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Post by Frank Creed on May 2, 2008 16:05:36 GMT -5
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Post by Caprice on May 3, 2008 6:34:56 GMT -5
Very cool, Frank. I don't think Clive is around to choose the winner, so who is acting in his stead? Or is it another vote thing? If so, we need the link!
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Post by Frank Creed on May 3, 2008 7:31:51 GMT -5
Yo Cap--
Unsure who's even doing the judging for the Clive Staples Award. I do know it's connected to Becky Miller's Web presence. The idea has been bandied about since last summer--to supplement some big CBA contest that doesnt have an award category for any Christian or Biblical spec-fic.
We have our own Amazon and Barnes & Nobel genre categories, so somebody's making money on it. It just ain't the CBA folks. Go figure.
That said, I realistically don't see an ECPA house NOT taking the award just to make a political point. That aside, it's an honor just to be mentioned in the same category as my competition. I'm up against J.K. Rowling, Stephen Lawhead, Sharon Hinck Jeffery Overstreet and Tosca Lee. So far. That I know of. I don't have a prayer.
So if you ask over on the Lost Genre Guild newsgroup somebody will know what organization(s) is/are officially sponsoring it, and who's judging it.
Faith,
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Post by cyn on May 3, 2008 7:57:05 GMT -5
Last year Becky spoke about gathering a group of judges (asked me if I would be interested in volunteering -- that's when I got the hint and quit commenting on that particular issue  |
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Post by Frank Creed on May 7, 2008 8:03:46 GMT -5
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Post by cyn on May 7, 2008 11:35:23 GMT -5
Nominations for the 2008 Clive Staples Award for Christian Speculative Fiction are:
Auralia’s Colors by Jeffrey Overstreet (WaterBrook)
Demon: A Memoir by Tosca Lee (NavPress)
DragonFire by Donita K. Paul (Waterbrook)
Fearless by Robin Parrish (Bethany House)
Flashpoint by Frank Creed (The Writers Cafe Press)
Isle of Swords by Wayne Thomas Batson (Thomas Nelson)
Landon Snow and the Volucer Dragon by Randy Mortenson (Barbour)
The Legend of the Firefish by George Bryan Polivka (Harvest House)
The Restorer by Sharon Hinck (NavPress)
The Restorer’s Son by Sharon Hinck (NavPress)
Scarlet by Stephen Lawhead (Thomas Nelson)
A Wine Red Silence by George L. Duncan (Capstone Fiction)
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The works that are eligible are Christian worldview science fiction/ fantasy/allegory/furturistic/supernatural novels published in English by a royalty paying press between January 2007 and December 2007.
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Post by debkinnard on May 7, 2008 12:06:38 GMT -5
Certain houses are spec-fic friendly--that shouts in this list, loud & clear. The list also gives me hope.
Thanks for posting it!
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Post by Frank Creed on May 8, 2008 2:05:27 GMT -5
Since the LOTR films, they've been fantasy friendly. Lee's Demon is spiritual thriller, and mine is sci-fi--I do believe all the rest are fantasy.
But, yes. Finally hope!
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