s Death and Other Stories-Ratomir Rale Damjanovic / Serbia

Goddesses from Clay and Shrapnel – Lahari Mahalanabish (Chatterji) / India

NOVELS PUBLISHED

Book Title: Empire of Glass – Kaitlin Solimine / USA

Misplaced Heads – Jayanthi Sankar / Singapore

The Agent-Marsha Roberts /USA

Spivey Davenport – VM Roberts /USA

The memory stones – Caroline Brothers / United Kingdom

NOVELS UNPUBLISHED

The Kitten – Laurie Jameson /USA

My blood on your head- Elias Yussif / Ghana

Goldfish – J A Gardiner / United Kingdom

Blue Monkeys – Christie B. Cochrell / USA

The Gift of Sunshine: Story of a Hong Kong Family- Susan Wan Dolling /USA

Lizardmaid – Robin Luce Martin / USA

HISTORICAL NOVEL/MEMOIR PUBLISHED

A wolf by the ears – Wayne Karlin / USA

A roll of the dice – Mona Dash / United Kingdom

Dear Suffolk: My Teenage Memoirs – VM Roberts / USA

Exile Music – Jennifer Steil / United Kingdom

Spinning: Choreography for Come Home – Janine Kovac / USA

HISTORICAL NOVEL/MEMOIR UNPUBLISHED

Wishbone: The Enduring Joy and Increasing Meaning of Odyssey

-Carol W. Folbre /USA

The Red Tunic – Kate Wiseman / United Kingdom

Remembering Greece-Wendy Craig / New Zealand

The Girl Who Got Out of Zanzibar’ – Sophie Neville / United Kingdom

American Heroine – Katherine Lim / United Kingdom

Eyelands Book Awards GRAND PRIZE -PATRICIA MARCHESI’S ”FLORISSANT”- the Greek edition

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Strange Days Books proudly present, according to the rules, the grand prize 2019 winners book tranlsated in Greek

Fifteen-year-old Wynd doesn’t know she’s a fairy, but she has already nearly lost herself to the wind. She longs to fly, to be free, to disappear. Problem is, she cares too much about her ten-year-old sister to leave her behind. Sylva would never make it in the foster care system on her own. She thinks she’s a tree. And no one believes her but Wynd.

The two sisters were found, five years earlier, on a road by a forest. They have vague memories of this forest, as well as of the gunshot sound that killed their mother. When Sylva becomes deathly ill, it’s up to Wynd to save her sister and take her back home to Florissant, an enchanted forest with a boarding school for orphaned fairies. Yet little does Wynd know that coming home is only the beginning of a great — and dangerous — adventure that will force her to face her deepest fears in order to save the fairy realm.

It turns out Shakespeare wasn’t right about everything when he wrote A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He got some of the fairy lore right. And some of the characters.

But the great playwright could have never guessed that, centuries later, the fairy kingdom would relocate to the New World – the state of Georgia, to be more precise – where there were still old-growth forests that could sustain magic.

And not even someone with the imagination of Shakespeare could have guessed that a fifteen-year-old wind fairy would cross paths with Titania and Oberon all that time later, and help them save the fairy kingdom with a performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in an enchanted forest. But no doubt he would have found the irony delicious.

Patricia Marchesi is an English professor specializing in Shakespeare and Renaissance drama. She teaches at a liberal arts college an hour from Atlanta, GA. Her academic research into the role of trees and forests in Shakespeare’s plays led to her discovery of how precious and rare old-growth forests are, and inspired her to write Florissant. Before embarking on the young adult fantasy genre, she wrote two science fiction novels for middle grade readers, Shelby & Shauna Kitt and the Dimensional Holes and Shelby & Shauna Kitt and the Alterax Buttons, both of which were self-published and won Children’s Literary Classics gold awards. Marchesi is originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and has also lived in Austria and England. In the United States, she has lived in New York, Delaware, Colorado, Arizona, and (now) Georgia.

