ysabetwordsmith: (Rose-Bay)
These are the winners for the 2025 season of the Rose &  Bay Awards:

Art: "Anubis & Bastet ☆ Pharaoh's Guardians ☆ Plush" by Kayla AKA
Fiction: "Feathering the Nest" by [personal profile] dialecticdreamer.
Poetry: TIE between "The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters - A Sci-Fi Anthology" by Thinking Ink Press and "The Haiku Foundation" by The Haiku Foundation
Webcomic: "Bronwyn: Short Story Collection" by Isaac George
Other Project: "The Mending Circle" by Martin Nerurkar
Patron: [personal profile] mama_kestrel for "Magpie Monday" by [personal profile] dialecticdreamer

ysabetwordsmith: (Rose-Bay)
Today is the last day to nominate projects and patrons for the 2025 Rose and Bay Awards. If you have not yet nominated or boosted the signal, please do so now. It would be especially helpful for folks you know via places like Kickstarter or Patreon, as I'm not on those sites.

I am eligible in the Patron category this year, if anyone wants to nominate me. The Poetry Fishbowl has already been nominated in the Poetry category.

These are the handlers for the 2025 award season:
Art: [personal profile] fuzzyred Nominate art! Vote for art! (3 nominations)
Fiction: [personal profile] curiosity Nominate fiction! Vote for fiction! (4 nominations)
Poetry: [personal profile] fuzzyred Nominate poetry! Vote for poetry! (4 nominations)
Webcomic: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nominate webcomics! Vote for webcomics! (2 nominations)
Other Project: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nominate other projects! Vote for other projects! (3 nominations)
Patron: [personal profile] curiosity Nominate patrons! Vote for patrons! (3 nominations)
Of these, Art, Webcomic, Other Project, and Patron have nominations from me alone. I'd like to get at least 2 nominators in each category. If you can help, please pitch in.
ysabetwordsmith: (Rose-Bay)
The 2025 Rose and Bay Awards are now open for nominations! Please make your nominations and pass the word to all the crowdfunders you know and encourage them to participate. It would be especially helpful for folks you know via places like Kickstarter or Patreon, as I'm not on those sites.

I am eligible in the Poetry and Patron categories this year, if anyone wants to nominate me.

These are the handlers for the 2025 award season:
Art: [personal profile] fuzzyred Nominate art! Vote for art!
Fiction: [personal profile] curiosity Nominate fiction! Vote for fiction!
Poetry: [personal profile] fuzzyred Nominate poetry! Vote for poetry!
Webcomic: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nominate webcomics! Vote for webcomics!
Other Project: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nominate other projects! Vote for other projects!
Patron: [personal profile] curiosity Nominate patrons! Vote for patrons!


ysabetwordsmith: (Rose-Bay)
The 2025 Rose & Bay Award Landing Page is now up in [community profile] crowdfunding. We need volunteers to manage all categories. Also, start looking at your favorite crowdfunded works from 2024 and think about which you want to nominate in January.
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When do new technological developments become 'realism' and not 'the future'? Writing about humans flying through the air in strange machines was once SF, but Snakes on a Plane isn't.

Discuss.
ysabetwordsmith: (Rose-Bay)
These are the winners for the 2024 award season:

Art: "Anubis. Thin Places - vol. 2 of the artbook" by Joanna Karpowicz
Fiction: TIE "Final Friday" by [personal profile] nsfwords and "Magpie Monday" by [personal profile] dialecticdreamer.
Poetry: "MAKE 100: Hār - a limited edition poetry pamphlet" by Katie Ford-Thomas.
Webcomic: "The Fujoshi Guide to Web Development" by enigmalea.
Other Project: Runoff Vote
Patron: [personal profile] librarygeek for the Poetry Fishbowl.


Note that there is a runoff vote for Other Project which had a four-way tie. 
ysabetwordsmith: (Rose-Bay)
Today is the last day to vote for the 2024 Rose and Bay Awards. If you have not yet voted, please do so now. Winners will be announced on March 1.

These are the handlers for the 2024 award season:
Art: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nominate art! Vote for art! (4 votes)
Fiction: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nominate fiction! Vote for fiction! (8 votes)
Poetry: [personal profile] nsfwords Nominate poetry! Vote for poetry! (3 votes)
Webcomic: [personal profile] nsfwords Nominate webcomics! Vote for webcomics! (5 votes)
Other Project: [personal profile] fuzzyred Nominate other projects! Vote for other projects! (5 votes)
Patron: [personal profile] fuzzyred Nominate patrons! Vote for patrons! (5 votes)
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Today is the last day that you can make nominations for the Rose and Bay Awards. If you have not yet put up your favorite projects and patrons, please do so now.  It would be nice to get more in the Poetry category than just my nominations, and more in Patron than for the Poetry Fishbowl.  Voting will begin on February 1.

These are the handlers for the 2024 award season:
Art: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nominate art! Vote for art! (6 nominations)
Fiction: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nominate fiction! Vote for fiction! (3 nominations)
Poetry: [personal profile] nsfwords Nominate poetry! Vote for poetry! (3 nominations)
Webcomic: [personal profile] nsfwords Nominate webcomics! Vote for webcomics! (5 nominations)
Other Project: [personal profile] fuzzyred Nominate other projects! Vote for other projects! (7 nominations)
Patron: [personal profile] fuzzyred Nominate patrons! Vote for patrons! (4 nominations)
ysabetwordsmith: (Rose-Bay)
The 2024 Rose and Bay Awards are now open for nominations! Please make your nominations and pass the word to all the crowdfunders you know and encourage them to participate. It would be especially helpful for folks you know via places like Kickstarter or Patreon, as I'm not on those sites.

These are the handlers for the 2024 award season:
Art: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nominate art! Vote for art!
Fiction: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nominate fiction! Vote for fiction!
Poetry: [personal profile] nsfwords Nominate poetry! Vote for poetry!
Webcomic: [personal profile] nsfwords Nominate webcomics! Vote for webcomics!
Other Project: [personal profile] fuzzyred Nominate other projects! Vote for other projects!
Patron: [personal profile] fuzzyred Nominate patrons! Vote for patrons!
ysabetwordsmith: (Rose-Bay)
Voting is closed for the 2023 Rose & Bay Awards. Thanks to everyone who helped this year!

These are the winners for the 2023 award season:

Art: "The Tale of Tal: a Neanderthal graphic novel" by Gianpaolo
Fiction: "The Lamplighters: A Fantasy Novel" by J. Gabriel Gates
Poetry: "Poetry Fishbowl" (Fishbowl tag, landing page) by ysabetwordsmith
Webcomic: "Cat's Cafe" by Matt Tarpley
Other Project: TIE between "Make 100: Letbia's Cookbook: Authentic Mexican Cuisine V6" by Letbia Rejón AND "Limitless Heroics: Better worlds via Dice & Disabilities 5e" by Dale Critchley
Patron: TIE between Anthony Barrette, patron of the Poetry Fishbowl AND [personal profile] fuzzyred, patron of the Poetry Fishbowl

ysabetwordsmith: (Rose-Bay)
Nominations are now closed for the 2023 Rose and Bay Awards.  Voting has opened in all categories.  You can use the nomination posts to find the links of eligible works if you wish to view them before deciding which to support.  The voting posts have polls but not live links.

The award period for eligible activities spans January 1-December 31, 2022.
The nomination period spans January 1-January 31, 2023.
The voting period spans February 1-February 28, 2023.

These are the handlers for the 2023 award season:
Art: [personal profile] fuzzyred Nominate art! Vote for art!
Fiction: [personal profile] nsfwords Nominate fiction! Vote for fiction!
Poetry: [personal profile] fuzzyred Nominate poetry! Vote for poetry!
Webcomic: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nominate webcomics! Vote for webcomics!
Other Project: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nominate other projects! Vote for other projects!
Patron: [personal profile] nsfwords Nominate patrons! Vote for patrons!
ysabetwordsmith: (Rose-Bay)
Today is the last day to nominate works and patrons for the 2023 Rose and Bay Awards in [community profile] crowdfunding! They celebrate excellence in cyberfunded creativity. If you have not already nominated, please do it now.

Voting will be February 1-28.

These are the handlers for the 2023 award season:
Art: [personal profile] fuzzyred Nominate art! (6 nominations)
Fiction: [personal profile] nsfwords Nominate fiction! (5 nominations)
Poetry: [personal profile] fuzzyred Nominate poetry! (3 nominations)
Webcomic: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nominate webcomics! (5 nominations)
Other Project: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nominate other projects! (7 nominations)
Patron: [personal profile] nsfwords Nominate patrons! (5 nominations)
ysabetwordsmith: (Rose-Bay)
I have completed the 2023 Landing Page for the Rose and Bay Awards.

The award eligibility season runs January 1-December 31, 2022. If you run a crowdfunding project, please check its eligibility now. If it follows the 5 Steps to Crowdfunding Success, then it counts! (This makes it easier on potential nominees to see what qualifies so they can nominate it and fill out the form in January.) If not, you still have about a month to fill in any gaps, so your project can be eligible in 2022. Notify your fans now so they will know your work is eligible and can start thinking about the award's active period in January-February 2023.

