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Amazon’s Kindle Storyteller Award returns for a third year

Amazon’s Kindle Storyteller Award will return for its third year it has been announced.

The award recognises outstanding work by independent authors with a Ā£20,000 cash prize. It is open to all authors who publish their book through Kindle Direct Publishing on Amazon.co.uk from 1st May 2019 to 31st August 2019.

The winner will be selected by a judging panel of book and publishing industry experts and readers. The shortlist will be compiled on the basis of a number of factors, including reviews, sales and pages read in Kindle Unlimited.

Amazon will announce the winner at a ceremony in London this autumn. Along with the Ā£20,000 cash, the winner will also get a marketing campaign to support the book on Amazon.co.uk, and the opportunity to have their book translated for readers around the world.

Alessio Santarelli, Director, Kindle Content said: ā€œFollowing the enthusiasm and huge number of entries in 2018, we are delighted to bring the Kindle Storyteller Award back for its third year. The encouragement and support of aspiring authors is an endeavour we continue to champion at Amazon. Publishing a book has never been easier and we are proud to provide a service that allows for a breadth of diverse stories to be told.ā€

Hannah Lynn, winner of the 2018 UK Kindle Storyteller Award said: ā€œHearing my name called out last October for The Afterlife of Walter Augustus was incredible. To receive such recognition for only my second book was such a fantastic confidence boost that has made me all the more determined to keep writing. I wish the best of luck to the 2019 entrants and urge any writers who are on the fence to enter ā€“ you never know what might happen!ā€

The Kindle Storyteller Award will be open to submissions of new books in the English language, published 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 Titles must be previously unpublished, with a minimum of 24 pages in paperback.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 on 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 2019 opens for entries on 1st May 2019, and titles must be enrolled in KDP Select while they are in the competition. For further information, authors can visit www.amazon.co.uk/storyteller.

Pip Ellwood-Hughes
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