STRANGE DAYS BOOKS / Strange days in the world -11/ Translation: Gregory Papadoyiannis/ 192 pages/ ISBN: 978-618-5278-48-9 / Cover by BetiBup 33 Design Studio.

EYELANDS BOOK AWARDS – TWO WEEKS LEFT FOR YOUR SUBMISSION!!

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EYELANDS BOOK AWARDS 2020!!

Grand prize (published books): Five-day holiday in Athens plus a special handmade ceramic designed especially for Eyelands Book Awards and publication (excerpts) online on our website.

The ceremony (due to the pandemic and the postponement of this year’s events) will take place in Athens for both the awards of 2019 and 2020!

Grand prize (unpublished books): Translation into Greek and publication from Strange Days Books

Ten more prizes, one for each category of every section, also win a special handmade ceramic designed especially for Eyelands Book Awards

Certification document for every prize.
Final results are to be announced on December 30th 2020.

The award will be given in a special ceremony in Athens*
Judges: P.H.C. Marchesi (children’s books/graphic novels), Andriana Minou (poetry-short stories) Gregory Papadoyiannis (novels/ novellas, historical fiction/memoir)

Grand Awards Judge: P.H.C. Marchesi

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES & DATES & DETAILS

Closing: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at midnight PST.

Submit your book or manuscript online $30.00 (27 euros)

NEW!! Early bird submission $ 22 (20 euros) for all the writers shortlisted in any of our Eyelands International Contests / or eyelands book awards finalists

Eligible submissions include: poetry, novellas, short story collections, novels, children’s books, historical fiction/memoir, graphic novels.

Multiple submissions allowed.

Early bird submission fee for every additional submission

Simultaneous submissions allowed, but please notify us if full manuscript is accepted elsewhere.

Finalists for every category to be announced on November, 20, 2020

Final results are to be announced on Wednesday, December, 30, 2020.

There are no restrictions regarding nationality

Participants must be 18 years old otherwise we need parents’ consent to accept the submission.

Manuscripts must be written in English.

There is no restriction about 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.

Submit your manuscript online to:

eyelandsmag@gmail.com [or] strangedaysbooks@gmail.com

ENTRY FORM & PAYMENT

ENTRY FORM (submit one entry form per book):

Book Title:

_______________________________________

Author:

_______________________________________

Category:

_______________________________________

Publisher: (for published books only)

_______________________________________

ISBN: (for published books only)

_______________________________________

Contact Information

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 books – Graphic Novels

THANKS FOR SUPPORTING US!

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awards supporters

EYELANDS BOOK AWARDS

Closing: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at midnight PST.

Submit your book or manuscript online $30.00 (27 euros)

Eligible submissions include: poetry, novellas, short story collections, novels, children’s books, historical fiction/memoir, graphic novels.

Multiple submissions allowed.

Early bird submission fee (23 euros) for every additional submission

Simultaneous submissions allowed, but please notify us if full manuscript is accepted elsewhere.

Finalists for every category to be announced on November, 20, 2020

Final results are to be announced on Wednesday, December, 30, 2020.

There are no restrictions regarding nationality

Participants must be 18 years old otherwise we need parents’ consent to accept the submission.

Manuscripts must be written in English.

Submit your manuscript online to:

eyelandsmag@gmail.com [or] strangedaysbooks@gmail.com

ENTRY FORM & PAYMENT

ENTRY FORM (submit one entry form per book):

Book Title:

_______________________________________

Author:

_______________________________________

Category:

_______________________________________

Publisher: (for published books only)

_______________________________________

ISBN: (for published books only)

_______________________________________

Contact Information

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 books – Graphic Novels

EYELANDS BOOK AWARDS 2020

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Eyelands gr. & Strange Days Books are glad to announce the

EYELANDS BOOK AWARDS 2020!!

Grand prize (published books): Five-day holiday in Athens plus a special handmade ceramic designed especially for Eyelands Book Awards and publication (excerpts) online on our website.

