Discounted Character Portrait Days

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 I am once again open for discounted character portraits!   These will be head-and-shoulders portraits.  Black and white portraits are only $5.  Color options are also available during Portrait Days at heavy discount-- see main entry for more information. 


Some examples from previous Character Portrait Days--click to enlarge

2012 Rose & Bay Voting: Webcomic Category

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Voting is now open for the Webcomic ategory of the Rose and Bay Awards. These awards honor excellence in cyberfunded creativity (aka crowdfunding), and this category recognizes superlative artwork and writing in the field of webcomics which combine visual and textual elements of storytelling. Everyone is encouraged to vote. Please read the complete details below, and then make your vote in the following poll. For more information about this award, visit the 2012 landing page.


What Is the Rose and Bay Award?

The Rose and Bay Award focuses on a growing business model known as "crowdfunding" or "cyberfunded creativity," which directly connects creative people and patrons of the arts online.  This award recognizes exemplary projects and enthusiastic patrons.  It currently features six categories: Art, Fiction, Poetry, Webcomic, Other Project, and Patron.  (Other Project includes any cyberfunded creativity that isn't art, fiction, poetry, or webcomic -- or that spans more than one category -- such as movies, music, etc.)  The categories and their handlers are listed below:

Art: jenny_evergreen Nomination post
Fiction: jenny_evergreen Nomination post
Poetry: ysabetwordsmith Nomination post
Webcomic: ysabetwordsmith Nomination post
Other Project: lilyayl Nomination post
Patron: lilyayl Nomination post

The award period for eligible activities spans January 1-December 31, 2011.
The nomination period spans January 1-January 31, 2012.
The voting period spans February 1-February 29, 2012.


Voting Rules

1) Voters are encouraged (but not required) to browse the nominees before making a final decision; that's what the links are for, and the purpose of this award is to promote the splendor of crowdfunded projects. If you have not already explored the nominees, please refer back to the Webcomic nomination post.

2) Voting will take place via LiveJournal non-transparent polling in this community, open to all.  Everyone is eligible to vote; if you do not have a LiveJournal account, you may leave a comment below with your full name and your vote.  In each category, you may vote for as many entries as you consider worthy of the award.  (There may need to be more than one poll question per category, and runoffs, in categories with a high number of nominees.)  You may not vote for your own project, nor yourself as a patron. 

3) Winners will be announced after the polling is completed.


How You Can Help

The Rose and Bay Award depends on your enthusiasm to make it a success.  Here are some ways you can help that happen:

1) Cast your vote! Watch for the voting polls to appear for the other projects, and vote in those too.

2) Promote the Rose and Bay Award by blogging about it, emailing your friends, posting it on social networks, or any other method you can imagine.  Everyone is encouraged to spread the word as far as possible whether you are a creator, a donor, or a curious bystander. Here is some art for the 2012 Rose and Bay Award.

3) If you're a patron or audience member, link to your favorite nominees and then direct people to the relevant voting pages.  

4) If you're a creative person, let your audience know which of your projects have been nominated for a Rose and Bay Award, including a link to the relevant voting page(s).  Let your fans know there is a way for them to honor your project and the patrons who make it possible.


[Poll #1815866]

2012 Rose & Bay Voting: Poetry Category

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Voting is now open for the Poetry category of the Rose and Bay Awards. These awards honor excellence in cyberfunded creativity (aka crowdfunding), and this category recognizes superlative writing in the field of verse. Everyone is encouraged to vote. Please read the complete details below, and then make your vote in the following poll. For more information about this award, visit the 2012 landing page.


What Is the Rose and Bay Award?

