woostify domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/latestwordpress/lonestar.a1professionals.net_public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131Bexar County\u2019s BiblioTech is launching a contest designed to reward the best independently published authors in Texas. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bexar County\u2019s <\/span><\/span>BiblioTech<\/span><\/span><\/a> is launching a contest designed to reward the best independently published authors in Texas. The Texas Author Project is sponsored by the mobile library <\/span><\/span>BiblioBoard<\/span><\/span><\/a> and <\/span><\/span>Library Journal<\/span><\/span><\/a>. The project is supposed to help indie-published authors grow their visibility and readership. It will also give librarians throughout the state a platform to promote new works of literature.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n If local librarians were aware of local authors, they would be more likely to recommend them, Laura Cole, the director of BiblioTech, which is the county\u2019s all-digital library, told the Rivard Report. \u201cWe don\u2019t necessarily know who in our community is writing,\u201d she said, \u201cso if we can bring those works into our library, we can help promote them to our other patrons.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Cole especially calls on those still undecided to take a shot at the contest: \u201cI encourage anybody who is still on the fence saying, \u2018I\u2019ve got the great American novel in my head, but never dared to submit it to a publisher.\u2019 This is a good opportunity for that.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Winning authors in both adult and young-adult fiction will get a $500 cash prize from BiblioBoard, be added to the Indie Texas collection of local authors, and be honored at the 2020 Public Library Association Conference in Nashville as well as receive national promotion opportunities.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n To compete in the contest, authors must submit a book that was independently published, is categorized as adult or young-adult fiction, and is available in either PDF or ePUB format. Only Texas residents are allowed to enter the contest. Books may be submitted until May 31 on BiblioTech\u2019s <\/span><\/span>website<\/span><\/span><\/a>. The winners will be announced in October, just in time for the <\/span><\/span>Texas Book Festival<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n