We need volunteers to manage categories in early 2023. Preferably, volunteers should not be eligible in the category they are managing. I'm eligible in the Poetry category, so at least I'd like to get someone else covering that one. These are the categories:

Art:
Fiction:
Poetry:
Webcomic:
Other Project:
Patron:


If you are willing to help, please let me know which category(s) you want to manage.  Thank you!
ysabetwordsmith: (Rose-Bay)
Shirley Barrette won the 2022 Rose and Bay Award for Best Patron.  She has supported the Poetry Fishbowl since August 2011.  Her favorite series was Polychrome Heroics, particularly the threads Antimatter and Stalwart Stan, Calliope, and Officer Pink.  Along with her husband Anthony, she also enjoyed the standalone and form poems.  Her prompts inspired many new poems that would not exist without her, especially nature and current events.  Her generous sponsorship published them for everyone to enjoy.

Rose & Bay Awards 2022 Best Patron Winner

 
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These are the winners for the 2022 award season:

Art: "Abstraction with Light" by Chunbum Park
Fiction: "Magpie Monday" by Dreamwidth user Dialecticdreamer
Poetry: "Different Just Like Everyone Else" by Liam Fleming
Webcomic: "How to Be a Werewolf" by Shawn Lenore
Other Project: "A Mending" solo roleplaying craft-game by Shing Yin Khor
Patron: Shirley Barrette, patron of the Poetry Fishbowl by Dreamwidth user Ysabetwordsmith


These are the winner badges courtesy of DW user Nsfwords. If you have won a category, you may copy its winner badge to display in your blog or other website.

Art
Art Winner badge for 2022

Fiction
Fiction Winner badge for 2022

Other Project
Other Project Winner badge for 2022

Poetry
Poetry Winner badge for 2022

Webcomic
Webcomic Winner badge for 2022

Patron
Patron Winner badge for 2022
ysabetwordsmith: (Rose-Bay)
These are the winners for the 2022 award season:

Art: "Abstraction with Light" by Chunbum Park
Fiction: "Magpie Monday" by [personal profile] dialecticdreamer
Poetry: "Different Just Like Everyone Else" by Liam Fleming
Webcomic: "How to Be a Werewolf" by Shawn Lenore
Other Project: "A Mending" solo roleplaying craft-game by Shing Yin Khor
Patron: Shirley Barrette, patron of the Poetry Fishbowl by [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith


These are the winner badges courtesy of [personal profile] nsfwords:

These are the winner badges. If you have won a category, you may copy its winner badge to display in your blog or other website.

Art
Art Winner badge for 2022

Fiction
Fiction Winner badge for 2022

Other Project
Other Project Winner badge for 2022

Poetry
Poetry Winner badge for 2022

Webcomic
Webcomic Winner badge for 2022

Patron
Patron Winner badge for 2022
ysabetwordsmith: (Rose-Bay)
The Rose and Bay Awards are now complete. These are the winners for the 2021 award season:

Art: "The Shitpost Calligrapher" by Mia Cong.
Fiction: "Feathering the Nest" by [personal profile] dialecticdreamer aka Sarah Williams.
Poetry: "Poetry Fishbowl" by [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith aka Elizabeth Barrette.
Webcomic: "Alfie - Chapter 14" by InCase.
Other Project: "Cakes & Ale Online!" by Tony & Mark Korol-Evans.
Patron: [personal profile] fuzzyred, patron of the Poetry Fishbowl.


Special thanks to everyone who made this a success!
ysabetwordsmith: (Rose-Bay)
The Rose and Bay Awards are almost done for the year. The voting period runs February 1-28. If you have not yet voted for your favorite projects, please do so now, because Sunday will be the last day of voting.  Use the nomination posts to learn more about them. Spread the word to anyone you think might be interested in participating.
Art: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nominate art! Vote for art!
Fiction: [personal profile] scrubjayspeaks Nominate fiction! Vote for fiction!
Poetry: [personal profile] dialecticdreamer Nominate poetry! Vote for poetry!
Webcomic: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nominate webcomics! Vote for webcomics!
Other Project: [personal profile] zianuray Nominate other projects! Vote for other projects!
Patron: [personal profile] nsfwords Nominate patrons! Vote for patrons!
ysabetwordsmith: (Rose-Bay)
The Rose and Bay Awards are into the last day for nominations.  Voting will begin on February 1. If you have not yet nominated your favorite projects and patrons for crowdfunding excellence, please do that now. The need is especially urgent for the Fiction, as all those nominations came from the same person. The others could use more too, though. Spread the word to anyone you think might be interested in participating.
Art: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nominate art! Vote for art! (5 nominees)
Fiction: [personal profile] scrubjayspeaks Nominate fiction! Vote for fiction! (3 nominees)
Poetry: [personal profile] dialecticdreamer Nominate poetry! Vote for poetry! (3 nominees)
Webcomic: [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith Nominate webcomics! Vote for webcomics! (3 nominees)
Other Project: [personal profile] zianuray Nominate other projects! Vote for other projects! (4 nominees)
Patron: [personal profile] nsfwords Nominate patrons! Vote for patrons! (6 nominees)

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