TAE 2018 – Prizes
Congratulations to all Platinum and Diamond Pass Members!
You could win any of the $130,000+ in prizes in our Annual Writing Contest…
Which prize do you want to win?
Consideration for a Traditional Publishing Contract with New World Library (Publisher of Eckhart Tolle’s “Power of Now”)
Prize Sponsor: Marc Allen, New World Library
Value: $35,000
Ten winners of the Transformational Author Writing Contest will have their book proposal personally delivered to Marc Allen, the President and Publisher of New World Library. Marc will review the proposals for publishing consideration. If he finds a potential FIT for the New World Library catalog, the author will be put in direct contact with Marc for further discussion.
NOTE: Anyone who wins this prize also receives a $2500 ticket to attend a 4-day Transformational Writing Retreat in Pennsylvania with Christine Kloser – so if you don’t get a publishing contract with New World Library, you’ll still be one big step closer to turning your book goals into reality.
The Transformational Author Mastery Package
Prize Sponsor: Christine Kloser Companies LLC & Capucia LLC
Value: $30,000
One winner will receive a twelve-month membership in the My Time to Write group mentoring program, which includes an all-inclusive 6-night beachfront writing retreat in the Bahamas, four additional writing retreats in the United States, as well as lifetime access to Christine’s award-wining Get Your Book Done writing program, group coaching, bi-monthly virtual writing retreats, the most amazing author community on the planet, and more! Plus, once your manuscript is written you’ll receive a full publishing package with Christine Kloser’s Capucia LLC that includes professional editing, custom cover and interior design, print and digital publication, monthly publishing masterminds, world-wide online distribution and more!
Done For You Publishing with Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Press
Prize Sponsor: Jesse Krieger
Value: $30,000
One winner will have the award-winning publishing team at Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Press guide their manuscript to completion, then publish and release their book everywhere books are sold! This is a full-service concierge publishing and business development package valued at $30,000 that includes a Publishing Agreement with Lifestyle Entrepreneurs Press.
My Time to Write – Group Mentoring Program
Prize Sponsor: Christine Kloser Companies LLC
Value: $15,000
One winner will receive a twelve-month membership in the My Time to Write group mentoring program, which includes an all-inclusive 6-night beachfront writing retreat in the Bahamas, four additional writing retreats in the United States, as well as lifetime access to Christine’s award-wining Get Your Book Done writing program, group coaching, bi-monthly virtual writing retreats, the most amazing author community on the planet, and more!
Centre Stage Online VIP Experience
Prize Sponsor: Chantelle Adams
Value: $3,497
Imagine getting paid top dollar to share your story, get book deals, be seen as the go-to expert in your area of expertise, get high-profile media, create a massive following of raving fans, sell out your coaching programs and make a huge difference in the lives of thousands. All this juicy goodness comes from showing up and getting your brave on while speaking on live and virtual stages. Through the 10 week, Centre Stage online experience, Chantelle is going to help one winner find their voice and get crystal clear on their message, their why, their brand and their signature system—all while giving them the confidence, clarity and know-how of writing and delivering a viral-worthy speech that will captivate their audience and turn them into raving fans. This program provides hands-on support with personalized feedback, prizes, accountability and the best community ever!
Financial Alchemy Academy
Prize Sponsor: Morgana Rae
Value: $2,791
One winner will receive Morgana’s Financial Alchemy Academy Money Magnet Rapid Transformation Breakthrough 90-Day Program. In the Academy, you’ll discover proven ways to eradicate your Money Monster for good, establish your NEW relationship with money… your “money honey.” Plus, destroy unconscious decisions that have limited your success, and install WINNING STRATEGIES for love, money, health, and happiness. And improve your relationships, resolve negative emotional issues quickly and easily… and create a compelling, desirable future as an author that naturally PULLS you forward.
Rent Wendy’s Brain – Literary Agent Consultation
Prize Sponsor: Wendy Keller
Value: $500
Talking to Wendy one-on-one is an investment that has paid off for dozens of authors. The best comment comes from a speaker and now-published author in the UK who wrote, “Talking to you for an hour shaved years off my learning curve!” Imagine what can happen for you if you received guidance from one of the nation’s most respected and successful literary agent. One winner will have the opportunity to do exactly that!
Literary Agent Strategy Session
Prize Sponsor: Bill Gladstone
Value: $500
One winner will have the opportunity to talk one-on-one with literary agent, Bill Gladstone, during a private strategy session about their book. Bill has personally placed 5,000 titles with dozens of publishers and represents authors like Eckhart Tolle, Dr. Barbara DeAngelis, and Neale Donald Walsch.
