The Rainbow Awards: First Week Results
Here is a little summary at the end of the first week of the Rainbow Awards. Remember, these are only partial results, Phase 1 and Phase 2, during which you can vote all the books and as many books as you want, will last for all October, so you have still time. This is more a reminder, and the evidence of which Categories survived at this moment: categories with few or none votes were compacted in one category and some were deleted (at least for now, but I don't believe we will have so many new title submissions to make them survive).
This phase is a popularity contest, so I'm not so surprise that there are some dark horses I wouldn't expcted to see, but please remember, if you want for the Awards to have credibility, don't cheat ;-) Till now you were good, I noticed only some strange votes appear and only some strange accounts, but remember, I'm checking and I can be very strict in making you oblige to the few rules.
So, enjoy the first week results, and tomorrow I will post the Jury: the Jury will have the hard task to confirm or complete these results and in the end, to award the all togheter winner.
ComedyVotes1Gym Dandy by Storm Grant231Self Preservation by Ethan Day232Happy Endings by LB Gregg22Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/803876.html
Coming of Age / Young AdultVotes1The Nest by G.S. Wiley121True Blue by Connie Bailey122Josef Jaeger by Jere' M. Fishback11Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/804157.html Contemporary / BisexualVotes1Their Lover by Barbara Sheridan132Broudly Bound by Beth Wylde, Syd McGinley, Kathleen Bradean, D.L. King & Cassandra Gold113By Chance by Cat Grant73Complications by Cat Grant7Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/804431.html Contemporary / GayVotes1A Note in the Margin by Isabelle Rowan482Clippings by A.J. Mirag442St. Nacho’s by Z.A. Maxfield44Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/804431.html Contemporary / LesbianVotes1Fool´s Gold by Jenna Byrnes152Wet & Wild by Cait Braxton123In My Skin by Cassidy Ryan73Sapphistocated by Alessia Brio, Jolie du Pre, Yeva Wiest, and Beth Wylde7Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/804431.html Contemporary / TransgenderVotes1If I Were a Lady... by Bryl Tyne292Broudly Bound by Beth Wylde, Syd McGinley, Kathleen Bradean, D.L. King & Cassandra Gold73Billy Bong by Yeva West13Circle of Change by Laney Cairo13Dangling by Yeva West1Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/804431.html FantasyVotes1If All the Sand Were Pearl by Pepper Espinoza162Braided by Sean Michael132In This Land: The Purple Book by Matthew Haldeman-Time13Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/804671.html FuturisticVotes1My Fair Captain by J.L. Langley312Hell Cop by Astrid Amara, Nicole Kimberling & Ginn Hale193A Strong and Sudden Thaw by R. W. Day12Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/804975.html HistoricalVotes1False Colors by Alex Beecroft322The Phoenix by Ruth Sims243Whistling in the Dark by Tamara Allen19Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/805272.html Mystery / ThrillerVotes1Cut & Run by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux502Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville263L.A. Heat by P.A. Brown22Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/805436.html Paranormal / Horror / BisexualVotes1Night Games by Jude Mason122Falling by Belinda McBride83Other Magical Creatures edited by M. Rode7Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/805833.html Paranormal / Horror / GayVotes1With Love by J.L. Langley242Notturno by Z.A. Maxfield223Angels of the Deep by Kirby Crow21Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/805833.html Paranormal / Horror / LesbianVotes1Cheating Death by Annie Alvarez202Queer Wolf edited by James EM Rasmussen123Blood and Mint Chocolates by Adrianne Brennan7Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/805833.html Biography / MemoirVotes1A Report from Winter by Wayne Courtois72Hanner Amser: Hunangofiant (Half Time: My Autobiography) by Nigel Owens & Lynn Davies33The Gay Face of God by Bruce J. Simpson23The Memory Palace by JoSelle Vanderhooft2Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/806230.html PoetryVotes1The Underwater Hospital by Jan Steckel22KONG and Other Works by Pamela Sneed12The First Risk by Charles Jensen1Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/806783.html New AuthorVotes1Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville282Crossing Borders by Z. A. Maxfield223The Janitor by Jan Irving19Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/807339.html
This phase is a popularity contest, so I'm not so surprise that there are some dark horses I wouldn't expcted to see, but please remember, if you want for the Awards to have credibility, don't cheat ;-) Till now you were good, I noticed only some strange votes appear and only some strange accounts, but remember, I'm checking and I can be very strict in making you oblige to the few rules.
