2012 Rose & Bay Award for Best Poetry: "Torn World"

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I'm pleased to announce that the winner of the 2012 Rose & Bay Award for Best Poetry is Torn World by ellenmillion.  Ellen Million is the creator of Torn World; she does the coding and much of the administration.  Poems are submitted by many different poets.  You might also enjoy the community torn_world.

This is the original nomination:

Project Title: "Torn World"
Creator Name: Ellen Million
Link: http://www.tornworld.net/sublist.php?type=Poetry
Category: Poetry
Summary: Torn World is a shared-universe setting set in a world where the flow of time itself has been disrupted. One of the more enjoyable aspects of the site is that it does not limit itself to a single style of expression: fiction and art are included as well as poetry -- although it is the quality of the poems that I feel deserve special recognition.

There were 4 nominees and 18 voters in the Poetry category for 2012.  To learn more about the Rose & Bay Awards honoring excellence in cyberfunded creativity, please visit the 2012 landing page.

2012 Rose & Bay Award for Best Poetry: "Torn World"

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm pleased to announce that the winner of the 2012 Rose & Bay Award for Best Poetry is Torn World by ellenmillion. Ellen Million is the creator of Torn World; she does the coding and much of the administration. Poems are submitted by many different poets. You might also enjoy the community torn_world.

This is the original nomination:

Project Title: "Torn World"
Creator Name: Ellen Million
Link: http://www.tornworld.net/sublist.php?type=Poetry
Category: Poetry
Summary: Torn World is a shared-universe setting set in a world where the flow of time itself has been disrupted. One of the more enjoyable aspects of the site is that it does not limit itself to a single style of expression: fiction and art are included as well as poetry -- although it is the quality of the poems that I feel deserve special recognition.

There were 4 nominees and 18 voters in the Poetry category for 2012. To learn more about the Rose & Bay Awards honoring excellence in cyberfunded creativity, please visit the 2012 landing page.

2012 Rose & Bay Award for Best Webcomic: "Gunnerkrigg Court"

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I'm pleased to announce that the winner of the 2012 Rose & Bay Award for Best Webcomic is "Gunnarkrigg Court" by Tom Siddell.  Visit the cast page for a guide to this full-color school comic.

This is the original nomination:

Project Title: "Gunnerkrigg Court" 
Creator Name: Tom Siddell
Link:  http://www.gunnerkrigg.com 
Category: Webcomic. 
Summary:  Gunnerkrigg Court is a webcomic set in a very odd English boarding school where technology and magic interact. The two main characters are schoolgirls, best friends; one is psychically gifted and the other excels with technology. The supporting cast includes gods, robots, demons, ghosts, animals, fairies, elves, elementals, teenagers, and teachers. The plot is indescribably complex, but extremely engaging. The comic updates every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

There were 8 nominees and 105 voters in the Webcomic category for 2012. To learn more about the Rose & Bay Awards honoring excellence in cyberfunded creativity, please visit the 2012 landing page.

2012 Rose & Bay Award for Best Webcomic: "Gunnerkrigg Court"

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm pleased to announce that the winner of the 2012 Rose & Bay Award for Best Webcomic is "Gunnarkrigg Court" by Tom Siddell. Visit the cast page for a guide to this full-color school comic.

This is the original nomination:

Project Title: "Gunnerkrigg Court"
Creator Name: Tom Siddell
Link: http://www.gunnerkrigg.com
Category: Webcomic.
Summary: Gunnerkrigg Court is a webcomic set in a very odd English boarding school where technology and magic interact. The two main characters are schoolgirls, best friends; one is psychically gifted and the other excels with technology. The supporting cast includes gods, robots, demons, ghosts, animals, fairies, elves, elementals, teenagers, and teachers. The plot is indescribably complex, but extremely engaging. The comic updates every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

There were 8 nominees and 105 voters in the Webcomic category for 2012. To learn more about the Rose & Bay Awards honoring excellence in cyberfunded creativity, please visit the 2012 landing page.

2012 Rose & Bay Award for Best Fiction: "No Dominion" by C. E. Murphy

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I'm pleased to announce that the winner of the 2012 Rose & Bay Award for Best Fiction is "No Dominion" by C. E. Murphy.

This is the original nomination:

Project Title: No Dominion
Creator Name: C. E. Murphy
Link: Landing page, Kickstarter page
Category: Fiction
Summary: No Dominion is a Kickstarter funded project to write a novel and several short stories and novellas set in Murphy's Walker Papers universe. I think it was significant for two reasons: first, it's a completely crowd-funded project in a world which has previously been published traditionally, and second, it is the fifth most successful Kickstarter fiction project of all time, at over $20K in funding. (If you don't count RPG fiction, it's the most successful F/SF Kickstarter novel ever.) The first short story written for the project, "Forgotten But By A Few," is available at the first link above.

There were 11 nominees and 190 voters in the Fiction category for 2012. To learn more about the Rose & Bay Awards honoring excellence in cyberfunded creativity, please visit the 2012 landing page.

2012 Rose & Bay Award for Best Art: meeks' Story Sketches

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I'm pleased to announce that the winner of the 2012 Rose & Bay Award for Best Art is meeks' Story Sketches. You might also want to check out her website.

This is a correctly formatted version of the nomination:

Project Title: meeks' Story Sketches
Creator Name: meeksp, aka Marika Purisima
Link: Landing Page
Category: Art
Summary: Meeks creates illustrations for crowdfunded (and other) writers, supported by their fans as well as her own. The first sketch is free, and participation determines how much further work is done on an individual sketch. Writers link their fans to her sketches, and her sketches attract new readers to their work. Readers can find new stuff to read.

