How to create an Award

[reviews_and_ramblings]

It's all day that I'm thinking and reading posts and thinking again. Actually I have always pondered the idea to create an award, but I have always thought, who am I to do that? And now I'm thinking that I'm not alone, am I? I have a lot of friends, readers and authors, and so if I give a space, the Awards could be yours not mine. Only I have nothing to give to the winner if not the a virtual price, you are the winner of the LGBT Award of a little slash/gay/lesbian/romance/whatever online community. And here start one of the problem, I read gay fiction, but not lesbian fiction at all, so I really need your help, friendslist or anonymous commenters.

I have 40 tags among genres and themes, I can create 40 posts for 40 categories and screen the comments. I can open the candidatures for each category and after a month, close the posts and draw the first 10 of each category. I can then open 40 polls for each category and draw the winner for each of them. I can then open 5 polls with 8 titles mixed together and draw the final 5 titles. Finally the last poll, 5 titles from which drawing the all together winner.

As I said, I have nothing to give to the winner if not a virtual award, but to entice people to comment and vote on the polls, I can probably ask to the authors/publishers if they are willing to donate an ebook copy of the final 40 titles and then draw one name among who voted as winner of the full 40 ebooks. If I find people willing to read 5 books in a month, we can also think to not create a poll for the last 5 titles, but to have a jury to read them and give a reasoned vote. Even more of 5, I don't know, 10?

We can consider print books and ebooks, maybe released from August 2008 to August 2009. I will not ask the gender of the author or its sexual orientation ;-)

Starting to setting things --> http://elisa-rolle.livejournal.com/799266.html

Comments

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll pitch in a book. Let me know where and when you want it sent.

As for names... I suggest either the Elisas or the Rollees...

GREAT timing!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

LOL Lee, thank for the suggestion on the name, but no, I don't think a so "personal" name would be right... I really have the idea to set this thing, help it grow and then let it go for better and bigger places (I hope). So yes, we need to find a name... mmm... thinking again... Elisa

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Lee, when you said that you will pitch a book, you mean that you want to submit a book in one or more categories or/and that you are willing to donate a book for the gift basket? I ask so to know if adding you to the list of authors who are willing to donate a book. Elisa

[lee-rowan.livejournal.com]

Yes--pitch in = contribute. And sure, if I can submit as e-books, I'd be happy to participate.

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Yes of course ebooks are all right ;-) And if no one said it's not right, I'm considering to include also the re-release. In the meantime I'm adding you to the list of the authors. Elisa