>>Fiction was the largest category but splitting it up could be tricky. If you do it by genre you could end up with potentially ever-proliferating categories.<<

I definitely want to avoid infinite subdivision.

>> One possibly easy split to contemplate... finished/static projects versus ones that are still ongoing? Maybe? Just a thought.<<

Okay, that has potential.

>> As for cash prizes, as a previous winner and in the 'crowdfunding' spirit, I'll gladly auction off a 'cameo' appearance <<

Thank you! I'll have to find a place to track volunteer/sponsor offers.

>> As for moving off Livejournal, a dedicated site wouldn't be badd, but more than moving "off" LJ, it would be good to see Rose and Bay sprout branches on other social networking sites, like have a Facebook page, a twitter feed, etc.<<

Okay, branching out to promote the award on multiple social networks would be good. We'd need a volunteer for that, or even one per network.

>> It's relatively easy, though, if you were to set up a dedicated word press site, to have plugins set up so every post to that site gets mirrored on Facebook, in this LJ comm, and tweeted. <<

Wordpress is a possibility. A recent discussion of a crowdfunding hub site included the idea of starting with Wordpress because it's easier than hand-coding a whole site from scratch. It wouldn't do everything we'd need, but would be a step in the right direction.