Deadline: August 31, 2023
About the competition
The search Kindle Storyteller Award is a £20,000 literary prize recognising outstanding writing. It is open to writers publishing in English in any genre, who publish their work through search Kindle Direct Publishing. Readers play a significant role in selecting the winner, helped by a panel of judges including various book industry experts.
The 2023 Kindle Storyteller Award is open for entries between 1st May and 31st August 2023. Details of the competition can be found on this page. Previous Kindle Storyteller Winners and Finalists can be found here.
This Kindle Storyteller Award is for English language books. Kindle Direct Publishing also runs writing contests in other languages throughout the year.
There is no limit to the number of separate Entries that each entrant can submit.
The Book must be previously unpublished, meaning it is not currently or has not previously been the subject of a publishing agreement or option with any publisher or been previously published in any format (including KDP) or in any other language.
Competition guidelines
- Entrants must be aged 18 or over. The Competition is open to writers publishing in English in any genre, who publish their work through Kindle Direct Publishing (see further below under HOW TO ENTER).
- The Competition and these Terms & Conditions are void in Mexico, Brazil, Tasmania, Quebec and where otherwise prohibited by law, and are subject to all applicable laws. Entrants may not be a national or legal permanent resident of any of the following countries: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, or Region of Crimea. Entrants may not be members of any guild, union or other organisation that may prohibit them from participating in this Competition and that would restrict, require due payment or otherwise have the right to oppose such entrant’s participation in this Competition. The Competition is not open to employees or independent contractors, or immediate family members (spouses, domestic partners, parents, grandparents, siblings, children, and grandchildren) or those living in the same household of employees or independent contractors, of Amazon or any other person involved in any aspect of the Competition (including funding, judging or administration), and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, advisors.
- Read the whole guideline and submit an entry here.
