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MellzBellz:
Fan fic awards are always a great idea, but they have to be done right. I think Laura and I discussed this idea for Ethereality breifly. In most fan fic awards I've found that people nominate themselves which shouldn't be allowed. Cuz then you have underserving stories in all the categories. They should be by peer nomination only, that way everyone will have to nominate someone else.
The other problem is that I find that the person who runs the award site only nominates their friends. I've been on both sides of the fence where I've been excluded from a site because i wasn't AS close to the owner as others and situations where a friend made a site and kinda rigged it so there was no competition. Neither way was fair.
I'd love to judge if you need help! I'm familair w/many of the stories on AC.
Purpura Lipstick:
Best Use of Kitchen Utensils... I swear I had a category similar in one of my awards, or was I just joking about it.. LOL
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: MellzBellz on January 02, 2007, 11:19:12 PM ---Fan fic awards are always a great idea, but they have to be done right. I think Laura and I discussed this idea for Ethereality breifly. In most fan fic awards I've found that people nominate themselves which shouldn't be allowed. Cuz then you have underserving stories in all the categories. They should be by peer nomination only, that way everyone will have to nominate someone else.
The other problem is that I find that the person who runs the award site only nominates their friends. I've been on both sides of the fence where I've been excluded from a site because i wasn't AS close to the owner as others and situations where a friend made a site and kinda rigged it so there was no competition. Neither way was fair.
I'd love to judge if you need help! I'm familair w/many of the stories on AC.
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Oh yeah, I hate when people nominate themselves. It makes it into a popularity contest and that's no good.
I was really surprised by the stripped award, because I jsut stumbled upon it while you guys were talking (back at Ethereality) and 'lo and behold, I had been nominated.
Things are funny like that.
Purpura Lipstick:
--- Quote from: nicksgal on January 02, 2007, 11:41:43 PM ---Oh yeah, I hate when people nominate themselves. It makes it into a popularity contest and that's no good.
I was really surprised by the stripped award, because I jsut stumbled upon it while you guys were talking (back at Ethereality) and 'lo and behold, I had been nominated.
Things are funny like that.
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The thing is though Dee, is that little known authors, like myself, HAVE to nominate themselves. And yes, though I'd love an award, it's more for publicity then anything else.
nicksgal:
--- Quote from: Purpura Lipstick on January 02, 2007, 11:43:14 PM ---The thing is though Dee, is that little known authors, like myself, HAVE to nominate themselves. And yes, though I'd love an award, it's more for publicity then anything else.
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I understand that when you run your own site to host your stuff, but especially if AC hosts the awards.... Everyone's gotten at least a little publicity by their stories showing up on the "most recent" page. And with the wealth of stories on AC, it seems unfair for people to be nominating themselves, especially with 1000+ stories and 200+ authors when, more than likely, only ten nominees per category will be accepted (basically because that number is usually the norm).
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