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Readers’ Choice – The 2009 Clive Staples Award For Christian Speculative Fiction

Thanks to those who nominated books for this year’s award and who participated in the practice survey. Our readers’ choice survey to determine the 2009 winner of the Clive Staples Award for Christian Speculative Fiction is ready. To be eligible […]
Rebecca LuElla Miller on Oct 31, 2009 · 7 comments

Thanks to those who nominated books for this year’s award and who participated in the practice survey.

Our readers’ choice survey to determine the 2009 winner of the Clive Staples Award for Christian Speculative Fiction is ready.

To be eligible to vote, you must have read at least one of the nominated books and leave a valid email address (which will not be shared or revealed or used in anyway apart from any necessary verification of eligibility). You may vote once (with the option of including a second and third choice in case no clear winner is selected as a consensus first choice). Voting will run through the end of November.

As a reminder, the nominations, in alphabetical order, are listed on the Nominations page (titles will be listed randomly in the survey).

Click here to vote for your choice.

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Please note, votes for a book as a second or third choice after it has been marked as a first choice will be disregarded.

Certainly fans and friends and family want to see their favorite authors do well. However, the only Readers’ Choice Award worth winning is one that truly reflects what book the majority of readers participating in this process identify as best.

Any endeavors to “stack the deck” turn this award into a popularity contest, not recognition of quality fiction. In short, they undermine the goals and purposes of the award. Please “play fair.”

Rebecca LuElla Miller
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.
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  1. The Readers’ Choice – Clive Staples Award « A Christian Worldview of Fiction says:
    October 31, 2009 at 1:57 pm

    […] of the 2009 Clive Staples Award for Christian Speculative Fiction is ready. You can visit the Award site for details or go directly to the survey from […]

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  2. The Clive Staples Award: Time to Vote! | Rachel Starr Thomson says:
    November 6, 2009 at 7:02 am

    […] you have, vote for the best Christian spec fic of the year in the Clive Staples Award! The voting page is here. Let’s let these authors know how much we appreciate their contributions to Christian […]

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  3. Fantasy Friday – Clive Staples Award Underway « A Christian Worldview of Fiction says:
    November 13, 2009 at 6:30 pm

    […] Miller @ 6:29 pm Tags: Clive Staples Award I thought you might be interested in an update of the Clive Staples Award. More and more readers are weighing in, so the word is getting […]

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  4. What I’ve Learned from CSFF and CSACS « A Christian Worldview of Fiction says:
    November 19, 2009 at 3:50 pm

    […] CSFF Blog Tour for Curse of the Spider King had to say, and as I’ve counted votes for the Clive Staples Award for Christian Speculative Fiction (CSACS). (No worry – voting isn’t over until November 30. I just didn’t want to […]

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  5. Fantasy Friday – What Constitutes “Derivative”? Part 1 « A Christian Worldview of Fiction says:
    November 27, 2009 at 1:45 pm

    […] mythology, Wagner Before I begin, just a reminder: you have until November 30 to vote in the Clive Staples Award – Readers Choice for the best Christian speculative novel published in 2008 by a royalty paying […]

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  6. What Constitutes “Derivative”? Part 2 « A Christian Worldview of Fiction says:
    November 30, 2009 at 2:50 pm

    […] J. R. R. Tolkien, Joseph Campbell, Lord of the Ring Reminder: Today is the last day to vote in the Clive Staples Award – Readers Choice for the best Christian speculative novel published in 2008 by a royalty-paying […]

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  7. Make Your Vote Count « Speculative Faith says:
    July 16, 2010 at 8:23 am

    […] 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 […]

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