Filipino Novels Online Writers of the Year

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

FILIPINO NOVELS ONLINE WRITER OF THE YEAR WINNERS

2009 BEST WRITERS OF THE YEAR

1st Place   :  Garnet Heart (92.19%)

2nd Place :  Nimfa Beck (90.03%)

3rd Place  :  Selene Nepomuceno & Yesha Lee (86.07%)

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2009 FAVORITE WRITERS OF THE YEAR

1st Place  :  Roje Fernandez (256 votes)

2nd Place:  Garnet Heart (247 votes)

3rd Place :  Yesha Lee (231 votes)

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A BIG THANK YOU

Finally, this activity has ended and I would like to congratulate all the participants.  Winners or not, you are all very good, full of potentials to be the country’s best novel writers.  I wish everyone of you luck as you journey towards the fulfillment of your dreams.
And of course, a big thank you also to everyone who voted, to those who watched out and stayed with us throughout, the spammers and everyone else.
To the judges who have stayed with me until midnight finalizing the result, especially to Miss Celeste Francisco who instructed us about proper romance writing, though I’ve thanked you personally I will thank you once again.
Thank you is never enough to express how much I appreciate your participation and cooperation.  Without each and everyone of you, this activity couldn’t have succeeded.
MABUHAY ang mga Filipino Writers!

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THE JUDGMENT NIGHT

This is probably one of the most exciting and most stressful night I’ve ever had.  After tabulating the scores from each of the judges, two writers stood above the rest.  Even the judges are divided into their opinion about who most deserves to win.
It was a very tight competition between the first and second placers, a face off between two great published writers.  NIMFA BECK of BookWorms Forum almost had it, but in the end, the online votes decided the winner.  Garnering 21% of the total votes, this year’s Best Writer award is therefore given to none other than GARNET HEART of Your Story Haven, author of the famous novels: The Other Side of You, The Promise, A Time For Us, One Million Reasons and of course (probably the best selling tagalog romance e-book) The Diamond of Sierra Leone.
At third is a tie between another two great writers in the persons of the beloved Yesha Lee of Tagalog Online Pocketbook and the quiet Selene Nepomuceno - once again from BookWorms Forum.
Also, this year’s Favorite Writer is awarded to the very charismatic Roje Fernandez of Internet Serye, garnering a total votes of 22%.  Some of his famous works include Ikapitong BF, Stranded Hearts,Alma, Kagat sa Apoy, Bengbeng, The Boy is Mine, and many more…  Roje Fernandez probably has the most number of novels found online.
To the winners, nominees, and all participating websites… CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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TO EVERYONE

The judges: Albert Loyola, Celeste Francisco, Evelyn Agpaoa, Mary Rose Olivares, and me (Edgar Allan Rabanza) have done the best we can to make this contest as fair as we possibly can. We respect whatever violent reactions you have, but before you judge, please take a little time to read the stories of the winners and compare it to your own stories or to the stories of the author you think deserves it.
It’s alright to feel bad, but if you are sore, please don’t mess on the comments.   We are very positive and we strongly believe that we have picked the most deserving writers of this year and I (as well as the other judges) will stand firmly into that.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! I wish you all the very best this year!!!

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Find out about what the judges have to say about this year’s Writer of the Year…

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Edgar Allan Rabanza

FILIPINO NOVELS ONLINE

CONGRATULATIONS!!!