Morris Community Cookbook Awards
Contest Criteria
- Entries must be published by Morris Press Cookbooks in either
2009 or 2010. Books published in 2008 or previous years are NOT eligible. Book sales must be nearly completed
(at least 75% sold). If books published in 2010 have incomplete sales, wait to submit your
cookbook for the following year's contest, which will have a deadline
of Sept. 1, 2011.
- The deadline to enter the contest is Sept. 1, 2010. Entries must be postmarked
by this date.
- 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.
- 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)