The OZMA Book Awards recognize emerging new talent and outstanding works of Fantasy, the Supernatural, Fantastical/ Legendary/Mythical Beings, Magical Systems, Steampunk, or other inventions of fiction. The OZMA Book Awards is a division of the Chanticleer Reviews International Book Awards.
The following titles will compete for the FIRST IN CATEGORY Positions and Book Awards Packages for the 2017 OZMA Book Awards for Fantasy Fiction.
Congratulations to all those who made the SHORT LIST!
The Finalists Authors and Titles of Works that have made it to the highly competitive Short-List (aka The Semi-Finalists) of the OZMA 2017 Book Awards are:
Good Luck to All!
- Matt Schatt – The Order of Jude
- Sarah M. Morin – Eva’s Soul
- Karin Rita Gastreich – Daughter of Aithne
- John W. Lord – In Her World: The Dark-Winter War
- Reilly Michaels – War of the World Makers
- Justine Avery – The One Apart: A Novel
- S.D. Reeves – Curses of Scale
- Murray Lee Eiland Jr – The Raid on Troy (The Orfeo Saga Book 7)
- Wendi Whitsett – Id of Elle: the Artifact of Longing
- Elizabeth Crowens – Silent Meridian, Book 1 in the Time Traveler Professor series-2nd edition
- M. K. Wiseman – The Bookminder
- Franklin Posner – Suburban Vampire: A Tale of the Human Condition – With Vampires
- Laurel Anne Hill – The Engine Woman’s Light
- J.R.R.R. Hardison – Fish Wielder
- Taylor Fenner – CurseBreaker: An East O’ The Sun and West O’ The Moon Retelling
- Michael J. Denham – Spirit Lake / Luna Lake
- E. Merwin – The Northman’s Daughter
- Alisse Lee Goldenberg – City of Arches
- Elizabeth Crowens – A Pocketful of Lodestones, Book 2 in the Time Traveler Professor series
- T.K. Riggins – How To Set The World On Fire
- Alex R. Kahler – Runebinder
- L. N. Passmore – Wayward Wulves Beware
- Aaron and David Swartz – Absolute
- Aaron and David Swartz – Breaking Illusions
The 2017 OZMA Short Listers will compete for the Rossetti First-In-Category Positions. First Place Category Award winners will automatically be entered into the OZMA GRAND PRIZE AWARD competition. The CBR Grand Prize Genre Winners will compete for the CBR Overall Grand Prize for Best Book.
All Short Listers will receive high visibility along with special badges to wear during the Chanticleer Authors Conference and Awards Gala.
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Congratulations to the Short Listers in this fiercely competitive contest!
Good Luck to each of you as each one of your works competes for the OZMA Awards First Class Category Positions.
The OZMA Grand Prize Winner and the First Place Category Position award winners along with all Short Listers in attendance will be announced at the April 21st, 2018 Chanticleer Book Awards Annual Awards Gala, which takes place at the Chanticleer Authors Conference that will be held in Bellingham, Wash.
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Congrats to Alisse Lee Goldenberg. I love your Sitnalta Series. I hope this draws attention to the other four books and your other fantastic stories.