2024 Ames Awards submission form

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 Ames Award 

book contest submission form







Please print and send this form with each title you want to submit to the Ames Award book contest.  You may mail more than one submission together, but each title will require a separate form and fee. No discounts for multiple entries.


Choose      ___ Fiction     ___Nonfiction   ___Devotional   ___Children's book

Book title ____________________________________

    Subtitle____________________________________

    ISBN _____________________________________

Author ______________________________________

Publisher_____________________________________

Publication date________________________________


Person/publisher submitting the form

    Name___________________________________

    Email___________________________________

Books and entry fees must be received no later than May 15, 2024.


___I have enclosed a check in the amount of $40.00 to Lisa Smith, noting "book contest fee" at the bottom.

___I have mailed two copies of each book entered in the contest to:

 Lisa W. Smith
Kerysso Press
105 Village Dr
Hartselle AL 35640
Attn: Ames Award contest

Notification of receipt. You will receive an email notification when your entry is received. Use tracking information to make sure it arrives prior to the deadline, and notify us at LisaWSmith57@gmail.com if you do not receive an email confirmation after the tracking shows being delivered.

Notification of finalists. All entrants will receive notification of finalists the week of August 18, two weeks prior to the Tennessee Valley Literary Festival, Athens AL, which takes place September 7, 2024. 

Notification of winners. Winners will be announced on the day of the Festival and notified by email. 


Kerysso Press thanks you for your efforts to encourage believers! 

“Only be strong and very courageous [amesאָמֵץ ]; 
be careful to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; 
do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may have success wherever you go" 
(Joshua 1:7 NASB95).

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