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History

High Country Writers’ goals have always included supporting the members’ efforts toward publication. Show More

History

High Country Writers’ goals have always included supporting the members’ efforts toward publication.

By 1997, our third year, Jean Shoemaker (B.J Foster) presented the idea of the Book of the Year Awards. Jean served as Vice President, President and Journal Editor in those early years, and has always been a stalwart promoter of all our books. Her idea was that the awards were intended as a confirmation and recognition of the commitment and participation of our members in the process of striving for excellence in our writing as well as of the achievement of finishing and publishing a book.

So, it isn’t a contest. It is a valid recognition of an important achievement. And so it is an honor to be cherished. Books recognized in 2016 were published by our members in 2015. Show Less


Submission Criteria


To be eligible for a Book of the Year Award, the author must:--

  1. Be an active member of HCW and have joined by January 31st of the year the book is published or copyrighted;
  2. Have attended at least 6 meetings during that same year;
  3. Provide 2 print copies of their book as well as complete and submit a submission form to the committee chair, no later than the last regular meeting in February (inclement weather excepting);
    4. ~ also ~
  4. The book must have a registered ISBN and bar code, be in digital text and bound, or in the case of an ebook, be downloadable from a recognized distributor; and
  5. The book must be written in English and available nationally.


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HIGH COUNTRY WRITERS

BOOK OF THE YEAR SUBMISSION FORM

Current Year Book Award Presentation
(For books published in prior year)

Book Information

TITLE OF BOOK:

ISBN:

PUBLICATION DATE:

Author Information

NAME:

ADDRESS:

PHONE:

EMAIL:

WEBSITE:

COMMITTEE USE ****************************************************

DATE JOINED HCW

ATTENDED HCW MEETINGS/2015

BOOK GIVEN TO HCW (2)

BOOK MEETS CRITERIA:

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