The ShoreIndie Contest supports emerging indie authors by removing barriers to producing and publishing quality books and by providing resources for the development a successful indie author career.

The 2017 ShoreIndie Contest will be open to submissions from 9am ET on June 3rd to 9am ET on June 5th.

There is no submission fee to enter this contest.

Entrants have the option of donating $5 or $10 to the contest. Everyone who donates will be entered into a raffle to win a free blurb critique from one of the ShoreIndie editors. The 10 raffle winners will be drawn and announced after the Author-Editor pairs are announced on Sunday, June 11th on Twitter. Donations will be used to cover contest expenses, and any surplus proceeds will be donated to Books for Africa.