Crowdfunding: Connecting Creators and Patrons

Welcome to the official landing page for the 2015 Rose and Bay Award, honoring excellence in cyberfunded creativity, aka crowdfunding.  This page gathers together important information about the award, its functions, and its participants.  You can also revisit the 2014 Landing Page, 2013 Landing Page, 2012 Landing Page,  2011 Landing Page, and 2010 Landing Page.

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Below are the nominee badges for the 2015 Rose & Bay awards.  Nomination will be open throughout January of 2015.  If you are nominated in a category, then you may copy and display its badge.  Special thanks to karen_wehrstein for providing the 2015 nominee badges, and to haikujaguar for the original logo art.

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It's time to discuss plans for the 2015 Rose & Bay Award season.  Check out the 2015 Landing Page and nominee badges.  Full details for the project appear on the landing page; you can ask here if you have any additional questions.

The categories are: Art, Fiction, Poetry, Webcomic, Other Project, and Patron.  These need volunteers to manage them, preferably someone who isn't eligible for nomination in that category.  This year I could be nominated for Fiction, Poetry, Other Project, and Patron so those areas have the highest need for someone else to cover them.  Look on the landing page for details about becoming a category manager; it's pretty straightforward.

Nominations will be open from January 1-31, 2015 for crowdfunding projects active in 2014.  If that's you, please check your project to make sure it's clearly marked as crowdfunded, and give your audience some advance notice of this award.  If you've been running a free project and want to get involved, you still have plenty of time to post a tip jar for it or run a special paid session, etc. -- any kind of monetizing method is eligible.

Voting will be open from February 1-28, 2015.

Everyone can help by spreading the word about this award.  Post in blogs, communities, hub sites, etc. -- anywhere you think folks would like hearing about a crowdfunding award.