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Categories for The Wooden Rocket Awards 2004.
1.
Best Online Magazine
Any online English-language SFF magazine which doesn't
produce in parallel a print version of its content. Sites which offer just an
Adobe PDF download equivalent of their magazine or e-book download of their publication
are eligible for this category. Sites which produce an annual printed yearbook
or other irregular compendium of their online content are also eligible for entry
here. Sites
must cover a broad spectrum of the SFF genre to be eligible to be considered a
magazine. Single-topic broadcast media sites such as sites that focus only on
Star Trek, Middle Earth, Star Wars etc should enter the appropriate media category
below. Click
here for example sites in this category. 2.
Best Print-to-Web Magazine
Any online English-language SFF magazine web
site which also has a print version. To be eligible for this category the site
must support a print publication of more than 30 pages which comes out with a
quarterly or greater frequency. Small
press and mainstream publications with web sites are both eligible. Voters
should note, the award is for the quality of the site, not the printed publication.
If a publication has a high quality print magazine, but a two page brochureware
site, it should not come top of your voting list. Click
here for example sites in this category. 3.
Best Author Site
Any web presence of an author published in printed novel
form. Authors can be published by small-press or mainstream publishers to qualify
for entry here. Novels are defined as any print science fiction or fantasy story
of thirty thousand words or more. To
qualify as a print publisher for the purposes of the Best Author site category,
the author's publisher must offer the work of more than 10 different author's
works for sale in printed form.
E-book only authors should submit their site in the Best E-book category; this
includes self-published authors by services such as iUniverse which include a
POD (print-on-demand) element. Voters
should note, the award is for the quality of the site, not the quality of the
author's work. If a writer happens to be your favorite author, but they only have
a two page brochureware site, it should not come top of your voting list. Sites
must be English language. Click
here for example sites in this category. 4.
Best Artist Site
Any web presence of an individual illustrator or painter
whose main focus is SFF. This is intended for artists who work with the visual
arts (airbrush, oil, acrylic, pen and ink, pencil, CGI, Macromedia Flash etc)
- poetry, sculpture and music are not eligible for entry in this category. The
artist's work must be primarily SFF, although some non-SFF work is allowed to
be included on the artist's site. Artist's
pages on a gallery or site showcasing multiple artists' work are not allowed to
be entered in this category. The site must focus on the work of a single artist. Voters
should note, the award is for the quality of the site, not the quality of the
artist's work. If an artist happens to be your favorite illustrator, but they
only have a two page brochureware site, it should not come top of your voting
list. Sites
can be English language or non-English. Click
here for example sites in this category. 5.
Best Gallery Site
Any web presence of a gallery showcasing more than one
artist's SFF work. The art showcased should be primarily the visual arts (airbrush,
oil, acrylic, pen and ink, pencil, CGI etc) - if a gallery includes a limited
amount of sculpture alongside paintings, it is still eligible for entry in this
category. If a gallery includes a majority selection of non-visual work such as
sculpture, it is not eligible for entry in this section. Galleries
showcasing the work of a single artist should be entered into the Best Artist
site category; they are not eligible for entry into the gallery category. Sites
must be English language. Click
here for example sites in this category. 6.
Best Print Publisher Site
Any web presence supporting a SFF print publisher.
Sites can be small-press or mainstream. To qualify as a print publisher, the site
must offer the work of more than 10 different author's works for sale in printed
form. Author's works are defined as any print science fiction or fantasy story
of thirty thousand words or more. Subsidy
and vanity presses are not allowed for entry in this category - this is defined
as any publisher who requires the author to make any payment - however small -
towards the cost of their novel. Sites
must be English language. Click
here for example sites in this category. 7.
Best E-book Publisher Site
Any web presence supporting an e-book publisher.
Sites can be small-press or mainstream. To
qualify as a print publisher, the site must offer the e-book work of more than
10 different author's works in digital form via download, email delivery, disk
or CD-ROM. Subsidy
and vanity presses are not allowed for entry in this category - this is defined
as any publisher who requires the author to make any payment - however small -
towards the cost of their e-book novel. Valid
formats are Adobe PDF, Rocket, Microsoft Reader, or Palm Reader. Sites which offer
only HTML-format novels are not eligible for entry. Sites
must be English language. Click
here for example sites in this category. 8.
Best E-book Site
Any web presence of an SFF author published only in e-book
form. Works can be self-published or published through an e-book publisher. This
category includes authors who have published through subsidy services such as
iUniverse. Voters
should note, the award is for the quality of the site, not the quality of the
author's work. If a writer happens to be your favorite e-book author, but they
only have a two page brochureware site, it should not come top of your voting
list. Sites
must be English language. Click
here for example sites in this category. 9.
Best Official Movie Site
Any studio-created site with a focus on a single
SFF movie or a series of sequels set in the same universe. Sites
must have been created by the studio, production company or distributor to qualify
for entry in this category. If
a site has been created by a fan as a tribute to their favorite movie, it should
be entered in the 'Fan Movie' category below. Online-only
movies which have not had a theater or direct-to-video release are not eligible
for entry into this category. Voters
should note, the award is for the quality of the site, not the quality of the
movie itself. If a film happens to be your favorite movie, but they only have
a two page brochureware site, it should not come top of your voting list. Sites
must be English language. Click
here for example sites in this category. 10.