The Rose and Bay Award focuses on a growing business model known as "crowdfunding" or "cyberfunded creativity," which directly connects creative people and patrons of the arts online. This award recognizes exemplary projects and enthusiastic patrons. It currently features six categories: Art, Fiction, Poetry, Webcomic, Other Project, and Patron. (Other Project includes any cyberfunded creativity that isn't art, fiction, poetry, or webcomic -- or that spans more than one category -- such as movies, music, etc.) The categories and their handlers are listed below:

Art: jenny_evergreen Nomination post
Fiction: jenny_evergreen Nomination post
Poetry: ysabetwordsmith Nomination post
Webcomic: ysabetwordsmith Nomination post
Other Project: lilyayl Nomination post
Patron: lilyayl Nomination post

The award period for eligible activities spans January 1-December 31, 2011.
The nomination period spans January 1-January 31, 2012.
The voting period spans February 1-February 29, 2012.


Voting Rules

1) Voters are encouraged (but not required) to browse the nominees before making a final decision; that's what the links are for, and the purpose of this award is to promote the splendor of crowdfunded projects. If you have not already explored the nominees, please refer back to the Poetry nomination post.

2) Voting will take place via LiveJournal non-transparent polling in this community, open to all. Everyone is eligible to vote; if you do not have a LiveJournal account, you may leave a comment below with your full name and your vote. In each category, you may vote for as many entries as you consider worthy of the award. (There may need to be more than one poll question per category, and runoffs, in categories with a high number of nominees.) You may not vote for your own project, nor yourself as a patron.

3) Winners will be announced after the polling is completed.


How You Can Help

The Rose and Bay Award depends on your enthusiasm to make it a success. Here are some ways you can help that happen:

1) Cast your vote! Watch for the voting polls to appear for the other projects, and vote in those too.

2) Promote the Rose and Bay Award by blogging about it, emailing your friends, posting it on social networks, or any other method you can imagine. Everyone is encouraged to spread the word as far as possible whether you are a creator, a donor, or a curious bystander. Here is some art for the 2012 Rose and Bay Award.

3) If you're a patron or audience member, link to your favorite nominees and then direct people to the relevant voting pages.

4) If you're a creative person, let your audience know which of your projects have been nominated for a Rose and Bay Award, including a link to the relevant voting page(s). Let your fans know there is a way for them to honor your project and the patrons who make it possible.


[Poll #1815868]

2012 Rose & Bay Award Update

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Nominations are now CLOSED for the 2012 Rose & Bay Awards.  Voting posts for Poetry and Webcomic categories are now open.  Watch for the other categories to open their voting soon.  Please drop by and vote on your favorite crowdfunded projects!

2012 Rose & Bay Award Update

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Nominations are now CLOSED for the 2012 Rose & Bay Awards.  Voting posts for Poetry and Webcomic categories are now open.  Watch for the other categories to open their voting soon.  Please drop by and vote on your favorite crowdfunded projects!

Service Call: What do you need?

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This community has a lot of talented members. If there's a service you need -- content submitted, fiction illustrated, writing edited, websites designed, etc. -- here's a chance to speak up. Maybe someone else in the community will have that skill. What do you need?

Service Call: What Do You Need?

[ysabetwordsmith]

This community has a lot of talented members. If there's a service you need -- content submitted, fiction illustrated, writing edited, websites designed, etc. -- here's a chance to speak up. Maybe someone else in the community will have that skill. What do you need?

February Projects in Crowdfunding

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This is a post for promoting crowdfunded projects active in the month of February.  If you know of something scheduled for this month, please comment with the project name, date, and any details you wish to share about the activity.

February Projects in Crowdfunding

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This is a post for promoting crowdfunded projects active in the month of February.  If you know of something scheduled for this month, please comment with the project name, date, and any details you wish to share about the activity.

New Crowdfunding Project: "Sitting Bull's Voice"

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"Sitting Bull's Voice" is a documentary project over on Kickstarter.  The goal is to preserve some of the history relating to a famous Native American leader and his descendants.  

I'm really excited to see this project.  The topic is a personal favorite; I love studying tribal history.  Also, I think that crowdfunding is a great match for Native American culture because the tribes are so community-oriented.  I'm also pleased to see someone using this business model to preserve aspects of the past, such as oral tradition, that are easily lost and not well respected by the mainstream.

You can help by making a donation and/or boosting the signal.

