2025 San
Francisco
Book
Festival -
Call for Entries
SAN FRANCISCO _ The
2025 San Francisco Book Festival
has issued a call for
entries to its annual
program celebrating the
best books of the
spring.
The San
Francisco Book Festival
will consider
non-fiction, fiction,
biography/autobiography,
children's books,
compilations/anthologies,
young adult, how-to,
cookbooks, science
fiction, business,
history, wild card, gay,
photography/art, poetry,
unpublished, technology
and spiritual/religious
works. There is no date
of publication
restriction.
Submitted
works will be judged by
a panel of industry
experts using the
following criteria:
1) General
excellence and the
author's passion for
telling a good story.
2) The
potential of the work to
reach a wider audience.
ENTRIES:
Please classify your
book and enter it in the
following categories.
Multiple entries must be
accompanied by a
separate fee for each
book.
•
General
Non-fiction
•
General
Fiction
•
Artificial Intelligence
•
Children's
books
•
How-to
•
Spiritual
•
Photography/Art
•
Gay
•
Poetry
•
Memoir
•
History |
•
Young adult
•
Biography/Autobiography
•
Compilations/Anthologies
•
Best
Unpublished
Short
Story
•
Cookbooks
•
Science
Fiction
•
Business
•
Technology
•
Wild
Card
|
In addition
to honoring the top
selections in the above
categories, The San
Francisco Book Festival
will award the following
chosen from submissions:
- Author of
the Year- Honors the
outstanding book of the
competition.
- Book
Design of the Year -
Honors outstanding and
innovative design.
- Publisher
of the Year- Honors the
top publisher based on
materials displaying
excellence in marketing
and promotional
materials, as determined
by our judges.
FESTIVAL
RULES: San Francisco
Book Festival
submissions cannot be
returned. Each entry
must contain the
official entry form,
including your e-mail
address and contact
telephone number. All
shipping and handling
costs must be borne by
entrants.
NOTIFICATION
AND DEADLINES: We
will notify each entry
of the receipt of their
package via e-mail and
will announce the
winning entries on our
web site (sanfranciscobookfestival.com).
Because of the
anticipated high volume
of entries, we can only
respond to e-mail
inquiries.
Deadline submissions in
each category must be
received by the close of
business on May 25, 2025. Winners in each
category will be
notified by e-mail and
on the web site. Please
note that judges read
and consider submissions
on an ongoing basis,
comparing early entries
with later submissions
at our meetings.
TO ENTER:
Entry forms are
available online at
sanfranciscobookfestival.com
or may be faxed/e-mailed
to you. Applications
must be accompanied by a
non-refundable entry fee
of $50 in the form of a
check, money order or PayPal online payment in
U.S. dollars for each
submission. Multiple
submissions are
permitted but each entry
must be accompanied by a
separate form and entry
fee.
Entry fee checks
should be made payable
to JM Northern Media
LLC. We're sorry, but
entries must be mailed
and cannot be delivered
in person or by
messenger services to
the JM Northern Media
offices.
Entry
packages MUST include:
1) One copy
of the book;
2) A copy of
your official entry form
or a reasonable
facsimile;
3) The entry
fee or receipt for
online payment;
4)
Any press/marketing
materials you wish to
send. Marketing is used
as a tie-breaking
consideration
by our judges.
Entries
should be mailed to:
JM
Northern Media LLC
attn: San
Francisco Book Festival
7095
Hollywood Boulevard
Suite
864
Hollywood,
CA 90028-0893
Phone:
323-665-8080
E-book entries are
welcome. You can enter
an e-book in three ways:
