2012 Rose & Bay Awards Update

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This award recognizes excellence in cyberfunded creativity aka crowdfunding.  Remember that we have the 2012 art now.  Visit the 2012 Rose & Bay Award landing page for full details.

The nomination period is open through January 31, which means that tomorrow is the last day to nominate projects or patrons.  Here are the nomination posts for all six categories and their current numbers of nominations:

Art: 7
Fiction: 12
Poetry: 2
Webcomic: 2
Other Project: 5
Patron: 12

Nominations are still on the low side.  I'd like to see the nominations surpass what we got in 2011, which were Art (6), Fiction (18), Poetry (4), Webcomic (11), Other Project (10), and Patron (12).  Art has met that goal, yay!  Fiction still needs 7 nominations, Poetry 3, Webcomics 9, Other Project 6, and Patron 1 toward that end.  Poetry and Webcomics are the lowest.  Try looking for poetry book projects on Kickstarter if you need ideas.  Webcomics are really popular and there's a list of archives on the nomination page.  Fiction and Patron are doing much better.  Thanks to all the creators who have raised Patron!

You can also help by boosting the signal.  Post about the award and encourage your audience to come nominate projects.

Watch for the voting posts to appear on or near February 1.