New Crowdfunded Project: "Sitting Bull's Voice"

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

"Sitting Bull's Voice" is a documentary project over on Kickstarter.  The goal is to preserve some of the history relating to a famous Native American leader and his descendants.  

I'm really excited to see this project.  The topic is a personal favorite; I love studying tribal history.  Also, I think that crowdfunding is a great match for Native American culture because the tribes are so community-oriented.  I'm also pleased to see someone using this business model to preserve aspects of the past, such as oral tradition, that are easily lost and not well respected by the mainstream.

You can help by making a donation and/or boosting the signal.

Crowdfunding Creative Jam Landing Page

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This landing page presents information about a recurring activity in this community, including the general parameters, past sessions and themes, etc. The Crowdfunding Creative Jam is held about once a month here i crowdfunding.  (It also takes place in the Dreamwidth community Crowdfunding, which has its own landing page.)  This provides a regular opportunity for people to post prompts, claim prompts, post things they've created, sponsor goodies, explore each other's projects, collaborate, and generally hang out with other creative folks.

For background, you can read the original discussion posts ("Creative Jam, Anyone?" and "Further Discussion of the Creative Jam") and the parameters poll.  See a list of themes.


About the Creative Jam
The Crowdfunding Creative Jam customarily takes place on the third weekend of the month.  It can run Saturday-Sunday or Sunday-Monday, depending on the preferance of that month's manager.  Any member of the community can volunteer to manage the jam session.

Everyone is eligible to post prompts, which may be words or phrases, titles, images, etc. Prompters may request a specific creator, but everyone else may still use that prompt if they wish. Prompts may specify a particular character/world/etc. but creators may use the prompt for something else anyway and post the results. Prompters are still encouraged to post mostly prompts that anyone could use anywhere, as this maximizes the chance of having creators make something based on your prompt. Please title your comment "Prompt" or "Prompts" when providing inspiration so these are easy to find.

Prompt responses may also be treated as prompts and used for further inspiration. For example, a prompt may lead to a sketch which leads to a story, and so on. This kind of cascading inspiration is one of the most fun things about a collective jam session.

Everyone is eligible to use prompts, and everyone who wants to use a given prompt may do so, for maximum flexibility of creator choice in inspiration. You do not have to post a "Claim" reply when you decide to use a prompt, but this does help indicate what is going on so that other prompters can spread out their choice of prompts if they wish.

Creators are encouraged, but not required, to post at least one item free. Likewise, sharing a private copy of material with the prompter is encouraged but not required. Creative material resulting from prompts should be indicated in a reply to the prompt, with a link to the full content elsewhere on the creator's site (if desired); a brief excerpt and/or description of the material may be included in the reply (if desired). It helps to title your comment "Prompt Filled" or something like that so these are easy to identify. There is no time limit on responding to prompts. However, creators are encouraged to post replies sooner rather than later, as the attention of prompters will be highest during and shortly after the session.

Some items created from prompts may become available for sponsorship. Some creators may offer perks for donations, linkbacks, or other activity relating to this project. Check creator comments and links for their respective offerings.

Prompters, creators, and bystanders are expected to behave in a responsible and civil manner. If the moderators have to drag someone out of the sandbox for improper behavior, we will not be amused. Please respect other people's territory and intellectual property rights, and only play with someone else's characters/setting/etc. if you have permission. (Fanfic/fanart freebies are okay.) If you want to invite folks to play with something of yours, title the comment something like "Open Playground" so it's easy to spot. This can be a good way to attract new people to a shared world or open-source project, or just have some good non-canon fun.

Boost the signal! The more people who participate, the more fun this activity becomes. You can link to this landing page, or to individual session posts, to encourage more folks to get involved.


Open Projects

There are a number of shared worlds, open-source fandoms, and other projects which are open to new creative input.  If you want to explore a creative endeavor that already has resources such as setting and characters, check out these options ...

