Author Submission Form – Books By the Banks

The form below is your submission to participate in the 2025 Books by the Banks Festival. Please fill out all required fields. Submissions must be received by August 15, 2025.

Before completing the form, carefully read the Submission Guidelines.

Note that we will ask for a headshot, as well as an image of your book’s cover. We accept images up to 10MB and of the following formats: GIF, JPG/JPEG and PNG. If you have trouble uploading your images, please contact authors@booksbythebanks.org.

Author Information

Author First Name*

Author Last Name*

Email Address*

Author Phone *

Author Website

Author Bio*

Please limit to no more than 600 characters

Have you participated in Books By the Banks before?*

Yes

What Year?

Are you willing to participate on a Panel Session?*

Some authors will be invited to participate in panel discussions or present author spotlight sessions. If selected, are you willing to participate? Please note: Willingness to participate does not guarantee selection for a panel or author spotlight session.

Yes

Co-Author First Name

Co-Author Last Name

Co-authors are encouraged to submit their own submission form in order to be considered for the festival.

Publicist Name

Publicist Email

Publicist Phone

If Other, Please specify:

Which neighborhood?

Book Information

Book Title*

Publication Date*

Publisher*

ISBN*

Please submit a review copy of your book. You can mail a physical copy of your book to the following address: Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library, ATTN: Books by the Banks Author Team, 1130 Findlay Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45214. We are also able to accept digital review copies. Please submit a NetGalley, Edelweiss or other link to a digital copy below.

Link to Digital Copy of Book

Audience*

Adult

Teen

Children

Please Choose a Genre*

Other Genre

Backlist Titles

Please Note: In most cases, Books by the Banks will only carry an author’s newest title at the festival. In some cases we will carry backlist titles for selected authors. Decisions on which titles to carry are made by the festival bookseller and are not subject to review.

Images

Upload Book Cover*

Please upload an image of your book cover. Images cannot be more than 10MB.

Upload Author Headshot *

Please upload a current headshot. Photos must be JPG, GIF or PNG only.

This field should be left blank

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