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Louisiana
Book Festival
Author Selection Criteria
The Louisiana Book Festival (LBF) was
established to promote reading by showcasing the publishing accomplishments of
poets, writers and others involved in the creation and promotion of books and
literacy. To this end, LBF 2007 presented more than 110 poets, writers and
storytellers to a diverse audience of 15,000+ booklovers of all ages.
Although preference will be given to writers
and poets who have published booksı, all writers who have established
credentials by satisfying any combination of the following criteria to total 12
points will be considered to participate in any upcoming Louisiana Book Festival:
 | 2
points for each poem published in a periodical², anthology
or book. |
| 3 points for each story
or article published in a periodical, anthology or book. |
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12 points for each book
of poetry, including chapbooks of 24 pages or more. |
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12 points for each
collection of stories or book of fiction or nonfiction. |
| 3 points for each 1st,
2nd
or 3rd
place in an established national or state arts council
literary award or magazine contest open to all state or U.S. citizens. |
To be considered for
inclusion in the Louisiana Book Festival, please send your information to
the Louisiana Book
Festival Office.
ıSelf-published works or works published by
vanity or subsidy presses (presses that do not pay the writer nor distribute the
printed texts) do not count as fulfilling the above criteria.
²A periodical
is defined as a distributed magazine that regularly publishes poetry, fiction,
articles, etc.
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