Glen
Moderator
THIS THREAD IS ONLY FOR NOMINATIONS, SECONDS, & NOMINATION CORRECTIONS FOR TIMELINES FROM THE BEFORE 1900 FORUM! TIMELINES MUST HAVE BEEN WORKED ON IN 2015 TO QUALIFY! - Closes 2/22 @ 11:59 PM ET - !
For a listing of the other nominations, seconds, and corrections threads, please go to the 2016 Turtledove Award Nominations Directory.
For discussions about the 2016 Turtledoves, go to 2016 Turtledove Award Chat.
PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE POST CAREFULLY BEFORE SUBMITTING ANY NOMINATIONS AND SECONDS!
Yes, it is that time again, "the time has come to submit nominations for the 2016 Alternate History Awards, affectionately known as the "TURTLEDOVE AWARDS." As always, we continue trying to perfect the awards, and this year will be no different. Rules and regulations regarding nominations follow and have been seriously modified from previous years - READ CAREFULLY BEFORE POSTING ANY NOMINATIONS OR SECONDS TO NOMINATIONS!
Discussion-only threads are not eligible. There must be an actual timeline or story included.
Authors may request that their works NOT be considered for nomination or removed from nomination. If an author requests that their work be removed from nomination after a nomination and/or second has been made, then the nominator (and/or second) may make another selection. Note that it is up to the author to monitor categories in which their work is eligible and to request that they not be included in the Turtledoves in that nomination thread.
No self-nominations nor self-seconds!
Each member can make only one nomination and only one second to another nomination per category! Note any one member can make one nomination and second another nomination per category in every category if desired.
Previous Turtledove award winning threads are NOT eligible for nomination in this category! They may be eligible for other categories such as Finished Timelines or to have Maps, Flags, Graphics, Characters, and Quotes from them nominated in those categories (see those nomination threads for more details).
Please see this list of previous Turtledove Winners by Category for reference prior to making nominations to see if they had previously won a Turtledove award.
For new nominations please arrange the nomination as follows:
Before 1900
Date of POD
Title (with Hypertext Link) Author
An example off the top of my head (using an ineligible candidate) -
Before 1900
1766
Dominion of Southern America Glen
Do not actually write 'Author' or 'Category' - just place them in the above order. Do not bold, use italics, or underline. Please do not use any other colors, font, or size settings than the default.
To create a hypertext link to a thread:
Go to that thread and highlight and copy the thread url in the web browser navigation bar, then type the title of the thread in your post, highlight that title, then hit the hypertext link button just above your message area (looks like a globe with a chain link in front of it), a box will pop up in which you paste the url, and that should do it.
A link to the thread in which the timeline/or other AH material can be found MUST also be included with the nomination for the nomination to be valid.
If someone makes a nomination in the incorrect format (especially if they leave out the link, title, author, Point of Divergence or get one of these wrong) feel free to quote that nomination then redo the nomination in the correct format with the correct information. Fixing a nomination will not count as your nomination nor your second (unless you indicate that you are also seconding it).
Every nomination requires a second! You may make one nomination and second another nomination for each category (though any one member can make one nomination and one second per category in every category if desired). You are not required to make a nomination to second a nomination, nor are you required to second a nomination in order to make a nomination. You may not second your own nomination (neither a nomination you made nor a nomination in which you are the author).
Please follow the following procedure to second a nomination
Select the "QUOTE" option at the lower right hand section of the post stating the nomination.
Beneath the quoted section, write the following.
I second the above nomination for:
Before 1900
Date of POD
Title (with Hypertext Link) Author
An example of a second for our previous nomination example would be -
I second the above nomination for:
Before 1900
1766
Dominion of Southern America Glen
If the submission has a thread in Finished Timelines and Scenarios as well as discussion, note that it will still be eligible to be nominated in both its original Forum Category AND the Finished Timelines Category. However, the nomination and second for the forum category must be made by different members than made the nomination and second for the Finished Timeline version of that work (ex: Lord Roem nominates and Meadow seconds The Bloody Man in Before 1900, so they can't nominate or second it for Finished Timeline, but Glen can nominate and Petike can second The Bloody Man still in the Finished Timeline category).
Similarly, TLIA* type timelines are eligible to be nominated both for in their forum and in the TLIA* category, but must have two different people nominate and second it for the TLIA* category than did their nomination and second in the forum category.
