DABWAHA Bracket Is Ready

The 64 finalists have been picked.  The books have been seeded.  The match ups set.  The competition begins today.  From today through Wednesday, you fill out your bracket.  Click here.

The goal in filling out your bracket is guessing which book will win the head to head matchup.  In the Region 1, we have historicals and crossover novels.  The eight historicals will compete against each other and the eight crossover novels will compete with each other.  For example, the historicals are set up in this fashion:

historical seeds

Silk is for Seduction by Loretta Chase is competing against The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton.  Click on the name of the book you think will win that round and the computer program will advance the book for you.

Round one explanation part two

In this example, I have chosen Silk is for Seduction to beat The Amorous Education of Celia Seaton and A Lady’s Lesson in Scandal overcoming One Night is Forever.

In the second round, Silk is for Seduction and A Lady’s Lesson in Scandal meet up against each other and I have (for the purposes of this example, picked A Lady’s Lesson in Scandal to win.

Please click around and you’ll get a sense of how this pick sheet works.  You can resubmit your bracket any time before Wednesday 11:59 am EST.  Don’t forget to enter a tie breaker number which is the number of reader nominations sent in for the final slot.

If you have any questions at all, please tweet us @jane_l or @smartbitches or email me jane@dearauthor.com.  I will walk you through the bracket.  In other words, don’t let the bracket intimidate you if you want to participate.

2012 Reader Finalists

The winning finalists as nominated by the readers are as follows:

  • YA: Falling Under by Gwen Hayes
  • Contemporary: If You Hear Her by Shiloh Walker (Bro Magnet by Lauren Baratz Logsted was a close second)
  • Historical: A Lady’s Lesson in Scandal by Meredith Duran
  • GLBT: Hot Head by Damon Suede
  • Category: A Man of His Word by Sarah Anderson
  • Novella: Once Upon a Winter’s Eve by Tessa Dare (edged out Silver Shark by Ilona Andrews by one vote)
  • Crossover: Shadowfever by Karen Marie Moning
  • PNR/UF: Radiant Desire by Inara Scott