Readers! We want to hear from you
Final Voting begins June 16th
Nominate your favorite reads from the previous calendar year for the Realm Makers Readers’ Choice Award! Formerly known as the Alliance Award, the Realm Award: Readers’ Choice will celebrate the best speculative fiction novel published in the previous calendar year.
- Between May 1-15, we’re taking nominations, so enter your three (3) favorites.
- That’s three DIFFERENT books, folks. Not the same book three times…
- And don’t try to game the system by nominating books under different names or email addresses. We appreciate your fervor, but that’s a good way to get your nominations disqualified!
- Fill out one form per book you wish to nominate.
VOTING FOR FINALISTS: Vote May 29 – June 12
Vote from our list of nominated books (our semifinalists). The five books with the most votes will become Readers’ Choice finalists. Here’s what you need to know:
- Anyone can vote.
- You can only vote once. Multiple entries will be disqualified. Please don’t try to game the system by using multiple names and email addresses so you can vote more than once. While we appreciate your zeal for your favorite books, if we suspect you’re trying to cheat, those votes will be disqualified.
- You can only vote for books you’ve actually read.
- Tell us your TOP 5 favorites from the list.
- Be thoughtful. The authors deserve that.
VOTING FOR THE WINNER: June 16-June 30
Vote from our list of finalists. Choose a maximum of your top 3 favorites. All other rules from the previous round apply.
The book with the most votes will become our Readers’ Choice Award Winner. Winners are announced at the Realm Makers Conference Awards Banquet in July.
Contest Rules
To qualify for the Readers’ Choice Award, books must be:
- Published in the previous calendar year (2023)
- Be written by a Christian author (if you’re unsure, do not nominate their book)
- Be the first publication of the title (no reprints, subsequent editions, books revived under a new publisher, etc.)
- Be novel length: no short stories, novellas, anthologies/compilations of fiction previously offered in a serial format
- Fall under a speculative genre such as science fiction, fantasy, supernatural/paranormal, steampunk, alternate history, etc.
- Contain no erotica
ONLY READERS may nominate books, no self-nominations or nominations from anyone involved in the book’s production (editors, illustrators, publishing house representatives etc.)
AUTHORS: please don’t offer any compensation or incentive to readers for nominating or voting. This includes prize drawings or swag in exchange for proof of participation. We welcome you to connect with your readers to make them aware of the contest, but please limit these communications to awareness campaigns only