Review & Awards Program
Welcome to MWSA Review and Awards—your starting point for our unique system recognizing excellence in literature!
You will be asked to verify that you have read all the information on this page before you submit your book.
Who Can Submit?
MWSA dues-paying members in good standing may submit a book for review.
Nonmembers and Associate Members are not eligible to submit books.
MWSA will review the first 100 books to be entered.
When Can You Submit?
You may only submit a book between January 15 and March 15. The submission application is visible only during those dates.
What Can You Submit
General Restrictions:
You may enter only one book per season.
You may enter a book (or any part of an anthology) only once.
Books exceeding a word count of 150,000 will not be accepted. We will refund the application fee minus handling charges.
Manuscripts, word processing document files, advance reader copies, PDFs, spiral-spine books, and audiobooks are NOT accepted.
Content: MWSA specializes in books that honor our military but accepts books covering a wide variety of subjects. We reserve the right to decline to review (or list in our online library) any book that we deem inappropriate for our website.
Books that disparage our country or military will not be reviewed.
Books primarily focused on violence or sex are not suitable for MWSA and will not be reviewed.
Publication Status: Your book must be published, have a valid ISBN (or ASIN for Kindle), and be available for purchase before you submit it.
Your book must have been published within the past five calendar years. If it is older, we will refund the application fee minus handling charges.
If you submit your book BEFORE it’s published, we will refund the application fee minus handling charges. You may resubmit AFTER it is available as indicated on your book’s Amazon page.
Format: MWSA accepts both paper and eBook formats for review. If you offer both formats for evaluation, you increase the odds that reviewers will sign up to assess your book.
Books in layout-intensive formats will be evaluated in paper format only (Children’s Picture, Pictorial/Coffee Table, Poetry, and Graphic Novel/Comic Book).
If you plan to submit eBooks, see our eBook page for more details.
Genre/Category: MWSA only accepts books in genres/categories for which we’ve created a scoring form.
You will be asked to choose ONE category on the submission form. Click here for genres we accept.
If you have any doubt about which category MWSA should use to evaluate your book, contact the awards directors at MwsaAwardsDirectors@gmail.com.
Updated 6/3/2026