YA Academy Awards 2012 — See the Finalists!

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Welcome to the 2012 YA Academy Awards!

Thanks so much to all of you who submitted nominations. Now it’s time to vote — I’ve narrowed it down to those characters and books that received the most votes. In categories without as many nominations, I included all suggestions.

Next week, we’ll have four finalists in each category. If you want to know how your nominations were narrowed down in this round, I have notes at the bottom. But first let’s get to voting!

VOTING IS CLOSED BUT YOU CAN NOW SEE WHO WON. THE TOP FOUR FINALISTS WILL MOVE FORWARD TO THE FINAL ROUND.

Best YA Leading Guy of 2012 – Best Book Boyfriend of 2012

Best YA Leading Lady of 2012


Best Supporting Actor in YA 2012


Best Supporting Actress in YA 2012

Best YA Drama 2012 — vote for up to two!


Best YA Comedy 2012 — vote for up to two!


Here are our top four nominees for Best Villain as of 9 am on Monday, February 18:

Warner from Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi (11 votes)
Darkling from Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (7 votes)
Anderson (Warner’s dad) from Destroy Me/Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi (5 votes)
Queen Levana from the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer (5 votes)



FINAL VOTING WILL BE 12:01 AM ON FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22 THROUGH 9 PM EST ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2012



All candidates had to appear in a book published between January 1, 2012 and February 24, 2013.

Nominations: I had to disqualify a couple of nominations that weren’t published in 2012, or that weren’t published as YA.  For leading guys and ladies, plus the drama and supporting guy category, I included any valid nominee that had at least two votes. For best supporting actress and comedy, I included all the nominations.

Semifinalist voting: Polls were open from the morning of Friday February 16 to the morning of Tuesday February 19. Voters were allowed to vote for four candidates in Leading Guy, Leading Girl, and Supporting Girl. In the other categories, which had fewer nominees, voters could select up to two. The poll site uses cookies and ISP addresses to make sure that voters could only vote one time per device.

Jen has been blogging about books since 2011. In that time, she has read and reviewed over 1500 books. She loves helping readers find their perfect next read and helping books find their audience.

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  1. I was a little surprised to see Warner from Unravel Me in the leading guy character since he was very obviously the villain to me in Shatter Me-does he change his villainous ways in book 2? Or are people just swooning for the bad boy? I haven't had a chance to read Unravel Me yet so I don't know.

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  3. My two nominations for Villain are Metias from Legend (turned into an awful sob) and Conner from The False Prince, who should win because he is not all "I'm doing that because I'm mean", he actually believes he is doing the right thing!

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  4. Hmm….I would actually say that a Thriller Nomination from me would be Divergent #3 because I am in ULTIMATE SUSPENSE mode here. But since I can't, I nominate Insurgent as Best Thriller/Suspense Novel.

    Thank you lots…

    Raffle name: Nikki O but GFC as Abby

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  9. Best Thriller/Suspense: Ten by Gretchen McNiel and The Last Echo by Kimberly Derting.

    Best Villian: Connor from The False Prince and Theogo from Daughter of Smoke and Bones series.

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  15. I voted ☺
    I think my favourite villain is Reth from the paranormalcy series. He's just so yummy! I would totally have picked him over lend! I don't read much thriller suspence, maybe sister assassin but I think that doesn't meet the date published rules, maybe one breath away by heather … i seriously can't spell her surname! Better stick to Reth! ☺

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  20. Best villian: Mitch from Drowning Instinct. I'm still trying to figure out if he's really evil or just screwed up. Does he even count because he was the love interest as well?

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  28. I wish I had nominated From What I Remember for YA comedy. That book was hilarious and awesome!! I am no good at these things until I see what the nominations are though, then I can think of a bunch haha!!

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  38. So fun! I voted. There were some great choices there! I like the Lunar Queen from Cinder for a villain. I can't remember her name. She definitely is one. I also like Lord Gisbourne from Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen. He is super creepy and manipulative.

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  40. My post got deleted somehow. It's all this new set-up stuff. Anyway… Awesome awards! I voted and it was interesting to see what everyone else voted for. 😉 I like the Lunar Queen (can't remember her name) from Cinder and Lord Gisbourne from Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen. Both of them are very deceptive, minipulating, and just evil.

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  50. omg can the best villian be Warner? Because he is such a delicious villain. From UNRAVEL ME obviously. OR The lunar queen for the best villain. If not, I'd probably go with THE DARKLING. they were all pretty amazing.

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  51. I couldn't vote in the best YA comedy because I didn't read any of those books, I need to update by TBR. I can't even think of a villain that I like. Maybe Axel Mortmain from The Infernal Devices, I don't particularly like him but he is a good villain.

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