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Trish Anderton
Director of PR
Goddard Riverside
tanderton@goddard.org
mobile: 929-249-1449
Submissions are also being accepted for the Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice. For information on how to enter, please contact cbc.info@cbcbooks.org.
Rules & Guidelines
The Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social Justice celebrates the power of the written word to create change in the name of justice for all people—a value shared by the publishing community and Goddard Riverside.
Entry Requirements
Please review the rules to ensure your submissions are:
- Properly aligned with the subject matter;
- Published within the correct time period;
- In accordance with the formatting requirements for print or digital;
- Accompanied by an entry form and $75 fee;
- Submitted during the contest entry period.
Subject Matter
Eligible works are full-length, nonfiction books with subject matter related to housing, early childhood and secondary education, older adult life, city arts, social policy and other important aspects of community life that support and promote Goddard Riverside’s mission of investing in people and strengthening community. Books must be written in English.
Book Release Dates
To be eligible for the 2022 Book Prize, nominated books must have been published in the United States between September 1, 2021 and August 31, 2022.
Formats
If you’d like, you can submit both a digital and a print copy, but this is not required.
Digital
Email a PDF to russoprize@goddard.org. No DRM or other copy-limiting technology is permitted. Watermarks over the text are not allowed; the text must be easily readable. Page proofs are not acceptable. Books must be received before midnight on May 12, 2022.
Eight (8) copies of each title should be submitted. For submission purposes, published books and bound galleys or bound manuscripts for books not yet printed will be accepted. Page proofs are not acceptable. Books must arrive by mignight on May 12, 2022. Books should be mailed to:
Russo Book Prize
Goddard Riverside
593 Columbus Ave.
New York, NY 10024
Entry Form and Fee
There is an application fee of $75 for each book. To enter a book, please fill out the online submission form and pay the fee with a credit card. If paying by check, please contact us.
Deadlines and Key Dates
Books are accepted starting in March of 2022. Entry forms and books must be received no later than May 12, 2022. Publishers are asked to submit books as soon as they are available in order to help spread out the judging panel’s workload.
A shortlist will be announced at our Gala in late September and the winner will be revealed in October.
Limits
There is no limit to the number of books an author or publisher may submit.
Additional Conditions
The author of the winning title (or their representative) must be present for the Goddard Riverside Book Fair Gala in Fall 2022. The author of the winning title will be asked to do a book chat in Spring 2023 and may be asked to do other promotional tasks or events.
Benefits
Press releases announcing the shortlist and the winning title will be sent to news outlets. Goddard Riverside will promote the shortlist and prize winner on its web and social properties. Publishers of winning titles will be authorized to use the medallion on book jackets and the book prize logo on other promotional materials. Publishers of the shortlisted books and winning title will receive a customized digital press kit.
Contact
Trish Anderton
Director of PR
Goddard Riverside
tanderton@goddard.org
mobile: 929-249-1449