1. There will be a field of 64 nominated books published in 2008 that were nominated by the readers and bloggers of Dear Author and Smart Bitches.
2. There are eight nominated books in each category. The 8 categories of books are:
- Young Adult
- Erotica/Erotic Romance
- GLBT
- Paranormal
- Contemporary
- Historical
- Category
- Novel With Romantic Elements
3. Each reader who wishes to participate will have a few days to fill out his or her bracket of winners.
4. Once the tournament begins, we’ll be holding daily votes to determine which books advance through the tournament. We’re pitting book against book within the categories, and then, as the tournament advances, books will face off against one another across genre and subgenre until we reach the Book of the Year..
PRIZES
Readers and authors are in the running for fabulous prizes. That’s right: anyone who fills out a bracket is eligible to win the grand prize. And the author of the winning book will also win a prize.
The reader whose bracket is the best match to the end result of the tournament will win:
- A selection of the books that make the Elite 8 of our DA BWAHA Tournament
- Mad Props
- Big Ups
- A graphic for your personal site proclaiming to all that you are The Winnah.
- A brand new red Sony Reader 505 donated generously by Books on Board
Authors whose books make it to the Final Four will win:
- A hot pink bad ass ostrich feather quill pen
- A graphic for your personal site proclaiming to all that you are Hella Good
The author whose book is proclaimed Book of the Year by winning the DA BWAHA 2008 tournament will receive:
- Aforementioned feather quill pen
- The graphic proclaiming your book the winner
- A brand new red Sony Reader 505 donated generously by Sony.
Good luck to all who enter!
54 Comments, Comment or Ping
cool love this march madness for books and love baskeball
go blue devils
March 11th, 2009
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March 13th, 2009
I feel so dense — is this how I register?
March 13th, 2009
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March 13th, 2009
I would like to register!
Is this how I register? It doesn’t actually say “Register Here” with a big red arrow or anything, so I’m a little lost…
Thanks! Loved dabwaha last year…although wasn’t dabuhaha or something last year? lol
Michelle
March 14th, 2009
enter
March 14th, 2009
Registration is at the tournament site. http://dabwaha.com/2009_Tournament/website/tournamententry.html
March 14th, 2009
I’m in!
March 14th, 2009
Its not letting me register. I should be able to do it tomorrow though right?
March 14th, 2009
I’m going over my choices now.
March 15th, 2009
Ok, I am too stupid for that, but how do I change my choices? I read that’s possible, but I can’t figure out how to do it.
Thanks
March 15th, 2009
Is registration over? Because I can’t figure it out either.
March 15th, 2009
The link that DA Jane posted doesn’t seem to work. Is there a new and interesting way to register or is the registration site just down? I feel like such a dork for not being able to register.
March 15th, 2009
Oh, duh, I is an idiot – I didn’t scroll far enough to see the new button, I just kept ending up in the existing online id section.
March 15th, 2009
Did I register properly?
March 15th, 2009
Is the tournament entry site working for you guys?
March 16th, 2009
You need to register at http://dabwaha.com/2009_Tournament/website/tournamententry.html
March 16th, 2009
Sometimes the link is down while the entries are being uploaded.
March 16th, 2009
I submitted my choices but got a Server error!
The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request.
Error message:
Premature end of script headers: pickentry.pl
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 500
dabwaha.com
Tue Mar 17 16:43:44 2009
Apache/2.2.11
March 17th, 2009
Was a little confusiong, but thanks for the link! We’ll see how I do. I’d love to win a reader!
March 17th, 2009
fun go blue devils
March 17th, 2009
I just wanted to say that I think the site is really great this year! Well done!
March 18th, 2009
Man they made picking the fields winner very hard. Putting a lot of my favorite authors against each other
March 18th, 2009
My entry page keeps telling me that I haven’t filled made a selection for every game, but I have.
Is it me?
March 18th, 2009
Look carefully. Sometimes one line could be missed.
March 18th, 2009
Susan – I emailed you privately.
March 18th, 2009
Congrats to Carolyn Jean.
Thanks Jane and Sarah and everyone at DA & SBTB for a fun-filled few weeks.
April 6th, 2009