Eyelands Book Awards 2025 is open for submissions.
Entry Categories
- Full-length books of fiction (novels or novellas of any genre)
- Collections of short stories by one author
- Collected and selected poems
- Historical fiction – Memoir
- Children’s and YA books – Graphic Novels
- LGBTQIA* (texts of any genre with a main theme related to the LGBTQIA+ community)
- Sci-Fi – Thriller – Horror (Novels or novellas)
- Self-published books
Submission Guidelines
- There is no restriction regarding the form or style of writing.
- Open to writers of any nationality.
- Submit your book or manuscript online.
- Manuscripts must be written in English.
Judges: P.H.C. Marchesi (Children’s books/graphic novels), Andriana Minou (Poetry, LGBTQIA+), Barbara Black (Short stories), Ilinda Stefanova (Novels), Gregory Papadoyiannis (Sci-fi-Thriller, Self-published books), Katherine Wiseman (Historical novel)
Entry fee: Early bird submission 30 euros ($ 35) until September 1st, 2025. Then, 40 euros ($45).
Prizes:
- Grand prize (published books): Five-day stay in Athens
- Grand prize (writers’ choice): Five-day stay in Athens
- Grand prize (unpublished books): Translation into Greek and publication from Strange Days Books
- 14 more prizes, and also win a handmade ceramic designed especially for Eyelands Book Awards!
- Certification document for every prize winner.
Deadline: October 20th, 2025, at midnight PST.
All details, all submissions via their website.