UPDATE December 10: Round 2/Final Round
It’s time to vote for your favorite authors again! Please vote for your favorite LGBTQ author from December 2017 to November 2018.
The TOP 10 authors you vote on will be revealed on January 1, 2019. Also, we have a giveaway for a $100 gift certificate for Dreamspinner Press, linked below.
RESULTS COMING SOON!
Favorite Authors Favorite Books Review’s Favorites [contestfriend contest=”220078″]
Favorites from past years.
- Reader’s Choice Favorite Authors for 2017
- Reader’s Choice Favorite Books for 2017
- Reviewer’s Choice Favorite Books for 2017
- Reader’s Choice Favorite Authors for 2016
- Reader’s Choice Favorite Books for 2016
- Reviewer’s Choice Favorite Books for 2016
Tal Bauer has lost more than 150 votes in the last few hours. That’s not okay! Please double-check your site.
Hi Nichole! The voting script is automated to check multiple votes for the same IP address. When it finds the multiple votes, it bans the IP from voting again and removes ALL the votes that IP has made.
I understand what you’re saying — but your code does not account for VPN’s or multiple anonymous voters from the same IP address. I’d be willing to bet you have many people using a VPN, which assigns a random IP, often duplicates for people in the same area.
Considering how many authors lost votes, some of them losing quite a significant amount, I encourage you to consider writing script in the future that allows for updated anonymous security settings. This just doesn’t seem like a voter fraud issue at all, which isn’t fair to all involved.
M.A. Innes’ votes keep disappearing!!!! She has randomly lost hundreds of votes over the past 20 days
Tal Bauer lost 186 votes in 2 hrs. That seems a bit extreme. Might want to double check your script.
That’s an extreme amount of votes disappearing. I find it hard to believe that either of those authors would have that many incorrect votes. I believe Tal won last year for good reason. (With the exception of Sandrine ??) Waiting until the last day of voting to yank that many votes feels shady to me.
Hi Trisha! The voting script is automated to check multiple votes for the same IP address. When it finds the multiple votes, it bans the IP from voting again and removes ALL the votes that IP has made.
As I said, you might want to check your “script” before the next contest. 25% of one author’s votes being disqualified seems more like a technology glitch than actual voter fraud.
Could you please add Roan Parrish? She should definitely be on that list! Thank you!
They had cut this list down to the top 20 from the previous survey. So if ur fave author isn’t on here anymore, they didn’t make it into the top 20. 🙁
What happened to MA Innes/Shaw Montgomery’s votes? Last time I checked it at 7:30pm she was around 200 votes! Now is listed in the 40’s. What is going on with this? How did she lose 150 votes!??!!
There were multiple votes for a few authors and books that were caught by the script for multiple votes per person. Only 3 votes are allowed per day.
So if I only vote for one person, can I vote 3times?
Good question! Gigi?
Hey…Roan Parrish is missing
She was nominated but didn’t make the top 20 cutoff.
I’m sorry to hear that…she is an amazingly talented writer!
I would seriously like to know how to get Author Ann Lister on the list. She is the Author of The Rock Gods Series, Guarding The Gods Series, and the newest is her Illicit Heat Series. There are 4 or 5 important authors missing, but I wanted to at least get Ann Lister on. Thank You.
I just added Ann Lister for you ?
Thank You sooo much!