2026 EQUUS Literary and Podcast Contest Entry Form

2026 EQUUS Literary and Podcast Contest Entry Form
Welcome to the EQUUS Film & Arts Fest Literary Contest. Every horse has a story, it’s our mission at the EQUUS Film & Arts Fest to share those stories, through film, podcast, live stream, art, and literature.

Literary Contest Opens: January 1, 2026

Literary Contest Deadline: September 25, 2026

WINNERS to be announced at the 2025 EQUUS Film & Arts Fest Awards Event

Literary Contest Entry Fee: $50 (+ $3 Payment Processor Fee) per literary work or Podcast Episode entered per category (print material, e-books, magazine articles)

The only criterion for each title is that it captures the elements or essence of the horse, the horse industry at large, and/or all that surrounds the horse.

A Literary Contest will be conducted in the EQUUS Film & Arts Fest program. We will be awarding WINNIE Awards and Honorable Mentions for literary works. Select authors will be invited to join in on Literary Discussion Panels. Prominent exposure on the EQUUS FILM & ARTS FEST website and on FaceBook, Twitter, and Pinterest will also be given.

The EQUUS Film & Arts Fest strives to serve the interests and needs of equine filmmakers, artists, podcasters, live streamers, bloggers, and authors, connecting artists with audiences, exhibiting, and promoting new films and filmmaking talent and equine art, nurturing a creative community by facilitating relationships that last well beyond each year’s festival. We curate for quality, not quantity. The EQUUS Film & Arts Fest is held in a world-class destination. If your work is selected, we would like for you to attend and present your work to the horse lovers who live in and/or are visiting. And YOU can expect first-rate hospitality, appreciative audiences, networking events, awards, and the opportunity to explore the most celebrated city in the country.

The 2026 EQUUS FIlm & Arts Fest will be hosted in the lovely town of Midway, Kentucky. We wil be "Moving to Midway", please join us November 19-22, 2026.

WINNIE Award Winners not present at the year-end event to collect their Awards can have them shipped.
In the Continental USA - $35
Outside USA - $65 -(Fee can be greater if in Australia or Europe)

You will also need to film (on your iphone is ok) a 2 - 5 minute introduction of yourself and an introduction to your book.

Phone held sideways presents the best Video for our format.

This will be put together in our Author & Podcaster introductions!

This file can be sent via: https://wetransfer.com/

Please send to:

Lisa Diersen lisa@equusfilmfestival.net
Submitter Name

Last NameFirst Name
Book or Literary Work Title
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Email
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Have you been an Author or Podcaster in the EQUUS Film & Arts Fest?*

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If your answer to the above is yes, what year(s) did you participate?
Which category best describes your category ? Select multiple if needed.* (We will create Categories as needed to embrace new technologies and formats.) Please enter in the Other Category if you are unsure.

Equine Fiction – English or WesternEquine Non-fiction – English or WesternEquine ChildrenEquine Short stories – English or WesternEquine Photography collection – English or WesternEquine Screenplay – English or WesternEquine E-Book – English or WesternEQUINE PODCAST or Blog – English or Western, MustangWild Horse PhotographyWild Horse Story – Fiction or Non-FictionEqine Study or Reasearch PaperEquine PoetryEquine Illustration Collection – English or WesternEquine Magazine Article – English or WesternEquine Information ProjectOther
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Please provide a brief description of your Literary Work or Podcast*
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BOOKS SUPPLIED: 4 copies of EACH title in total submitted MUST be provided to the EQUUS Film Fest, LLC.

(Large Coffee Table type books only require 1 copy to the office and 1 copy to Julianne Neal - If you attend the festival you will be asked to bring an additional book for their Library)

3 copies will be sent to:

EQUUS Film Fest, LLC, Attn: Julie Martin

5N334 Foxmoor Drive

Saint Charles, IL, 60175

1 copy of the entry will be sent to Podcast interviewer:

Julianne Neal

455 Thorntree Lane

Ridgeway, South Carolina, 29130
All information by EQUUS Film & Arts Fest, whether publicly posted or not, is subject to change without prior notice. All decisions will be made by the EQUUS Film & Arts Fest and all EQUUS FILM & ARTS FEST decisions are final.
I, the undersigned as an equine exhibitor and participant, hereby release and agree to hold harmless EQUUS Film Fest, LLC, its officers, directors, and employees from any damage to my property or any personal injury which I or my help may sustain while participating at the EQUUS Film & Arts Fest | Wild Horse Summit Events. Further, I agree to abide by the guidelines for participation in the Exhibitor Policies established by EQUUS Film & Arts Fest | WIld Horse Summit Program Committee. I agree that failure to follow these guidelines can mean expulsion from future EQUUS Film & Arts Fest | Wild Horse Summit events.
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