Morris Community Cookbook Awards

Contest Criteria

1. Entries must be published by Morris Press Cookbooks, and the first printing must be in either 2011 or 2012. Books published in 2010 or previous years are NOT eligible. Book sales must be nearly completed (at least 75% sold). If books published in 2012 have incomplete sales, wait to submit your cookbook for the following year's contest, which will have a deadline of Sept. 1, 2013.
2. The deadline to enter the contest is Sept. 1, 2012. Entries must be postmarked by this date.
3. Proceeds from your cookbook sales must benefit a bona fide cause. This can be a cause in your community or within your organization. Cookbooks made as keepsakes or for personal gain are not eligible.
4. Entries will be judged on the following criteria:
   • Personal pages and cookbook features
   • Originality, beauty, appeal, and utility of the cover and dividers
   • Variety, thoroughness, clarity, and overall appeal of the recipes
   • Cohesion of all book elements
   • Success of sales (at least 75% sold)

See Entry Requirements