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More on The First Chapters Project

If you don’t know what the SFWA First Chapters project is, it’s an effort to collect first chapters from F&SF novels published throughout the year in a single compendium. This should help with reading for awards in that you have a chance to sample books before figuring out what you want to read in its entirety. For writers, it should be a chance to get that first chapter in front of reader eyes in order to convince them they want to keep going. In 2018 the focus is getting indie writers up and running with the program, but if you’re a small publisher interested in participating, let me know.

As part of that project, I asked the group working on it to make sure that people uploading first chapters can keyword their work so, for example, if you just wanted to see chapters eligible for a specific award, like the Sideways, Prometheus, or Andre Norton Awards.

Here’s the list I just gave them. Any other awards you’d add? I didn’t include ones that are restricted by geographical area like the Aurora or Endeavour Awards.

List of all keywords:

Alternative history novel

Anthropomorphic novel

Fantasy novel

First novel

Game-related novel

Horror novel

Libertarian

Media tie-in novel

MG novel

Military SF novel

PKD eligible

SF novel

Urban fantasy novel

YA novel

Bram Stoker Award

http://www.horror.org/awards/stokers.htm#about

Keywords: First novel, horror novel, YA novel

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British Fantasy Awards

http://www.britishfantasysociety.org/british-fantasy-awards/

Keywords: fantasy novel, horror novel

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British Science Fiction Awards

https://www.bsfa.co.uk/

Keywords: SF novel

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Compton Crook Award

http://www.bsfs.org/CCA/bsfsccnu2014.htm

Keywords: First novel

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David Gemmell Awards for Fantasy

http://www.gemmellawards.com/award-voting-2017/

Keywords: fantasy novel, first novel

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Dragon Awards

http://awards.dragoncon.org/

Keywords: SF novel, fantasy novel, YA novel, MG novel, military SF novel, alternative history novel, media tie-in novel, horror novel

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Ennie Awards

http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/

Keywords: game-related novel

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Hugo Awards

http://www.thehugoawards.org/

Keywords: SF novel, fantasy novel

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Keystroke Medium Awards

http://www.keystrokemedium.com/ksm-awards.html

Keywords: SF novel, military SF novel, post-apocalyptic novel, fantasy novel, epic fantasy novel, urban fantasy novel, horror novel

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Locus Awards

https://locusmag.com/

Keywords: SF novel, fantasy novel, first novel, YA novel

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Nebula Awards/Norton

http://nebulas.sfwa.org

Keywords: Fantasy novel, SF novel, YA novel, MG novel

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Philip K. Dick Award

http://www.philipkdickaward.org/

Keywords: PKD eligible (appeared in paperback rather than HB first)

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Prometheus Award

http://www.lfs.org/

Keywords: libertarian novel

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