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\n(Pegasus Award logo.)<\/p>\n
\nI submitted my nominations yesterday. Here’s the online nomination form<\/a>, if you’re ready to go.<\/p>\n Unsure whether you can nominate?<\/strong> You probably can.<\/p>\n First, you don’t need to be a member of the filk festival itself to nominate or vote. That said, according to the official rules<\/a> “the purpose of the Nominating process is to poll members of the filk community for their independent opinions of each category.”<\/p>\n Unsure whether you’re a member of the filk community?<\/strong> The rules cover that, too:<\/p>\n Anyone who exhibits an interest in the filk community can be considered a filker. Exhibiting interest can be shown by, but is not limited to: <\/p>\n \nThat last category is pretty broad, but if you and I ever discussed filk in one way or another then it seems as if you’re in.<\/p>\n Curious about what songs, songwriters, and performers are available to be nominated?<\/strong> The friendly folks at OVFF ran a “Brainstorming Poll”<\/a> to take suggestions for each category; check it out for recommendations, or just to get a feel for the wide variety of filk and filkers. (Something of a shameless plug: As I blogged when the brainstorming results came out<\/a>, my original song “The Monster Hunter Ballad”<\/a>* was suggested in the “Best Song” category<\/a>. Surprisingly, I was also suggested in the “Best Performer” category.<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n Who did I nominate?<\/strong> I don’t usually nominate-and-tell (or vote-and-tell), so I won’t go into it category-by-category here on the blog. I will say it was hard to narrow down the choices! In the end, I nominated a number of different people, and some more than once, including Danny Birt, Alex Boyd, Tally Dueshane, Jonah Knight, Michael Longcor, Mikey Mason, Madison Roberts, Carla Ulbrich, and Scott & Kirsten Vaughan (aka The Blibbering Humdingers). Contact me directly and I’ll tell you exactly who I nominated for what.**<\/p>\n So, ready to nominate now?<\/strong> Once again, here’s the online nomination form<\/a>. You have until midnight on July 29th<\/strong> — go for it!<\/p>\n ___ Nominations for the Pegasus Awards close in less than two weeks! The Pegasi are annual awards for filk — generally, folk music with science fiction or fantasy elements — given by the Ohio Valley Filk Fest. Categories include Best Song, Best Classic Song, Best Writer\/Composer, and Best Performer, plus two \u2026 Continue reading \n
\n*Inspired by the series of books by Larry Correia<\/a>. (Full disclosure: I work for Baen Books<\/a>, which publishes the Monster Hunter novels.)
\n**And, if you ask nicely, I might also tell you which of my other songs fit the special categories.<\/p>\n![\"Facebook\"](\"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" "\\"Share")
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