Seeking Qualified Judges for Writer’s Digest Competition
The Writer’s Digest competitions department is seeking first-round judges for the Self-Published Book Awards. Judges are responsible for completing critiques due the first week of August. Judges are sought in…
The Writer's Digest competitions department is seeking first-round judges for the Self-Published Book Awards. Judges are responsible for completing critiques due the first week of August.
Judges are sought in the following categories:
- Genre fiction
- Mainstream fiction
- Inspirational works (fiction and nonfiction)
Qualified judges include agents, editors, and published authors. If you'd like to be considered, please e-mail your credentials, plus a link to your website, to Writer's Digest editor Melissa Wuske, no later than this Thursday afternoon (July 14).

Jane Friedman is a full-time entrepreneur (since 2014) and has 20 years of experience in the publishing industry. She is the co-founder of The Hot Sheet, the essential publishing industry newsletter for authors, and is the former publisher of Writer’s Digest. In addition to being a columnist with Publishers Weekly and a professor with The Great Courses, Jane maintains an award-winning blog for writers at JaneFriedman.com. Jane’s newest book is The Business of Being a Writer (University of Chicago Press, 2018).