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2016 Planetary Awards Nominations

amidtheimaginary's avatarAuthor of speculative fiction

The time has come again for me to make my nominations for the Planetary Awards for 2016 and oh boy am I ready!

For those unfamiliar with these awards, they are granted to Science-Fiction and Fantasy writing, nominated and voted for by book bloggers, podcasters, and booktubers. Last year has some great winners and nominees. You can check out more about the awards and 2015’s results on the Planetary Awards website.

Things have been simplified this year and there are two categories:

  1. Shorter story (under 40,000 words/160 paperback pages)
  2. Longer story (novels)

I’m super pleased to announce my novella nominee for Shorter story:

SUNBOLT by Intisar Khanani

Sunbolt

An awesome and utterly unique Fantasy story, I can’t rave about it enough (although I’ve tried). You can read my review here or for the link lazy, here’s the synopsis:

The winding streets and narrow alleys of Karolene hide many secrets…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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