The 2015 New York Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring books worthy of further attention from the world publishing capital.

The 2015 New York Book Festival will consider published, self-published and independent publisher non-fiction, fiction, children’s books, young adult, how-to, poetry, wild card (anything goes!), unpublished stories, science fiction, horror, photography/art, spiritual, business, romance, cookbooks, compilations/anthologies and biography/autobiography works.

Entries can be in English, Spanish, French or Italian and must be published on or after January 1, 2011. Our grand prize for the 2015 New York Book Festival Author of the Year is a $1,500 appearance fee and a flight to New York for our awards ceremony in Manhattan, exact date TBA.

Registration forms are available online at www.newyorkbookfestival.com or may be faxed or e-mailed to you by sending a note toNewYorkBookFest@aol.com.