The ceremony (due to the pandemic and the postponement of this year’s events) will take place in Athens for both the awards of 2019 and 2020!

Grand prize (unpublished books): Translation into Greek and publication from Strange Days Books

Ten more prizes, one for each category of every section, also win a special handmade ceramic designed especially for Eyelands Book Awards

Certification document for every prize.
Final results are to be announced on December 30th 2020.

The award will be given in a special ceremony in Athens*
Judges: P.H.C. Marchesi (children’s books/graphic novels), Andriana Minou (poetry, sort) Gregory Papadoyiannis (novels/ novellas, historical fiction/memoir),

Grand Awards Judge: P.H.C. Marchesi

Entry fee: $30 (27 euros)

Early bird submissions: $ 22 (20 euros)

Marchesi photo P.H.C. Marchesi (Grand Prize for unpublished book 2019) will be the judge of the Grand Awards this year. Her book ‘’Florissant’’ translated by Gregory Papadoyiannis will be released in Greece, from Strange Days Books 2020 next September!

ANTHISMENI

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES & DATES & DETAILS

Opening: Friday, July 10, 2020

Closing: Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at midnight PST.

Submit your book or manuscript online $30.00 (27 euros)

Early bird submission $ 22 (20 euros) till September 1^st, 2020.

Eligible submissions include: poetry, novellas, short story collections, novels, children’s books, historical fiction/memoir, graphic novels.

Multiple submissions allowed.

Early bird submission fee for every additional submission

Simultaneous submissions allowed, but please notify us if full manuscript is accepted elsewhere.

Finalists for every category to be announced on November, 20, 2020

Final results are to be announced on Wednesday, December, 30, 2020.

There are no restrictions regarding nationality

Participants must be 18 years old otherwise we need parents’ consent to accept the submission.

Manuscripts must be written in English.

Submit your manuscript online to:

eyelandsmag@gmail.com [or] strangedaysbooks@gmail.com

PRIZES & PUBLICITY

Section: Published books

Grand Prize: A five-day holiday in Athens plus a special handmade ceramic designed especially for Eyelands Book Awards and publication (excerpts) online on our website. Eyelands cover all accommodation costs for the award winner. Air tickets not included. The author must agree to participate in the EBA ceremony (which will be held in Athens at the time of his/her holiday) and the related publicity (interviews e.t.c.).

There will be five finalists for each category.

Five more prizes, one for each category, also win a special handmade ceramic designed especially for Eyelands Book Awards

Certification document for every prize.

Section: Unpublished books

Grand prize: Publication from Strange Days Books. Released via amazon.com (international release) & from Strange Days Books

Five more prizes, one in each category, also win a special handmade ceramic designed especially for Eyelands Book Awards

There will be five finalists for each category.

Certification document for every prize.

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For each entry, submit the book, entry form, and $30 fee (via paypal). Registration will be confirmed via email. In December, all entrants will be notified of winners. Please fill in, copy and paste the entry form in the body of your email

ENTRY FORM & PAYMENT

Pay via paypal – See the banner on this website

Click the «buy now» button. Fill the description with: EBA

Entry fee: $30 (27 euros)

Early bird submissions: $ 22 (20 euros)

* After the payment is complete, you can 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

* We do accept simultaneous submissions

* Every writer can submit more books with the early bird payment fee of $22 for every one of them

*There is no fee for the first prize winners of previous Eyelands international short story contests

*All books must have been published between September 20, 2016 and September 20, 2020.

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 books – Graphic Novels

Any text/book from 8.000 words is eligible

Any text/ book of poetry collection (up to 250 pages) written by a single author is eligible

Any text/ book written by two or more writers is also eligible. There will be one prize for staying in Athens (but the place will be available at least for two persons)

EBA follows the CLMP Contest Code of Ethics.

ENTRY FORM (submit one entry form per book):

Book Title:

_______________________________________

Author:

_______________________________________

Category:

_______________________________________

Publisher: (for published books only)

_______________________________________

ISBN: (for published books only)

_______________________________________