Review/Awards
Book Submission — Page 2

Step 1: Are you sure your book is ready?

• Is your book published?

  • If you submit your book to us before it’s published (as indicated on your book’s Amazon page), we will immediately reject your submission.

  • At MWSA's discretion, we will deduct $5 from your submission fee refund to cover online transaction fees.

  • In this case, the book can be resubmitted if the publication date falls within our annual submission window.

• Is your book really ready for evaluation?

  • MWSA’s system will evaluate your book against industry-standard criteria, including punctuation, usage, grammar, and spelling.

    • If your book has too many errors, a low grammar score will “torpedo” your chance of winning an award.

    • You only get one submission for your book, so make sure it’s your best.

  • We strongly urge you to get a professional editor if you haven’t already. See our Resources page for a list of MWSA members offering editing services.

  • If you’re not sure, try using our Beta Readers program to line up a few MWSA members to give it an honest look.

Step 2:  Fill out the form

• The ONLY way to submit a book is our online submission & purchase form.

  • We do not accept submissions via letter, phone, or email.

  • The submission form is visible/available only when our submission window is open (Jan 15—March 15 each year).*

• The cost of the program is $75*

• Make sure you double-check your submission

  • Provide a working link to a website (normally Amazon.com) where your book can be purchased. If you’re unfamiliar with links and URLs for your book, read our article on how to use your Amazon link. Click here to read that article.

  • Resolve any author name issues

    • If your book has more than one author, tell us which author is the MWSA member.

    • If you use a pen name, use your real name as a point of contact when submitting your book.

• Once we receive all the required information, we will add your book to the current season’s page and send you the link.

• When submitting a book for review and/or award consideration, authors must affirm that they've read all the above information.

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Updated 6/2/2026