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Eligibility and Rules

In anticipation of our first year anniversary, we're going to take some time to celebrate all the talented authors and artists who contribute to the site. You'll find the scoop here in the forum, including categories, nomination procedures, eligibility and voting information.

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Eligibility and Rules

Postby The Expanse Awards » Thu Jun 09, 2011 6:49 am

Eligibility:

Stories must be posted and complete on The Delphic Expanse archive before August 1st, 2011. Artwork must be linked in the forum by August 1st, 2011. Midnight Eastern Daylights Savings Time.

All stories in The Delphic Expanse Archive are eligible, regardless of when they were written or if they were posted elsewhere.

Stories nominated in their respective categories must be properly fit in that category. The administration will make the final decision if there is any question of appropriateness.


Nominations:



Any member of The Delphic Expanse may nominate any story for any award.

Members may nominate more than one story for individual awards, but only one nomination per member per story within individual categories. [Meaning you can’t send 100 nominations for your favorite story to ensure it will be in the ballot in a category. You get one nomination for that story.]

You may nominate yourself.

A story must have at least three nominations to make the ballot. There will be only ten nominations per category. Nominations will be counted and ranked by number of nominations, with any tie-breakers being judged by the administration.

Nominations are send to the special Expanse Awards account via PM. You can keep your nominations anonymous or lobby and promote in the threads.

Nominations will be announced August 2, 2011.


Voting:


Expanse members will vote on the results.

Votes will be taken via a survey link posted in the forum.

The Initial Round will begin on August 2, 2011. Tiered-categories will be voted on through August 15. Non-tiered-categories will be voted on through September 10th.

The Second Round will begin on August 16, 2011. This vote will determine the stories awarded The Best of the Best including Best Story.

The Third Round - The final voting will be held September 1st-10th, 2011.


Winners will be announced September 11th, 2011.

Winners: Winners and nominees will be given the honor of labeling their fics and artwork as having won or been nominated! Plus, we might have a few other ways to honor you that have no monetary value, but we hope you’ll like.
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