DBT Literary Awards Contest

Make sure that your marketing has the greatest impact by entering your book in the DBT Book Awards.

2024 Contest Details

In our 15 years of experience in the book industry, we’ve seen that promotions of award-winning books are more successful than those without awards. Make sure that your marketing efforts are having the greatest impact by entering your book in the DBT Literary Awards Contest!

For our 2024 contest, the deadline to enter a book is November 5th, 2024 and the results will be announced by January 15th, 2024. For our 2025 contest, we will begin accepting entries in March and the deadline to enter is October 10th, 2025.
Prizes include a digital emblem (1st place, 2nd place, etc.) for you to proudly use in marketing your book, and first-place winners are also eligible to receive an additional prize, such as a cash prize, a free editorial review, a free book promotion, and more!
We offer dozens of genres, ensuring your book will be properly categorized (See our list of contest genres on this page for more details).
See our FAQ page for more information about our literary awards contest, our judging process, and the prizes.
Our affordable entry fee is just $40!

You will submit your book file and additional details after payment

Contest Sponsors

If you are interested in sponsoring the 2024 DBT Literary Awards, please contact us for details.

This is the list of contest genres available for the 2024 DBT Literary Awards contest: