#queer indie book awards

[kristinawkelly]

2023 Year in Review

Catch up on my 2023 with this year in review! I talk books published, family adventures, watercolor painting, and what to expect from me in 2024.

It’s 2024! I typically look back at my year and share some highlights. There were a lot of exciting things I did this year as well as some life events that carried grief. If you want to read all of my month summaries, start here. December 2023 Author Updates Highlights of 2023 Writing Accomplishments Debut Novel Released Trials of the Innermost (affectionately known as TOTI) was released in…

[noahhawthorneauthor]

Perusing through the Indie Ink Award nominees is a perfect way to build the TBR. I've had a number of these in my to read pile for awhile, but a good deal of them are new to me. Have you read any of them?

[ladzwriting]

Art by @t-hornapple

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO VOTED This is the funniest outcome

The Fealty of Monsters is out now in paperback and ebook

[elizmanderson]

voting is open for the Queer Indie Awards, and The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher is nominated for several categories!

best overall fantasy

best overall urban fantasy

best cover

best lead character (Edna)

best supporting character (Kiernan)

best villain (Redway)

best romantic relationship (Benjamin/Kiernan)

best friendship (Benjamin, Edna, & Clem)

best debut

like I'm really sitting here like 🥹 like!! that is! so many categories omg?? 🥹

anyway if you've read Remarkable Retirement and liked it, I'd love if you voted for it in the Queer Indie Awards! voting is via the Google form on the QIA website and open through this Friday, January 26.

click here to go directly to the form

click here to go to the QIA website

[franklyn-newt]

Thank you so much for the nominations for the Indie Ink awards, the next stage is voting ! So if you'd like you can vote for Synthetic Sea in these categories and maybe it'll make the finals !!

Get your votes in by the end of December! 💙🌌🌈📚💜

[sbbarnes]

Heart First is a nominee for the 2023 Queer Indie Awards! You can vote here and also check out all the amazing books, novellas, graphic novels etc. nominated!

[clarislam]

My amateur sleuth murder mystery book "Engagement To Die For" was nominated for EIGHT CATEGORIES in the Queer Indie Awards! 🤩

Thank you to EVERYONE who nominated ETDF. Voting for the winners of each category just opened today.

Voting closes on Jan. 26th, 2024, so get your votes in before then!

Link to the voting form is here: https://qiawards.wordpress.com/voting-22/

More info about the Queer Indie awards is here: qiawards.wordpress.com

Thank you in advance for your support! Good luck to everyone else whose work was nominated, too!

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Photo 1 -  Image reads: "Help ETDF Win The Queer Indie Awards!" A cover of "Engagement To Die For" is displayed on a tablet. Underneath are the words "Voting Open Until Jan. 26th, 2024."

Photo 2 - The list reads: "Nominated Categories." Listed underneath are: Best Mystery/Thriller, Best Cover, Best Lead Character (Aubri Harlow), Best Romantic Relationship (Bastian Faullkner & Nick), Best Supporting Character (Bastian Faulkner), Best friendship or Platonic Relationship (Aubri Harlow & Bastian Faulkner), Best Sophomore Book, and Best Sequel. 

[indigoinka]

So, I won an award this weekend.

I have an award winning subscription.

I am an award winning author.

Winning author award am I.

🤯

[pompoison]

“A bloody fairytale. A lovely thievery.”

A panicked and angry Xavier Weaver from VELVET: Antlers’ opening scene for Roo (Friction Press)! Happy Birthday, Roo!🖤🦌🎊 Roo’s VELVET was nominated for EIGHT categories in the Queer Indie Awards and I am SO PROUD OF HIM!!! VELVET IS AMAZING!!! I’LL SHOUT IT EVERYWHERE!!!

Velvet: Season One is on itch.io, there’s a free sample if you’d like to try it before committing (YOU WILL). https://friction-press.itch.io/antlers

The voting poll for the Queer Indie Awards concludes on February 2nd, an extended deadline intended to respect the global strike in support of Palestine and allow everyone to participate: https://qiawards.wordpress.com

VELVET: Season One is nominated for the following categories: Best Dark Fantasy, Best Urban Fantasy, Best Overall Erotica, Best Overall Web Serial, Best Lead, Best Supporting, Best Romantic Relationship, and Best Worldbuilding (CONGRATS ROO!!!) If you enjoyed VELVET, I encourage you to submit your votes, as this is a book that deserves all the praise.

Once again, so proud of Roo’s skill as a wordsmith and I’m proud to see him be recognized in such a rough climate for self published queer fiction. He’s out here making the work he wants to see and that’s what it’s ALL about. 🖤

[beauvandalen]

If you enjoyed my book about a trans Prince who romances his two guards The Prince's Dearest Guards, please consider nominating it for the Indie Ink Awards! Nominations are open today!🥳🎉🎉❤️✨

The categories you can nominate it for are:

Best book cover Side Character MVP Writing the Future We Need: Trans or Nonbinary Representation

Nominate the book here💖

[noahhawthorneauthor]

There are some fantastic books up for vote in the Indie Ink Awards, here are some that I've loved or want to check out !

Remember kids, other authors aren't your rivals, they're your community.

[ladzwriting]

[elizmanderson]

voting is now open for the Indie Ink Awards! The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher is nominated for seven different categories, linked below. the top 10 books in every category will move on to the final stage, in which judges read the books to determine the winners.

vote for best friendship

vote for best use of tropes

vote for best side character MVP

vote for wittiest character

vote for asexual or aromantic rep

vote for LGBTQ+ rep

vote for mental health rep

(earlier when I looked, all the categories loaded on the same page, but now it looks like they have a separate link to each voting category. also noting that they do require you to have an account on Indie Story Geek to vote. register here, if you want. if you don't want, sharing helps too!)

[oliverferrie]

It's awards season

and Sugar People is eligible for the Queer Indie Awards under the following categories: Best Overall Horror, Best Overall Contemporary Lit Fic, Best Debut Book and Best Book Cover (cover by @shea-parfait)

If you liked my work (or Shea Parfait's art), you are very welcome to consider a nomination over at https://qiawards.wordpress.com/submissions-22/

Now is also the time to consider ALL your fav queer and indie books from the past year :D Not every award out there allows for personal promotion like this, so if you have a book you really like, and you hear of a cool award, remember you have the power to get it onto longlists.

[sbbarnes]

If you enjoyed Heart First, please consider submitting it to this year's Queer Indie Awards! Submission sheet here. It's available in the above categories! You can buy Heart First here

[chiefwritesbook]

QIA awards close vv soon and my werewolf man is nominated for best lead so if you can vote I will love you and give you cookies