Showing posts with label award. Show all posts
Showing posts with label award. Show all posts

Monday, 16 March 2015

The Shadows Call to You

http://booksandpals.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/2015-readers-choice.html

Totally unexpected as it was, I recently heard from BIG AL'S BOOKS AND PALS - an excellent review site that concentrates on ebook and indie published books - informing me that my ghost/paranormal thriller 'THE SHADOWS CALL' has been shortlisted for a readers choice award. I'm chuffed to bits at the news, because it is validation of the book I hadn't expected.

Voting is open at Big Al's now through until midnight on March 28th (mountain time USA). Anyone who would like to vote can do so by the link supplied above, where there are some great prizes on offer as incentives to readers. I wish all the nominees luck, and win or lose, I'm still over the moon.

THE SHADOWS CALL by MATT HILTON  
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Shadows-Call-Matt-Hilton-ebook/dp/B00PCHT3FE/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_3

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

Thrillers, Killers 'n' Chillers wins coveted Best Fiction Magazine Award


A few weeks ago, I posted here to say that my sister blogsite Thrillers, Killers 'n' Chillers was nominated in the Preditors and Editors readers' poll to find the favourite webzine on the Net. Now, I must say that the site is primarily aimed at readers of Horror and Dark Fiction, so TKnC was in a more favourable position than some of the other crime/noir sites (some of them that I would quite happily have voted for myself) due to the fact that a pretty large quota of TKnCs contributors are writing in the horror and dark fiction genres. Well, it's with great pride and with great gratitude that I announce that TK'n'C did indeed win the coveted first place position, beating off some pretty damn fantastic competition along the way. I don't claim that TKnC is better than they are, maybe it just had more voters. Have a look here for confirmation of the results:
http://anotherealm.com/prededitors/votefictzine09.htm

Now then, I like to think of myself as a humble and self-effacing kind of guy, so I don't want to take all the praise or adulation. I want TKnC's contributors, its readers and supporters to bask for a moment in the glory. Without any of you TK'n'C would be a pretty boring place to visit.

Thanks to everyone who voted. Thanks also to Col Bury for all his hard work in making the site as great as it is. And thanks to Preditors and Editors for bestowing the award on TKnC.

Monday, 24 August 2009

I'd like to thank..and...and..and...


I'm grateful to have been nominated for a Literary Blogger Award by the lovely Sara Tribble whose blog I Am Write can be found on the links list on the right of this page.


This award is given for energising and inspiring reading, and through my efforts here and through my sister blog at Thrillers, Killers 'n' Chillers i can rest assured that I've done that. The award doesn't come free, of course and there are some rules I must follow.

Here's the rules.

1. Thank the person who nominated you for this award.

2. Copy the logo and place it on your blog.

3. Link to the person who nominated you for this award.

4. Name 7 things about yourself that people might not know.

5. Nominate 7 Bloggers.

6. Post links to the 7 blogs you nominate.

7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know they have been nominated.

So here goes:


1. Thank you, Sara. I sincerely mean that.

2. Done it (see the above).

3. Done it (see links on the right).

4. Aargh, I knew there was something that would get me thinking:


4.1. I'm a coffee junkie. Upwards of 20 cups at a minimum a day.

4.2. I also enjoy painting in acrylics and oils (but don't get much chance these days).

4.3. I love old style rock'n'roll, rockabilly and swing and have been known to get up and give a song alongside Johnny Scott and the Shakers.

4.4. I once applied to go on the TV show Gladiators

4.5. I always cry at the end of It's a Wonderful Life even though I've watched it a dozen times.

4.6. I was a pioneer of Mixed Martial Arts in the UK and fought in bare-knuckle, knockdown competitions until I realised I was a) not good enough b) too pretty to have my face bashed in c) a better coach than a fighter d) a poet not a warrior.

4.7. John Candy isn't my twin.


5. You know who you are.

6. Will do.

7. Keep you eyes peeled and read your comments. It could be you!