The 2021 Pegasus Award finalists were announced on August 27. The Pegasus Award is presented by the Ohio Valley Filk Fest (OVFF) for excellence in filking.

Anyone in the filk community can vote on the winners, and community is broadly defined — check out the rules here.

Whether or not you vote, enjoy the sound clips of the nominees here.

BEST FILK SONG

• Courage Dear Heart – Summer Russell
• Earth That Was – Cecilia Eng
• Fighting the Black Thing – Erin & Rand Bellavia
• Pure of Heart – Heather Estelme
• Second-Hand Heaven – Lawrence Dean

BEST CLASSIC FILK SONG

• Annie’s Luck – Cat Faber
• Before the Dawn – Mike Whitaker
• Crimson & Crystal – Cynthia McQuillin
• Die Puppen (The Dolls) – Eva Van Daele-Hunt
• Nessie, Come Up – Dr. Jane Robinson

BEST PERFORMER

• Lauren Cox
• Cecilia Eng
• Rhiannon’s Lark
• Madison “Metricula” Roberts
• The Faithful Sidekicks

BEST WRITER/COMPOSER

• Lawrence Dean
• John McDaid
• Ben Newman
• Summer Russell
• Batya Wittenberg

BEST MAD SCIENCE SONG

• I Built A Time Machine – Eric Distad
• Mad Science Café – Brooke Abbey
• Mad Scientist’s Love Song – Gary McGath
• Maybe It’s Crazy – Seanan McGuire
• Watchmaker Hill – Eva Van Daele-Hunt

BEST CHEERY-OSE SONG

• Chuck the Corpse – Fred Capp
• Dear Seanan – Erin Bellavia / Merav Hoffman / Seanan McGuire
• Everybody Dies – The PDX Broadsides
• Not Everybody Dies – Erica Neely
• Tiny Kraken — Rhiannon’s Lark