ELIGIBILITY:

All books published by JayMedia Publishing between January 1 - December 31

AWARDS:

A. Book of the Year

  1. Based on total sales (POD, ebook & marketplace) from prior year sales.  
  2. Criteria - Any book published by JayMedia Publishing within the specified timeframe
  3. Prizes 
    1. Runner-Up will receive an announcement on JMG Facebook & Instagram pages and the JMG website
    2. 1st Place Winner will receive:

An award

An announcement on JMG Facebook & Instagram pages and the JMG website

A digital winner’s seal

B. People’s Choice (PC) Best Book 

  1. Voting Process 
    1. Criteria - Any book or ebook published the previous year.  Authors can have more than one book in this category.  If there is only one nomination for this category in the previous year, the nominee will receive honorable mention and will be eligible for placement the next time there is an adequate number of nominations (more than one).
    2. Based on votes received during the voting window (approximately a week in duration Sunday to Saturday). The book with the most votes will win.
      1. Voting for the People’s Choice (PC) Awards will be conducted via a poll on both Instagram and Facebook platforms.  Those wishing to vote have a one week window (Sunday - Saturday) on a date to be determined in which to cast their vote for the best book award.  
      2. Nominations for PC Best Book are from the books that were published the previous year.
  2. Prizes
    1. Runner-Up will receive an announcement on JMG Facebook & Instagram pages and the JMG website
    2. 1st Place Winner will receive:

An award

An announcement on JMG Facebook & Instagram pages and the JMG website

A digital winner’s seal

 C. People’s Choice (PC) Best Author 

  1. Based on votes received during the voting window (a week in duration Sunday to Saturday).  The author with the most votes will win.
  2. Criteria - Any author that published at least one book the previous year.  If there is only one nomination for this category in the previous year, the nominee will receive honorable mention and will be eligible for placement the next time there is an adequate number of nominations (more than one).
  3. Voting Process 
    1. Voting for the People’s Choice (PC) Awards will be conducted via a poll on both Instagram and Facebook platforms.  Those wishing to vote have a one week window (Sunday - Saturday) on a date to be determined in which to cast their vote for the best author award.  
    2. Nominations for PC Best Author are from the authors that have published at least one book the previous year.
  4. Prizes 
    1. Runner-Up will receive an announcement on JMG Facebook & Instagram pages and the JMG website
    2. 1st Place Winner will receive:

An award

An announcement on JMG Facebook & Instagram pages and the JMG website

A digital winner’s seal