Best Fan Movie Site
Any fan-created site with a focus on a single SFF
movie or a series of sequels set in the same universe. Sites
must have been created by a fan or a group of fans to qualify for entry in this
category. Sites
with an official status, created by the film's studio, production company or distributor
should enter the 'official movie' category above. Online-only
movies which have not had a theater or direct-to-video release are not eligible
for entry into this category. Voters
should note, the award is for the quality of the site, not the quality of the
movie itself. If a film happens to be your favorite movie, but they only have
a two page brochureware site, it should not come top of your voting list. Sites
must be English language. Click
here for example sites in this category. 11.
Best Official TV Site
Any studio-created site with a focus on a single
SFF TV series or programme. Sites
must have been created by the channel, studio, production company or distributor
to qualify for entry in this category. Online-only
TV series which have never had a terrestrial broadcast release are not eligible
for entry in this category. Voters
should note, the award is for the quality of the site, not the quality of the
TV series itself. If a TV series or TV program happens to be your favorite piece
of television, but they only have a two page brochureware site, it should not
come top of your voting list. Sites
must be English language. Click
here for example sites in this category. 12.
Best Fan TV Site
Any fan-created site with a focus on a single SFF TV
series or programme. Sites
must have been created by a fan or a group of fans to qualify for entry in this
category. Sites
with an official status, created by the TV series' channel, studio, production
company or distributor should enter the 'official movie' category above. Online-only
TV series which have never had a terrestrial broadcast release are not eligible
for entry in this category. Voters
should note, the award is for the quality of the site, not the quality of the
TV series itself. If a TV series or TV programme happens to be your favorite piece
of television, but they only have a two page brochureware site, it should not
come top of your voting list. Sites
must be English language. Click
here for example sites in this category. 13.
Best Online SFF store
Any store selling SFF books, videos, models, toys
and related merchandise. To
qualify for entry in this category, stores must be a stand-alone commercial entity,
not an affiliate or associate member of another store's marketing program. Stores
can either be operating online only, or be an online operation supporting the
commercial activities of an off-line store. Online
store service, speed of delivery, breadth of offering and other off-line components
should form a part of evaluating the quality of the nominations in this category. Sites
must be English language. Click
here for example sites in this category. 14.
Best Fan Site Home Page
Any SFF site created and maintained by an individual,
focusing on their life and activities in fandom and the genre. To
qualify for entry in this category, the site must focus on the personal life of
the fan and their SFF hobby interests. E.g.
if your site is about hamster breeding, www.hamsterbreeding.com, and you just
happen to be a SFF fan, your site doesn't qualify for entry here. The
site needs to reflect your passion for the genre. Sites
must be English language. Click
here for example sites in this category. 15.
Best Directory Site
Directories or search engines with a worthy SFF section.
Directories
are defined as any site where its main focus is cataloguing external SFF resources;
search engines are defined as any SFF-only web index crawling external sites. To
qualify for entry in this category, the site's main focus for content must be
composed of links to external online resources. Sites that have a simple 'links
page' as part of a broader offering are not allowed to enter in this category. Sites
with a large volume of content that offer a keyword search of their own
content do not qualify for entry here. Resources indexed must be external to their
own site. Sites
must be English language. Click
here for example sites in this category.
16.
Best Convention/Organisation Site
Sites that support a science fiction and fanast event, regional
and national SFF societies, and other organisations such as
museums.
Voters
should note, the award is for the quality of the site, not the quality of the
convention or event itself. If an event happens to be your favorite fan beerfest,
but they only have a two page brochureware site, it should not come top of your
voting list. Sites
must be English language. Click
here for example sites in this category. 17.
Best Foreign Language Site
Any SFF site not presented in the English language.
Limited
English content is allowed, but the majority of content should be in a non-English
language such as French, Japanese, Russian, Polish, Korean etc. Foreign
sites that have the majority of their content in English, or have a full
dual language capability - such as that offered by many French Canadian sites
- are eligible to enter categories 1-16.
Please
note, sites with limited English content such as a two-page
introduction to their site, with their remaining content in
non-English form, are required to enter the Best Foreign
Language Site category - and no other.
Click
here for example sites in this category.
18.
Best Blog
Love them or hate them, blogs seems to be here to stay.
To
qualify, nominated blogs must be science fiction and fantasy
oriented (although we'll settle for written by a SFF genre
notable, given most of these things seem to talk about what
your cat last had for dinner or how passing through a Eastern
European airport on the way to SFF convention is akin to the
seventh circle of hell).
Sites
must be English language.
Note,
this category is new for 2005.
19.
Best Rich Content
Best web site with rich content. Rich content includes downloadable
video, streaming media, Pod casts, Flash animations and the
like.
Animations
and audio streams etc must be English language.
Note,
this category is new for 2005.
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