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Date Posted: Saturday, January 28, 07:17:43am
Author: ROBIN
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TIME TO NOMINATE FOR THE HUGHIES!

Yes, it's time to choose our favorite romance books of 2011 for the Fourteenth Annual RBL Romantica Hughie Awards!

The Hughie Awards process has two parts - first comes the NOMINATIONS part; then, once the nominations have been received and tallied, the FINAL VOTING takes place. The NOMINATIONS part of the Hughies process is important, because ONLY the TOP THREE nominees in each category will be eligible for the FINAL VOTING.

Rules for Nominations

1) Some of you have already received a Nominations Form by email. If you have not received one, just click on my name above to get a blank email form. Then highlight the categories listed below, and copy and paste them on the email. Type in your nominations and send this e-mail to me.

2) You may nominate as many books/authors/characters in each category as you want. You do NOT have to make nominations in every category.

3) The books must have been published or reissued in print in 2011.

4) Please include the titles of the books and the authors' names.

5) The DIVA OF ROMANCE! category differs from the others in that THE WINNER OF THIS CATEGORY WILL BE DETERMINED ENTIRELY BY HOW MANY NOMINATIONS SHE RECEIVES!!! In other words, we will not be voting on the top three nominees in the VOTING part of the Hughies process. The NOMINATIONS will be tallied, and the author with the most NOMINATIONS will be the winner. The winner will be announced at same the time that the other winners are announced. To qualify for the DIVA OF ROMANCE! award, an author should be recognized as a leader in the genre, and must have an impressive career of at least 10 years with at least 10 books published. The previous winners in this category, Nora Roberts, Karen Marie Moning, Liz Carlyle and Lisa Kleypas, may not be considered. As with the other categories, you may nominate as many authors who qualify as you wish! Remember, the author with the MOST NOMINATIONS will win this category!

2011 Hughies Categories

DIVA OF ROMANCE! -

HILDY AWARD FOR FAVORITE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ROMANCE (a romance with a setting in the American colonial period, a western, an Americana from the early 1900s, etc.) -

FAVORITE ENGLISH/SCOTTISH HISTORICAL ROMANCE (a romance set in England or Scotland after 1500, including the Georgian, Regency and Victorian eras) -

FAVORITE UNIQUE HISTORICAL ROMANCE (a romance set in the Medieval time period, a romance about Vikings or pirates, a unique location, etc.) -

FAVORITE CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE -

FAVORITE CONTEMPORARY ROMANTIC SUSPENSE/MYSTERY -

FAVORITE SERIES/CATEGORY ROMANCE (Harlequin, Silhouette, etc.) -

FAVORITE VAMPIRE/WEREWOLF/SHAPESHIFTER ROMANCE -

FAVORITE FUTURISTIC/OTHER WORLD ROMANCE -

FAVORITE TIME TRAVEL ROMANCE -

FAVORITE UNIQUE PARANORMAL ROMANCE (a romance about witches, one involving magical powers, a fantasy, etc.) -

FAVORITE EROTICA ROMANCE (a romance classified as erotica by the publisher) -

FAVORITE ANTHOLOGY -

FAVORITE TITLE (a romance with the cleverest, catchiest, or most appropriate title) -

FAVORITE AUTHOR -

FAVORITE NEW-TO-YOU AUTHOR -

FAVORITE HERO -

FAVORITE HEROINE -

FAVORITE SECONDARY CHARACTER - MALE -

FAVORITE SECONDARY CHARACTER - FEMALE -

FUNNIEST BOOK (most LOL moments) -

HOTTEST BOOK (most ice cubes needed) -

MOST TOUCHING BOOK (most tissues needed) -

FAVORITE RE-READ (a romance, with any publication date, that you return to again and again; a "comfort read") -

To help you remember romance books released in 2011, you will find the titles which were listed at the RBL New Releases each month at:

2011 Romance Book Releases

E-mail your nominations to me by next SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4th!!! Nominations will close at 6:00 p.m. east coast time on that day! Once all the nominations have been tallied, I will post the top three nominees in each category (except for Diva) for the final voting.

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[> Oh my, I was so busy playing catch up from last years awards list that I really didn't read that many new books, and they are all in 2 categories. I did have some great reads from last years Hughis though. *G* Thanks so much for doing this and putting together the new book release list. Next year I will try to read a new book each month and try more categories. Also I need to check in more often :) -- roberta, Saturday, January 28, 10:31:12am

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[> [> That's fine Roberta, I didn't have many to nominate but I still vote for authors I like & books I know I'd enjoy!*G* -- , Saturday, January 28, 04:38:11pm

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[> [> It really doesn't matter how many books you've read - if you liked them, go ahead and nominate them. You wouldn't believe how many times ONE nomination or one vote has changed the outcome of a category - including DIVA!!! And you can always nominate your fave authors for Diva and your fave "comfort read" - those are wide open categories. Plus - it's great to see you posting again, Roberta! -- Judy, Saturday, January 28, 08:02:56pm

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[> I didn't read as many new books last year as I wanted to although I did buy many. This year I've already read 3 new books (not published in 2012, but still new to me) instead of all the re-reads I usually do. -- Robin, Saturday, January 28, 06:43:43pm

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[> trying to turn off the BOLD *g* -- Ann, Saturday, January 28, 08:11:06pm

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