Ainae,
I know the categories have all been decided upon, but as far as I can
tell, the subcategories are still kind of vague. I'm guessing that
that is on purpose and that you'll decide subcats later on. I'd like
to suggest one, though, if I may: authors for whom English is not
their native language. I know it always impresses me when I read a
story, think its really good, and then find out that the author was
writing in her second or third language.
Sorry if I'm being presumptuous!
viv
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> From: Viv [mailto:spacellamaprincess@yahoo.com]
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>
> Ainae,
>
> I know the categories have all been decided upon, but as far
> as I can tell, the subcategories are still kind of vague. I'm
> guessing that that is on purpose and that you'll decide
> subcats later on.
Yep.
> I'd like to suggest one, though, if I may:
> authors for whom English is not their native language. I know
> it always impresses me when I read a story, think its really
> good, and then find out that the author was writing in her
> second or third language.
>
> Sorry if I'm being presumptuous!
I would only do that if those authors wanted it. That could be seen as
"they are disadvantaged and shouldn't compete on their own merit". I
certainly wouldn't want to do that. If they are good enough to be nominated
here, they should stand on their own.
That said, any story actually written in a non-English language (that
includes Elvish) should be in a subcategory (if one is viable). Because you
are definitely going to have a subset of readers.
And remember, there are author awards. You can put that in someone's
comment, that you were even more impressed when you found out they were
writing in a foreign language.
--Ainaechoiriel
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wrote:
> > I'd like to suggest one, though, if I may:
> > authors for whom English is not their native language. I know
> > it always impresses me when I read a story, think its really
> > good, and then find out that the author was writing in her
> > second or third language.
> >
> > Sorry if I'm being presumptuous!
> I would only do that if those authors wanted it. That could be
seen as "they are disadvantaged and shouldn't compete on their own
merit". I certainly wouldn't want to do that. If they are good
enough to be nominated here, they should stand on their own.
As someone for whom English is a third language, I very much agree.
> And remember, there are author awards. You can put that in
someone's comment, that you were even more impressed when you found
out they were writing in a foreign language.
Yep, that's a good idea.
Soledad