What Are The Swoony Awards?
The Swoony Awards are a reader’s choice award recognizing excellence in clean secular fiction. It is hosted by The Happily Ever After Book Club. We wanted a way to show our appreciation to these awesome authors who write the kind of books that we love. It’s also a great way to find new books and a good go-to when looking for something fun to read.
What Are The Eligibility Requirements For The Swoonys?
-ONLY books PUBLISHED December 1, 2014 – November 30, 2015 are eligible.
-Intimacy: No sex or closed door/fade-to-black, no/low innuendo, nothing crude or crass
-Language: None/mild (No F words or other explicit language) nothing overly crude
-Violence: Mild/low
-Religious: No Christian/Inspirational themed novels.
-Page Count: Novellas or Novels only, 100 pages or higher, no short stories this year
-Age: Only Young Adult, New Adult and Adult, NO children’s or middle grade
-Mood: Since the Swoonys are sponsored by the Happily Every Book Group, we are looking for books with HEAs. Uplifting, lighthearted and feel good books preferred. Some drama is okay, but not downers or overly depressing stories.
Note To Authors:
If you’ve written a book that matches the above criteria fill free to nominate it for a Swoony. And of course make sure you vote for it! Don’t be afraid to promote the award or to let your fans know your book has been nominated and needs votes. We are doing some promoting, but sometimes a newsletter, Facebook, Twitter or blog post directly from the author is the best way to let your fan base know your book has been nominated.
Note Tor Readers:
If you’ve read a book this year that you think is awesome…VOTE! This is a great way to let authors know you appreciate all their hard work. You can vote for up to 100 books on the list. We’ve also learned that the order you rank the books you vote on does affect the overall score of the book. So take a minute and make sure you have your books in the order you want them. Invite your friends to vote! Voting ends December 31, 2015.
Where Do You Go To Vote?
You can head on over to our Goodreads Page for the Swoony Awards by clicking here.
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Since we are more than half way through 2015 I thought that I would do a post on which books I have read that are eligible for a Swoony Award! If you have read any of these and loved them then please, please, please make sure you vote!
There are so many more books that I want to read this year and I am trying really, really hard to make it happen! I just HAVE to read and vote for them!! And I encourage you all to do the same!! Let's see if we can make the 2015 Swoony Awards just as successful as 2014!!
Yay! Thanks for getting the word out. There have been a lot of great books written this year.
ReplyDeleteYou are very welcome! I really need to read more from the list! There are just SO many amazing books this year! I have 5 1/2 months to go!! Lol.
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