Good news: the Filipino Readers’ Choice Awards is returning this year!
The FRCA has found its new home with the Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP). Adopting the FRCA means that BDAP will be including it in its regular programming, holding the award every other year, alternately with BDAP’s Gintong Aklat Awards.
Because we are making up for seven years of lost time, we will be handing out two batches of awards for FRCA 2022:
First batch: titles published in 2015-2018
Second batch: titles published in 2019-2021
2022 FILIPINO READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS GENERAL RULES & GUIDELINES
For 2022, the Filipino Readers’ Choice Awards (FRCA) will be open to books published from January 2015 to December 2021.
To allow for the long hiatus of the FRCA, there will be two batches for this year’s awards:
Batch 1: books published from 2015-2018
Batch 2: books published from 2019-2021
The following are this year’s categories for both batches:
Fiction in English– A novel in English, in any of the following genres: literary fiction, mystery/thriller, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, horror, speculative fiction
Fiction in Filipino or Taglish – A novel in Filipino or Taglish, in any of the following genres: literary fiction, mystery/thriller, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, horror, speculative fiction
Romance in English – A novel or novelette in English in the romance genre and all its sub-genres (contemporary, historical, paranormal, LGBTQ+, etc.). As a requirement of the genre, the book must have an emotionally satisfying ending (happily-ever-after or happy-for-now).
Romance in Filipino or Taglish – A novel or novelette in Filipino or Taglishin the romance genre and all its sub-genres (contemporary, historical, paranormal, LGBTQ+, etc.). As a requirement of the genre, the book must have an emotionally satisfying ending (happily-ever-after or happy-for-now).
Fiction Anthology – Short story compilation by a single author or multiple authors, in either English or Filipino
Young Adult Fiction – A novel aimed towards the young adult audience, in either English or Filipino
Children’s Picture Book – A children’s picture book, fiction or nonfiction, in either English or Filipino, for ages 5 and up
Comics & Graphic Novels – A comic compilation or graphic novel, fiction or nonfiction, in English, Filipino, or wordless
Poetry – A collection of poetry by a single author or multiple authors, in either English or Filipino
Inspirational / Religious – Nonfiction, in any of the following classifications: religious, spiritual, inspirational, either English or Filipino
Humor – Nonfiction work, classified as humor, in either English or Filipino
Food & Cookbook – Nonfiction work, classified under food or cooking
Nonfiction – Single work or anthology, of the following classifications: arts and culture, memoir, autobiography, biography, creative nonfiction, philosophy, psychology, in either English or Filipino
History - Single work or anthology on factual narrative/s of the history of a place, period, particular people, etc.
Translated Work - A book of any genre originally published in any language and translated into English and/or Filipino
NOTES:
Only works of Filipino authors and artists published or self-published in the Philippines–in either print or ebook formats–will be eligible for this year’s awards.
Reprints or later editions of books previously nominated to the FRCA will not be considered for the awards.
The FRCA committee reserves the right to decide on the books qualified for nomination based on the publication dates and category description.
FRCA is again opening nominations from publishers. Publishers’ nominations are still subject to verification by the FRCA committee. This will be followed by public nominations.
Plagiarized works will not be accepted for the award. The FRCA Committee reserves the right to remove from the nominations and/or public ballot any work that is proven to be plagiarized.
Should a book be nominated in the wrong segment, the committee reserves the right to reclassify it into the correct one, based on its actual year of publication and/or consultation with the publisher/creator/s.
Additional queries may be addressed to the FRCA Committee via filipinoreaderschoice@gmail.com.
2022 FILIPINO READERS’ CHOICE AWARDS SCHEDULE
PHASE 1: NOMINATIONS
The official nomination form will be sent out to publishers via email by July 29, 2022. Publishers may nominate any qualifying book in any of the categories, under the appropriate batch (published 2015-2018 or published 2019-2021).
If you are a publisher or self-published author and would like to submit an official nomination form, kindly send an email to filipinoreaderschoice@gmail.com.
The schedule of public nominations will be announced. To nominate a book, just fill out the online nomination form here. The nomination form gets sent to the FRCA committee.
PHASE 2: PUBLIC VOTING
At the end of the nomination period, an online ballot will be posted on the FRCA page on the BDAP website. Each individual voter can choose only one (1) title per category, but may also opt to skip voting for other categories. The requirement for voting is a valid email address. Only one entry or vote per email address will be accepted. Should we receive more than one entry from an email address, we will accept only the latest entry. After the voting period, the Filipino Readers Choice Awards committee will then come up with a shortlist of finalists for the awards, based on the tally of votes sent in by readers. The top three (3) nominations per category will be included in the shortlist and considered finalists.
The finalists for the awards will be announced on the website.
PHASE 3: PANEL JUDGING
The finalists will be deliberated upon by a panel composed of members of various Filipino book groups and reading communities.
AWARDING
The winners of the 2022 Filipino Readers’ Choice Awards will be announced in November.
Winning authors and publishers will receive an award, and the right to use the Filipino Readers’ Choice Awards seal on their books.
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