Both The Heavenly Sword (Book 1) and The Earthly Blaze (Book 2) in the Sword Maiden from the Moon duology are FINALISTS in the category "Writing the Future We Need: Asian Representation by an Asian Author" of the 2024 Indie Ink Awards.
From February to July the contest will be in the reading phase (i.e. judges will read the books that are finalists and choose a winner in each category). Winners will be announced in August 2025.
Indeed, we do need a future with much more Asian representation by authentic Asian voices in the English book world, where Asian representation is dominated by those whitewashed Big Five quasi-Asian authors who don't speak their root culture's language.
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