Dragon Con | Edie Skye

DANG, Y’ALL! It’s already Dragon Awards season! 😮

You’ve got until July 19th to nominate your favorite stuff – and you totally should, because it’s 100% fan-driven, which means YOU are the ones who control who wins. ☺️

If you’re not familiar with the Dragon Awards:

They’re bestowed by Dragon Con, one of the biggest cons in the US. Titles released between July 1, 2023 and June 30th, 2024 qualify for this year.

NOTE: You can only nominate a title in one category; if you nominate it in more than one, neither counts (which is why you’ll often see authors telling readers to nominate books in specific categories).

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Here’s what I’m nominating this year (or considering, ‘cause some are tied right now).

BEST SCI-FI NOVEL:

The Queen’s Fixer by Kacey Ezell
Disquiet Gods by Christopher Ruocchio

BEST FANTASY NOVEL (Including Paranormal):

Lord of a Shattered Land by Howard Andrew Jones

BEST YA/MIDDLE GRADE NOVEL:

Death Lord Arcanist by Shami Stovall

BEST ALTERNATE HISTORY NOVEL:

[ Idk, I haven’t read any this year. ]

BEST HORROR NOVEL:

[ Same as above. ]

BEST ILLUSTRATIVE BOOK COVER:

Beyond Enemies (book by Marisa Wolf, cover by Sam Kennedy)

BEST COMIC BOOK:

[ Haven’t read any comics this year, either. ]

BEST SCI-FI or FANTASY TV SERIES:

One Piece (Netflix)

BEST SCI-FI or FANTASY MOVIE:

Dune Part 2

BEST DIGITAL GAME:

Hell Divers II
Stellar Blade

BEST TABLE-TOP GAME:

[ I’ve had Zero Time to play tabletop games this year. ]

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ALSO, if you’re wondering which of our titles qualify:

BEST SCI-FI NOVEL:

The Thermopylae Protocol (Gordian Division #6) by David Weber and Jacob Holo

BEST FANTASY NOVEL:

I Power Up with Every Monster Girl I Defeat! (Monster Girl Tamer #1) by Edie Skye and H.P. Holo

*Is it actually the best fantasy novel we’ve written this year? No, that’s Blood Knight: Vampire Slayer, but I think it’d be hilarious to be nominated alongside all the Vry Serious Fantasy.

BEST ILLUSTRATIVE BOOK COVER:

Blood Knight: Vampire Slayer (book by Edie Skye, cover art by Yanai)

Now, GO FORTH AND VOTE! 😄

Nominate Your Favorites in the Dragon Awards Here!

I would have posted this last night when it was announced, but Jacob was harassing me to get on the couch so we could watch Resident Evil: Death Island which, of course, is Very Important Priority Cinema.

But now that the zombies are out of the way:

Last night, out of the blue, one of my author friends messaged me to say “Congratulations to Jackson Tjota!”

Given the time of year, I figured this would be an indication that I should look for the Dragon Award nominees list, and surely enough …

Jackson’s work for Titan Mage Apocalypse is up for a Dragon Award in Best Illustrative Cover! 😮

That said, a huge, enormous, Titan Chimera Godbuster-sized thanks to everyone who nominated Jackson for this award. I honestly didn’t expect my little awards push to go anywhere, but the fact that so many readers and fellow authors joined in and thought it worth the nomination is incredibly flattering.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, a huge, enormous, Titan Chimera Godbuster-sized congratsgoes to Jackson for his nomination. The Titan Mage series was my first runaway hit, and I owe no small part of its success to his evocative covers. Moreover, he’s been a great artist to work with, and has a talent for capturing the spirit of my novels and characters in visual form.

All this to say, he absolutely deserves this nomination – and every vote you can send his way.

You can view the other nominees and register to vote here.

For those who are unfamiliar with the Dragon Awards, they’re a set of sci-fi/fantasy/geek awards bestowed by Dragon Con, which is one of the largest conventions on the US East Coast. (Seriously, on Dragon Con weekend, 65,000+ nerds all pack into one 5-hotel area of Atlanta, GA for 5 days of sheer insane geekery. It’s one of the most delightful spectacles a geek can experience.)

The Dragon Awards themselves are significant among sci-fi/fantasy awards, though, because unlike others of similar scale, they’re entirely fan-chosen, and anyone can vote. (Which makes the nomination that much more flattering. 😊)

If you’d like to vote, all you need to do is sign up here and then watch your inbox for the relevant emails.

But regardless of who you end up voting for, thanks so much for nominating Titan Mage Apocalypse.

I continually find myself surprised and delighted by the number of people who have enjoyed the Titan Mage series, and to have a piece of it nominated for a fan-chosen award is an enormous honor. 😊

Go nominate your favorite stuff in the Dragon Awards!