Nominations for 2017 Rose & Bay Award: Fiction

[ysabetwordsmith]

Nominations are now CLOSED. Vote here.

Nominations are now OPEN for the Fiction category of the Rose & Bay Award. This award honors excellence in creative crowdfunding, and this category recognizes exceptional storytellers. Everyone is encouraged to make nominations and, later, to vote. Icons and banners are available to help spread the word.

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[rosefox]

Project Title: Fireside Fiction
Creator Name: Brian White
Link: http://www.firesidefiction.com/
Category: Fiction.
Summary: Fireside just finished its fourth year as a bold and groundbreaking publisher of short science fiction and fantasy stories.

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Second of three nominations in this category, going strong!

[rosefox]

Project Title: FIYAH Magazine of Black Speculative Fiction
Creator Name: Justina Ireland, Troy L. Wiggins, et al.
Link: http://www.fiyahlitmag.com/
Category: Fiction.
Summary: FIYAH is a brand new magazine publishing speculative fiction stories, poetry, and essays by black writers. Its first issue is spectacular and promises more great work to come.

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Third of three nominations here, all done!

And I must go pimp this to my audience, they'll love it.

Nomination

[cflute]

Project Title: Pulling Threads and Paper Mountains
Creator Name: Dialecticdreamer
Link: http://dialecticdreamer.dreamwidth.org/256143.html
Category: Fiction
Summary: A social worker's job is never done. When Heidi spots a young man trudging along the highway, she takes a closer look, stops to offer help, then gives him a ride to a safe place in a small town, where friends of hers offer physical refuge - and much more.

Re: Nomination

[ysabetwordsmith]

Thank you! This is your second nomination in this category, so you've got one left.

Nomination

[cflute]

Project Title: Courting Justice
Creator Name: Dialecticdreamer
Link (to 2nd part): http://dialecticdreamer.dreamwidth.org/229780.html
Category: Fiction
Summary: A discerning judge sees through the storm of b**ls**t flung by the high school principal and his lawyer, and expresses her opinion of said principal's actions with scathing eloquence.

Re: Nomination

[ysabetwordsmith]

Thank you! Nomination 1 of 3 in this category.

Om nom nom (nomination #3)

[cflute]

Project Title: Alchemy of Spirit
Creator Name: Dialecticdreamer
Link (to 3rd part): http://dialecticdreamer.dreamwidth.org/201143.html
Category: Fiction
Summary: Haruko McCoy spends a day creating a diorama as a way of bringing recent events into focus. This story is rich in detail and multi-sensory descriptions.

Re: Om nom nom (nomination #3)

[ysabetwordsmith]

Third of three, and this category is done. \o/