This week was the announcement of the SFR Galaxy Awards for 2017. If you’re not familiar, the SFR Galaxy Awards is an annual, multi-award event for science fiction romance books. Launched in 2012 by bloggers Laurie A. Green of Spacefreighters Lounge and Heather Massey of The Galaxy Express, the goal of this event is to honor a variety of standout stories.
It’s a favorite time of year for me, both because I get the opportunity to find new stories I might have missed, but also to celebrate and cheer for my friends and acquaintances who won. This year, for the first time, I’ll be celebrating alongside them – South Seas Salvation was awarded “Best Hacker Heroine.”
This means so much more to me than a cool graphic to add to my book’s page, or the ability to add “award-winning” to my bio. This is a recognition from within our ranks, that just maybe my stories are finding their legs. Without further ado, here are my fellow honorees:
Best Dare Award
Claim the Wolf King by Meg Xuemei X
Award for the Fiercest Mom
The Emperor’s Mate by May Sage
Best Epic Story – It’s a Stinger Award
Destroyer – Hidden Planet Book 1 by Anna Carven
Best Placed Sex Scenes Award
Kayzon’s Wish-Alien Bounty Hunters Book 3 by Michele Mills
Happier by the Dozen Award
Embrace the Romance: Pets in Space 2 by S.E. Smith, MK Eidem, Susan Grant, Michelle Howard, Cara Bristol, Veronica Scott, Pauline Baird Jones, Laurie A. Green, Sabine Priestley, Jessica E. Subject, Carol Van Natta, Alexis Glynn Latner
The SFR Cryo-Ship Future We Want
In Ageless Sleep by Arden Ellis
To Everything There is a Season, the Turn, Turn, Turn Award
War Games (Valiant Knox #4) by Jess Anastasi
Best Lost Colony Series (The If It Walks Like a Duck Award)
Heart Sight (Celta’s Heartmates #15) by Robin D. Owens
Most Broken Butterfly Award (Time Not in the Bottle)
The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen A. Flynn
Tastiest Cheese in Video Game Romance
Mass Effect Andromeda from BioWare
Best Distraction Award
Crashed on an Ice World (Phoenix Adventures #9) by Anna Hackett
Best Original Story
Dustwalker by Tiffany Roberts
Best High-Tech Love Making
Wanted & Wired by Vivien Jackson
Beyond Book 3 Award
Found Girl (Project Enterprise #6) by Pauline Baird Jones
Favorite Cat Hero
Cypher (The Dragon’s Bidding #2) by Christina Westcott
Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover Award
Race to Redemption (Green Rising #1) by Shari Elder
Best Post Apocalyptic World Building
The Rule of Luck by Catherine Cerveny
Most Interesting Plot Twist
Chains of Freedom by Audrey Sharpe
Best Way to Make a Dream Come True
Mikolos by Ruby Lionsdrake
Best Way to Change a May/December Pairing
Flying Through Fire by Nina Croft
Best Opening Scene
Rescuing Prince Charming by Edward Hoornaert
Best and Most Coveted Cat
For the Greater Good: Puss in Space by Greta van der Rol
One of the Best and Most Interesting Aliens this Year
Unexpected by Pippa Jay
Best Politician Protagonist
Perfect Gravity by Vivien Jackson
Best Athlete Superstar
Race to Redemption by Shari Elder
Best Hacker Heroine
South Seas Salvation by JC Hay
Best Currency
Scions of the Star Empire – Scandal by Athena Grayson
Most Interesting Aliens
Diffraction by Jess Anastasi
Best Romance Plot in a Science Fiction Video Game
Nier: Automata
Hottest Cold War
Relaunch Mission (The Galactic Cold War) by Robyn Bachar