Nominations and seconds will remain open for approximately two weeks (Closes 2/22 @ 11:59 PM ET - ), and I will have a brief period for reviewing the list of nominees for accuracy then post the polls. Once posted, the polls will remain open for about one week.
For a listing of the other nominations, seconds, and corrections threads, please go to the 2016 Turtledove Award Nominations Directory.
For discussions about the 2016 Turtledoves, go to 2016 Turtledove Award Chat.
PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE POST CAREFULLY BEFORE SUBMITTING ANY NOMINATIONS AND SECONDS!
Yes, it is that time again, "the time has come to submit nominations for the 2016 Alternate History Awards, affectionately known as the "TURTLEDOVE AWARDS." As always, we continue trying to perfect the awards, and this year will be no different. Rules and regulations regarding nominations follow and have been seriously modified from previous years - READ CAREFULLY BEFORE POSTING ANY NOMINATIONS OR SECONDS TO NOMINATIONS!
Discussion-only threads are not eligible. There must be an actual timeline or story included.
Authors may request that their works NOT be considered for nomination or removed from nomination. If an author requests that their work be removed from nomination after a nomination and/or second has been made, then the nominator (and/or second) may make another selection. Note that it is up to the author to monitor categories in which their work is eligible and to request that they not be included in the Turtledoves in that nomination thread.
No self-nominations nor self-seconds!
Each member can make only one nomination and only one second to another nomination per category! Note any one member can make one nomination and second another nomination per category in every category if desired.
Previous Turtledove award winning threads are NOT eligible for nomination in this category! They may be eligible for other categories such as Finished Timelines or to have Maps, Flags, Graphics, Characters, and Quotes from them nominated in those categories (see those nomination threads for more details).
Please see this list of previous Turtledove Winners by Category for reference prior to making nominations to see if they had previously won a Turtledove award.
For new nominations please arrange the nomination as follows:
Before 1900
Date of POD
Title (with Hypertext Link) Author
An example off the top of my head (using an ineligible candidate) -
Before 1900
1766
Dominion of Southern America Glen
Do not actually write 'Author' or 'Category' - just place them in the above order. Do not bold, use italics, or underline. Please do not use any other colors, font, or size settings than the default.
To create a hypertext link to a thread:
Go to that thread and highlight and copy the thread url in the web browser navigation bar, then type the title of the thread in your post, highlight that title, then hit the hypertext link button just above your message area (looks like a globe with a chain link in front of it), a box will pop up in which you paste the url, and that should do it.
A link to the thread in which the timeline/or other AH material can be found MUST also be included with the nomination for the nomination to be valid.
If someone makes a nomination in the incorrect format (especially if they leave out the link, title, author, Point of Divergence or get one of these wrong) feel free to quote that nomination then redo the nomination in the correct format with the correct information. Fixing a nomination will not count as your nomination nor your second (unless you indicate that you are also seconding it).
Every nomination requires a second! You may make one nomination and second another nomination for each category (though any one member can make one nomination and one second per category in every category if desired). You are not required to make a nomination to second a nomination, nor are you required to second a nomination in order to make a nomination. You may not second your own nomination (neither a nomination you made nor a nomination in which you are the author).
Please follow the following procedure to second a nomination
Select the "QUOTE" option at the lower right hand section of the post stating the nomination.
Beneath the quoted section, write the following.
I second the above nomination for:
Before 1900
Date of POD
Title (with Hypertext Link) Author
An example of a second for our previous nomination example would be -
Sockpuppet said:
I second the above nomination for:
Before 1900
1766
Dominion of Southern America Glen
If the submission has a thread in Finished Timelines and Scenarios as well as discussion, note that it will still be eligible to be nominated in both its original Forum Category AND the Finished Timelines Category. However, the nomination and second for the forum category must be made by different members than made the nomination and second for the Finished Timeline version of that work (ex: Lord Roem nominates and Meadow seconds The Bloody Man in Before 1900, so they can't nominate or second it for Finished Timeline, but Glen can nominate and Petike can second The Bloody Man still in the Finished Timeline category).
Similarly, TLIA* type timelines are eligible to be nominated both for in their forum and in the TLIA* category, but must have two different people nominate and second it for the TLIA* category than did their nomination and second in the forum category.
Nominations and seconds will remain open for approximately two weeks (Closes 2/22 @ 11:59 PM ET - ), and I will have a brief period for reviewing the list of nominees for accuracy then post the polls. Once posted, the polls will remain open for about one week.
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