Forsaken Fandom Awards: Last Week for Nominations

[brightknightie]

At the end of July, I posted about the forsaken_fandom community, and their project to recognize and encourage fanfiction in fandoms (including FK) that no longer have multiple regular award projects of their own.  This week (through Friday 08/15) is the last week they're accepting nominations for this round.  Looking at their FK nominations list, I currently

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[greerwatson]

Interesting. I see that one is permitted to nominate one's own work. That's not usually the case in my experience, admittedly not with fanfic awards.

I don't know whether I should nominate any of my FK4 things or not. They were written over a period from fall 1996 to about 2002, but they were never posted until 2004/5 (and all were revised before posting), so they would seem to be eligible.

On the other hand, they're in a sort of script format-which appears nowhere in the categories, though I suppose the series as a whole would qualify.

Trouble is, no one ever nominates my stuff for anything. Either they don't like it, or they don't read it. I don't know which. Such feedback as I've had has been good; but I have had people say that they never read scripts. So probably mostly people just haven't read it.

Truth is, though, it does seem a bit off nominating one's own material.

What do you think?

[brightknightie]

>"I see that one is permitted to nominate one's own work. That's not usually the case in my experience ... Truth is, though, it does seem a bit off nominating one's own material. What do you think?It is unusual, and doesn't feel entirely comfortable, I agree. I have thought of two possible reasons why this is allowed there: it's easier to allow than to police, and better self-nominations than no-nominations in a too-quiet fandom. But on the side of the more usual practice: besides the fair consideration the challenges of objectively evaluating our own work, of course a writer wants a reader to recognize her work

[greerwatson]

"Um, posted where? Not to fkfic-l? I don't think I ever saw them...?"

No, it would have been too much of a nuisance to reformat everything. It went on my own website, http://ca.geocities.com/gwatson2@rogers.com/index.html. However, I did make an announcement on FORKNI-L. In fact, it was posted right through the regular TV season. I linked in an episode each week (Sunday night, usually), and posted the notice on FORKNI-L so those people who were reading it could "tune in". It started in the fall and ended in May, just like a real TV series

[greerwatson]

Well, I did it. I still feel a bit weird about it; but, as you say, if no one else does it....