Welcome to The 2021 Swoon Awards!

We are excited to be back with our 2nd annual Swoon Awards to celebrate all the 2021 romance novels!

Today, we officially launch our nominations round. This first round will last from November 15th, 2021 to January 7th, 2022 at 11.59 PM EST.
Top nominated books that make it to the semi-finals will be announced on January 17th, 2022.

To submit your nominations, please fill out the Cognito Form at the bottom of this page.

Please note that we are only allowing one submission form per voter; however, you can vote for as many books as you want this round. Once you have submitted your form, you will not be allowed to make any changes to your nominations. One update that we have made from last year is that you can now save the form and come back to it at a later time, before the deadline.

To save your progress, simply click the save button on the form as shown below:

Before you get started, take a minute to carefully familiarize yourself with the following rules and regulations.

Nomination Rules & Regulations

❧ All nominees MUST be published between the months of January 1st, 2021 to December 31st, 2021 (Re-releases are not eligible).

❧ All nominees MUST be classified as romance. If you have any questions about this, we recommend that you check the publisher’s or author’s website.

❧ All nominees MUST have a love story central to the plot AND have a HEA (Happily Ever After) or HFN (Happily For Now).

❧ Acceptable forms of publishing for nominations: Traditional, Indie, or Self-Pub.

❧ The categories, Historical, Contemporary, Fantasy, Paranormal (PNR)/Urban Fiction (UF), Romantic Suspense, Sci-Fi, Erotic, YA, Novella, Anthology, and Holiday, are MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE categories. For instance, this means that you may not nominate the same book in contemporary and PNR/UF.

❧ The categories from the previous rule are NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE with the categories: Debut, Audiobook Narration, Best Cover, and Book of the Year. This means, for instance, that you may nominate the same book for Historical and Best Cover.

❧ In order to ensure nominations are listed in the appropriate categories, Swoonies will verify publication labels of each nomination prior to posting semi-final rounds.

You can find the definition of each of the categories here.

Formatting

Please note that we are also asking for a specific format when typing in your entries in the submission box to make the tallying process smoother for us. We ask that you submit one book per line and that you use the following format:

Book Name by Author Name

Examples:

The Duke And His Cat Mate by April Martin
The Rakess Kissed Me by Ella Burns

Please view the screenshot below for an example entry.

Submission Form

If you have any unanswered questions or concerns or encounter any issues while working on the form, you can email The Swoonies team (contact in sidebar) or you can DM us on Twitter. We will promptly respond to you.

A comment about accessibility:
The Cognito Form guidelines suggest that their forms are optimized for screen readers. If you encounter any issues, please email us and we will help you submit your nominations.

If you’re ready, grab your nominations list and submit the following form:

Congratulations on casting your nominees for The 2021 Swoon Awards!

Be sure to let everyone know that you voted and encourage your romance reading friends to also vote by using the following link:

The 2021 Swoon Awards Nominations Round