SORMAG

SORMAG (Shades of Romance Magazine) is a wonderful and deeply needed resource for all authors but particularly writers of color. Their site and blog are now a staple in the industry and it's with great happiness that I share the news of a truly deserving award they won this week.

2009 Online Literary Awards

Cheryl Donovan present the first Legends Awards to:

SORMAG-Shades of Romance Magazine

SORMAG – Shades Of Romance Magazine was started because of editor LaShaunda Hoffman’s love of AA romance novels and the lack of support for them. SORMAG was an extension of an online forum called Aspiring African-American Romance Writers she started on delphiforums.com in 1999. In 2000 SORMAG became a bi-monthly online magazine. As the romance writers began to expand into the mainstream market the magazine evolved to feature not only romance but all literature. In 2005, SORMAG advanced to the blog concept which offers readers interactive freedom. The blog lead to SORMAG becoming a publishing industry legend!

Website: http://www.sormag.com/

SORMAG is presently taking votes for their 2009 Reader's Choice Awards. From their blog:

We invite you to vote for your favorite books for 2008.

Authors can vote for themselves. Before you vote, take a moment to read over the categories, write down your nominations, then come back and vote. Please write down the titles of the book, an Author's name can not be substituted for a title. Placing someone's name in all the categories does not increase their chance to win. If we receive a ballot with one person's name down the whole ballot it will be deleted. Only valid emails are accepted, if your email is returned your vote will not count. This is due to ballot stuffing.

*Deadline March 15, 2009

You can vote at the following places:
http://lashaunda.blogspot.com/
http://sormag.blogspot.com/

Take some time and visit SORMAG today!