For those who don’t know what Reddit is, it’s essentially an interactive forum and news stream for almost any topic imaginable. You need a profile to upvote or downvote what articles you find interesting and make comments with the community. You can subscribe to subforums like /r/Fantasy and then arrange your favorite at the top of your screen for easy access. I’m not a Reddit pro, but it’s easy enough to manage and the communities are well worth the time to join. /r/Fantasy is one of the most popular, and offers some of the best opportunities to interact with authors you think might be too popular to reach. Look at what they put together for last year’s winner for Best Debut Novel, Saladin Ahmed’s Throne of the Crescent Moon:
Here’s the list of winners for the 2013 Stabbies:
For 2013, the r/Fantasy community chose…
- BEST NOVEL OF 2013
Emperor of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
- BEST SELF-PUBLISHED / INDEPENDENT NOVEL OF 2013
- BEST DEBUT NOVEL OF 2013
Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan
- BEST SHORT FICTION OF 2013
Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu by Mercedes M. Yardley
- BEST ANTHOLOGY / COLLECTION / PERIODICAL OF 2013
Unfettered, ed. Shawn Speakman
- BEST ARTWORK OF 2013
The Iron Throne by Marc Simonetti
- BEST SPECULATIVE FICTION SITE OF 2013
- BEST GAME (ANY FORMAT) OF 2013
Bioshock Infinite by Irrational Games
- BEST TV SERIES / MOVIE OF 2013
Game of Thrones Season 3 by George R.R. Martin, HBO, et al
- BEST RELATED MUSIC OF 2013
Game of Thrones Season 3 by composer Ramin Djawadi
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r/Fantasy redditor awards…
- r/FANTASY COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR BEST OVERALL REDDITOR
/u/MichaelJSullivan for his contribution to the community in 2013
- BEST ORIGINAL CONTENT POST
The What did you read during the month of ____? posts by /u/thezandymancan
- BEST COMMENT, QUESTION OR INTERACTION
/u/SkyCyril on how Tigana and Guy Gavriel Kay impacted his life
- BEST POST ON r/FANTASY
“Prince of Thorns #1 best selling fantasy for a day on Amazon.com – I made 17 cents a copy” by /u/MarkLawrence
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