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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Sideways Awards
http://www.uchronia.net/sidewise/
Keywords: alternative history novel
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Ursa Major Awards
http://www.ursamajorawards.org/
Keywords: anthropomorphic novel
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World Fantasy Awards
http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/
Keywords: fantasy novel
