With the rules out of the way, let's move on to category submissions. Remember that you can submit a maximum of 2 books, but they must belong to different categories. Just a reminder, your book should have romance as its main theme.
Below is a list of all the acceptable categories for this contest and the number of books allowed in each one.
Please note that each category must have at least 3 participants. If there are any categories with only 2 or fewer participants, I will try to combine them, but we'll address that issue if it arises.
Book categories
Age gap/Forced marriage Romance/ Forbidden Romance (CLOSED)
Billionaire/CEO Romance (CLOSED)
Contemporary Romance (CLOSED)
Dark Romance/Stalker Romance (CLOSED)
Enemies to lovers/One bed trope/The villain gets the girl trope (CLOSED)
Friends to lovers/Golden retriever x black cat trope (CLOSED)
Fake marriage/Fake relationship Romance (CLOSED)
Fan-fiction 18+ (CLOSED)
Fan-fiction non mature (CLOSED)
*High-school Romance/Slice of life Romance (CLOSED)
LGBTQ+ Romance (CLOSED)
Mafia Romance/Bad boy trope (CLOSED)
Mythical creatures Romance (vampire, werewolves, fairies, etc.)/ Monster Romance/Fantasy Romance (CLOSED)
Mystery/ Thriller/Horror/Psychological Thriller/Crime Romance (CLOSED)
Platonic Romance (CLOSED)
Poly Romance/Love triangle Romance (CLOSED)
Poetry (CLOSED)
Regency Romance/Historical Romance/ Royal Romance (CLOSED)
Sci-Fi Romance (Aliens, Robots, Mutants, Cyberpunk Romance) (CLOSED)
Short story (1/7)
Sports Romance (CLOSED)
YA Romance (CLOSED)
Most of the categories will contain mature content. I'm not talking about just a few bad words; I mean there will be explicit sexual content, graphic violence, and more. As a result, you'll have to mention if your book has mature themes in the forms.
* No 18+ themes
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