1st Place Publishing Prize: 1 Winner
**Over A $1,000 Dollar Value**
- $100 in Cash
- A 3 year publishing contract with Ink Smith Publishing
- 10 Free Print Copies
- Your book will be available in both Print and eBook format
- Professional edit
- Professional full wrap book Cover
- A full marketing campaign and book tour
- Our Publishing Award to display on your blog and social media websites
2nd Place Prize: 1 Winner
** Over a $250 Dollar Value**
- A book tote
- Journal
- Feather pen
- Professional critique on your submission
- The second place award to display online
3rd Place Prize: 1 Winner
** Over a $100 Dollar Value**
- Professional critique on your submission
- The third place award to display online
What do I need to do to enter the 2016 ISP Book Publishing Awards?
- Select the category or categories you wish to enter
- Complete the entry form
- Arrange payment of entry fee
- Submit completed entry form, entry fees and books no later than November 1st 2016.
Submission Requirements
- All content MUST be yours
- No previously self-published works
- Fantasy, Science Fiction or Horror must be the main genre of the book
- Your book must be complete and polished.
- You MUST use the form below. DO NOT submit to our email. Any submissions to our submissions email address will not be read.
- Location: You must be located in the U.S. or Canada.
Winners will be announced on Ink-Smith.com’s homepage on December 1st.
Fantasy Fiction: Sub Genres
- Alternate History (Fantasy)
- Comic Fantasy
- Contemporary Fantasy
- Dark Fantasy
- Fairytale Fantasy
- Fantasy of Manners
- Heroic Fantasy
- High Fantasy
- Historical Fantasy
- Juvenile Fantasy
- Low Fantasy
- Magical Realism
- Mythic Fiction (Fantasy)
- Superhero Fantasy
- Sword and Sorcery
- Urban Fantasy
- Young Adult Fantasy
Science Fiction: Sub Genres
- Alternate History (SF)
- Alternate/Parallel Universe
- Apocalyptic/Post-Apocalyptic
- Artificial Intelligence
- Colonization
- Dying Earth
- Dystopia
- Galactic Empire
- Immortality
- Light/Humorous SF
- Mind Uploading
- Mythic Fiction (SF)
- Robots/Androids
- Science-Fantasy
- Space Exploration
- Terraforming
- Time Travel
- Utopia
- Virtual Reality
Horror: Sub Genres
- Demons
- Fairytale Horror
- Ghosts
- Gothic
- Humorous Horror
- Lovecraftian/Cthulhu Mythos
- Man-Made Horrors
- Monsters
- Mythic Fiction (Horror)
- Occult
- Post-Apocalyptic Horror
- Psychic Abilities
- Psychological
- Splatterpunk
- Vampires
- Werewolves
- Witches
- Zombies