The Swoony Awards are a Reader’s Choice Award recognizing excellence in clean secular, wholesome romance. We wanted a way to show our appreciation to these awesome authors who write the kind of books that we love. It’s also a great way to find new books and a good go-to when looking for something fun to read.

Eligibility
-ONLY books PUBLISHED December 1, 2020 – November 30, 2021 are eligible.
-Intimacy: No sex, no/low closed door/fade-to-black, no/low innuendo, nothing crude or crass. G-PG13.
-Language: None/mild (No F words) nothing overly crude.
-Violence: Mild/low.
-Page Count: 100 pages or higher, anthologies are okay. No short stories. No collections.
-Age: Only Young Adult, New Adult and Adult. NO children’s or middle grade.
-Religious: No Christian Fiction (mild religious content will be allowed).

ANNOUNCEMENT

The Swoony's will not be accepting nominations from ghostwriters, scammers, book stuffers or click farmers. As we come across these "authors" they will be removed from the nomination list. If you are aware of any of these profiles, please let us know so I can add them to our ever growing list.

Example: books published by Cobalt Fairy Publications or Starfall Publications will not be eligible for nomination.

Thank you for your participation!

While we check each book added to make sure it meets our eligibility requirements, we have not personally read every book on the list to verify the level of content. We allow books that generally fall between G-PG13 rated.
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message 1: by Jessie (new)

Jessie I noticed His Small Town Fresh Start by Lucy McConnell made it on here twice. Around numbers 32 and 50.


The Swoony Awards Jessie wrote: "I noticed His Small Town Fresh Start by Lucy McConnell made it on here twice. Around numbers 32 and 50."

Thanks! Got it taken care of! :)


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Melissa How do you add books?


The Swoony Awards Melissa wrote: "How do you add books?"

Right above the first book, there is a tab "Add Books to List"...then you can click on My Books and add from your shelves, or Search to search for the book. Or you can send me the book(s) you wanted added and can vote for them after I add them. ;)


message 5: by Alice (last edited Jul 19, 2021 12:54PM) (new)

Alice Ivinya Also I noticed Silent Melody was up twice at 289 and 329. :)


message 6: by Michael (new)

Michael Beadley Are authors allowed to add their own books?


The Swoony Awards Michael wrote: "Are authors allowed to add their own books?"

Yes, it should allow them to, if not we can add them.


The Swoony Awards Alice wrote: "Also I noticed Silent Melody was up twice at 289 and 329. :)"

Thanks, got it updated!


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Mrs. Raabe Are there any other groups/awards/books lists similar to the Swoony Awards with different genres? For example dystopian, historical fiction, young adult (not necessarily romance themed? Thanks!


The Swoony Awards Mrs. Raabe wrote: "Are there any other groups/awards/books lists similar to the Swoony Awards with different genres? For example dystopian, historical fiction, young adult (not necessarily romance themed? Thanks!"

Hi, not that I am aware of. But you can search Goodreads Lists and they may have something.. .

https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8...


message 11: by Pamela (new)

Pamela While An Unlikely Match (#363) is an excellent book, it was published in 2008.


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K. Lyn Smith The Swoony Awards wrote: "Michael wrote: "Are authors allowed to add their own books?"

Yes, it should allow them to, if not we can add them."


Hello - I tried adding my book The Astronomer's Obsession but was unable to. Can you add it please? Thank you!


The Swoony Awards K. wrote: "The Swoony Awards wrote: "Michael wrote: "Are authors allowed to add their own books?"

Yes, it should allow them to, if not we can add them."

Hello - I tried adding my book [book:The Astronomer's..."



Hi! It looks like this would be available for next years Swoonys, since it will be published in December. The cutoff for this year is for books published by November 30, 2021.


message 14: by K. Lyn (new)

K. Lyn Smith Hi, thanks for the quick reply. The paperback edition is released and ARC reviews are coming in. Can you confirm this is still not eligible until next year? Thank you!


The Swoony Awards K. wrote: "Hi, thanks for the quick reply. The paperback edition is released and ARC reviews are coming in. Can you confirm this is still not eligible until next year? Thank you!"

Sorry, I didn't notice that the publication date was different on the paperback. We can add it to this years list.


message 16: by K. Lyn (new)

K. Lyn Smith The Swoony Awards wrote: "K. wrote: "Hi, thanks for the quick reply. The paperback edition is released and ARC reviews are coming in. Can you confirm this is still not eligible until next year? Thank you!"

Sorry, I didn't ..."


Thank you!


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Christie Powell Mrs. Raabe wrote: "Are there any other groups/awards/books lists similar to the Swoony Awards with different genres? For example dystopian, historical fiction, young adult (not necessarily romance themed? Thanks!"

The Whitney awards are similar, although those are especially for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (which many of these authors are). Nominations just ended but they will have voting between finalists in a couple months.


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