Sunday, February 1, 2026

2026 Swoony Award Eligibility Requirements



The Swoony Awards are a Readers' Choice Award recognizing excellence in clean, secular, wholesome romance. We wanted a way to show our appreciation to these awesome authors who write the kind of books that we love. It’s also a great way to find new books and a good go-to when looking for something fun to read.

Eligibility

- ONLY books PUBLISHED December 1, 2025 – November 30, 2026 are eligible.
- Intimacy: No sex, no/low closed door/fade-to-black, no/low innuendo, nothing crude or crass. 
- Language: None/mild (No F words) nothing overly crude.
- Violence: Mild/low.
- Page Count: 100 pages or higher, anthologies are okay. No short stories. No collections.
- Age: Only Young Adult, New Adult and Adult. NO children's or middle grade.
- Religious: NO Christian Fiction

The Swoony's will not be accepting nominations from ghostwriters, scammers, book stuffers or click farmers. As we come across these "authors" they will be removed from the nomination list. If you are aware of any of these profiles, please let us know so we can have them removed.

While we check each book added to make sure it meets our eligibility requirements, we have not personally read every book on the list to verify the level of content. 
If you see any books that do not meet our requirements, please reach out and let us know. We allow books that generally fall between G-PG-13 rated. 

Please let us know if you have any questions. 

Thank you for your participation!

Your Award Hosts,

Kathy from Bookworm Nation
Katie from Hiding in the Pages
Kathy Jo from KJ's Book Nook

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