How To Enter

WHO MAY ENTER? Publishing companies, licensees/ distributors, and producers of audiobooks released for the first time in the United States during the period November 1, 2006 to October 31, 2007 may enter The Audies® competition. Qualifying audiobooks are defined here as sound recordings containing at least 51 percent spoken word content, duplicated and packaged for sale in the United States as cassettes compact discs, or original productions in digital format. An audiobook need not be derived from or based on a printed book.

WHAT SHOULD MY SUBMISSION INCLUDE? Please submit eight (8) copies of each title for the initial category entered. If you are entering the same title in multiple categories, you need to submit six (6) additional copies for each additional category entered. Example: If you enter the same titles in Categories 1 and 11, a total of fourteen (14) copies needs to be sent with the entry. Please remove all shrink wrap and label each of the audiobooks with the category in which they are entered. (For example, if you are submitting one audiobook in two categories, please label six (6) copies with one category, six (6) copies with the second category, and two (2) copies with both categories.) Please double check to be sure you have filled in the entry form completely and have entered the title in the most appropriate category. Titles originally produced in digital format must be submitted for judging on cassette or standard compact disc only. Please send a check made payable to APA or indicate your credit card billing information for the total amount of entry fees with the product. All submissions become the property of APA and will not be returned to you, unless disqualified. If disqualified, they will be returned COD.

WHAT ARE THE ENTRY FEES? APA Members — $100 for first title entered; $75 per title per category thereafter. Non-Members — $150 for first title entered; $125 per title per category thereafter. If you submit entries for both the August and October submission deadlines, you must submit the $100 fee for the first title entered for each deadline. If you submit titles for the August 15 deadline after August 15, each entry entered after that date is subject to a $50 late fee. Please enclose check or credit card information with the product and entry form. If you wish to receive membership information from APA, please call 609-799-6327 or visit www.audiopub.org.

HOW SHOULD I SUBMIT MY ENTRIES?  Entries should be shipped with payment for entry fees to the APA office via a shipping service (UPS, FedEx) to ensure on-time delivery. Please place the checks for entry fees in an envelope inside the package on the top of the product. Please do not include any checks in an envelope on the outside of the package. Please send to: The Audies® Award Competition c/o Audio Publishers Association, 191 Clarksville Road, Princeton Junction, NJ 08550. SUBMISSIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED IF THEY ARE NOT ACCOMPANIED BY PAYMENT.

WHAT ARE THE SUBMISSION DEADLINES? All submissions of titles released between November 1, 2006 and July 31, 2007 must be received at the APA office no later than August 15, 2007. Please note that titles entered after their August 15 deadline will be subject to a $50 late fee per entry. The deadline for titles released between August 1, 2007 and October 31, 2007 is October 10, 2007. Sorry, no entries will be accepted after October 10, 2007 due to judging deadlines.

ELIGIBILITY AND RULES

1. All entries into the The Audies® 2008 awards competition must carry a release date between November 1, 2006, and October 31, 2007. “Release date” is defined as the date the title was first made available for sale to the public in the United States. Titles reissued in a new format are not eligible, unless the “first release date” is within the qualifying period. Collections of previously released materials are eligible if the “first release date” of the new collection is within the qualifying period. Publishing companies may be asked to submit documentation supporting the release dates of the titles they nominate. The date the product was released for sale must be submitted on the entry form. Recordings must have been produced originally or compiled from another medium as audiobooks.
2. Entries must be submitted using the Call for Entries entry form (online or fax) by the company that produced the recording. The original producer’s name must be supplied. Please note: The original producers may choose to submit the title themselves, or the distributor/licensee may do so. The same title may not be submitted by more than one company.
3. Entries will be screened by a committee for eligibility, including release date and completeness of the application form. The committee reserves the right to move the entries to appropriate categories or dismiss inappropriate submissions. In the event a submission is disqualified, the product and entry fee will be returned to the publishing company COD.
4. The judges’ decisions are final.
5. Up to five finalists—except in case of a tie—will be selected for each category from all entry submissions and announced in March 2008.
6. Winners will be announced, and awards will be distributed to a representative of the publishing company that submits the title during The Audies® gala, May 30, 2008, in Los Angeles, California. All finalists must have a designated recipient present at the award ceremony.
7. At least six entries must be submitted in a category or the category may be canceled or combined. If a category is canceled, entry fees will be refunded, or entries will be reassigned to other categories with permission of the publisher.