GUESS WHO'S BACK!
Welcome, once again to our annual Coalition Community Awards.
By now you know the drill, and if it's your first time here, well, you'll know after this. Coalition has recognized that every writer strives for recognition, and these...
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Genres
Action
Adventure
Historical Fiction
Horror/ Paranormal
Mystery/ Thriller
New Adult
Poetry
Romance [CLOSED]
Science Fiction
Short Story
Teen Fiction
Vampire/ Werewolf
Fanfiction
Fantasy [CLOSED]
Rubrics
We created this rubric as a guide for our judges, and to help those participating in our awards understand how their books will be scored. Of course, if you have any questions about this, you can always drop a comment, and we'll respond at our earliest convenience.
Last year, we created a whole other category that has now become its own awards: the Grand Masters Archive category.
The Grand Masters Archive category is for writers who are interested in re-entering their winning books into our awards. Since First, Second, and Third place winning books from last year's awards cannot be re-entered into the regular Coalition Awards, you may enter them into the GMA category where they will be judged based on a very different rubric.
If you are not a previous winner but are a current regular awards participant, you may compete in the GMA if your judge nominates your book after the elimination round. If your book is nominated, we will announce it on our wall right before Round Two judging begins.
ROUND ONE - Elimination Round
✦ Title - 5 Points
This falls under the first impression analysis of a story. How well does the title sell your book? Does it enhance the optics of the story? Does it appear to be well-thought-out, does it hook?
✦ Cover - 5 Points
Another first impression criterion here, and yes, we want to judge your book by its cover here because admittedly that's how the world works. So, how aesthetically pleasing is it? Does it incite a desire to know more? The colours and fonts and placement, does it match the story's theme? Does it sell it? If I saw your cover, would I pick up your book because of it?
