The 2023 Pegasus Award finalists were announced on August 26. 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 (where there are also links to the lyrics and information about the artists).

BEST FILK SONG

• “Being Watson” – Kari Maaren
• “Fight Like A Girl” – Erin & Rand Bellavia
• “Following Our Dreams” – Lawrence Dean
• “Future Me” – Robert Beckwith
• “Our Kind of Strange” – Jen & Eric Distad

BEST CLASSIC FILK SONG

• “Apology” – Gretchen & Bill Roper
• “Before the Dawn” – Mike Whitaker
• “The Dark Man” – Paul Kwinn
• “Die Puppen (The Dolls)” – Eva Van Daele-Hunt
• “Small Designs” – Barry Childs-Helton

BEST PERFORMER

• Tim Griffin
• Sunnie Larsen
• Loewenthal
• Summer Russell
• Via Bella

BEST WRITER/COMPOSER

• Peter Alway
• Daniel Kelly
• Beth Kinderman
• John McDaid
• Lauren Oxford

BEST ADAPTED SONG

• “Come to Mordor” – Jeff Bohnhoff
• “Do You Want to Build an Iron Man” – Lawrence Dean
• “Grill Fire” – Bob Kanefsky
• “Meat” – Kathleen Sloan
• “Whiskey in the Jawa” – Eric Distad

• BEST SCIENCE SONG “Poisoned Apples” – Don Neill
• “Shoulders of Giants” – Tim Griffin
• “Spiral Dance” – Dr. Anne Prather
• “Spirals In Your Eyes” – Peter Alway
• “Water” – Cathy McManamon