Welcome

Welcome to Some Kind of Wonderful Romance Awards! We are an original romance awards site, particularly geared towards FictionPress romance writers. We have awardings during the winter and the summer (click here for more information). We have many additional features on the site geared towards aiding the aspiring author. Our goal? To bring depth and fun to an otherwise patronized genre.

Updates

11 May 2008

By the way, the deadline for judge applications is June 1st. I didn't realize that I didn't put it up on here earlier.

In other news, I've moved all of the winners' graphics to the Yahoo! Group under "Photos". You can view all the beautiful artwork there.

10 May 2008

I finally began to iron out the details of Round Six in preparation for its beginning. As you may see, the dates for Round Six are posted to the left. We have a number of announcements, so read 'em and weep (or jump with joy, whichever takes your fancy).

1. Round Six is shorter. It's only going to be seven weeks long, instead of the usual two and a half months. This is mostly for my benefit, since I'll be working about 35 hours a week this summer and won't be able to spend as much time on the site as I used to.

2. There is only going to be 15 categories per round. However, the winter and summer round will feature two different sets of categories. This is so that we can have more of a variety of winners.

3. We need more judges and graphics specialists. Yes, my darlings, I am officially sending out a notice for judges and graphics specialists. Both applications can be found in the Yahoo! Group under "Files". You can find the judges application here. Fill it out and send it to me at skowawards[at]gmail.com. It's recommended that you read the Judge Duties and Responsibilities first, so you'll know what you're getting into.

4. What should the theme be for Round Six? There are a whole lot of new ideas that were tossed out there, so I'm finally putting them to vote. Go to my profile page and vote on the poll located at the top of the page.

5. Got any category ideas? We want 'em! We're adding several new categories to both Round Six and Round Seven, so we'll need all the new ideas we can get!

6. We're setting up a newsletter. The newsletter will be a separate entity from the awardings and will feature original works by the SKoW community. You can submit articles to the newsletter and it will be featured on the site.

7. And thus, we need a whole new set of staff. The newsletter staff will include editors, columnists, and layout designers. For right now, however, I only want to hear from people who will help design the layout of the site and will help actually put the articles on the site as they are finished.

And.. I think that's it. Whew. Long update.

27 April 2008

Just to make it official -- there's a Romance group on Facebook which Louisa (angels and effects) made. It's not a SKoW group, but a lot of us are on there. I'm joined up on there and I'm on the officer list, so if you feel like adding me, go ahead. (: Networking is fabulous. Just make sure you write me a message saying you're from SKoW so I don't get suspicious of you.

Here's the link: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10876053502

22 April 2008

Ho hum. Hasn't been an update in a while, hasn't there? Well to speak plainly, there hasn't been anything to report on here. However, I became really annoyed at looking at the same message over and over again as I check the site every now and then so I decided to clear up this space and put something here.

So! What should you do while you anxiously await the next round of SKoW awardings? Here's a couple of suggestions!

1. Challenges - We've put up several new ones since I last updated here, so you should go and check 'em out. All submissions for the Round Six Best Challenge Response category are due on the last day of the nomination period. I already have quite a few here!

2. Suggest An Awards Theme - We would dearly appreciate any and all ideas and any comments on ones that were previously suggested. I do actually listen to you all, you know.

3. Suggest An Award Idea - As in, a category. Not officially asking for these yet, but I appreciate any that are sent in.

4. Read, Read, Read, Read (And Did I Mention Read?!) - We're not all perfect (as much as we self-absorbed writers would like to think we are). Thus, we must read others' works in order that we may steal their original ideas, warp it with our own, and slap a copyright on it. (I kid. Reading is just fun.)

5. Write, Write, Write, Write - So that readers can have something to read apart from shampoo bottle labels. (Lather, Rinse, Repeat!)

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