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« on: September 24, 2010, 07:22:58 PM » |
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The 2010 awards now being over, it's time for the 2011 awards to begin: http://tinyurl.com/bfa-recs-2011. It's like a never-ending love parade... The form is a little different this year. You just make one recommendation at a time. Slightly more time-consuming for you, but infinitely easier for me, for dull reasons pertaining to spreadsheets, and mail merges, and all that kind of stuff. It'll mean I can check eligibility more easily as we go along, rather than waiting to the end, for example. 14 February 2011 is the final date for making recommendations. |
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« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2010, 01:07:38 PM » |
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Can I ask you a couple of questions about this, Stephen? First, are we OK to nominate more than one book, etc, in each category? Secondly, when it comes to the Best Newcomer Award, is this just for new writers, or would new publishers be included? Thanks!
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Stephen Theaker
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« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2010, 01:42:31 PM » |
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You can make unlimited recommendations in each category, resubmitting the form as many times as necessary.
Only fiction writers for best newcomer, I'm afraid.
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« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2010, 07:38:50 PM » |
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Cheers, Stephen!  |
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« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2010, 11:22:20 AM » |
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Hello,
Can I ask another question about the New Writer award? I looked it up:
"The award is for a new fiction writer who has produced previously unpublished work in the eligible year (must first be published in any print format (book, magazine, small press) in any part of the world in the English language during the relevant year."
How do you define 'new fiction writer' is it for someone with no previous publications (at any level)?
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« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2010, 11:37:25 AM » |
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There's no hard and fast rule about that. The panel will consider eligible works nominated by members (and provided by publishers), but may decide against giving the award to a writer they didn't feel was "new" enough.
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« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2010, 07:13:41 PM » |
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hmmm, interesting ... Thanks, Stephen.
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Stephen Theaker
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« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2011, 03:43:20 PM » |
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As mentioned elsewhere, I'm in the process of stepping down from my position as awards administrator, but the show must go on! BFS members, and attendees of FantasyCon 2010 and 2011, you have until February 14 to make your recommendations: http://tinyurl.com/bfa-recs-2011 |
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« Reply #8 on: February 17, 2011, 12:25:38 PM » |
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When do the recommendations become a long list for voting? I'm actually going to FantasyCon this year and I'm excited about voting...
(I think I get to vote, it depends if I remember the rules right! I didn't book in time to recommend anything, unfortunately, which is a shame because there was A LOT of good stuff last year.)
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Stephen Theaker
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« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2011, 11:27:34 AM » |
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It's normally round about the time of the March mailing.
Yes, you'll get to vote, having registered for FantasyCon. If there's something you wanted to recommend, but it doesn't appear on the longlist, you can still vote for it - write-in votes are allowed at this stage.
(Someone new has taken over the running of the awards, so I'm just answering as a regular member.)
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« Reply #10 on: February 21, 2011, 05:07:51 PM » |
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Thank you, that's not only helpful but good news, too. I'll start digging through titles...
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« Reply #11 on: April 06, 2011, 04:24:33 PM » |
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Isn't it time the Long List for the BFA's was published?
Or have I missed noticing it?
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« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2011, 06:25:51 PM » |
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Isn't it time the Long List for the BFA's was published?
Or have I missed noticing it?
It's very nearly ready ... just in the final stages of checking the content. David |
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