It has been ten days since we started teasing this project on Twitter (@BBNYA_official) and it has been really fun to see everyone so excited, but also confused and eager to know what is going on.
Well, the time has come to finally reveal what this shady business is about…
We are proud to introduce
The First Annual Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award!
in association with
The Folio Society & The Write Reads
BBNYA, the first annual Book Bloggers Novel of the Year Award, is a competition for indie authors (both self-published and published by small indie presses).
The contest will be judged by a large and diverse panel of book bloggers from all around the world. The panel will put the books through several rounds of judging based off a wide set of criteria. As each round goes by, we will have bookbloggers announce the results – until finally we announce our ten finalists. After further intensive reviewing, we will choose our favorite and declare it the ‘’Book Bloggers Novel of the Year’’!
This project has been in the works for over a year and it is finally ready to be shared with the world! We are assembling a big panel of book bloggers and a significant group of indie authors for this contest. We want to give underappreciated, lesser known authors a chance to make themselves known without being overshadowed by the big names, but also show the world the power of book bloggers!
The winning author will receive a whole bunch of prizes – including ones sponsored by our big-name supporter The Folio Society – the makers of the most beautiful books in the world. As well as the most important prize: The honour, recognition, and vindication of being our winner and the endorsement of book bloggers.
The winning author will receive:
- A yet to be revealed BBNYA 2020 trophy
- A 1st place BBNYA 2020 badge for the winning book
- A 100 pound Folio Society voucher
- A 100 euros cash prize.
- An ‘Ultimate Blog Tour’ for the winning book, probably the biggest Ultimate Tour yet!
The other finalists will win prizes as well:
- BBNYA 2020 finalist badges for their books
- More Folio Society vouchers (£50 voucher each)
- For 2nd to 5th place, a ‘Standard Blog Tour’ from @The_WriteReads with 20-40 bloggers taking part.
- For 6th to 10th place, a ‘Mini Blog Tour’ from @The_WriteReads with 10-15 bloggers taking part.
The prizes are not just for authors as the bloggers taking part in our judging panel will also be in the running for loads of amazing prizes and rewards, including additional Folio Society vouchers and a badge you can put on your blog stating you were a panel member of the BBNYA 2020!
ALL prizes associated with BBNYA 2020, for both authors and bloggers, will be fully international in every way.
More details, all terms & conditions will be available soon on our official website http://bbnya.com!
Keep an eye on our Twitter for all updates: @BBNYA_official.
Participate in the BBNYA 2020 by signing up below!
Apply to be a panelist!
All book bloggers are welcome in our panel! We want to have a big panel, but spots are still limited, so make sure you sign-up!
Authors – receive an email reminder!
We will open up author applications as soon as possible. If you are interested in learning more and keeping up to date with the progress, you can sign-up for the email reminder so you won’t miss the moment you can sign-up! You will get all the information you need to enter this competition right into your mailbox!
There will be an administration fee of 15 euros for author entries, which won’t be charged until early 2020 after confirming all entries.
This is the announcement of the project, not an official statement of BBNYA.
The exact Terms & Conditions and other relevant details will be available on the official website. Details mentioned in this post are a subject to change.
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The links and website aren’t like yet, I’m getting an error message when I click on the newsletter link for authors. Do you know when it will all be up and running? I would like to promote this to my indie author friends!
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Oh, serious? They should all be working. Let me check!
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Hmm…it could be that I can’t access them on my phone as well. I’ve had that problem before. I’ll check on my PC when I get the chance.
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I just checked and got errors too. I’ll try to figure out if the links or the forms are the problem.
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Okay, these are links I just generated. Can you check if these work? Author email reminder: https://forms.gle/Aw4RmXcSRecauCyZA // Panelist sign up form https://forms.gle/tuwuoaGgaKXG2pUe9
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Everything should work again! Thank you for making me aware
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Yes, both links work on my phone now! Thank you!! 😁
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That’s a relief thank you for letting me know!
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Howdy! I know this is sort of off-topic however I needed to ask.
Does running a well-established website like yours require a
large amount of work? I’m brand new to operating a blog however I do write in my journal everyday.
I’d like to start a blog so I will be able to share my experience and feelings online.
Please let me know if you have any kind of suggestions or tips for brand new aspiring bloggers.
Thankyou!
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I really like what you guys tend to be up too.
This kind of clever work and reporting! Keep up the amazing works guys I’ve incorporated you guys to my own blogroll.
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Reblogged this on Demi Reads.
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Awesome and exciting news ❤ have reblogged and shared
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Reblogged this on HERDING CATS and commented:
Check out this wonderful opportunity
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This is very exciting news!!
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Reblogged this on Here There Be Dragons… also magic and commented:
Reblogged this over on “Here There Be Dragons”, so excited to be one of the panelists! Fantastic work on all this 🙂
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Reblogged this on thebookxpert and commented:
This is something all book bloggers and indie authors need to be a part of! I’m a part and I’m very excited for what lies ahead.
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So cool!
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RIGHT?!
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This sounds exciting–I’ll probably submit my book! Thanks for the hard work on this, sounds like it’s been a lengthy process.
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Thank you! It has been a lot of work. I look forward to your entry!
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This is amazing!
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I am so glad you think that ❤
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Oh yes definitely. I’ve completed the form and I’m hoping to be on the panel but even if I don’t get in, I’ll use my blog and twitter to promote it ♥️
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Reblogged this on The Coycaterpillar Reads and commented:
Exciting Times
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Thank you for reblogging!
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Reblogged this on Holly reads a lot.
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Thank you for reblogging!
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Reblogged this on Ity Reads Books and commented:
I’m so excited for this! You all should be too!
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Thank you for reblogging!
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Such an awesome idea!
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Thank you!!!
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Reblogged this on Romance Book Binge.
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Thank you for reblogging!
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Ah! It’s here! This sounds so good and well planned out – congratulations to everything you folks have put together. I look forward to seeing what is next to come!
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Thank you so much!!
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