Squeee! The Awards are Baaaack!
Posted by Mark Alders on Friday, March 19, 2010
Under: news
The Rainbow Awards are back this year! I won second place in the fantasy category last year with "The Pauper's Prize." Am I going to enter this year? You betcha! Here's the run down for those of you who may be considering entering.
Enjoy :-)
From the LiveJournal entry of the Awards host, Elisa Rolle and copied with permission:
To avoid some complaints on how rushed past edition was, I decided to start the process a little earlier ;-) So, the Submission process for the 2010 Rainbow Award starts now, and here are the guidelines (and yes, I fully take inspiration from a famous award, so suggestions are welcomed, but I hope I covered all point):
ELIGIBILITY
- The book must be published between September 2009 and August 2010 (both months included).
- Self-published books are eligible (print on demand publishers, like Lulu.com and Smashwords, are included in the "self-published" umbrella).
- Ebook editions of previously published print books are not eligible. First time print book editions of previously published ebooks are eligible. A book that has been republished by a different publisher after its initial publication is not eligible. A book that was previously self-published by the author, and then republished by a publisher after its initial publication is eligible.
SUBMISSION PROCESS
- Books submitted for consideration will be accepted between March 1 and September 15. Winners will be announced in December.
- A book can be submitted only by its author or by its publisher. Submit a book in the category most appropriate: please indicate Gender, Genre and Length (i.e. Gay / Contemporary Fiction / Novel or Lesbian / Fantasy Fiction / Short Stories Collection).
- Books are submitted in electronic version (PDFs); exceptions will be considered (please contact me). Submitting the ebook, authors/publishers agree for its distribution with the only purpose of being read by the commission (from 3 to 5 judges). Please, even if you know I already have the ebook, submit it again: it's recommended but not mandatory, that the PDF file has some kind of protection, like a specific disclaimer or similar.
- No submission fees required.
CATEGORIES
- A book can be submitted in only one category.
- If a category receives fewer than five (5) submissions, the category will not be active in this awards cycle. The submitted books will be reassigned to another category if appropriate.
- Gender Category: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
- Genre Category: Coming of Age / Young Adult Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Fantasy Fiction; Sci-Fiction/Futuristic Fiction; Historical Fiction; Mystery / Thriller Fiction; Paranormal / Horror Fiction; Non Fiction
- Length Category: Novel (>41,000 Words), Novella (between 18,000 and 41,000 Words) only in Collection (more than 2 collected), Short Stories (<18,000 Words) only in Collection (more than 4 collected)
JURY
- Judges will start to read books in May; reading period will finish in November (included).
- Each judge will read a minimum of 5 books. Authors/Publishers/Editors will not read books in categories where a their own book is submitted.
- Each book will be judge using three different criteria: Setting Development, Characters Development and Writing Style. From 1 to 10 point for each criteria.
- Judges will receive only the ebooks they have to read. (PDF files)
- Judges will have to indicate what categories they are not comfortable to read.
- To be a judge, please contact me; Authors/Publishers/Editors/Reviewers/Readers are welcomed, if I
don't know you (you are not in my friends list, we are not on the same
groups,...), please provide an introduction and some sort of reference
for being eligible to judge a LGBT themed book.
Submissions are open
Candidatures for the Jury are open
Permission to repost granted (and welcomed)
Enjoy :-)
From the LiveJournal entry of the Awards host, Elisa Rolle and copied with permission:
To avoid some complaints on how rushed past edition was, I decided to start the process a little earlier ;-) So, the Submission process for the 2010 Rainbow Award starts now, and here are the guidelines (and yes, I fully take inspiration from a famous award, so suggestions are welcomed, but I hope I covered all point):
ELIGIBILITY
- The book must be published between September 2009 and August 2010 (both months included).
- Self-published books are eligible (print on demand publishers, like Lulu.com and Smashwords, are included in the "self-published" umbrella).
- Ebook editions of previously published print books are not eligible. First time print book editions of previously published ebooks are eligible. A book that has been republished by a different publisher after its initial publication is not eligible. A book that was previously self-published by the author, and then republished by a publisher after its initial publication is eligible.
SUBMISSION PROCESS
- Books submitted for consideration will be accepted between March 1 and September 15. Winners will be announced in December.
- A book can be submitted only by its author or by its publisher. Submit a book in the category most appropriate: please indicate Gender, Genre and Length (i.e. Gay / Contemporary Fiction / Novel or Lesbian / Fantasy Fiction / Short Stories Collection).
- Books are submitted in electronic version (PDFs); exceptions will be considered (please contact me). Submitting the ebook, authors/publishers agree for its distribution with the only purpose of being read by the commission (from 3 to 5 judges). Please, even if you know I already have the ebook, submit it again: it's recommended but not mandatory, that the PDF file has some kind of protection, like a specific disclaimer or similar.
- No submission fees required.
CATEGORIES
- A book can be submitted in only one category.
- If a category receives fewer than five (5) submissions, the category will not be active in this awards cycle. The submitted books will be reassigned to another category if appropriate.
- Gender Category: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender
- Genre Category: Coming of Age / Young Adult Fiction; Contemporary Fiction; Fantasy Fiction; Sci-Fiction/Futuristic Fiction; Historical Fiction; Mystery / Thriller Fiction; Paranormal / Horror Fiction; Non Fiction
- Length Category: Novel (>41,000 Words), Novella (between 18,000 and 41,000 Words) only in Collection (more than 2 collected), Short Stories (<18,000 Words) only in Collection (more than 4 collected)
JURY
- Judges will start to read books in May; reading period will finish in November (included).
- Each judge will read a minimum of 5 books. Authors/Publishers/Editors will not read books in categories where a their own book is submitted.
- Each book will be judge using three different criteria: Setting Development, Characters Development and Writing Style. From 1 to 10 point for each criteria.
- Judges will receive only the ebooks they have to read. (PDF files)
- Judges will have to indicate what categories they are not comfortable to read.
- To be a judge, please contact me; Authors/Publishers/Editors/Reviewers/Rea
Submissions are open
Candidatures for the Jury are open
Permission to repost granted (and welcomed)
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I am Mark Alders, writer, intactivist, post office worker, and all round nice guy...except when someone steals my chocolate! I am a proud Australian, and as such use different spellings and have some weird phrases, too. Hey, perhaps that's why I write some damn weird shit!
I can't change who I am.
So when you read one of my books, enjoy the ride, but please don't say I can't spell. I spell how I damn well feel like it! LOL Naw seriously, I spell like an Aussie...do forgive me because we are a breed unto ourselves. Where else can a place have 11 registered public holidays and no one has any idea what they are for except to have a BBQ and down some beers!
If you do find a genuine error in my work, please let me know so I can speak with my editor...also, as an addition to that, offer chocolates as well. Lots of chocolates.
*hugs*
Mark