There were 8 nominees and 67 voters in the Art category for 2012. To learn more about the Rose & Bay Awards honoring excellence in cyberfunded creativity, please visit the 2012 landing page.

Service Call: What Can You Do?

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People practicing cyberfunded creativity often need services that would be provided by a conventional business model but here must be either done personally or contracted with someone else, such as editing (for writers) or framing (for artists). What services do you offer that other folks might need?

My answer: I'm available for freelance writing and editing.

Service Call: What can you do?

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People practicing cyberfunded creativity often need services that would be provided by a conventional business model but here must be either done personally or contracted with someone else, such as editing (for writers) or framing (for artists). What services do you offer that other folks might need?

My answer: I'm available for freelance writing and editing.

Support Black March

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This month, boycott the commercial entertainment industry.  Buy your books, music, movies, and other goodies from independent producers.  Support crowdfunding and other alternatives to the corporate economy.  There is a banner for this on my LJ scrapbook.

Support Black March

[ysabetwordsmith]

This month, boycott the commercial entertainment industry. Buy your books, music, movies, and other goodies from independent producers. Support crowdfunding and other alternatives to the corporate economy. There is a banner for this on my LJ scrapbook.

March Projects in Crowdfunding

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This is a post for promoting crowdfunded projects active in the month of March.  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.

March Crowdfunding Events

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This is a post for promoting crowdfunded projects active in the month of March. 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.

2012 Rose & Bay Award: List of WINNERS

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The Rose & Bay Awards honor excellence in cyberfunded creativity. If you're new to this project, please read more on the 2012 landing page.

These are the winners for the 2011 Rose & Bay Awards:

Art: "Story Sketches" by meeksp
Fiction: "No Dominion" by C.E. Murphy
Poetry: "Torn World" by ellenmillion and others
Webcomic: "Gunnerkrigg Court" by Tom Siddell
Other Project: "Bird Oracle" by wrenstarling
Patron: bryant, patron of "No Dominion" by mizkit

Congratulations to all the winners! Thanks to the category handlers, artists, and all the folks who supported the award process by nominating, voting, and spreading the word.

2012 Rose & Bay Aware for Best Patron: Bryant Durrell, patron of mizkit's "No Dominion" Kickstarter

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I'm pleased to announce that the winner of the 2012 Rose & Bay Award for Best Patron is Bryant Durrell, patron of mizkit's "No Dominion" Kickstarter.

This is the original nomination:

Project Title: "No Dominion" Kickstarter

Link: http://cemurphy.net/archives/826

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/100040609/no-dominion-a-walker-papers-novella-by-ce-murphy

Creator Name: mizkit

Patron Name: Bryant Durrell, aka bryant

Category: Patron

Summary: 

I would like to nominate bryant for the patron crowdfunding award. bryant is the person who initially encouraged me in the crowdfunding direction, and has been an amazing support not only as a patron, but in terms of thinking up ways to get word out about crowdfunding projects, help converting files into epub and mobi for my readers, and general unflagging enthusiasm. I've run half a dozen major crowdfunding projects over the past three years and none of them would have happened without bryant. He's my hero!

There were 13 nominees and 87 voters in the Patron category for 2012. To learn more about the Rose & Bay Awards honoring excellence in cyberfunded creativity, please visit the 2012 landing page.

Rose & Bay Award for Best Other Project: Bird Oracle One-Card Draw (Augury) by wrenstarling

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I'm pleased to announce that the winner of the 2012 Rose & Bay Award for Best Other Project is the Bird Oracle One-Card Draw (Augury) by wrenstarling

Here are the original nominations:

Project Title: One-Card Draw Augury 

Creator Name: DW user wrenstarling

Link: http://wrenstarling.dreamwidth.org/

Category: Other Project

Summary: Various people do OCD divination, but this project is unique. wrenstarling is an auspex who reads from a Bird Oracle. Each bird has its own associations and messages. She's quite apt as a diviner too.

Project Title: "Bird Oracle One-Card Draw"

Creator Name: wrenstarling

Link: http://wrenstarling.livejournal.com/tag/one%20card%20draw

Category: Other project

Summary: wrenstarling uses a unique bird oracle that she created herself to do monthly one-card draws for the public. Tips are requested, but not required, and she sets group incentives, including random drawings for more complex readings among sponsors, charitable donations and more. She has proven remarkably insightful!

There were 11 nominees and 46 voters in the Other Project category for 2012. To learn more about the Rose & Bay Awards honoring excellence in cyberfunded creativity, please visit the 2012 landing page.

2012 Rose & Bay Award: List of WINNERS

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

The Rose & Bay Awards honor excellence in cyberfunded creativity.  If you're new to this project, please read more on the 2012 landing page.

These are the winners for the 2011 Rose & Bay Awards:

Art: "Story Sketches" by meeksp
Fiction: "No Dominion" by C.E. Murphy
Poetry: "Torn World" by ellenmillion and others
Webcomic: "Gunnerkrigg Court" by Tom Siddell
Other Project: "Bird Oracle" by wrenstarling
Patron: bryant, patron of "No Dominion" by mizkit

Congratulations to all the winners!  Thanks to the category handlers, artists, and all the folks who supported the award process by nominating, voting, and spreading the word.