The Blueshift Troupers
Imagine a science fiction television series with all the hope, adventure, and sense of wonder from the classics.  The hiveship Omphalos  is one of the regular characters, providing a home for the crew of shapeshifters who travel the galaxy through jump gates to solve problems on distant planets.  Human colonization has spread civilization far and wide, but most planets have one or a few dominant races and some of them are pretty xenophobic. Each season of the show features a different planet, ethnic group, and culture where the main characters would be portrayed by new actors.  This would create a shifting opportunity for large numbers of ethnic actors on film or stage; in its current version, it's a way for authors or artists to portray different races and cultures.  The main page linked above presently holds a description of the setting and main characters along with links to published works.

Nine for the Nebula's Heart
This is envisioned as a movie or movie series which is science fantasy mythpunk with feminist/intersectional themes.  The main characters are diverse along lines of race, sexuality, social background, ability, etc. but the team is all women except for one man.  You can read the core canon, guidelines, and masterlist of works online.  Anyone may create new works using these materials, but in order to count as canon, works must use the same CC BY-SA license as the core.

Schrodinger's Heroes
Everyone is welcome to play with Schrodinger's Heroes. (If you're new to this project, you can start here.) This is an imaginary fandom for an apocryphal television show. A team of heroes practice quantum physics and other hijinks to protect Earth against invaders from other dimensions. The team is racially, sexually, and culturally diverse. Because the subject naturally deals with alternate realities, it lends itself well to crossovers and alternate-universe interpretations; you can use my version or make up your own.

Torn World
Torn World is a science fantasy shared world available for writing and creating in. Sea monsters! Giant furred unicorns! Crystals that control time! People of changing gender, or no gender!  For more information about the setting, prompters should start here and contributors should start here. For specific information about submitting your work to our world continuity, rights and allowances, please see our contributor's rules. We have a space for sharing non-canon work on our site, so don't be shy about jumping in, even if you aren't familiar with the setting yet!

The Ursulan Cycle
Based on the Arthurian Cycle, the Ursulan Cycle uses genderbending to tell old legends in new ways.  Most of the characters are female, which changes the relationships and politics dramatically.  Themes include court intrigue, adventure, romance, and magic/spirituality.  Everyone is welcome to play since it's based on ancient cultural material.  Come explore the characters, plot, macguffins, and content.

2017 Sessions
April (Saturday 15-Sunday 16) "Twists"
March 2017 (Saturday 18-Sunday 19) "Skeptical, Not Blind"
February 2017 (Saturday 18-Sunday 19) "Love"
January 2017 (Saturday 14-Sunday 15) "Laughter"

2016 Sessions
November 2016 (Saturday 19-Sunday 20) "Happy Stories"
October 2016 (Saturday 15-Sunday 16) "Games"
September 2016 (hosted by DW user Dialecticdreamer)
August 2016 (Saturday 20-Sunday 21) "Fashion"
July 2016 (Saturday 16-Sunday 17) "Good and Evil"
June 2016 (Saturday 18-Sunday 19) "Changing Society Around the Individual"
May 2016 (Saturday 14-Sunday 15) "Surprises and the Unexpected"
April 2016 (Saturday 16-Sunday 17) "Ideas"
March 2016 (Saturday 19-Sunday 20) "Highly Distinctive People"
February 2016 (Saturday 20-Sunday 21) "Comfortable and Uncomfortable Situations"
January 2016 (Saturday 16-Sunday 17) "Art and Artisans"

2015 Sessions
November 2016 (Saturday 14-Sunday 15) "Books"
October 2015 (Saturday 17-Sunday 19) "Abilities and Disabilities"
September 2015 (Saturday 19-Sunday 20) "Contradictions"
August 2015 (Saturday 15-Sunday 16) "Science and Scientists"
July 2015 (Saturday 18-Sunday 19) "Nobody Would Ever Write This"
June 2015 (Saturday 20-Sunday 21) "Broken Relationships"
May 2015 (Saturday 16-Sunday 17) "Hope"
April 2015 (Saturday 18-Sunday 19) "Impossible"
March 2015 (Saturday 14-Sunday 15) "Portents of the Past and Future"
February 2015 (Saturday 14-Sunday 15) "Resources"
January 2015 (Saturday, January 17-Sunday, January 18) "Dreaming and Waking"

