So sometime around February (4 months after the book was released) I came upon some information which lead me to believe I should have been entering award competitions from the start. There are many different types of competitions. Some are suitable for books published by larger publising houses (Caldecott, Newberry, etc) and there are competitions for smaller Indie published books (Indie Awards, Moonbeam, IPPY etc). There are even awards for best book trailers or best cover