F&L Awards
- Rebecca Evans
- Sep 13, 2025
- 2 min read
The Fable & Lore Awards 2026 ✨🌙
Celebrating Indie Authors in the Fantasy genre!
I love Fantasy, always have but more importantly I’m fascinated and in awe of the incredible authors that have the minds that create such beautiful escapes! It’s high time we celebrated that and so I bring to you The Fable & Lore Awards. The first UK located awards dedicated to Indie Authors in the fantasy genre!
The Fable & Lore Awards is a virtual, yearly event open to Indie authors specifically within the Fantasy & Romantasy genre. The first event is taking place on November 2nd 2026 with entries open now! There are six categories you can enter this year and there will be a winner selected from our judges for each.
The Categories
Best Book Cover
Best Debut Fantasy
Best Romantasy
Best Dark Fantasy
Best High Fantasy
Best World building
The winners will be awarded our Fable & Lore Award and a selection of other amazing prizes which you can read more about below! There will also be a runner up 2nd place prize for each category.
So why enter?
Our awards are unique in their dedication to Indie Fantasy and Romantasy authors, this exclusivity makes you part of something new, fresh and magic!
Winners and short listers will be given extra visibility and exposure across our social media with features on our website, digital badges, certificates and entry content which is provided for use across your own social platforms and more.
We have a wonderful team of Fable & Press influencers who will be part of the judging and selection process, this is something we absolutely love as it brings your story to real readers who want to celebrate Indie talent.
The prizes? 🏆📚
First place in each category will be provided with a beautiful winners trophy, a custom certificate of your winning category for display on social media including digital versions, our Sapphire book promotion package, bookish prizes and on going exposure from our online presence and influencer team.
Second place in each category will be provided with a certificate of your winning category (2nd place) and the choice of our Quartz promotion package or mini cover reveal package.
Please note: If you are applying from outside the UK your winning prizes will be digitalized and bookish prizes provided in the form of gift cards.
There is a small entry fee, this goes towards the admin, prizes and organisation of the virtual event.
To find out more about the awards or to enter see the links below!
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