Down To The Wire on Nominations!

The Fantasm Awards are open to all sub-genres of Sci Fi, Fantasy and Paranormal Romance Fiction. Here are the category breakdowns:

Best Vampire Romance
Best Werewolf Romance
Best Shapeshifter (non-wolf) Romance
Best Psychic Romance
Best Demonic Romance
Best Overall Paranormal Romance
Best Epic Fantasy Romance
Best Urban Fantasy Romance
Best Faerie Tale Romance
Best Overall Fantasy Romance
Best Post-Apocalyptic Romance
Best Futuristic Romance
Best Space Opera Romance
Best Overall Sci Fi Romance

To Nominate: Simply copy this list, fill in your favorite books of 2007 with Title AND Author, then mail your nominations to: ctmrrsn@yahoo.com

Nominations close at midnight on New Year's Eve, so don't delay! Finalists will be announced in January and voting will begin shortly thereafter. Watch for more information here and good luck!

-- Cat

2008 Fantasm Awards

Now Accepting Nominations!

Nominate your favorite authors and books for the 2008 Fantasm Awards to be given out early next year! You have until December 31st to nominate your favorites. We'll be tallying all the nominations and announcing the Finalists at the end of January, with voting to commence on February 1st and close on March 31, 2008. Winners will be announced at the beginning of April. We'll be posting periodic updates on our BLOG this year, so check there for the latest information.

What We're All About

This is not your typical awards site. These awards are geared specifically toward the sub-genres of romance fiction that seem to get lumped together by the bigger award sites. You know what we're talking about -- speculative fiction -- science fiction, fantasy, paranormal and all the sub-categories. They aren't all considered the same here. We know they are very different. So instead, we have categories like "Best Werewolf Romance" and "Best Post-Apocalyptic Romance." You can even suggest new categories if you think we've missed one.

Rules

1. The stories MUST be romance in one of our listed sub-genres with a Happily Ever After (HEA) ending. Sweet or erotic is all right, but it must be romance at heart.
   
2. To be eligible, books must have been published between 1/1/07 and 12/31/07 by a legitimate electronic or print publisher. (Self-published works are not eligible.)
   
3. Nominations are open until 12/31/07 and anyone can nominate. (Yes, authors, you can nominate yourself, if you wish.)
   
4. We will narrow down the list of nominations to a group of Finalists in each category and then voting will commence.
   
5. Please read the category descriptions carefully.
   

Category Descriptions

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Please Note

• There is no cost to participate in this award process. We're doing this for fun and to help spread the word about some great romance books and authors.
  
• The only things authors gain from winning are bragging rights and a little logo to put on their site.
  
• If you want to help spread the word, snag a logo and link back to this site. We'll thank you for it with a place on our links page. Just let us know when the link is up and how you'd like us to link back. (Further instructions on the links page.)
  
• The folks running this thing accept no liability whatsoever. We're all grown-ups here and this is designed to be fun.

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2007 Winners!

Without further ado... the Winners!

Best Vampire Romance
Primal Heat - Susan Sizemore

Best Werewolf Romance
Master of Wolves - Angela Knight

Best Shapeshifter (non-wolf) Romance
Beyond the Vision of Dreams - Stella and Audra Price

Best Psychic Romance
Conspiracy Game - Christine Feehan

Best Demonic Romance
IT'S A TIE!
Jacob - Jacquelyn Frank
AND
Surviving Demon Island - Jaci Burton

Best Overall Paranormal Romance
Lords of the Were - Bianca D'Arc

Best Epic Fantasy Romance
Ladies of the Lair - Bianca D'Arc

Best Urban Fantasy Romance
Dangerous Tides - Christine Feehan

Best Faerie Tale Romance
She’s No Faerie Princess - Christine Warren

Best Overall Fantasy Romance
The Ice Dragon (Dragon Knights) - Bianca D'Arc

Best Post-Apocalyptic Romance
IT'S A TIE!
Lords of Ch'i - Ciar Cullen
AND
Dangerous Games - Charlene Teglia

Best Futuristic Romance
IT'S A TIE!
Sloan's Heart (Federation Chronicles) - Arianna Hart
AND
Phantom of the Wind (Windverse) - Charlotte Boyett-Compo

Best Space Opera Romance
Sheala (Celestial Passions) - Judy Mays

Best Overall Sci Fi Romance
Ezekiel (Sons of Amber) - Bianca D'Arc

What We Learned:

We learned a few things from this. First, people seldom follow instructions. LOL! If you're wondering about how we got the numbers, you'll have to understand first that many people didn't vote for every category. In fact, most ballots were incomplete, so the number of votes in each category is inconsistent. We also were sorry that apparently a few people missed the nominating rounds and wanted to try to write in candidates. We took note of these, but since they only received 1 vote each - the person who wrote them in - it wasn't worth reporting. Next year, those folks will just have to remember to nominate early! In fact, we're planning to open up nominations for next year in late December 2007, so check back for more information on that later in the year.

