Writers' Study Yearly Awards 2017
Early Information and Discussion
Writers! Readers! Random passers-by who don't really know why they're reading this! Welcome to all of you.
The Writers' Study Staff have (as always) had their noses pressed firmly to the Writers' Study grindstone, and we've begun planning our next Yearly Awards - but we'd also like to hear your ideas.
So, here's your chance to tell us what you think should happen. Were there too many categories last year, or too few? Was your favourite category left out? Do you think the nominations (or the votes) should be run differently?
We don't guarantee we'll do things exactly the way you all want - we probably can't, in fact, because you probably don't all agree with each other - but we would like to hear your views.
One thing we are thinking of including this year is some kind of recognition for making exceptional contributions to the WS other than by writing AARs or CW. People who support our authors are just as vital a part of the WS community as the authors themselves. So if you've seen someone this year who you think has made a particular contribution in that way, make a note of it, because we may want to know about it when nominations are made.
Posting helpful and supportive comments is something that Writers' Study Staff do as part of their job, so we are not eligible for this new category - please don't plan to nominate any of us. But if you'd like to be the person everyone nominates, this is a good time to start impressing people - get out into the Writers' Study and be supportive, insightful, thoughtful, constructive, stylish, elegant, and just the generally brilliant and helpful people you are.
(Here is a link to the thread announcing the winners of last year's competition, to remind you what the categories were.)