Success Accelerator for Authors
Prize Sponsor: Wendy Keller
Value: $497
Building a platform, before your book is published (or even self-published) is the SINGLE MOST important secret to your success as an author. Starting today, you CAN build an extraordinary platform for your book; create a maximum difference in your own life and the lives of every one of your future readers. This prize offers one winner access to literary agent, Wendy Keller’s Success Accelerator Home Study program where they’ll be guided step-by-step on how to build their author platform.
Launch Academy Membership
Prize Sponsor: Chris Kyle
Value: $1,997
One winner will receive a 4-month LIVE online training program that teaches participants everything they need to know (and do) to create a ‘best-of-class’, transformative and lucrative online course. It doesn’t matter if you’ve already written your book, or you haven’t written a word yet… creating and selling a successful online course is a must for any author who wants to generate a great income while also impacting a lot of lives. Launch Academy teaches the step-by-step proven process to successful course creation!
Podcast Publicity Strategy Session
Prize Sponsor: Nicole Holland
Value: $1,000
Don’t wait until the last minute to get those vital podcast interviews for your book launch! Podcast guesting is one of the most effective ways to connect with your prospective readers and clients which is why it’s extremely important that you have a plan to do it right! In this private 1:1 session, one winner we’ll explore how to find the podcasts that their ideal readers are already listening to and how to approach the hosts of those shows as their perfect guest. We’ll look at the author’s timeline and identify the most effective strategy for their Podcast Publicity efforts. This winner will walk away with a custom plan to employ themselves, or to pass on to their team for execution.
Online Business Coaching Strategy Session
Prize Sponsor: Primoz Bozic
Value: $1,000
One winner will receive a 60-minute private coaching session with online marketing experts, Primoz Bozic focused on monetizing the author’s expertise. During this session Primoz will open his vault of wisdom, information and inspiration to help you make the next leap with your online business. That leap may be just getting online and creating your first six-figures as an author, or it may be a leap from six to seven-figures and repeated best-seller success. Whatever it is, the winner will walk away with new found clarity and confidence, and an action plan to grow their income and impact.
Your Spotlight Talk
Prize Sponsor: Alexia Vernon
Value: $750
One winner will receive access to Your Spotlight Talk, a first-of-its-kind digital training program for entrepreneurs, authors, business and thought leaders who hunger to harness the TED speaking style to move an audience to take big, bold action. Find your “idea worth spreading” and discover how to create, refine, pitch, book and perform your one-of-a-kind talk.
Enhanced LibraryBub Feature + Foreign Rights Pitch
Prize Sponsor: Alinka Rutkowska
Value: $500
One winner will receive promotion of their book in the LibraryBub newsletter which connects indie authors with 10,000+ librarians and 40+ foreign rights agents. The winner will also have the opportunity to pitch their book directly to the foreign rights agent working with LibraryBub. Just imagine what it could be like to see your book published in multiple languages. This prize opens that possibility for you. The winner is guaranteed the most prominent position possible for their book in the promotion.
Course Creating Strategy Session
Prize Sponsor: Chris Kyle
Value: $500
One winner will receive a powerful one hour Course Creation Strategy Session with Chris Kyle, founder of Launch Academy. Be prepared to brainstorm, create, and plan the best strategies and next steps to grow your book-based business exponentially using online programs. And discover how big of a difference creating online course can make in your business, your life, for your clients and the world!
The Bestseller Journey Simplified
Prize Sponsor: Derek Doepker
Value: $497
One winner will receive Derek’s Bestseller Journey Simplified in which they’ll learn how to generate more book sales on autopilot using Amazon ads. If you’ve never considered Amazon ads, don’t know what they are, or have tried them in the past without much success, this prize will set you on a course to maximize sales and profits on the largest author platform on the planet.
eBook Best-Seller Bootcamp interactive course
Prize Sponsor: Geoff Affleck
Value: $497
One winner will receive the eBook Bestseller Bootcamp – a comprehensive interactive online training program that shows you exactly how to write, publish and launch your first non-fiction eBook. It’s been developed specifically for messengers, teachers, entrepreneurs, speakers and experts who currently have expertise or life experiences in the genres of self-help, spirituality, health, relationships, success, money, business or ‘how-to’ that they want to share with the world. Geoff guides you through his 7 P’s eBook Bestseller Blueprint so you can publish a book that helps people transform their lives and provides you with a credible base for making a living doing what you love.
