The Round 2 voting is going on now at the DABWAHA site! Each round is 12 hours, midnight to midnight Central Savings Time (US), and there are some intense matchups. Check your bracket, and don't forget to vote! 

Things to announce!  1. Last call for brackets for the tournament!  Bracket entries for the DABWAHA tournament will close tonight, 19 March 2014, at 11:59pm ET. Yup, entry time is extended – I misread the NCAA schedule, which we try to adhere to, and they have two days of play-in matches. We just get down to business on the first day, 20 March 2014. To fill out your bracket, go to the tournament site, and click … Continue reading DABWAHA Update: Voting and Last Call for Brackets! →

Are you ready?! It's Selection Sunday for the 2014 DABWAHA. The full slate of nominees has been announced, and reader votes determined the 8th book in each category. And now: the DABWAHA bracket is ready to be filled out.  You have until 3/17/2014 at 11:59:00 PM ET to enter your picks!    IMPORTANT UPDATE 12:17PM 3/16: MORE IMPORTANT-ER UPDATE 2:53 pm 3/16: Hey, you know what? The internet sometimes gives you mixed up information! We have confirmed … Continue reading It’s Selection Sunday for DABWAHA 2014! →

It's DABWAHA time! When we tweet and vote monger and compete for prizes and silly fun as we celebrate some of the very best romances of 2013. What's a DABWAHA? The DABWAHA is our annual NCAA-style tournament of books. 64 books are selected in 8 different categories, and readers pick brackets of which books they think will win each round.  The winners of each round are determined by public voting, so it helps your cause … Continue reading It’s DABWAHA Time! →

Today is the DABWAHA Championship final! Polls will open at 11amET / 10am CT and will run until 10pm CT – 12 hours of intense voting ahoy!  The two finalists are:  Both of these books are interesting championship finalists: both were reader nominated books, and both are contemporary romances. Plus, both have sizable fanbases behind them – so it will be a crazy final!  More than just the bragging rights are on the line, too … Continue reading DABWAHA Championship Final! →

At 1am Eastern, midnight Central, the voting began! Are you ready?! Round one is a big one, too, with Cecilia Grant's A Lady Awakened facing Courtney Milan's The Duchess War, and The Fault in our Stars by John Green going up against Pushing the Limits by Katie McGarry. And Unspoken and A Notorious Countess Confesses and… I have to go lie down now. Oy.  Then, at 1pm Eastern, noon Central, the next set of polls go up! More voting! More Tweeting! … Continue reading It’s DABWAHA Voting Time! →

The DABWAHA bracket is ready to be filled out. Just click on “New” and enter your identification. Only the Nickname will show up publicly. Then click on the title of the book you will think will each match until you have only one book left as your Champion. The tie breaker is the number of reader nominations we received. Hint: it is under 1000. If you have problems, we are going to host a Google … Continue reading It’s DABWAHA Selection Sunday! →

Time to announce the reader nomination winners, and the complete slate of 2012 DABWAHA nominees! The YA Reader Nominee is: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green ( A | BN | K | S) An interesting pick, and definitely one of the best books of 2012.           The Contemporary Reader Nominee is: About That Night by Julie James ( A | BN | K | S) Julie James was the … Continue reading Time to announce the DABWAHA Reader Nominees! →

It's time for the 2013 DABWAHA!  What's the DABWAHA? It's our March Madness™- style tournament of romance novels, hosted by Jane from Dear Author and yours truly. The tournament began in 2008 which makes this our 6th annual tournament of books. Yay! What's DABWAHA stand for?  It stands for AWESOMENESS. And the assurance that I should be allowed to name everything because I came up with the name. (It stands for “Dear Author Bitchery Writing Award … Continue reading It’s DABWAHA Selection Sunday! →