Readers’ Choice

📚Readers! Tell Us the Books You Loved!💓

RealmSphere Subscribers--It's Your Privilege to Nominate the Best

NOMINATIONS OPEN: March 1 - 31

The Realm Award: Readers’ Choice will celebrate the best speculative fiction novel published in the previous calendar year. Show your support for your go-to Christian authors by nominating your top 3 favorite reads from the previous calendar year for the Realm Makers Readers’ Choice Award! 

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RealmSphere subscribers at any paid level may nominate books

  • Between March 1- 31, fans nominate three DIFFERENT books. 
  • Fill out one form per book you wish to nominate.

Things that will disqualify your entry:

  • Use multiple email addresses to nominate the same book.
  • Nominate the same book in all three slots on the nomination form.

Voting Procedure

🗓️ VOTING FOR FINALISTS: Vote April 6-May 4

You will find the voting form for the contest in our private community, the RealmSphere.

Anyone in the RealmSphere can vote from our list of nominated books (our semifinalists). The five books with the most votes will become Readers’ Choice finalists. Here’s what you need to know:

  • 1️⃣ You can only vote once. Multiple entries will be disqualified. Please don’t try to game the system by using multiple names and email addresses so you can vote more than once. While we appreciate your zeal for your favorite books, if we suspect you’re trying to cheat, those votes will be disqualified.
  • 📖 You can only vote for books you’ve actually read.
  • 🏆 Tell us your TOP 3 favorites from the list.
  • 🧐 Be thoughtful. The authors deserve that.

🗓️  VOTING FOR THE WINNER: May 10-31

The finalist voting round chooses the winner!

Finalist voting will take place ONLY in the RealmSphere.

We’ll announce the winner at the Realm Awards Banquet on June 25, 2026 at St. Louis Union Station. (Tickets available as part of your registration to the Realm Makers Writers Conference, or as an add-on to your ticket to the Realm Makers Expo.)

 

The winner will receive a one-of-a-kind glass art award created by Leah Nietz.
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To qualify for the Readers’ Choice Award, books must be:

  • Published in the previous calendar year (Jan 1, 2025-Dec 31, 2025)
  • Written by a Christian author (if you’re unsure, do not nominate their book)
  • The first publication of the title (no reprints, subsequent editions, books revived under a new publisher, etc.)
  • Novel length: no short stories, novellas, anthologies/compilations of fiction previously offered in a serial format
  • For Young Adult or Adult audiences
  • Fall under a speculative genre such as science fiction, fantasy, supernatural/paranormal, steampunk, alternate history, etc. 
  • Erotica-free

ONLY READERS may nominate books, no self-nominations or nominations from anyone involved in the book’s production (editors, illustrators, publishing house representatives etc.)

AUTHORS: please don’t offer any compensation or incentive to readers for nominating or voting. This includes prize drawings or swag in exchange for proof of participation. We welcome you to connect with your readers to make them aware of the contest, but please limit these communications to awareness campaigns only.