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Showing posts with label Awards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Awards. Show all posts

Saturday, July 31, 2021

The Vivian Contest

The Vivian recognizes excellence in romance writing and showcases author talent and creativity. We celebrate the power of the romance genre with its central message of hope--because happily ever afters are for everyone.

Romance Writers of America will announce the winners of the 2021 Vivian awards at a virtual Awards Ceremony on July 31st, 9pm EST. Caraway Carter will emcee the event, which will be streamed live at www.rwa.org.

The names of the winners will be posted as they’re announced on the RWA website, Twitter and Facebook pages (#RWAVivian).

Join us in the celebration!

Tune into the RWA website HERE!
Swing by Facebook HERE!
Stay updated on Twitter HERE!
Watch on Youtube HERE!

Thursday, February 22, 2018

I Smell Sheep has been nominated in the Unce Upon a Book Awards...

Guess what?! I Smell Sheep has been nominated for Blog of the Year in the Once Upon a Book awards. Give a sheep a vote! You don't have to vote in of the other categories is you don't want.
Our reviewer Bianca Greenwood has attended Once Upon a Book Author Signing for the last two years. You can check out their website and Facebook page

***Round one voting for this year's OUAB Awards! Vote for your favorites in each category. The top four or five will then become our OFFICIAL nominees and will go before our panel of judges! Congratulations to all that have made it to this semi-final of nominations! You can vote only once and will be emailed confirmation of your responses. Thank you and good luck to our semi-finalists!
 

Monday, January 1, 2018

Sheep Talk: Happy New Year + giveaway

Everyone here at I Smell Sheep wants to say thanks for following the flock. Hope we've helped you find some good reads. So big shout out to our team of reviewers:

Pamela Kinney
Adria Reyes
DeniseB
Bianca Greenwood
JeanieG
TammyK
Selah Janel
Dani Harper (for helping with graphics like our new FB group banner, and letting her pugs do a review or two)

Do you need more I Smell Sheep in your life? Over in the right sidebar are all the ways you can follow us.

-Subscribe via email. We are throwing around the idea of a weekly newsletter. Would that be of interest?

-Join our FB group. There you can find a link to the post of the day, links to free and cheap ebooks, lots of threads about new shows, movies, comics. And yes, lots of sheep images. And all spam posts are deleted unless we've approved them personally. Come talk to readers and authors.

Editors & Preditors is holding their annual Readers Choice Awards! We are nominated for Best Review Site. Give us a vote if you have time. Voting open until Jan 14

We won first place in 2014 and third place in 2015 and 2016!!
How to vote:
-Scroll down to find the nominees.
-Click on us, there is a place to add comments, then do the spam control thing (have to type in the author name on the book shown).
-You will get an email confirmation you have to click to make your vote count.
-Share the link on your social media... and if you're comfortable with it, encourage them to vote for us...

Contact us if...
If you have any feedback or a favorite author you would love to see spotlighted, reviewed or interviewed drop us an email.

If you would like to do a guest post for I Smell Sheep send us an email.

We have ad space available at a reasonable rate! Email us.

sstogner1 at gmail dot com or flockparty at hotmail dot com

GIVEAWAY
US only

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

85th Academy Awards Picks + Giveaway!


It's Oscar picking time! 

Each Sheep writer took turns voting below for who we think will win. YOU get the chance to, not only play along but, win an awesome movie themed prize pack! 


1- Large size unisex tee provided by the amazing folks at T-Shirt Printing
Golden Compass DVD
Popcorn and Popcorn bags
Raisinets, Soda Pop Gummies, Gum
Golden Nail Polish
Golden Pedicure Set
Compact mirror
Sheep Swag! 

That's a fun pack! Now, it's your turn. Pick the writer listed below you think got the most right categories. If that writer wins, one winner who voted for that person will win the prize! 

The initial stands for the name of the writer. But here's a breakdown. 

SS = Sharon 
KD = Katie 
BAK = BAK 
BD = Bunni 
GF = Gef 
AR = Adria 

Fill out the Raffledude below and cast your vote! 

Due to the weight of this package, the contest is open to US only. You can still play along and we hope you do! 

Winner will be picked after the Oscar's which airs Feb 24th, 2013. 


Best Picture
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
"Lincoln" BAK
"Les Miserables" SS GF AR
"Life of Pi"
"Amour"
"Django Unchained"-KD BD
"Argo"

Best Supporting Actor
Alan Arkin, "Argo"
Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook" -KD
Philip Seymour Hoffman, "The Master"
Tommy Lee Jones, "Lincoln"BAK
Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"-SS BD GF AR

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, "The Master"
Sally Field, "Lincoln"BAK GF
Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables"-KD SS BD AR
Helen Hunt, "The Sessions"
Jacki Weaver, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Best Actor
Bradley Cooper, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Daniel Day Lewis, "Lincoln"-KD SS BAK BD GF
Hugh Jackman, "Les Miserables" AR
Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"
Denzel Washington, "Flight"

Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, "Zero Dark Thirty" BD
Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"-KD SS AR
Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"BAK
Quvenzhané Wallis, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" GF
Naomi Watts, "The Impossible"

Best Director
Michael Haneke, "Amour"
Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Ang Lee, "Life of Pi" BD
Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln"-KD SS GF
David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"

Best Animated Feature
"Brave"-KD SS BD GF AR
"Frankenweenie" 
"Paranorman"
"The Pirates! Band of Misfits" 
"Wreck-It Ralph"BAK

Best Visual Effects
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"-KD SS GF AR
"Life of Pi"BD
"The Avengers"BAK
"Prometheus" 
"Snow White and the Huntsman"

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
"Hitchcock"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"-KD SS BD AR
"Les Miserables"BAK GF

Best Costume Design
"Anna Karenina"-KD
"Les Miserables"SS GF AR
"Lincoln"BAK
"Mirror Mirror"BD
"Snow White and the Huntsman"

Best Documentary Feature
"Searching for Sugar Man" 
"How to Survive a Plague"BAK BD
"The Gatekeepers"SS AR
"5 Broken Cameras"
"The Invisible War"-KD GF

Best Music (Original Score)
"Anna Karenina"-KD
"Argo"
"Life of Pi"SS BD
"Lincoln"BAK GF
"Skyfall" AR

Best Cinematography
"Skyfall"
"Anna Karenina"
"Django Unchained"-KD BD
"Life of Pi" SS GF
"Lincoln"BAK AR

Best Original Screenplay
"Zero Dark Thirty" AR
"Django Unchained"-KD SS BD
"Moonrise Kingdom" GF
"Amour"BAK
"Flight"

Best Sound Editing
"Argo"BAK
"Django Unchained"
"Life of Pi" GF
"Skyfall"-KD SS BD AR
"Zero Dark Thirty"

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