Normally, I figure, the person/people running the awards can do whatever they want with them. I've been involved with a few other than the MPAs.
Been a Mithril judge for three years. The stuff that comes through... we get good stuff, and then, there are times when something makes it past the first round and you know it's someone's friend or something. The funniest part of those was the whole 'sworn to secrecy' thing. I can't say what I judged or who I voted for or anything like that. It's sort of like the Skull and Bones awards in the fandom. I doubt there's going to be a fourth; who can say? But yes, it was elitist, and it was very HASA-centric. But, the rules made sense and when they changed it was between years (and they changed very little, mostly concerning the judging forms and method of score submission).
Then there have been the smaller awards I have worked on. The one at Haldir Lovers, which, for a 'young' awards, is one of the best run (I judged the first round of it... the judges change each round, and each judge reads every story... the identities of the authors are anonymous. It's a lot of work, but I think so far it is one of the best to date).
Used to run the Golden Mallorn awards, a long long time ago. Those were fun, a little less on the stoic serious side, but fun, and stressfree. And then, there were the failed Eldas... prettiest awards site, but only two nominations.
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Date: 2007-06-26 04:17 pm (UTC)Been a Mithril judge for three years. The stuff that comes through... we get good stuff, and then, there are times when something makes it past the first round and you know it's someone's friend or something. The funniest part of those was the whole 'sworn to secrecy' thing. I can't say what I judged or who I voted for or anything like that. It's sort of like the Skull and Bones awards in the fandom. I doubt there's going to be a fourth; who can say? But yes, it was elitist, and it was very HASA-centric. But, the rules made sense and when they changed it was between years (and they changed very little, mostly concerning the judging forms and method of score submission).
Then there have been the smaller awards I have worked on. The one at Haldir Lovers, which, for a 'young' awards, is one of the best run (I judged the first round of it... the judges change each round, and each judge reads every story... the identities of the authors are anonymous. It's a lot of work, but I think so far it is one of the best to date).
Used to run the Golden Mallorn awards, a long long time ago. Those were fun, a little less on the stoic serious side, but fun, and stressfree. And then, there were the failed Eldas... prettiest awards site, but only two nominations.
More later... there's a fire across the street...