Arts
2008 New York Book Festival
June 27, 2008 – June 28, 2008
New York City - Central Park
About this festival
NEW YORK _ The 2008 New York Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual program celebrating books that deserve greater recognition from the world’s publishing capital. The festival will be held June 27-28 in Manhattan's Central Park.
Last year, over 20,000 attendees enjoyed the beauty and serenity of Central Park as they browsed books, listened to music and author readings and enjoyed our food vendors. This year, the June 28, 2008 edition of the day festival will offer expanded stages and new opportunities for authors, publishers, musicians and vendors.
The 2008 New York Book Festival Awards will be held at one of Manhattan’s literary landmarks, the Algonquin Hotel. The hotel is the home of the legendary Algonquin Round Table, a collection of writers, actors and critics who gathered daily to trade witticisms that soon made their way to the world. Each entrant to the festival is admitted free to the awards on June 27.
The 2008 New York Book Festival will consider published, self-published and independent publisher non-fiction, fiction, children’s books, teenage, how-to, audio/spoken word, comics/’zines, e-books, poetry, wild card (anything goes!), unpublished stories, science fiction, horror, photography/art, romance and biography/autobiography works. Books published on or after January 1, 2000 are eligible for consideration.
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 win wider recognition.
Entries can be in English, Spanish, French or Italian and must be published on or after January 1, 2000. Our grand prize for the 2008 New York Book Festival Author of the Year is $1500 and a flight to New York for the June 27 awards and our June 28 day festival in Central Park.
Last year, over 20,000 attendees enjoyed the beauty and serenity of Central Park as they browsed books, listened to music and author readings and enjoyed our food vendors. This year, the June 28, 2008 edition of the day festival will offer expanded stages and new opportunities for authors, publishers, musicians and vendors.
The 2008 New York Book Festival Awards will be held at one of Manhattan’s literary landmarks, the Algonquin Hotel. The hotel is the home of the legendary Algonquin Round Table, a collection of writers, actors and critics who gathered daily to trade witticisms that soon made their way to the world. Each entrant to the festival is admitted free to the awards on June 27.
The 2008 New York Book Festival will consider published, self-published and independent publisher non-fiction, fiction, children’s books, teenage, how-to, audio/spoken word, comics/’zines, e-books, poetry, wild card (anything goes!), unpublished stories, science fiction, horror, photography/art, romance and biography/autobiography works. Books published on or after January 1, 2000 are eligible for consideration.
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 win wider recognition.
Entries can be in English, Spanish, French or Italian and must be published on or after January 1, 2000. Our grand prize for the 2008 New York Book Festival Author of the Year is $1500 and a flight to New York for the June 27 awards and our June 28 day festival in Central Park.