2014 Sessions
December 2014 (none)
November 2014 (Saturday, November 15-Sunday, November 16) "Salvaging or Repairing People or Ideas"
October 2014 (Saturday, October 18-Sunday, October 19) "Paradigm Shifting Without a Clutch"
September 2014 (Saturday, September 20-Sunday, September 21) "New Ideas in Old Problems"
August 2014 (Saturday, August 16-Sunday, August 17) "Community and Communication"
July 2014 (Saturday, July 19-Sunday, July 20) "Conflicts Where No One Is Wrong"
June 2014 (Saturday, June 14-Sunday, June 15) "Places That Matter"
May 2014 (Saturday, May 17-Sunday, May 18) "Quests"
April 2014 (Saturday, April 19-Sunday, April 20) "Characterization"
March 2014 (Saturday, March 14-Sunday, March 15) "Far Future"
February 2014 (Saturday, February 15-Sunday, February 16) "Mysteries & Enigmas"
January 2014 (Saturday, January 25-Sunday, January 26) "Historical Fantasy"

2013 Sessions
December 2013 (none)
November 2013 (Saturday, November 16-Sunday, November 17) "Seasonal Changes"
October 2013 (Saturday, October 19-Sunday, October-20) "Artificial Intelligences and Noncorporeal Beings"
September 2013 (Saturday September 14-Sunday September 15) "Emotions"
August 2013 (Saturday August 17-Sunday August 18) "Technology"
July 2013 (Saturday July 20-Sunday July 21) "Families of Choice"
June 2013 (Saturday June 15-Sunday June 16) "Space Travel"
May 2013 (Saturday May 18-Sunday May 19) "Magic"
April 2013 (Saturday April 20-Sunday April 21) "Conflict"
March 2013 (Saturday 16-Sunday 17) "Memory"
February 2013 (Saturday 16-Sunday 17) "Twisted Tropes"
January 2013 (Saturday 19-Sunday 20) "Nonviolence"

2012 Sessions
December 2012 (none)
November 2012 (Saturday 17-Sunday 18) "Portals"
October 2012 (Saturday 20-Sunday 21) "Kink"
September 2012 (Saturday 15-Sunday 16) "Characters of Color"
August 2012 (Sunday 19-Monday 20) "Preservation/Conservation"
July 2012 (Saturday 21-Sunday 22) "Women in Sensible Armor"
June 2012 (Saturday 16-Sunday 17) "Outer Space"
May 2012 (Saturday 26-Sunday 27) "Food"
April 2012 (Sunday 22-Monday 23) "Blood"
March 2012 (Sunday 18-Monday 19) "Respect"
February 2012 (Saturday 18-Sunday 19) "Alternative Sexualities / QUILTBAG"
January 2012 (Saturday 14-Sunday 15) "Disabled Characters (Visibly & Invisibly Disabled)"

2011 Sessions
November 2011 (Sunday 20-Monday 21) "Inner Worlds"
October 2011 (Monday 17-Tuesday 18) "Misfits"

Crowdfunding Creative Jam Landing Page

[ysabetwordsmith]

This landing page presents information about a recurring activity in this community, including the general parameters, past sessions and themes, etc.  The Crowdfunding Creative Jam is held about once a month here in crowdfunding . (It also takes place in the LiveJournal community Crowdfunding, which has its own landing page.) This provides a regular opportunity for people to post prompts, claim prompts, post things they've created, sponsor goodies, explore each other's projects, collaborate, and generally hang out with other creative folks.

For background, you can read the original discussion posts ("Creative Jam, Anyone?" and "Further Discussion of the Creative Jam") and the parameters poll.  Watch for the active session post to appear each month.


About the Creative Jam
The Crowdfunding Creative Jam customarily takes place on the third weekend of the month. It can run Saturday-Sunday or Sunday-Monday, depending on the preferance of that month's manager. Any member of the community can volunteer to manage the jam session.

