The 2014 Ursa Major Awards voting has concluded. Fred Patten reports 2,851 votes were cast this year as participation rebounded after several years in decline — sinking from 1,782 votes in 2012 to 1,113 votes in 2013, and 856 votes in 2014.
The results will be announced during an awards ceremony at Morphicon 2015 in Columbus, Ohio on April 30 – May 3.
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Voting for the 2014 Ursa Major Awards has commenced. Everyone is invited to vote on the Best Anthropomorphic Literature and Art of the past calendar year at the Ursa Major Awards website. Just click on “Voting for 2014.”
The final ballot is composed of the eligible works that received the most nominations.
The award’s 11 categories are:
“You do not have to vote in every category,” reminds Fred Patten, Secretary of the Anthropomorphic Literature and Arts Association (ALAA). And he asks, “Please vote in only those categories in which you feel knowledgeable.”
Voting ends April 15. The winners will be announced in Columbus, Ohio at Morphicon 2015 over the April 30-May 3 weekend.
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Fans of anthropomorphic/furry fiction can begin nominating for the 2014 Ursa Major Awards on January 15. The instructions are here.
Wondering what to nominate? The 2014 Recommended Anthropomorphics Reading List contains all of the works first published or released during the past calendar year that have been recommended by furry fans. The list is divided into eleven categories: Motion Picture, Dramatic Short Works or Series, Novels, Short Fiction, Other Literary Works, Graphic Novels, Comic Strips, Magazines, Websites, Published Illustrations, and Games.
Nominations close at the end of February. Voting on the finalists will take place from March 15 through April 15.
Nominations and voting are open to all.
The presentations of the 2014 Ursa Major Awards will be made at Morphicon 2015, in Columbus, Ohio on April 30-May 3, 2015.
[Thanks to Fred Patten for the story.]
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By Fred Patten: There are less than two months left to recommend titles for the Anthropomorphic Literature and Arts Association’s 2014 Recommended Anthropomorphics List. See the Ursa Major Awards website for the current 2014 Recommended List. The next update will be on November 30. If you have read, seen, or played anything furry-fantasy related that you liked, that was first published or released during 2014, and it is not already on the Recommended List, please recommend it yourself before the end of the year.
Nominations for the 2014 Ursa Major Awards will open on January 15, 2015 (the first day of Further Confusion 2015), and will remain open until February 28, 2015. Fans often use the previous year’s Recommended Anthropomorphics List as a guide to what is worth nominating. If there is anything that you consider worth recommending, don’t wait for someone else to recommend it. Speak up!
Thanks to Fred Patten for sending along the winners of the Seventh Annual Ursa Major Awards. See the full press release behind the cut.
Fred Patten, Corresponding Secretary of the Anthropomorphic Literature and Arts Association, sends along the finalists for their Ursa Major Awards, presented annually for excellence in the furry arts. This is Anthropomorphic (a.k.a. Furry) Fandom’s highest award.
The final ballot at the award’s website, http://www.ursamajorawards.org/Voting-form-2007.htm, provides URL links to every nominee that has one, which appears to be the majority. Voting is open until April 20. Registration is required to vote, but only name and country of residence are required. The Awards will be announced and presented at Morphicon 2008 in
The full list of nominees appears below the cut