The Fan Base Formula for Authors
Prize Sponsor: Adam Houge
Value: $497
One winner will receive access to The Fan Base Formula for Authors. In this easy to follow training program Adam shows authors step-by-step the exact system he used to build a six figure per year royalty income from writing and self-publishing books.
What he teaches is both an ethical and powerful way to create a base of raving fans who eagerly await what you have to offer.
Akashic Record Consultation
Prize Sponsor: Lisa Barnett
Value: $344
One winner will receive a Personal Akashic Record Consultation to help them overcome any blocks to writing, publishing or promoting their transformational book. The winner will receive information about their soul’s purpose, how to navigate difficult situations that get in the way of their book’s success, and clarity on the most powerful next steps to take for their book.
Self-Publishing Success Secrets
Prize Sponsor: Tamara Monosoff
Value: $297
One winner will receive access to Self Publishing Success Secrets. A powerful course by best-selling author Tamara Monosoff who shares Step-by-Step how to self-publish your book! In this program you’ll discover exactly how-to upload your book to CreateSpace/Amazon, how to set pricing, and distribution, how to upload your Kindle book to Kindle Direct Publishing, how to select the best categories for your Print and Kindle books (Hint: they are NOT the same). Plus, how to set up a book giveaways or promotions for your Kindle book.
A Year’s Membership of The Author Training Academy
Prize Sponsor: The Author Incubator
Value: $4764
One winner will receive a twelve-month subscription to The Author Training Academy – The Author Incubator’s vital training resource for all published non-fiction authors. Beginning with instant access to 3 training courses, you’ll learn immediately how to create a full client practice and multi-six figure income with the help of your book, how to make money as an author on the speaker circuit, and how to manage your author business finances so you have the money you need to fund your movement. Every month a new course is added to the Academy, each tailored especially to help published authors acquire the skills they need to make a huge difference with their book.
Marketing Mastermind with Jill Lublin
Prize Sponsor: Jill Lublin
Value: $297
This is the perfect opportunity to get re-aligned, and take what you’re doing to the next level. Thousands of businesses, entrepreneurs, consultants, authors, speakers, and coaches have utilized Jill’s skills, participated in her trainings and have seen her speak – both in the US and internationally. She helps people grow their business and gain credibility and exposure. This helps you gain prospects and more profits.
Crash Course in Publicity
Prize Sponsor: Jill Lublin
Value: $1297
Jill has taught thousands of entrepreneurs, authors and small business owners how to harness the power of publicity to skyrocket their businesses. And she can show you how to do it, too. Here are just a few gems that one winner will receive at her Crash Course in Publicity: 1) craft a riveting message that lets others know what you do and why you’re the perfect person to serve their audience; 2) uncover your “Oooooo, Ahhhhhh!” factor and find what sets you apart from the crowd; 3) Stay relevant and at “top of mind awareness” by tying your message to breaking news; 4) pass the all-important “Who cares?” test by showcasing your expertise in a way that commands attention, and more!
The Author Co-Op Membership
Prize Sponsor: Christopher Van Buren
Value: $1200
The Author CO-OP is a list-building platform designed for Transformational Authors with 500 to 20,000 in their email database. It’s a network of free gift offers that instantly builds your database through targeted promotions to the Personal Development audience and it provides an easy, low-cost way to leverage your database and partner contacts even further. Author CO-OP members have received thousands of optins to their free gift offers and helped launch their own Joint Venture marketing programs, regardless of the size of their lists.
12-Month Speakertunity(™) Subscription
Prize Sponsor: Jackie Lapin
Value: $360
One winner will receive a year-long subscription to Speakertunity™ Speaker Leads, the exclusive, inside scoop on direct contacts to secure your own transformational speaking opportunities all over the United States and Canada to promote your book! Twice every month, you’ll receive information about venues, events and organizations that are looking for people like you—with names, emails, phone numbers and websites! You get more than 120 leads per month! Plus a private Facebook Group with HOT timely “calls for speakers,” too!
Bye-Bio Boring Bio + Private Bio Makeover Session
Prize Sponsor: Nancy Juetten
Value: $497
3 winners will receive a digital copy of the popular Bye-Bye Boring Bio Workbook, 147 powerful ways to boost their business and profit from the power of publicity, and five audio masterclasses to guide them to boost their credibility, visibility, and profitability as experts and authors who change the world. Each winner ALSO gets to meet privately with Nancy Juetten to transform her/his best effort bio draft from lackluster to blockbuster, while reinforcing what makes each author special, distinct, and preferred.