Nominations for Rose and Bay Award: Other Project Category

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Nominations are now open for the Other Project category of the Rose and Bay Award. This award honors excellence in creative crowdfunding, and this category recognizes exceptional projects that are not art, fiction, webcomic, or poetry, or that span multiple categories (e.g., movies, music, etc). Everyone is encouraged to make nominations and, later, to vote.  Icons and banners are available to help spread the word.  Please read the complete details below, and then make your nominations in a comment on this post.

Note: A project or person which wins one year is not eligible in the same category for the next year.  After that, it is eligible again. In the Other Project category, Mischief  by S.J. Tucker aka sooj is not eligible.

( Nominate Other Projects! )

Nominations for Rose and Bay Award: Patron Category

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Nominations are now closed.The voting period is from February 1 through 29.

Nominations are now open for the Patron category of the Rose and Bay Award. This award honors excellence in creative crowdfunding, and this category recognizes those people who have supported crowdfunded projects both financially and personally (e.g. feedback, promotions, taste, etc). Everyone is encouraged to make nominations and, later, to vote.  Icons and banners are available to help spread the word.  Please read the complete details below, and then make your nominations in a comment on this post.

Note: A project or person which wins one year is not eligible in the same category for the next year.  After that, it is eligible again. In the Patron category Vercin (patron of The Philosopher in Arms  by Karen Wehrstein aka karen_wehrstein) is not eligible this year.

( Nominate Patrons! )

Rose & Bay Awards open for nomination!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Two new categories in the 2012 Rose & Bay Awards now have their nomination posts up: Other Project and Patron. Other Project covers miscellaneous crowdfunding projects such as music and film. It also covers projects that contain more than one type of material such as a combination of fiction, poetry, and artwork. Patron honors the people who put the "fund" into "crowdfunding" by buying what the creators produce.

Please take some time to consider your favorite Other Project and Patron possibilities, then visit the posts and make your nominations. If you're not sure who to pick, keep an eye on the Crowdfunding communities -- I've posted a list of projects that I noted during 2011 and I'm hoping that other folks will do likewise.

Hiraeth updates roundup for 1/2012

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Since I'm still awake and it's a first-Monday now because of that, these were the updates to "Hiraeth" since last mention:

part twenty-three, "Another Disturbing Date", and the Interview mini-sodes #9, "Trust"; #22, "Time Travel", and #30, (Not Really About) A Letter".

Thanks to all who've been following along with the erratically-published adventures of a vampire trying to lead a quiet and moral life in this increasingly inconvenient modern world, and remember that the story also has a dedicated DreamWidth comm for your reading convenience!

Nominations for Rose and Bay Award: Art Category

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Nominations are now CLOSED for the Art category of the Rose and Bay Award. This award honors excellence in creative crowdfunding, and this category recognizes exceptional artists. Everyone is encouraged to make nominations and, later, to vote. Icons and banners are available to help spread the word. Please read the complete details below, and then make your nominations in a comment on this post.

Note: A project or person which wins one year is not eligible in the same category for the next year. After that, it is eligible again. In the Art category, Moonvoice's Art by Moonvoice (aka Ravenari) is not eligible.

( Nominate Art! )

Nominations for Rose and Bay Award: Fiction Category

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Nominations are now CLOSED for the Fiction category of the Rose and Bay Award. This award honors excellence in creative crowdfunding, and this category recognizes exceptional fiction writing. Everyone is encouraged to make nominations and, later, to vote. Icons and banners are available to help spread the word. Please read the complete details below, and then make your nominations in a comment on this post.

Note: A project or person which wins one year is not eligible in the same category for the next year. After that, it is eligible again. In the Fiction category, "Tales of MU" by Alexandra Erin is not eligible.

( Nominate Fiction! )

Rose & Bay Awards open for nomination!

[ysabetwordsmith]

The 2012 Rose & Bay Awards are now open for nomination in all categories; click to see full details on the landing page. This award honors excellence in cyberfunded creativity aka crowdfunding in six categories.  Please visit these posts to nominate your favorites; the number of previous nominations is also listed so you can track activity.

