Alright, it sounds like there is support for a new way of doing things, and no one has expressed support for the status quo, so here we go.
Starting now, in responses to this thread, I'll accept nominations for best story. All categories are eligible as before. To be permitted into the contest,
- The story must have new content posted during the month covered (June in this case). The stories no longer have to start during the month.
- Each poster gets to nominate three stories.
- Any poster that has contributed to an eligible story during the month gets an extra nomination of his/her choice, for a total of four. It's a reward for contributing.
- In your reply, please have a big bold-faced line like These are my nominations so I can find them quickly later.
- You can change your nomination list up to the end of the nomination period. Just edit your post here. I won't tally anything until the close of the nomination period.
And since we want to have all June entries covered, and some have yet to be posted since June has six days left, the nominations will end sometime around July 7. At that point, the two week contest will begin.
I will select the top ten nomination getters as the entries for the contest. Hopefully there will be at least ten nominations. Then the contest will be for gold, silver, and bronze for the top three. Ties are permitted.
The Rookie author award will continue as normal. No need for nominations, all newbies are entered automatically.
If I think of anything more, I'll edit this post.
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