Amazon KDP Pen To Publish Contest 2020

Organisation : Amazon
Contest Name : Amazon KDP Pen To Publish Contest India 2020
Applicable For : Residents of India, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States
Contest Period : December 10, 2020 and March 10, 2021.
Website : https://www.amazon.in/pen-to-publish-contest/b?ie=UTF8&node=13819037031

Amazon KDP Pen To Publish Contest

Participate in the fourth edition of KDP Pen to Publish contest to win exciting prizes up to Rs. 5 lakhs and get mentored by the top authors in India!

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KDP Pen to Publish contest celebrates the exceptional and previously unpublished work among self-published authors, and recognises literary excellence in different genres in long format and short format categories across English, Hindi and Tamil languages.

Eligibility

1) The Contest is only open to residents of India, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. Only individuals who are the older of 18 years of age or the legal age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry are permitted to participate.

2) The Contest and these Official Rules are void in Quebec and where prohibited by law and are subject to applicable laws. Entrants may not be a national or legal permanent resident of any of the following countries: Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria or Region of Crimea.

3) Entrants may not be members of any guild, union or other organisation that may prohibit them from participating in this Contest and that would restrict, require due payment or otherwise have the right to oppose such entrant’s participation in this Contest.

How To Participate?

Steps :
Step 1 : Register on kdp.amazon.com
Step 2 : Publish your new and unpublished eBook on Amazon.in between December 10, 2020 and March 10, 2021.
Step 3 : Include the search keyword pentopublish4 in the eBook’s information.
Step 4 : Enrol your eBook in KDP select programme.

Contest Entry Requirements

a. Individual author : You should be the sole writer of the book.

b. First publishing : This book should be your original work and must have never been published previously (either in physical or digital format).Translations are not eligible.

c. Date : You need to publish your entry as an eBook via KDP between December 10, 2020 and March 10, 2021.
d. Keyword : You need to include a keyword pentopublish4 in the book detailed information. You can add 6 more keywords.

e. KDP Select : Your eBook needs to be enrolled in KDP Select during contest duration, i.e., from the time of publishing till winners are declared. You can use any of the KDP Select benefits to promote your book while it is enrolled in KDP Select.

f. Genres : eBooks can be submitted in any genre.
g. Number of entries : There is no limit to the number of eBooks submitted by an author.

h. Formats : There should not be a print version of the book published with an independent publisher for selling on amazon.in. Only paperback publishing with KDP Print is allowed, even if it means an imported version only on amazon.in.

i. Pre-orders : The eBooks on pre-orders should have a release date between December 10, 2020 and March 10, 2021 (both days inclusive)

Prizes

We have several prizes for the contest as listed below

Long Format Writing

a. Cash prizes :
For each language separately
** Winner – INR 5,00,000
** First runner-up – INR 1,00,000
** Second runner-up – INR 50,000

b. Marketing support for top 3 entries on amazon.in
c. Mentoring session with author judge (s) for top 3 entries

Short Format Writing

a. Cash prizes :
For each language separately
** Winner – INR 50,000
** First runner-up – INR 25,000
** Second runner-up – INR 10,000

b. Marketing support for top 3 entries on amazon.in
c. Mentoring session with author judge (s) for top 3 entries