Art (6)
Fiction (3)
Poetry (2)
Webcomic (2)
Other Project (3)
Patron (3)

You can help by boosting the signal as well as nominating projects and patrons.  Blog about the Rose & Bay Awards; mention them on Twitter, Facebook, or other social networks.  List your own projects or those that you support.  Link to the landing page and the nomination pages now; nomination is open January 1-31.  Watch for the voting pages to appear later; voting runs February 1-29 (it's Leap Year).

Poetry Fishbowl Statistics from 2011

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The Poetry Fishbowl project began in November 2007 and opened for donations in January 2008. It has built up a lot of steam since then. Here are some statistics from 2011:

Total Prompters: 59
Total Donors: 36
Number of K-fans: 9 *
Number of Fishbowl Poems Written: 270
Number of Fishbowl Poems Sold Outside: 3
....."Othertongues" to Linger Fiction (November 3, 2009, Languages & Ways
of Writing)
....."The Forest of Infinity" to Star*Line (April 6, 2010, High Fantasy) ?
....."Astronauts and Angels" to Star*Line (March 1, 2011, Things With Wings)
Highest Number of Prompters: 29 (10/4/11 Ghosts)
Highest Number of Comments: 131 (8/2/11 Corruption & Redemption)
Total Poems Posted: 168 + 15 (sale) = 183

* K-fans are people who spend 100+ in a year, inspired by the article "1000 True Fans." Some of mine are now superfans who would qualify for k-fan multiple times. (I totally did not expect that.) Hence the enriched perk structure for 2012.

Between 2010 and 2011, the number of prompters went up and so did the number of poems posted. There was a modest increase in the number of sponsors per month.

The number of comments went WAY up, and so did the amount of donations. Interestingly, those two correlate more often than not, although not perfectly. I think that when people start riffing off each other, that shows they're excited about the topic, which pulls in more people, which generates more excitement. And sometimes it generates more poetry, because I've pulled comments for use as prompts too. This is crowdfunding at its finest, a positive feedback look. I find that very encouraging.

I look forward to seeing where 2012 takes us. Keep an eye out for tomorrow's fishbowl on "heras and villainesses!"

Poetry Fishbowl Statistics from 2011

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

The Poetry Fishbowl project began in November 2007 and opened for donations in January 2008. It has built up a lot of steam since then. Here are some statistics from 2011:

Total Prompters: 59
Total Donors: 36
Number of K-fans: 9 *
Number of Fishbowl Poems Written: 270
Number of Fishbowl Poems Sold Outside: 3
"Othertongues" to Linger Fiction (November 3, 2009, Languages & Ways
of Writing)
"The Forest of Infinity" to Star*Line (April 6, 2010, High Fantasy) ?
"Astronauts and Angels" to Star*Line (March 1, 2011, Things With Wings)
Highest Number of Prompters: 29 (10/4/11 Ghosts)
Highest Number of Comments: 131 (8/2/11 Corruption & Redemption)
Total Poems Posted: 168 + 15 (sale) = 183

* K-fans are people who spend 100+ in a year, inspired by the article "1000 True Fans." Some of mine are now superfans who would qualify for k-fan multiple times. (I totally did not expect that.) Hence the enriched perk structure for 2012.

Between 2010 and 2011, the number of prompters went up and so did the number of poems posted. There was a modest increase in the number of sponsors per month.

The number of comments went WAY up, and so did the amount of donations. Interestingly, those two correlate more often than not, although not perfectly. I think that when people start riffing off each other, that shows they're excited about the topic, which pulls in more people, which generates more excitement. And sometimes it generates more poetry, because I've pulled comments for use as prompts too. This is crowdfunding at its finest, a positive feedback look. I find that very encouraging.

I look forward to seeing where 2012 takes us. Keep an eye out for tomorrow's fishbowl on "heras and villainesses!"