Make Your Vote Count

For the longest time, the Oscar Awards were the only recognized and coveted prize in the movie industry. But times change and along came the Golden Globe Awards. While the Oscars reflect the preferences of  members of “The Academy,” the […]
on Nov 24, 2009 · Off

For the longest time, the Oscar Awards were the only recognized and coveted prize in the movie industry. But times change and along came the Golden Globe Awards. While the Oscars reflect the preferences of  members of “The Academy,” the Golden Globes are chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. But there’s more. Now there’s the Viewers’ Choice Award, which includes actors and actresses as well as musicians and athletes—all chosen by viewers.

All that to say, the Clive Staples Award for Christian Speculative Fiction (CSACS) is starting at the Readers’ Choice level. But time is running out. You have exactly one week to vote. The survey closes at midnight (Pacific time), November 30.

Be sure to make your voice heard—for the sake of the book you think most qualified and for the sake of the Christian speculative genre. The one requirement is that you must have read at least one of the nominated books (listed in alphabetical order below):

    A Dark Orange Farewell by George L. Duncan (OakTara Publishing)
    All My Holy Mountain
    by L.B. Graham (P&R Press)
    Cyndere’s Midnight
    by Jeffrey Overstreet (WaterBrook)
    DragonLight by Donita K. Paul (WaterBrook)
    Havah
    by Tosca Lee (NavPress)
    Hero, Second Class
    by Mitchell Bonds (Marcher Lord Press)
    Hunter Brown and the Secret of the Shadow
    by Christopher and Allan Miller (Warner Press)
    On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness by Andrew Peterson (WaterBrook)
    Shade
    by John B. Olson (B&H)
    Summa Elvetica: A Casuistry of the Elvish Controversy
    by Theodore Beale (Marcher Lord Press)
    The Battle for Vast Dominion by George Bryan Polivka (Harvest House)
    The Book of Names
    by D. Barkley Briggs (NavPress)
    The Infinite Day
    by Chris Walley (Tyndale House Publishers)
    The League of Superheroes
    by Stephen L. Rice (The Writers’ Cafe Press)
    The Restorer’s Journey
    by Sharon Hinck (NavPress)

One last request. Tell your friends about the Clive Staples Award so they can participate as well. But hurry. Only one week to go!

Best known for her aspirations as an epic fantasy author, Becky is the sole remaining founding member of Speculative Faith. Besides contributing weekly articles here, she blogs Monday through Friday at A Christian Worldview of Fiction. She works as a freelance writer and editor and posts writing tips as well as information about her editing services at Rewrite, Reword, Rework.
Website ·