February Monthly Post

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What are your planned crowdfunding projects for February? What did you accomplish during January?

The February crowdfunding Creative Jam will run Saturday 17-Sunday 18 with a theme of "Knowledge."

 

2024 Rose & Bay Award Voting: Art

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Voting is now CLOSED for the Art category of the Rose and Bay Awards.  Thank you for your time and attention.







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 exceptional artists. 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 2024 landing page.

The winner for the 2024 award season is "Anubis. Thin Places - vol. 2 of the artbook" by Joanna Karpowicz.

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, "The Tale of Tal: a Neanderthal graphic novel" by Gianpaolo is not eligible this year.

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:

The award period for eligible activities spans January 1-December 31, 2023.
The nomination period spans January 1-January 31, 2024.
The voting period spans February 1-February 29, 2024.


These are the handlers for the 2024 award season:

Art: ysabetwordsmith
Fiction: ysabetwordsmith
Poetry: nsfwords
Webcomic: nsfwords
Other Project: fuzzyred
Patron: fuzzyred

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 Dreamwidth non-transparent polling in this community, open to all. Everyone is eligible to vote; if you do not have a Dreamwidth 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 vote for your own project, or 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 promoting the 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.

Poll #30629 2024 Rose & Bay Award Voting Art

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Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 5

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Vote for your favorite art projects.

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"Anubis. Thin Places - vol. 2 of the artbook" by Joanna Karpowicz
3 (60.0%)

"A Coloring Book Celebrating Hip-Hop in Atlanta" by Mekhi Baldwin
0 (0.0%)

"Houses for the Birds: 2024 slim wall calendar" by Melinda Beavers
0 (0.0%)

"Maui: An Inside Out Coloring Book" by Alex Hubbell
2 (40.0%)

"Scandinavian Wild Animals Nursery Print Set" by Pete Eastfield
0 (0.0%)

"SuperPower Goddesses Oracle Deck" by Danielle Shira
2 (40.0%)

2024 Rose & Bay Award Voting: Fiction

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Voting is now CLOSED for the Fiction category of the Rose and Bay Awards. Thank  you for your time and attention.

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 exceptional writers. 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 2024 landing page.

There is a tie for the 2024 award season; the winners are "Final Friday" by nsfwords  and "Magpie Monday" by dialecticdreamer .

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, "The Lamplighters: A Fantasy Novel" by J. Gabriel Gates is not eligible this year.


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Poll #30630 2024 Rose & Bay Award Voting Fiction

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Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 10

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Vote for your favorite fiction projects.

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"Exiles on Earth" by Bea Tama
0 (0.0%)

"Final Friday" by Nsfwords
5 (50.0%)

"Magpie Monday" by Dialecticdreamer
5 (50.0%)

Voting for 2024 Rose & Bay Award: Other Project

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Voting is now CLOSED for the Other Project category of the 2024 Rose & Bay Awards. Thank you for your participation!

Voting is now open for the Other project category of the Rose and Bay Awards. These awards honor excellence in cyberfunded creativity (aka crowdfunding), and this category recognizes exceptional artists. Everyone is encouraged to vote. Please read the complete details below, and then make your vote in the following poll. For more information about these awards, visit the 2024 Landing Page.

The 2024 winner of the Other project category of the Rose and Bay Awards is "Moonlight Cottage ASMR" by Diane.

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Poll #30632 2024 Rose & Bay Voting: Other Project

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Vote for your favourite Other projects.

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"Orcish Delights Adult Coloring Book" by Ceecee
2 (28.6%)

"3-in-1 Mahjong Deck" by Jones Ming and Lily Lo
0 (0.0%)

"Moonlight Cottage ASMR" by Diane
2 (28.6%)

"Tales of the Lost" by Ray Mona
2 (28.6%)

"I Was a Teenage Creature" by Ninjacat
2 (28.6%)

"Coven & Crucible: Unbound" by Thirteenth Moon Games
1 (14.3%)

"Fates of Mankind: A Classical Age Fantasy Tabletop Role-Playing Game" by Andrea "Cataph" and Matteo
1 (14.3%)

Voting for the 2024 Rose & Bay Awards: Patron

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Voting is now CLOSED for the Patron category of the 2024 Rose & Bay Awards. Thank you for your participation!

Voting is now open for the Patron category of the Rose and Bay Awards. These awards honor excellence in cyberfunded creativity (aka crowdfunding), and this category recognizes exceptional artists. Everyone is encouraged to vote. Please read the complete details below, and then make your vote in the following poll. For more information about these awards, visit the 2024 Landing Page.

The 2024 winner of the Patron category of the Rose and Bay Awards is librarygeek for the Poetry Fishbowl.

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Poll #30633 2024 Rose & Bay Vote: Patron

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Vote for your favourite Patron.

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Patron: Mama_kestrel, Project: Poetry Fishbowl
2 (33.3%)

Patron: Ng_moonmoth, Project: Poetry Fishbowl
2 (33.3%)

Patron: Nsfwords, Project: Poetry Fishbowl
1 (16.7%)

Patron: Librarygeek, Project: Poetry Fishbowl
5 (83.3%)

2024 Rose & Bay Award Voting: Poetry

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Voting is now CLOSED for the Poetry category of the 2024 Rose and Bay Awards. Thank you for your participation!

 

The 2024 Winner is "MAKE 100: Hār - a limited edition poetry pamphlet" by Katie Ford-Thomas.

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 exceptional poets. 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 2024 landing page.

 

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 Poetry category, "Poetry Fishbowl" (Fishbowl tag, landing page) by ysabetwordsmith is not eligible this year.

 

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Poll #30635 2024 Rose & Bay Award Voting: Poetry

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Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 4

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Vote for your favorite Poetry projects.

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"All Things Loving and Hurting" by Jemma Dilag
0 (0.0%)

"Bittersweetness and Light: Stories, Poetry, and Art" by Anne E.G. Nydam
1 (25.0%)

"MAKE 100: Hār - a limited edition poetry pamphlet" by Katie Ford-Thomas
3 (75.0%)

2024 Rose & Bay Award Voting: Webcomic

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Voting is now CLOSED for the Webcomic category of the 2024 Rose and Bay Awards. Thank you for your participation!

 

The 2024 Winner is "The Fujoshi Guide to Web Development" by enigmalea.

Voting is now open for the Webcomic category of the Rose and Bay Awards. These awards honor excellence in cyberfunded creativity (aka crowdfunding), and this category recognizes exceptional artists. 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 2024 landing page.

 

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 Webcomic category, "How to Be a Werewolf" by Shawn Lenore is not eligible this year.

 

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Poll #30636 2024 Rose & Bay Award Voting: Webcomic

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Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 6

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Vote for your favorite Webcomic projects.

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"Strangebeard" by Kelly Tindall
1 (16.7%)

"Paranatural" by Zack Morrison
0 (0.0%)

"Cat's Cafe" by Matt Tarpley
1 (16.7%)

"Mara" written by Dylan Goss and illustrated by Rosi Woo
1 (16.7%)

"The Fujoshi Guide to Web Development" by enigmalea
3 (50.0%)