Rose and Bay : Fiction Category

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A new poll will go up tomorrow, March 1, sometime around 6:00 PM eastern time. Voting in the runoff poll will run through midnight Eastern time on March 16.

Here are your top 15 nominees in the category of Fiction (there was a tie for fourteenth place, and since I can make a poll with 15 items, I am going to include both nominees which got 9 votes):

Sythyry's Vacation by Bard Bloom - 15
Spots the Space Marine by M.C.A. Hogarth, aka haikujaguar - 13
Addergoole by Lyn Thorne-Alder aka aldersprig - 15
Wonder City Stories by Jude McLaughlin - 12
Lovers and Beloveds by MeiLin Miranda - 27
Tales of MU by Alexandra Erin - 170
Feather-Blessed by Deirdre Murphy aka wyld_dandelyon - 11
Fireborn by Deirdre Murphy aka wyld_dandelyon - 9
The Peacock King by Irk and Char (Infernal Shenanigans) - 21
The City of Roses by Kip Manley - 9
Tapestry by Wysteria - 15
Anachronauts by Stefan "Twoflower" Gagne - 23
Eclipse Court by Shirley Meier - 12
The Philosopher In Arms by Karen Wehrstein - 16
Snakeskin by Jessica Anne FitzGerald (Blue Coyote) - 10

Why are these totals slightly different than the poll?

There were two votes placed in the comments.

I received five votes by email.

Three of the nominees voted for themselves, which meant I had to subtract their votes.

This last point brings up something relevant for next year - in the format we used for the polls this year the rules for voting are beneath four paragraphs of text, and are followed by another five paragraphs of text. I would suggest removing all text other than the rules, links to the nominees (and adding them would be helpful, as has been suggested), and a link to all further information on the award.