Nominations are now open for the 2012 Tin Duck Awards, the annual Western Australian Science Fiction Foundation (WASFF) Achievement Awards for WA writers and artists. The awards will be presented at the Awards Ceremony for Doom-Con 2012, which will be held at the Pan Pacific Hotel on Sunday the 8th of April 2012.
Works eligible to be nominated must have been “published” (be it written work, art or any form of performing art or convention running) in the 2011 calendar year, and must not have been voted upon in any previous Tin Duck Award. Works will be validated by the Tin Duck Awards Committee, and may be moved to a different category than nominated for if deemed necessary. Any works nominated without a category may be deemed invalid by the Awards Committee. Nominations may be subject to short-listing if necessary in categories with large number of nominations.
Multiple nominations may be submitted for any category. Nominations must be received no later than midnight 4th March 2012, and can be submitted by submitting an on-line form here.
The award categories are:
NewsBest WA Professional Long Written Work
Best WA Professional Short Written Work
Best WA Professional Art Work
Best WA Professional Production (any medium)
Best WA Unpaid or Fan Written Work
Best WA Unpaid or Fan Art Work
Best WA Unpaid or Fan Production
Published: 14:40 on Feb 12, 2012 (GMT)
Last Updated: 14:52 on Feb 12, 2012 (GMT)
