Ursa Major Awards discussion Blog
Discussion of the Ursa Major Awards.
Ursa Major Awards voting now underway
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:24:09 -0500
PeterCat <petercat [at] furry.fan.org>
Voting for the Ursa Major Awards for the Best Anthropomorphic
Literature and Art of 2009 is now open, and takes place until April
18. Anyone may vote, and you are encouraged to ask your friends to
vote also -- please help spread the word! Visit the Ursa Major Awards
web site at <
http://ursamajorawards.org/voting2009/> for full details
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Fwd: CTN Xtra Screening "The Missing Lynx"
Fri, 29 May 2009 16:29:04 -0700
Fred Patten <fredpatten [at] earthlink.net>
This trailer is worth watching even if you will be at CaliFur instead.
Best wishes;
Fred
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Ursa Major publicity
Sun, 17 May 2009 20:58:29 -0700
Tim Susman <vulpes [at] earthlink.net>
Just a note on the publicity surrounding the Ursas. This has been a problem in
the past, but it's more noticeable this year with the increased interest in the
awards. Here we are, 24 hours or more after the announcement of the winners,
and there are people asking online if anyone's heard anything. The official
site has nothing. The only information anyone has is a LiveJournal post--in an
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Last chance
Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:57:30 +1000
Chakat Goldfur <goldfur [at] chakatsden.com>
Voting for the 2008 Ursa Major Awards closes tomorrow. Technically it closes
midnight April 19, but there's a big allowance for the different time zones, so
those in Australia have pretty much all day to get their votes in if they
haven't done so yet.
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Use of LiveJournal vs. mailing list for discussions
Sun, 5 Apr 2009 19:08:53 -0400
"Laurence Parry" <greenreaper [at] hotmail.com>
I just thought I'd mention my strong support of the new LiveJournal community:
http://community.livejournal.com/ursamajorawards/
I have posted my own thoughts there and I'll encourage others to do the same.
Mailing lists with web archive are a reasonable solution for a small group that
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[UMA-discussion] On another topic: New Award Proposal
Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:37:02 -0700
Kevin Standlee <editors [at] sfawardswatch.com>
Tim Susman <
mailto:vulpes@earthlink.net> wrote:
The Hugos also do not have a comic strip award
nor a comic book award;
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New mail2blog service has started
Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:34:58 +1100
Chakat Goldfur <goldfur [at] chakatsden.com>
It is the ALAA committee's desire to improve the Ursa Major Awards, and to this
end we have this discussion group. Here you may talk about changes and
improvements that may be made to the system, discuss potential nominees, and
propose solutions to problems.
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Hi folks!
Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:33:30 -0700 (PDT)
foozzzball <foozzzball [at] yahoo.com>
Just checking in with the discussion mailing list. I'm fooz, I write stuff, I'm
generally interested in furry lit, and I'm interested in how the Ursa Majors
go.
Just sending something out since I'm new!
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Panelists needed for Anthrocon presentation on Ursa Major Award
Thu, 29 May 2008 14:52:27 -0400
PeterCat <petercat [at] furry.fan.org>
I've been confirmed to lead a panel at Anthrocon on the Ursa Major
Award and the Recommended List, and I need some help! Would anyone on
the discussion list like to volunteer? I figured to review the latest
UMA winners and recommended list, give an overview of how it all
works, ask for audience recommendations, etc. but we could also delve
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Voting closing soon
Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:42:23 +1000
Goldfur <goldfur [at] chakatsden.com>
The voting for the 2006 Ursa Major Awards is closing soon! If you haven't
voted as yet, you have until the end of this Saturday to get your ballot in!
http://www.ursamajorawards.org/Voting-form-2006.htm
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