At 05:29 PM 11/13/96 +0000, MD Price wrote:

I'm not saying that awards shouldn't be held, I am saying that this little
personal ones, where one person gives "awards" out is NOT an impartial

awards are fine, but, the reason why I hate the "TV" awards is because
it is a bunch of movies/music/etc. being picked by only a minority, and

I think awards should be a "voting" kind of thing by the people who read
the stories. THEN I would have a lot more confidence that just one or two
people saying "Oh this person deserves an award."

So we'll have a vote for the "1996 Official Fanfic Mailing List Awards"

Give me some time to set up a mailbox (i.e.: don't start sending stuff yet!)
and I'll collect and count the votes.

It will most likely be a points based vote (pick your fav 3, 5 pts for 1st,
3 pts for 2nd, 1 pt for 3rd).  Separate catagories for pure (non-crossover)
genre stories and one (or more) for X-overs.

Send ideas/suggestions now, I will try to collect votes starting by the end
of next week through mid-December and have everything counted by Christmas.
Who knows, I might even succeed...

NOTE:  At this point, I am not yet sure that I will do this, just checking
to see if there is enough interest.

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