Everyone is eligible to post prompts, which may be words or phrases, titles, images, etc. Prompters may request a specific creator, but everyone else may still use that prompt if they wish. Prompts may specify a particular character/world/etc. but creators may use the prompt for something else anyway and post the results. Prompters are still encouraged to post mostly prompts that anyone could use anywhere, as this maximizes the chance of having creators make something based on your prompt. Please title your comment "Prompt" or "Prompts" when providing inspiration so these are easy to find.

Prompt responses may also be treated as prompts and used for further inspiration. For example, a prompt may lead to a sketch which leads to a story, and so on. This kind of cascading inspiration is one of the most fun things about a collective jam session.

Everyone is eligible to use prompts, and everyone who wants to use a given prompt may do so, for maximum flexibility of creator choice in inspiration. You do not have to post a "Claim" reply when you decide to use a prompt, but this does help indicate what is going on so that other prompters can spread out their choice of prompts if they wish.

Creators are encouraged, but not required, to post at least one item free. Likewise, sharing a private copy of material with the prompter is encouraged but not required. Creative material resulting from prompts should be indicated in a reply to the prompt, with a link to the full content elsewhere on the creator's site (if desired); a brief excerpt and/or description of the material may be included in the reply (if desired). It helps to title your comment "Prompt Filled" or something like that so these are easy to identify. There is no time limit on responding to prompts. However, creators are encouraged to post replies sooner rather than later, as the attention of prompters will be highest during and shortly after the session.

Some items created from prompts may become available for sponsorship. Some creators may offer perks for donations, linkbacks, or other activity relating to this project. Check creator comments and links for their respective offerings.

Prompters, creators, and bystanders are expected to behave in a responsible and civil manner. If the moderators have to drag someone out of the sandbox for improper behavior, we will not be amused. Please respect other people's territory and intellectual property rights, and only play with someone else's characters/setting/etc. if you have permission. (Fanfic/fanart freebies are okay.) If you want to invite folks to play with something of yours, title the comment something like "Open Playground" so it's easy to spot. This can be a good way to attract new people to a shared world or open-source project, or just have some good non-canon fun.

Boost the signal! The more people who participate, the more fun this activity becomes. You can link to this landing page, or to individual session posts, to encourage more folks to get involved.


2012 Sessions
January 2012 (Saturday 14-Sunday 15) "Disabled Characters (Visibly & Invisibly Disabled)"

2011 Sessions
November 2011 (Sunday 20-Monday 21) "Inner Worlds"
October 2011 (Monday 17-Tuesday 18) "Misfits"

2012 Rose & Bay Voting: Art Category

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2012 Rose & Bay Voting: Art Category

Voting is now open for the Art category of the Rose and Bay Awards. These awards honor excellence in cyberfunded creativity (aka crowdfunding), and this category recognizes superlative work in the field of art. Everyone is encouraged to vote. Please read the complete details below, and then make your vote in the following poll. For more information about this award, visit the 2012 landing page.


What Is the Rose and Bay Award?

The Rose and Bay Award focuses on a growing business model known as "crowdfunding" or "cyberfunded creativity," which directly connects creative people and patrons of the arts online. This award recognizes exemplary projects and enthusiastic patrons. It currently features six categories: Art, Fiction, Poetry, Webcomic, Other Project, and Patron. (Other Project includes any cyberfunded creativity that isn't art, fiction, poetry, or webcomic -- or that spans more than one category -- such as movies, music, etc.) The categories and their handlers are listed below:

Art: jenny_evergreen
Fiction: jenny_evergreen
Poetry: ysabetwordsmith
Webcomic: ysabetwordsmith
Other Project: lilyayl
Patron: lilyayl


The award period for eligible activities spans January 1-December 31, 2011.
The nomination period spans January 1-January 31, 2012.
The voting period spans February 1-February 29, 2012.


Voting Rules

1) Voters are encouraged (but not required) to browse the nominees before making a final decision; that's what the links are for, and the purpose of this award is to promote the splendor of crowdfunded projects. If you have not already explored the nominees, please refer back to the Art nomination post.

