2008 Golden Clitorides Awards

If you don't know what the Golden Clitorides Awards are, think of them as the Academy Awards for erotic fiction. They're been around for... well, forever, it feels like! My interest in following them has always varied because frankly some years the people running them don't do a very good job. Overall, though, I always sort of consider the winning stories and authors "must reads" in the weeks and months following the Golden Clitoride winners' announcements (usually in February). For this year, Lazeez of Storiesonline.net is running the show so I think it will be a good year for the awards and maybe the start of some stability. You can read Lazeez's thoughts about the project here. You can even offer suggestions.

Nominations for Golden Clitorides are now being accepted for stories posted in 2008. Today I received an e-mail from a fan asking me which categories he thought he should nominate my short story, "Family Honor" since he really liked it. Below is my response:

First of all, thank you for wanting to nominate my story! I suppose the best categories "Family Honor" qualifies for would be:

Short Erotic Story of the Year

Heterosexual Story of the Year

Voyeur/Exhibitionist Story of the Year

I'm posting this reply publicly because I was hoping anyone else who loved that story would follow suit and nominate it for the same three categories. Of course, if you read a story that fell into, say "Heterosexual Story of the Year" and liked it better than FH, nominate it for that category instead. Or nominate both, who cares? :P My point is that if you liked "Family Honor" for one of those three categories (or two, or all three!) then definitely nominate. 

If you read the rules about the nomination process you'll see there's nothing wrong with nominating a story multiple times, or nominating several stories for the same category. So go! Nominate your favorite stories and authors! For us anonymous authors of online erotica they basically mean nothing, but they're fun to win. You know, bragging rights and such. :P

By the way? I would sure like to win one of these awards someday. More than that, though, I'd *love* for the awards to become stable under Lazeez's rule. It truly is a huge job to coordinate such an effort so if you have the time, energy, and/or interest, definitely check out the post I mentioned earlier where s/he discusses wanting to improve the contest. Think about it, let it percolate, then made some suggestions and/or volunteer your help in the comments section. Tell them Shannon sent you. :P

-shannon-

~watches the Academy Awards every year~