So, enjoy the first week results, and tomorrow I will post the Jury: the Jury will have the hard task to confirm or complete these results and in the end, to award the all togheter winner.
ComedyVotes1Gym Dandy by Storm Grant231Self Preservation by Ethan Day232Happy Endings by LB Gregg22Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/803876.html
Coming of Age / Young AdultVotes1The Nest by G.S. Wiley121True Blue by Connie Bailey122Josef Jaeger by Jere' M. Fishback11Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/804157.html Contemporary / BisexualVotes1Their Lover by Barbara Sheridan132Broudly Bound by Beth Wylde, Syd McGinley, Kathleen Bradean, D.L. King & Cassandra Gold113By Chance by Cat Grant73Complications by Cat Grant7Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/804431.html Contemporary / GayVotes1A Note in the Margin by Isabelle Rowan482Clippings by A.J. Mirag442St. Nacho’s by Z.A. Maxfield44Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/804431.html Contemporary / LesbianVotes1Fool´s Gold by Jenna Byrnes152Wet & Wild by Cait Braxton123In My Skin by Cassidy Ryan73Sapphistocated by Alessia Brio, Jolie du Pre, Yeva Wiest, and Beth Wylde7Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/804431.html Contemporary / TransgenderVotes1If I Were a Lady... by Bryl Tyne292Broudly Bound by Beth Wylde, Syd McGinley, Kathleen Bradean, D.L. King & Cassandra Gold73Billy Bong by Yeva West13Circle of Change by Laney Cairo13Dangling by Yeva West1Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/804431.html FantasyVotes1If All the Sand Were Pearl by Pepper Espinoza162Braided by Sean Michael132In This Land: The Purple Book by Matthew Haldeman-Time13Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/804671.html FuturisticVotes1My Fair Captain by J.L. Langley312Hell Cop by Astrid Amara, Nicole Kimberling & Ginn Hale193A Strong and Sudden Thaw by R. W. Day12Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/804975.html HistoricalVotes1False Colors by Alex Beecroft322The Phoenix by Ruth Sims243Whistling in the Dark by Tamara Allen19Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/805272.html Mystery / ThrillerVotes1Cut & Run by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux502Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville263L.A. Heat by P.A. Brown22Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/805436.html Paranormal / Horror / BisexualVotes1Night Games by Jude Mason122Falling by Belinda McBride83Other Magical Creatures edited by M. Rode7Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/805833.html Paranormal / Horror / GayVotes1With Love by J.L. Langley242Notturno by Z.A. Maxfield223Angels of the Deep by Kirby Crow21Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/805833.html Paranormal / Horror / LesbianVotes1Cheating Death by Annie Alvarez202Queer Wolf edited by James EM Rasmussen123Blood and Mint Chocolates by Adrianne Brennan7Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/805833.html Biography / MemoirVotes1A Report from Winter by Wayne Courtois72Hanner Amser: Hunangofiant (Half Time: My Autobiography) by Nigel Owens & Lynn Davies33The Gay Face of God by Bruce J. Simpson23The Memory Palace by JoSelle Vanderhooft2Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/806230.html PoetryVotes1The Underwater Hospital by Jan Steckel22KONG and Other Works by Pamela Sneed12The First Risk by Charles Jensen1Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/806783.html New AuthorVotes1Zero at the Bone by Jane Seville282Crossing Borders by Z. A. Maxfield223The Janitor by Jan Irving19Go here to vote: http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/807339.html