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LOS
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2008 Hollywood Book Festival
will be held on Saturday, July 12 at
The Grove at
Farmers Market, one of the leading entertainment, shopping and dining
destinations in the heart of Hollywood.
Presented
in conjunction with
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, the Hollywood Book Festival honors books
that that deserve greater recognition from the film, television, game
and multimedia communities. Over 30,000 attendees are expected at the day festival to enjoy author readings, book vendors, publishing panels,
celebrity signings, clowns, live music and the ambiance of the Grove's town center.
Based
in the capital of show business, the Hollywood Book Festival aims to (1)
spotlight literature worthy of further consideration by the
talent-hungry pipeline of the entertainment industry; and (2) facilitate
getting those works into the proper hands for consideration. |
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The
2008 Hollywood Book Festival will consider published, self-published and
independent publisher non-fiction, fiction, children's books, teenage,
how-to, audio/spoken word, 'zines, comics, e-books, fan fiction, wild
card (anything goes!), unpublished stories, genre-based and
biography/autobiography works. |
A
panel of judges will determine the winners based on the following
criteria:
1) The story-telling ability of the author;
2) The potential of the work to be translated into other forms of media
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All
entries must be in English. Our grand prizes for the 2008 Hollywood Book
Festival Author of the Year is $1500 and a flight to Los Angeles for our
gala awards ceremony, PLUS a week-long stay for two at the fabulous Larimar St. Croix Writers Colony in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
We
will also distribute the winning book to our Hollywood Book Festival
mailing list of agents, producers, directors, content coordinators and
developers for further consideration and provide marketing materials to
winning authors and publishers to spotlight your triumph.
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