Coming soon: Best Maine Books contest

We are conducting a survey to find the 100 best books in State of Maine history. We would like your help to create the list. What we ask is that you name your top five books. The books can be in any genre and you do not need to rank them. Please complete and return the Nominating Ballot to: Islandport Press, P.O. Box 10, Yarmouth, Maine 04096. You can also e-mail your list to bestmainebook@islandportpress.com.

From the list of books nominated and a review by our panel, we will create a ballot of the top books. Public voting for the final rankings will begin this fall. The ballot will be available at this web site.

Here are the basic rules

1. Book must be set in Maine or Maine must play a major role or be the dominating theme of the book.

2. Author does not need to be a Maine native. 

3. If the book is written by a Maine author, but is not set in Maine, the book is not eligible. 

4. Book must have been written after 1820. 

5. Can be any genre. 

6. Islandport Press is the final judge of determining whether book is a Maine book. 

7. You do not need to rank your five books.

Note: The ballot is a PDF file. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat or another PDF reader, you can download it for free here.