After reviewing last year's surveys, the awards team discussed the pros and cons of the 2005 awards organization extensively and we've decided to return to the fandom 'norm'. Almost all of the archives, both large and small, use very similar category structures. Since the awards are a reflection of the Stargate fandom, it didn't make sense to deviate from the way the fandom is already divided...especially gen, ship, slash, and femslash.
Although last year's awards maintained these same divisions, it was more difficult to recognize that fact at a glance based on the subdivisions of categories. Many folks didn't appreciate that 'slash' stories, albeit ones that were rated for 13 years and younger, were found in the 'family' section. Perhaps this was just a poor choice of names for what was meant to be a rating-based and not a family-value based breakdown.
We want you to find the stories that interest you easily because, although we are an awards program, we realize that we also provide a service to the fandom by maintaining a link archive to the best of the Stargate fandom. This website is for you, the fans, and we want you to feel at home here.
Nominations open on March 8, 2006, and continue through April 30, 2006. Please see our schedule for updates and the rest of the 2006 awards' calendar.
Please see our eligibility requirements for more information. We also have a list of ineligible fiction and multimedia.
There is no limit to your nominations for stories or fan works by other people. You can nominate as many as you like, within the rules below.
Nominations are not limited to new works, because the team have no way to enforce this. Not everyone dates their works.
Any work that won an award cannot be nominated again ever. Any work that won an honourable mention last year cannot be nominated this year. Honourable mentions become eligible again after one year off.
There is one exception to this rule: the Team's Choice awards. As these are selected by the Awards Team and not by public vote, stories that have previously won Team's Choice Awards can be nominated again if they fulfill the other criteria.
Unfinished stories can no longer be nominated in the awards.
We allowed nominations for WIPs in 2001 because it was the first year of the SG1 Awards, and we had no idea at the time whether there would be a second year. We didn't want to force anyone out.
Since we expect to continue with the awards in the future for as long as we have your support, we feel it's fair to narrow down the parameters a little. Only completed stories are eligible.
No, this is a change in our nomination process. To streamline nominations, we ask nominators to provide a few essential details regarding the work; the title, the URL where the work is located, the author's name, and the author's email address. We also need the nominator's email address in case we have any questions regarding the nomination and, as before, we request that you check whether it's a self-nom or not.
Once the nomination period closes, we will notify the authors by email that their work(s) have been nominated. The authors will then be asked to complete a form to approve the nomination and to tell us what category is the best fit for each nominated work.
This process will eliminate much of the chaos that ensued in the past once the author found out their work was nominated in the wrong category. It's their work; they should be the best judge of its category.
This change should help everyone involved in nominations; the nominator, the author, and the awards team. The nominator has a much simpler form to complete to nominate works. The author places the work in the appropriate category. The team verifies appropriateness of the placement and the voting process begins.
You can nominate a single story from a series.
We've had a couple of questions on how the rules apply to series, so to clarify:
That depends on the numbers of valid nominations. We try to include every story nominated, subject to the author's consent.
In 2001 we got more nominations for Best Author than for any other category, but most of the people nominated were only nominated once. This meant we had way too many names on the final ballot, but no way of thinning out the list. So now we do things a little differently. The team will determine which authors are nominated for that award, based on the number of nominations each author receives.
Ballot stuffing for nominations is strictly prohibited. Do not nominate the same work more than once. If you do, all subsequent nominations for this work by you will be deleted and will not count towards Best Author or Best Story.
The new process requires the author to give approval for each nominated work. The author can choose to include or exclude each nominated work at his/her discretion.
To avoid miscommunications, any nominated author/artist will receive an email telling them that they have been nominated in the awards. If you don't want to participate, either return the approval form and check the box "Please exclude this work" or simply ignore the email and approval form altogether. Each work must be approved by the author/artist to be included in the awards.
Yes, you can. You cannot nominate more than 5 pieces of your own work overall. If you nominate your own work, you must check the self-nom box on the nomination form.
In our first year the rules stated that no one could nominate their own work. Unfortunately we had so many people ignore that rule, it became impossible to enforce it. This seemed very unfair to the writers who were honest and followed the rule. Now, we allow all writers and artists to nominate themselves if they wish. To better serve the authors, we need to know which works are self-nominated. Your self-nomination will be counted by the team in exactly the same way as any other, we promise!
When it comes to voting, there's only one question you should ask: Which one of the nominated stories is the best in its category? If you genuinely believe that's yours, then, yes, you can vote for it.
No. Multiple submissions in a category will be deleted and you could possibly get yourself or the author banned from future awards.
Strict security measures are in place to detect ballot-stuffing. Our security department performs rigorous checks and balances on submitted ballots to analyze entries using several criteria. They validate and cross-check suspicious ballots. Blatant cheating is cause for banning from participating in future awards.
It's simply not worth it. Let's keep the awards fun!
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