2023 Sultry Listeners Awards Voting Begins

It has been so heart warming to see the excitement from the authors, narrators and listeners for the 2023 Sultry Listeners Awards! We had over 500 nominations submitted and record breaking nominations in some of our categories! Voting will begin Wednesday, November 29th through December 12th. We’re dividing the voting into two waves to ensure everyone gets a chance to vote and not overwhelm anyone. Please see below how we’ve divided the waves. Every wave is one week long. Each category will have their own post and poll for you to cast your votes. Polls will have captcha protection to reduce spamming and voting restrictions is via cookies and limited to once a day per IP address. Each poll will have a direct link or you can vote directly on the website’s post. A new folder has been added to the “2023 Sultry Listeners Awards Graphics” Google Drive folder titled “Voting” and we will add graphics for each wave soon. Click here to to head over and grab nomination graphics and the voting ones. Wave 1: November 29th thru December 5th Sci-Fi Romance Historical Romance Cozy Mystery Romance Own Voices / POC Romance Sport Romance Urban Fantasy Romance Romantic […]

Posted November 27, 2023 by Viviana Enchantress Of Books in 2023 - Voting, 2023 Info, Nominees / 1 Comment

Nominations Announcements (Wave 4)

This is our last wave of announcements! These were also our LARGEST categories outside of the narrators and took us a wee bit longer to tally! Thrilled to share these with you all! Please click here to see the nominees in wave 1, click here for wave 2 and click here for wave 3 of announcements! Romantic Suspense ‘Til Encryption Do Us Part by Catherine Cole and Frank Jensen Narrated by Allyson Voller and Tyler Darby All’s Fair in Love & Juarez by Catherine Cole and Frank Jensen Narrated by Allyson Voller and Tyler Darby Black Velvet by Lynn Raye Harris Narrated by Zackery Webber and Stephanie Nemeth-Parker Broken Kingdom by C. Hallman and J.L. Beck Narrated by Zara Eden and Connor Brown City of Thieves by Catherine Wiltcher and Cora Kenborn Narrated by Vivienne LaRue and Alan Carlson Code Name: Aries by Janie Crouch Narrated by Antonio Amato and Avery Caris Conquered by Riley Edwards Narrated by Connor Crais and Mackenzie Cartwright Counts of Eight by Brynn Ford Narrated by Elle Sonali and Jeffrey Holz Destroy Me by Michelle Heard Narrated by Samantha Cook and Duncan Cole Dirty Wars by Kenya Wright Narrated by Lacy Laurel and […]

Posted November 17, 2023 by Viviana Enchantress Of Books in 2023 Nominations Open, 2023 Nominee (Wave 3), 2023 Nominees (Wave 2), 2023 Nominees (Wave 4) / 4 Comments

Nominations Announcements (Wave 3)

Thrilled to share the nominees in the narrator categories! We’re doing things differently than we have in the past as we have three different categories, New Narrator, Up-And-Coming and Narrators. These categories were defined as: New Narrator defined as having 20 or less titles published by the time of nomination submission. Up-And-Coming Narrator defined as having between 21 – 50 titles published by the time of nomination submission. Favorite Narrator defined as having 51 titles or more published by the time of nomination submission. Please click here to see the nominees in wave 1 and here for wave 2 of announcements! Below are all the narrators nominated! Favorite New Narrator Alexa Borys Alexis Paige Ali Dane Allie Rose Andria Mae Arri Alan Ashley Rose Kaplan Brian Rivera Bryant Walker Camille Quinn Claire Silver Corvin King Dane Anderson Eric Nolan Grayson Owens Hazel Addison Helena Walters Holden Maddox Hugo Locke Jaclyn Kelso Jake Benson Jasmine Murray Julian Durant Kaleigh Kirby Kas Vadim Katie Thompson Kelley Huston Kirk Griffin Lucas Allen M.K. Blackwood Matt Walton Molly Briar Nicci Prior Noah B Perez Orcus Auditory Oscar Reyes Rebecca Stern Robert Nieman Ruth Guice Ryan Holden Shannon Nicole Locke Shiloh James Sophia Lette […]

Posted November 16, 2023 by Viviana Enchantress Of Books in 2023 Nominee (Wave 3), announcement, Narrators / 3 Comments

Nominations Announcements (Wave 2)

Excited to announce the second wave of nominations! With almost 500 entries this was a huge year for The Sultry Listeners Awards! We’re still tallying up a few categories which is why we’re announcing nominations in waves. Please click here to see the nominees in wave 1 of announcements! Own Voices / POC Romance Before I Let Go by Kennedy Ryan Narrated by Jakobi Diem and Wesleigh Siobhan Dirty Calls by Sade Rena Narrated by Aure Nash and Tyrell Andrews Rise of a Dark Throne by Ligia N. Cushman Narrated by Ruthie Bowles Skeletons of Society by Marie Maravilla Narrated by Raquel Beattie and Gregory Salinas The Year of Cecily by Lisa Lin Narrated by Kat Riley The Many Dates of Indigo by Amber D. Samuel Narrated by Reina Mystique Accidentally in Love by Claudia Burgoa Narrated by Jason Clarke and Vivienne LaRue Erotic Romance (aka Smut) Banging the Easter Bunny by Dalia Davies Narrated by Jasmine Murray Captivate by E.L Lawson Narrated by Lance Greenfield and Stephanie Rose Corrupting Chastity by Krista Wolf Narrated by Vivienne LaRue and Zachary Johnson Dirty calls by Sade Rena Narrated by Aure Nash and Tyrell Andrews Dirty Demise by Selena Narrated by Teddy […]

Posted November 15, 2023 by Viviana Enchantress Of Books in 2023 Info, 2023 Nominees (Wave 2), announcement / 1 Comment

Nominations Announcements (Waive 1)

Excited to announce the first wave of nominations. We’re still tallying up the last few categories but we wanted to start the process of announcing all the awesome nominees! We are thrilled to see all of the nominations submitted and with almost 500 entries this was a huge year for The Sultry Listeners Awards! We are hoping to announce all of the categories in three waves and will post the voting information once that is done. Without further ado… Historical Romance Nominees: Empowered by the Earl by Alexa Aston Narrated by Gary Furlong How to Marry a Viscount (The Cinderella Society Book 3) by Alyxandra Harvey Narrated by Jonathan Johns Under the Mistletoe Trio by Bronwen Evans Narrated by Tim Campbell The Queen’s Dollmaker by Christine Trent Narrated by Marnye Young A Proper Dragon by E B Wheeler Narrated by Stephanie Németh-Parker A Subtle Dragon by E.B. Wheeler Narrated by Stephanie Nemeth-Parker The Mystery of the Debonair Duke by Ellie St. Clair Narrated by Sarah Sampino and Liam Price The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss Narrated by Cassandra York and Ashford McNab You’re the Earl That I Want by Kelly Bowen Narrated by Ashford McNab The Earl […]

Posted November 14, 2023 by Viviana Enchantress Of Books in 2023 Info, 2023 Nominees (Waive 1) Announcement / 0 Comments