We also learned we have to make the nominating, voting, and counting process easier. A large part of the reason folks didn't follow directions was the confusion surrounding how to create and mail the ballots. We're looking into ways to make this process easier, so again, check back for next year's information later this year. We hope to have things more streamlined for next year's awards. Thanks to everyone who participated and made our first year such a great success! There were definitely more than a few speed bumps along the way, but we got through it and we're very proud of the results. We hope you are too.


Winners!

Winners are entitled to snag any of the graphics below for their websites and mailings. They get bragging rights, good will, and the love of the masses for winning our first ever Fantasm Awards. Congratulations!

2007 Winner Graphics to Snag!

Congratulations to the Winners! Please right click on the graphics below to save to your computer, then use them in your mailings, on your blog, website or wherever. If you want to link back, please link back to this new site - http://fantasmawards.blogspot.com/ - and thanks!

2007 Finalists

Congratulations to the Finalists! They get bragging rights, good will, and the love of the masses for being nominated to the Finalist position.



Best Vampire Romance
Primal Heat - Susan Sizemore
Midnight Sun - Rene Lyons
Don't Spank the Vamp - CJ England
Rare Vintage - Bianca D'Arc

Best Werewolf Romance
Seeing Eye Mate - Annmarie McKenna
Enforcer (Cascadia Wolves) - Lauren Dane
Master of Wolves - Angela Knight
Beaneath a Rising Moon - Keri Arthur

Best Shapeshifter (non-wolf) Romance
Peeping Tom (Middlemarch Mates) - Shelley Munro
Fever - Christine Feehan
Beyond the Vision of Dreams - Stella and Audra Price
The Ice Dragon (Dragon Knights) - Bianca D'Arc

Best Psychic Romance
Conspiracy Game - Christine Feehan
Indigo Winds - Brenda Williamson
Invisible Touch (Shrink Wrap) - Summer Devon

Best Demonic Romance
Jacob - Jacquelyn Frank
Sugar and Sin - Stella and Audra Price
Surviving Demon Island – Jaci Burton

Best Overall Paranormal Romance
Enforcer (Cascadia Wolves) - Lauren Dane
Hunting Diana - Doreen Orsini
Wolverton Blood - Brenda Williamson
Lords of the Were - Bianca D'Arc

Best Epic Fantasy Romance
Through Shattered Light - Tielle St Clare
Captive Stallion (Horsemen) - Kate Hill
Ladies of the Lair - Bianca D'Arc
Nuermar's Last Witch - AE Rought

Best Urban Fantasy Romance
The Witch Stone - Brenda Williamson
Frosty...The Real Man - CJ England
Dangerous Tides - Christine Feehan
Sugar and Sin - Stella and Audra Price

Best Faerie Tale Romance
The Soulmates (The Mylari Chronicles) - CJ England
She’s No Faerie Princess – Christine Warren
Violet Among The Roses (Divine Interventions) - Cricket Starr

Best Overall Fantasy Romance
She’s No Faerie Princess – Christine Warren
A Circle of Crows - Brynn Chapman
Dangerous Tides - Christine Feehan
The Ice Dragon (Dragon Knights) - Bianca D'Arc

Best Post-Apocalyptic Romance
Love's Alchemy - Ciar Cullen
Lords of Ch'i - Ciar Cullen
Dangerous Games - Charlene Teglia
The Claiming (Outlaw Lovers) - Jan Springer

Best Futuristic Romance
Love Partner - Robbie Madison
Reaching Back - Dawn Ryder
Phantom of the Wind (Windverse) - Charlotte Boyett-Compo
Sloan's Heart (Federation Chronicles) - Arianna Hart

Best Space Opera Romance
Ezekiel (Sons of Amber) - Bianca D'Arc
Flames of Arousal (Xylon Warriors) - Ruth D. Kerce
Sheala (Celestial Passions) - Judy Mays
Rio (Tales of the Shareem) - Allyson James

Best Overall Sci Fi Romance
Ravenstar's Bride - Jennifer Colgan
Rio (Tales of the Shareem) - Allyson James
Ezekiel (Sons of Amber) - Bianca D'Arc
Love Partner - Robbie Madison

2007 Finalist Graphics to Snag

Finalists are entitled to snag any of the graphics below for their websites, blogs, mailings, etc. If you'd like to link back, link to this new site - http://fantasmawards.blogspot.com/ - and thanks!

Fantasm Awards Graphics to Snag

If you want to help publicize this new award, please feel free to snag one of the graphics below by right-clicking and saving to your computer, then using it on your blog, website or wherever. Please link back to our new host site - http://fantasmawards.blogspot.com/ - and thanks!

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Thanks!

Shifting to a New Host

Due to the limitations of our former provider, we're moving the Fantasm Awards to Blogger. I look forward to being able to update more easily here and not have any "over limit" downtimes. (Very frustrating.) Welcome to the new site!