May 5, 20222 min read

Spring Has Sprung

The sun has finally come to Western PA! I hope that you are enjoying the sunshine as well this fine spring day. We are a week into voting for the Best Bookstagram Contest AND the Realm Makers Readers Choice Awards. I have already cast my vote. Have you?

Vote for your favorite Bookstagram at sunsetvalleycreations.com/vote or visit cleanfictionmagazine.com and click on "Vote". Voting goes through May 31st.

Information for voting in the Realm Makers Readers Choice Awards is below. Voting goes through May 21st.

I am also happy to announce that the Autumn Edition's Cover Art Contest is now accepting submissions! Submissions begin May 1st and end May 31st. Voting Begins June 1st and ends June 30th. Can a cover DESIGNER participate? Of course. Can an author participate even if they did not design their cover? Yep. Is there a limit on the number of covers that I submit? Please, only send one cover per person/design company. Does it matter what genre the book is? No, unless pink fairy armadillos are your thing... Submissions will begin May 1st and end May 31st. Voting will begin June 1st and go through June 30th. (See our website for the small print) The winner will receive a $25 Amazon Gift Card and the other covers will be ranked and included in the magazine. The winner will also receive a certificate that they can print out and hang on their wall, secret room, motor vehicle...you get the idea. How do I enter? Simply email CleanFictionMagazine@gmail.com the following: Your Cover Art, Your Name, Name/s of the Cover Artist/s, Title/Author of the Book (if it is not clearly visible in the image), and an Email Address (for contact purposes).

Hope you have a lovely day!

~ Amy Lynn McConahy, Clean Fiction Publisher

This Week's Community Activity:

Vote in the Readers Choice Awards

Information on How to Participate Directly from Realm Makers:

https://www.realmmakers.com/realm-award-readers-choice-alliance-award/

VOTING FOR FINALISTS: MAY 1-21

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:

Anyone can vote.
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.
Give each book you’ve actually read a star rating.
Don’t five-star your favorite and one-star everything else, Maleficent. That’s a good way to get your vote disqualified, and we do check.
Be thoughtful. The authors deserve that.