2016 Excellence in Webcomics Awards

[donathinfrye]

StArt Faire Magazine is announcing the 2016 Excellence in Webcomics Awards!

I'll be curating the event and working alongside a fantastic panel of judges to celebrate the indie spirit, creativity and diversity of our excellent community!

Submitting is easy. Go here and simply follow the directions. Submissions will end at 11:59PM EST on Sunday, October 30th.

Also, our judges are all folks very much worth getting to know! Read more about them and where to follow them here.

Finally, help us promote the event on Twitter by using the hashtag #eiwAwards -- the event will culminate in December and January with a podcast award ceremony, giving us plenty of time to build a great buzz for the webcomic community! You can follow me on Twitter for updates on the EIW Awards too.

[shazzbaa]

Dude, 5 for each category? that's a startling number of awards!

I have a question -- the submission guidelines call for "a full chapter" and "at least 22 pages" published in 2016 in order to be considered eligible. So,

• if a webcomic has published the last 10 pages of Chapter 4 and the first 12 pages of Chapter 5 in 2016, does that count as 22 pages?
• Does a webcomic that has published the first 22 pages of a 50-page chapter count, or does it not count since the chapter isn't finished yet?
• Does a webcomic that has published the last 22 pages of a 50-page chapter count, or does it not count since the chapter didn't begin in 2016? Will only that last half the chapter be considered?

And related, for the "first page published in 2016," should that be literally the first page published that year, even if the first page published that year is in the middle of the chapter?

[blop]

Wow, this looks like a great idea !
I have a few questions myself : when you have to give your name, can it be a pen name or are you suppose to give your real name?
I also have the same kind of questions as @shazzbaa ^^

[donathinfrye]

if a webcomic has published the last 10 pages of Chapter 4 and the first 12 pages of Chapter 5 in 2016, does that count as 22 pages?

Absolutely!

Does a webcomic that has published the first 22 pages of a 50-page chapter count, or does it not count since the chapter isn't finished yet?

Absolutely! Of course, unfinished chapters may not have the strongest narrative arc for many of the award categories, so if I have a finished chapter, that would be my preference.

Does a webcomic that has published the last 22 pages of a 50-page chapter count, or does it not count since the chapter didn't begin in 2016? Will only that last half the chapter be considered?

Absolutely! In that case, we would consider the chapter as a whole.

I'll be taking the time to read through and curate every submission to find the most appropriate block of pages for our judges to consider. They can read previous chapters too, but it will be that curated section that will be considered for the year. If you have a half chapter that ended in early 2016 and another half chapter that started in late 2016, for instance, I'd probably curate the full earlier chapter of the year so that the judges could get a complete narrative arc.

Tricky questions, but I've a plan. Hopefully sharing it was helpful!

I have a few questions myself : when you have to give your name, can it be a pen name or are you suppose to give your real name?

You should submit whichever name you feel most comfortable with!

[doublethickcustard]

This is such a wonderful thing to do, so many of the most beautiful comics Ive seen have been independently created and webcomics can struggle a little sometimes to not be overlooked as legitimate comic media. Im sure it will be a great experience for all within the webcomic community.

I do have a question - What are your restrictions with submitting comics in regards to adult content? If a comic is aimed at an adult audience and contains some pages/themes or depictions that would usually need to be censored for younger viewers, are these not eligable for submission? (Are you only considering webcomics within the field of being appropriate for all ages, in short)

[donathinfrye]

Adult-oriented comics are 100% eligible for award consideration. Any promotion we do of comics during the actual dual live tweet/podcast ceremony or in the magazine will notate adult content appropriately.

[VermillionWorks]

This seems pretty awesome! I believe I'll definitely be submitting my comic. (Hope you like horror!) <--appropriate terrifying face.

Dang, I'm not sure I have enough confidence in my coloring/illustration to put my comic in one of those categories, too. XD ....mmmmaaybe coloring since people tend to like the grayscale style I use sometimes......maybe. >.>
Stuck with genre/writing categories. XD

[donathinfrye]

Thank you! I'm very pleased with the submissions so far. We've received over 100 total submissions in just one day!

It's going to be a lot of fun reading through all of these comics.

[BeetleMilk]

Will we get to see all the comics that were submitted?? I'm very curious to see who has submitted!

[UrMom]

Man, I'd submit if I felt my comic had something to be excellent about. Maybe if this comes up next year.

In the mean time, I'm just posting so I can keep track. This kind of stuff always piques my interest.

[Wishjacked]

Oh man, this is a very neat idea! I'll definitely be watching, I know there are so many good comics flying just under my radar.

[donathinfrye]

We won't personally share all comics that have been submitted, in the case that a comic isn't chosen for an award and doesn't want that information to be public. But we will announce all winners, and do encourage folks that want others to know that they've submitted to share on the #eiwAwards hashtag on Twitter.

[RebelVampire]

Just jumping in to remind everyone the deadline is a week away, so forms need to be turned in very soon~!