We’ve taken feedback from last year’s contest into consideration and made adjustments to our judging and timeline.
PUBLISHED: You will have from June 1 – September 1 to read and judge 2 books (word length of each varies from novella (40k) to historical novel (90k)). Because these books have already been published, we will require less detailed scoring.
UN-PUBLISHED: You will have from July 1 – August 22 to read and judge 3 twenty-five page entries. Scoring will be more detailed.
All categories accept worldwide settings unless otherwise indicated:
- Ancient/Medieval/Renaissance
Time period: BC – 1600 - Revolution/Enlightenment
Time period: 1600 – 1800 - Colonial/Western/Civil War
Setting: North America
Time period: 1600 – 1865 - Georgian/Victorian
Time period: 1714 – 1901 - Regency
Time period: 1800 – 1830 - Post-Victorian/World Wars/Modern
Time period: 1901 – 1980s - Time Travel/Historical Paranormal
Time period: prehistory through 1980