Amazon is pleased to announce the Kindle UK Storyteller Award will return for a second year. Celebrating the work of self-published authors, independent of genre, around the nation, the Kindle Storyteller Award saw thousands of entries in its inaugural year. In addition to the £20,000 cash prize, Amazon will also award £5,000 to a second title in its first ever Judge’s Prize.
The prize is open to all authors who publish their book through Kindle Direct Publishing on Amazon.co.uk from 1st May 2018 to 31st August 2018.
Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) is a fast, free and easy way for authors to keep control and publish their books in print and digital to a global audience, and receive up to 70% royalties on their work. On any given day, up to 25% of the Top 100 books on the Kindle
The Kindle Storyteller prize is open to submissions of new English language books from eligible authors and genres, and entries must be submitted using Kindle Direct Publishing.
Titles must be previously unpublished, with a minimum of 24 pages in paperback. Readers can access all titles entered into the prize in print or in the Kindle store on any device with the free Kindle app for iPhone, iPad, Android phones and tablets, PC and Mac, and on Kindle e-readers and Fire Tablets.
The Kindle Storyteller Award 2018 opens for entries on 1st May 2018, and titles must be entered into the KDP Select programme and remain there for the duration of the competition.
For further information authors can visit www.amazon.co.uk/storyteller.