It’s time to enter your #book(s) into the ’23 #RRBC KCT Int’l Literary “TREAT” Award Contest! @RRBC_Org @Tweets4RWISA @RRBC_RWISA @nonniejules

Welcome to the

6th Annual “KCT INTERNATIONAL LITERARY AWARD” Contest!!!

This award carries the namesake of our dearly departed Kathryn C. Treat, who loved great literature.  Her book was an excellent read and she expected the same excellence from the work of others.  In our eyes, this award is the highest honor your book can receive in the literary field, as unlike many of the other literary awards around, it will be judged by the highest of standards.  We hope that you will enter your work so that your book can have the bragging rights of being a “TREAT” Award Winner!  When someone sees that award title next to your book (whether as a Grand Prize Gold Winner or even a Silver Award Runner Up or Blue Award Finalist), they will know without a shadow of any doubt, that it is a really good or a great read, and one worthy of their time and money! 

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Categories Being Accepted:

*Biography/Memoir

*Children’s Lit

*Fiction (Historical and other)

*Horror

*Humor

*Inspiration

*Mystery

*Non-Fiction

*Paranormal Fantasy Novels

*Poetry

*Romance

*Short Stories

*Young Adult (YA)

Submission dates & deadlines:

-Opens: February 3, 2023 @ 12 AM CT
-Closes: April 3, 2023 @ 11:59 PM CT

Entry Fee:

–$18.50/per title entered

-No limit on # of entries

–If you’ve entered either of the past contests, please check with us first before gifting a copy of your book as we may still have a copy on file

-Top Finalist will be awarded THE “TREAT” Award – Blue

-1st place runner-up will be awarded THE “TREAT” Award – Silver

–GRAND PRIZE Winner will be awarded THE “TREAT” Award –  Gold with a full PRIZE Package!  Winners will be announced on November 20, 2023!

Guidelines:

-Complete and submit Registration Form below
-Pay your non-refundable $18.50 entry fee, by clicking HERE
-Submit a copy of your book via Amazon Kindle gift ONLY to RRBCInfo@gmail.com. If you are not in the U.S. or are unable to gift a copy of your Kindle e-book to us, please contact us at the same email address above for an alternative solution
-Wait for confirmation and further information.

What the judges are looking for:

-Written works that have been properly edited and proofed

-Great story-lines (we don’t want to fall asleep by page 5)

-Well-developed characters

-Believability 

-Story-lines that flow easily

-All-in-all, we are searching for reads that, after having read Chapter one, compels us to continue reading to the very end. We don’t want to have to stop to jump over typos and misspelled words.  Nonnie writes in Nonnie-tongue, and I often share that “I write the way that I speak, and I speak very well,” so we are not opposed to you using your own language, but it MUST make sense!   We’re also not freaky about the rules of who follows who or what in the varying parts of speech (i.e. nouns, pronouns, adjectives, conjunctions, prepositions, etc).  I mean, c’mon, seriously? This is 2023.  Use your creativity and write outside the box, if that’s what it takes to make it all come together in the end as a great story. 

I was an English nut in school, but, when I became an adult and was no longer being forced to think (and write) like everyone else, my creativity began to overflow.  I became innovative in my writing, an independent thinker, and decided I’d speak the way I wanted to, as long as it made sense and I could carry on an intelligent conversation.  But, again, it all had to make sense!  You see, when our readers are reading our books, they don’t care about these things (unless they’re English nuts, too, which I still consider myself to be, but, I also love creativity and writing outside the box more than I love being that English nut).  What readers care about most is that we’re giving them truly great reads!  And, that’s what we care about here!

Your Payment and Entry Assumes Your Agreement and Compliance of the following: 
-Entrant agrees to abide by all rules of the RRBC KCT ILA Contest
-Entries must be the original work of the author submitting entry form and payment
-Winners will be announced by email and also published on the RRBC site.

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**FULL GRAND PRIZE PACKAGE DETAILS**

Prize Package:
–$200 Amazon Gift Card
–“TREAT” Award Certificate
–Blog Feature on the RRBC site
-FULL Feature in THE RRBC PIPELINE MAGAZINE
–RAVE WAVES commercial created for winning title, which will air on RAVE WAVES show segments
-One full year of a full promotional campaign designed around the winning title (which includes FREE blog tours and other promotional events)
-Book of the Month slot
–KCT LITERARY AWARD GRAND PRIZE WINNER placed next to winning book title in every place that it is listed in all RRBC forums and also next to author’s Twitter handle on our online roster
–FREE blog trailer listing of winning title in the RRBC catalog (winner must submit)
–One full week of Twitter Support for the winning book from our Tweet Support Team, twice during the year
–Invitation to join RAVE WRITERS INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF AUTHORS {RWISA}  without having to go thru the vetting process – (Also, if your book is read and found to be worthy of membership within RWISA before the final selection of the contest winners, you will also be invited to join RWISA).

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1st PLACE RUNNER-UP & FINALIST’S PRIZE PACKAGE:
-“TREAT” Award Certificate
-KCT LITERARY AWARD 1st Place Winner or Finalist placed next to winning book title in every place that it is listed in all RRBC forums, and also next to author’s Twitter handle on our online roster
-One full week of Twitter support
-Invitation to join  RAVE WRITERS INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF AUTHORS {RWISA}
-Honorable mention in THE RRBC PIPELINE MAGAZINE

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SPECIAL NOTE:

If you entered your book in previous competitions and did not win, we strongly encourage you to enter again if you feel that your book deserves the win.  Our judges alternate and you never know who might feel that it’s the year your book should be our grand prize winner!

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**Contest open to members of RRBC only.  We invite you to JOIN us today!***

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NOTE:  ALL DECISIONS BY OUR JUDGES ARE FINAL AND NON-DEBATABLE.  If a member is found to be in a non-compliant status OR in violation of any of RRBC’s CODE OF CONDUCT statutes after they have been awarded, they may retain their Amazon gift card award IF they’ve received it already, but their membership promotions package may be revoked or canceled entirely without further notice.

This contest is void where prohibited by law.

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MEET PAST KCT INT’L LITERARY “TREAT” AWARD WINNERS!

2022 GRAND PRIZE WINNER – GOLD “TREAT” Award!!!

LET HIS BANNER OVER ME BE LOVE

I’LL BE RIGHT BACK

VINDICTIVE ANGEL

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2021 GRAND PRIZE WINNER – GOLD “TREAT” Award!!!

TURN THE LIGHT ON

1ST PLACE RUNNERS UP – SILVER “TREAT” Award!

BREATHLESS by Yvette M. Calleiro

SAHARA HEAT by Maura Beth Brennan

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TOP FINALIST – BLUE “TREAT” Award!

THE ONE AWAKENED by Yvette M. Calleiro

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