The Golden Quill Awards are GO!!

[wendwriter]

Ladies and gentlemen, the Golden Quill Awards has opened for business. Nominations can be made today by replying to the relevant posts on the site blog.  There's one for each genre. Nominations are open till the end of May.

Genres

Action/adventureAngstDramaFamilyHorrorHurt/comfortParody/comedyPoetryRomanceScience FictionSpiritual/supernaturalThriller

Comments

[aearwen2]

Hi there!

A quick question: after I get permission to make the nomination, do I then give them the address to write to you after I make the nomination? That part of the rules was a bit unclear to me.

Thanks.

Aeärwen

[wendwriter]

What I do is contact the nominee and say, "I'd like to nominate your story, 'X,' for the Golden Quill Awards. If you're happy with this, please let me know, then email admin@archives-of-excellence.9f.com to accept your nomination. To find out more, please go to golden-quills.9f.com, all the details are there."

I'll add that to the post above. Thanks for the tip - I want to make this as easy as possible.

[aearwen2]

So you're saying that *I* don't make the nomination myself; rather, I talk to the authors and they have to nominate themselves??? Sorry... still confused here.

[wendwriter]

Sorry, what you do is

1. Nominate the author by replying to the relevant post in the site blog (the Awards page at http://golden-quills.9f.com) with the title of the story, the URL of the story, and the name of the author.

2. Then you contact the author to let them know you've nominated them.

It's the same procedure as at the MEFA's. They won't put stories up for nomination unless the author gets back to them and accepts it. I think that's fair, as it would be a bit freaky to be told you've won a prize at a contest you've never heard of.

The difference at the Golden Quill Awards is that no one has to set up an account anywhere to either nominate or vote. AND any fandom is welcome.

[dreamflower02]

For how long are nominations open?

[wendwriter]

Hi Dreamflower, the nominations are open till the end of May. On June 1st, I'm closing nominations, collating and checking the entries, them setting up the polls.

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