It’s time for one of our nicest jobs here in SelfPubCon Towers, announcing the winners of our competitions and giveaways.

This year's giveaways are now closed, and the winners are listed below.

If you're a winner, we have passed your details onto the prize-giver, who will contact you shortly to deliver your prize.

Art of the Title Competition: Winners

Our main competition this year was the Art of the Title competition. Hundreds of entries were read and processed by the ALLi team, from which ALLi Director, Orna Ross selected a shortlist of ten. From the shortlist, Hannah Jacobson of Book Award Pro selected the grand prize winner, and three runners-up.

Hannah and Orna announced the winners during SelfPubCon23 and some of the winning authors were there to talk about their books and the prizes they'd won.

The Winning Entries

Grand-Prize Winning Entry

A huge congratulations to our joint grand-prize winners, Christine Betts and Jane O'Connell, who won with the following entry:

Real Friends Stab You in the Front. 

Christine and Jane's book is a non-fiction, self-help book about accepting criticism.

Christine and Jane will jointly receive a $7000-value Premium Package providing Book Cover + Hardcover AND Paperback + eBook + Premium Perks, from Gatekeeper Press, three digital ALLi guidebooks, and a Grand Prize Publishing Package consisting of 6 self-publishing services - kindly fulfilled by ALLi partner members.

Find out more about Christine and her books here. 

Find out more about Jane and her books here.

Runner-Up Winning Entries

Big congratulations also go to our three runners-up, who won with the following entries:

More Ketchup Than Salsa by Joe Cawley

Joe's book is a memoir of his time running a café in Spain.

Joe will receive a $5000-value Premium Package providing Book Cover + Hardcover OR Paperback + eBook + Premium Perks, from Gatekeeper Press, three digital ALLi guidebooks, and a self-publishing service of their choice - kindly fulfilled by ALLi partner members.

Find out more about Joe and his books here.

The Graceful Ghost by Eleanor Dixon

Eleanor's book is children's fiction about a ballet-school ghost.

Eleanor will receive a $1500 Illustrated Cover Design service, from Gatekeeper Press, three digital ALLi guidebooks, and a self-publishing service of their choice - kindly fulfilled by ALLi partner members.

Find out more about Eleanor and her books here.

The Spark from Severed Stars by Kristan Julius

Kritsan's book is a poetry book about connection with nature and the cosmos.

Kristan will receive three digital ALLi guidebooks, and a self-publishing service of their choice - kindly fulfilled by ALLi partner members.

Find out more about Kristan and her books here.

Shortlisted Winning Entries

Finally, congratulations to the shortlisted writers, who won with the following entries, and who will each receive a copy of Creative Self-Publishing by Orna Ross.

• The Wrong Kind of You by Josa Keyes - pandemic future fiction
• Concrete Becomes Her by Charlotte Morganti — crime novel, suspect turns detective
• The Gathering of One by Reverend Joie Barry — non-fiction, self-help guide to creating more peace and joy in your life
• When the Bough Breaks by Eric Beaty — serial-killer crime thriller
• Two Floors Above Grief by Kevin O'Connor — memoir of a house and a family’s life
• The Resting Place for Small Sorrows by Toni Cabell — women’s fiction novel about contained family secrets

We'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who entered the Art of the Title Competition and to all the wonderful sponsors and ALLi partner members who donated prizes for our winners!

Giveaway Winners

• Congratulations to Kara Mullane, who has won a Lifetime All-Access Pass to SelfPubCon23 and the entire Self-Publishing Advice Conference archive!
• Congratulations to Lauren Fraser, who has won access to Morgana Best's Authors Selling on Shopify Course (value $999).
• Congratulations to Christina Fennell, who has won a copy of Orna Ross's Creative Planning Workbook for Authors & Poets.
• Congratulations to Meghan J. Dahl, who has won a copy of Joanna Penn's book, The Successful Author Mindset.

Thank you again to everyone who entered, to all who attended SelfPubCon23, and to the wonderful speakers and sponsors without whom we could not provide these fantastic giveaways and prizes.

See you next year!