A Contest & maybe a little madness...
Help choose the #1 Middle Grade Book and enter a chance to win a copy of all participating books. That's 32 bits of Book Mail.
Since March is Middle Grade Month AND NCAA March Madness, BookWorthy is hosting a Middle Grade Madness Championship.
The goal is to raise awareness about clean, wholesome books for ages 8-12.
BookWorthy is inviting 32 Middle-Grade Authors to participate in an NCAA Championship-style competition. This is purely a reader's choice competition, as well as an opportunity for authors and readers to connect through March.
The Author winner of the Championship will receive an Author Care Kit, plus a jpeg for their website.
But One participant will receive a prize of 32 Middle Grade Books.
How do readers join in?
VOTE!
Each round of the competition will have a voting form, each round of voting places you in the drawing for the 32 Book Reader Prize. This will be announced after the Finals on April 3rd.
Details:
- For the 2026 competition, the contestants were chosen by invitation from BookWorthy Podcast
- Books are intended for ages 8-12 (Middle Grade Category)
- Books don't conflict with BookWorthy's Statement of Beliefs
- Be aware, this is a people's choice award, not a literary award. The more followers participate the better chance of moving forward in the competition.
For the Readers Award
- For each round, you submit ONE Google Form with vote on that week's Book Match-Ups.
- Multiple votes from the same email address will be deleted.
- Each vote is an entry into the random drawing- The more rounds you vote, the more chances to win.
- There are six opportunities to put your name in the drawing
- You must be 18 or older. US and international entrants are welcome
- If there is an international Reader Award winner, this may delay the arrival of your prize based on international shipping rates and timing
- BookWorthy is not responsible for packages lost by a shipping service.
- The Initial ranking is random and bears no weight in the Book match-ups