2) Voting will take place via LiveJournal non-transparent polling in this community, open to all. Everyone is eligible to vote; if you do not have a LiveJournal account, you may leave a comment below with your full name and your vote. In each category, you may vote for as many entries as you consider worthy of the award. (There may need to be more than one poll question per category, and runoffs, in categories with a high number of nominees.) You may not vote for your own project, nor yourself as a patron.

3) Winners will be announced after the polling is completed.


How You Can Help

The Rose and Bay Award depends on your enthusiasm to make it a success. Here are some ways you can help that happen:

1) Cast your vote! Watch for the voting polls to appear for the other projects, and vote in those too.

2) Promote the Rose and Bay Award by blogging about it, emailing your friends, posting it on social networks, or any other method you can imagine. Everyone is encouraged to spread the word as far as possible whether you are a creator, a donor, or a curious bystander. Here is some art for the 2012 Rose and Bay Award.

3) If you're a patron or audience member, link to your favorite nominees and then direct people to the relevant voting pages.

4) If you're a creative person, let your audience know which of your projects have been nominated for a Rose and Bay Award, including a link to the relevant voting page(s). Let your fans know there is a way for them to honor your project and the patrons who make it possible.

[Poll #1815904]

2012 Rose & Bay Voting: Fiction Category

[jenny_evergreen]

2012 Rose & Bay Voting: Fiction Category

Voting is now open for the Fiction category of the Rose and Bay Awards. These awards honor excellence in cyberfunded creativity (aka crowdfunding), and this category recognizes superlative writing in the field of fiction. Everyone is encouraged to vote. Please read the complete details below, and then make your vote in the following poll. For more information about this award, visit the 2012 landing page.


What Is the Rose and Bay Award?

The Rose and Bay Award focuses on a growing business model known as "crowdfunding" or "cyberfunded creativity," which directly connects creative people and patrons of the arts online. This award recognizes exemplary projects and enthusiastic patrons. It currently features six categories: Art, Fiction, Poetry, Webcomic, Other Project, and Patron. (Other Project includes any cyberfunded creativity that isn't art, fiction, poetry, or webcomic -- or that spans more than one category -- such as movies, music, etc.) The categories and their handlers are listed below:

Art: jenny_evergreen
Fiction: jenny_evergreen
Poetry: ysabetwordsmith
Webcomic: ysabetwordsmith
Other Project: lilyayl
Patron: lilyayl


The award period for eligible activities spans January 1-December 31, 2011.
The nomination period spans January 1-January 31, 2012.
The voting period spans February 1-February 29, 2012.


Voting Rules

1) Voters are encouraged (but not required) to browse the nominees before making a final decision; that's what the links are for, and the purpose of this award is to promote the splendor of crowdfunded projects. If you have not already explored the nominees, please refer back to the Fiction nomination post.

2) Voting will take place via LiveJournal non-transparent polling in this community, open to all. Everyone is eligible to vote; if you do not have a LiveJournal account, you may leave a comment below with your full name and your vote. In each category, you may vote for as many entries as you consider worthy of the award. (There may need to be more than one poll question per category, and runoffs, in categories with a high number of nominees.) You may not vote for your own project, nor yourself as a patron.

3) Winners will be announced after the polling is completed.


How You Can Help

The Rose and Bay Award depends on your enthusiasm to make it a success. Here are some ways you can help that happen:

1) Cast your vote! Watch for the voting polls to appear for the other projects, and vote in those too.

2) Promote the Rose and Bay Award by blogging about it, emailing your friends, posting it on social networks, or any other method you can imagine. Everyone is encouraged to spread the word as far as possible whether you are a creator, a donor, or a curious bystander. Here is some art for the 2012 Rose and Bay Award.

3) If you're a patron or audience member, link to your favorite nominees and then direct people to the relevant voting pages.

4) If you're a creative person, let your audience know which of your projects have been nominated for a Rose and Bay Award, including a link to the relevant voting page(s). Let your fans know there is a way for them to honor your project and the patrons who make it possible.

[Poll #1815908]