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crowdfundingNominations are now CLOSED for the Poetry category of the Rose and Bay Awards. Thank you for your participation, and please go vote for your favorites.
Nominations are OPEN for the Poetry category of the Rose & Bay Award. This award honors excellence in creative crowdfunding, and this category recognizes exceptional poets. 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 under this post.
Nominations are OPEN for the Poetry category of the Rose & Bay Award. This award honors excellence in creative crowdfunding, and this category recognizes exceptional poets. 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 under this post.
The 2019 winner was "Real Friends Help You Hide The Bodies" bybairnsidhe .
bairnsidhe .What Is the Rose and Bay Award?
The Rose and Bay Award was launched by ysabetwordsmith (Elizabeth Barrette) in January 2009, and quickly gained additional volunteers. 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:
ysabetwordsmith (Elizabeth Barrette) in January 2009, and quickly gained additional volunteers. 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:
Fiction:
Poetry:readera Nominate poetry!
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Other Project:
Patron:
The award period for eligible activities spans January 1-December 31, 2019.
The nomination period spans January 1-January 31, 2020.
The voting period spans February 1-February 28, 2020.
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 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.
4) If you see a typo or mistake in the post, please let me know so it can be corrected. Thank you!
4) If you see a typo or mistake in the post, please let me know so it can be corrected. Thank you!
Nomination
Date: 2020-01-31 08:20 am (UTC)Creator Name: Sixfold
Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1500370298/sixfold-all-writer-voted-fiction-and-poetry-2019
Category: Poetry
Summary: Sixfold is a crowdfunded journal that publishes poetry voted on by writers.
Nomination
Date: 2020-01-31 08:23 am (UTC)Creator Name: John Scagliotti
Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/402513897/before-homosexuals-the-kickfinisher
Category: Poetry
Summary: This crowdfunded documentary was released in June 2019. It features homosexual poetry from ancient Egypt to 1900 AD.
Nomination
Date: 2020-01-31 08:28 am (UTC)Creator Name: Larry Janowski
Link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dancing-a-dizzy-holiness-poetry-by-larry-janowski#/
Category: Poetry
Summary: This is a collection of spiritual and emotional poetry funded on IndieGoGo in 2019.