The Chronic Rift, the New York City public access television talk show about sf/f/h which was itself recently reincarnated as a regular podcast program (see this article), is now bringing back another of its features: the Roundtable Awards.
John S. Drew writes: “The Chronic Rift has always prided itself for its celebration of the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and comic art genres with its news, reviews, interviews, and discussion. We continue that celebration with our Roundtable Award ceremony. This is a tradition from the days of the public access show. We need your help in order for this to work.” They are accepting nominations/votes in 26 categories until 30 January 2009. “Any material released in the calendar years 2008 is eligible.” Votes can be submitted as comments on this page, via e-mail to Drew at john at cronicrift dot com, or via TCR‘s Facebook page.
Making sure the award wasn’t taken too seriously, the original “trophy” was a plastic pizza box spacer (it looks sort of like a round table) atop a ball of styrofoam.
The categories under consideration are:
Best Writer of a Novel, Short Story, or Comic Book
Best Editor of a Magazine, Anthology, or Comic Book
Best Artist of a Comic Book
Best Cover Artist of a Book, Magazine, or Comic Book
Best Novel
Best Short Story
Best Anthology of Short Stories
Best Nonfiction Book
Best Comic Book
Best Manga
Best Web Comic
Best Fiction Magazine
Best Nonfiction Magazine
Best Fanzine
Best TV Episode
Best Movie
Best Special Effects in a Movie or TV Series
Best Podcast
Best Website
Best Director of a TV Show or Movie
Best Performer in a TV Show or Movie
Best Writer of a TV Show or Movie
Best Animation
Best Character
Best Thing of 2008 (this is whatever caught your attention in 2008—Bionic Woman is cancelled, Adipose dolls, The Chronic Rift returns, etc.)
Hall of Fame (previous inductees are Isaac Asimov, Gene Roddenberry, and William Gibson)