Donate an item
the donation form is open! you have until June 28th to submit your items and your pictures. scroll down to see what we're looking for!
sponsor creatives
this year we're partnering with Rainbow Broomfield to manage costs & support creatives. any money leftover goes directly to our organizations.
What sort of things do we accept?
While Romancing the Vote was started by romance authors & readers, we also have a tremendous community of crafters, creatives, and experts! Here are only a few of our most popular auction items from past years.
We have two types of donations: Auction Items, and Buy it Nows. Auction Items are for unique items or experiences. Bidders will fight it out over the course of the entire auction, and whoever has bid the highest by
the end wins! Buy it Nows are a set of identical items (10 copies of a book, 20 copies of a fidget toy) that we put a set price on. Once they become available, they are first come, first served.
We like to have a solid mix of Auction Items and Buy it Nows. When the bidding gets too high on auction items, Buy it Nows still give our participants a chance to score something cool at a lower price, and help democracy!
Books & Swag
Autographed, annotated, special editions... readers love books! Bundle them up with merch for a special auction, or unload your author copies by offering 10 copies as a Buy it Now! Got special edition TV or Movie merch? We want it!
Arts & Crafts
Quilting, knitting, sewing, water color, pottery, woodcarving... if you can create it, we want it! Crafters are a huge part of the auction every year, and bidders fight to the death over their art!
Services
Are you a web designer? An artist? Can you format ebooks or make a gorgeous logo or create the perfect character art? Can you help someone with their taxes, or build them a custom spreadsheet? We want your skills!
Chats & consultations
Expert consultations are among our most popular items every year. Screenwriters offer script reads. Authors offer critiques. Agents give advice on queries and scientists help us all learn more about the world.