The finalists have been announced for Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 10. The competition sponsored by Mark Lawrence began with the submission of self-published fantasy works on May 10, 2024. The first 300 author-submitted works were accepted into the competition. The major qualifiers were that the book must be self-published, must be currently available for purchase, must be a work of fantasy, and must be either a stand-alone novel or the first book in a series.

The works were then divided into ten groups of 30 with each group being assigned to one of ten volunteer sites/organizations that provide reviews of works of fantasy. Each site read their 30 assigned works and promoted one book into the finalist round.

The 10 finalists are:

• The Forest at the Heart of Her Mage: A Sapphic Fantasy Romance by Hiyodori 
• Mushroom Blues (The Hofmann Report) by Adrian M. Gibson 
• By a Silver Thread: DFZ Changeling, Book 1 by Rachel Aaron
• Runelight: The Aenigma Lights, Book 1 by JA Andrews 
• Gates of Hope: An Epic Fantasy Adventure (Aulirean Gates Book 1) by J E Hannaford
• Wolf of Withervale (Noss Saga) by Joaquín Baldwin 
• The Tenacious Tale of Tanna the Tendersword (The Chronicles of Tanna the Champion by Galdifort Quillpen) by Dewey Conway and Bill Adams
• The Oathsworn Legacy by K. R. Gangi
• The Humane Society for Creatures & Cryptids (Teraglossa) by Stephanie Gillis (Author), Zoe Plait (Editor), Tycho Dwelis (Illustrator)
• By Blood, By Salt (Land of Exile Book 1) by J. L. Odom

Now that the finalists are identified, each review site will read, review, and rate the nine finalists selected by their colleagues. The winner will be the book with the highest average rating from the ten review sites.

The blogs for SPFBO 10 are:

• Captured in Words
• Fantasy-Faction
• Fantasy Book Critic
• Lynn’s Books + The Critiquing Chemist
• The Weatherwax Report
• Before We Go Blog
• Queen’s Book Asylum
• Philip Chase
• Covers With Cassidy
• Kitty G Books