Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-11518628-20140811005127

So, the community was pretty much decided with their nominations, so most if not all categories have about two to five nominations for it, the ones that weren't, I have decided which made the cut. So, with this news there will be a small change in dates that can be found at the bottom. We're going to cut right ahead to the rating stage, which will only apply for categories that have more then three representing it to decide which will make the final cut for the official voting stage.

''The nominees that you will have to rate are listed below. Take some time to check them out and rate them on a scale of one to six, you have plenty of time!''

 Fanon Seasons 
 * Outstanding Finished Fanon Season - Santa Cruz Islands, Caucasus, Venezuela and One World - Thailand!
 * Outstanding On-Going Fanon Season - Costa Rica - Blood vs. Water, Tahiti, Bali, Aruba and Myanmar!
 * Outstanding Upcoming Fanon Season - Cuba - Fans vs. Fanon Favorites, Vietnam - Rivals, Panama's Pearls, The Greater Antilles & Gobi - The Desert of the East!
 * Most Lively Fanon Season - Malaysian Islands, Japan - Civil War, Santa Cruz Islands, Venezuela & Galapagos!

 Fanon Characters 
 * Best Female Character - Maggie Whitaker (Venezuela), Katie Maxwell (Mongolia), Molly Everett (Burma), Janette Nalaw (Ireland) and Jasmine Edwards (Canada, Myanmar)!
 * Best Male Character - Andrew Green (Santa Cruz Islands), Daniel Marvin (Caucasus), Brock Williams (The Cursed Idol) and Colin Batherson (One World - Thailand)!
 * Best Hero Character - Rachael Cameron (Kenya), Dean Strauss (Malaysian Islands), Andrew Green (Santa Cruz Islands) and Jaycee Austen (Venezuala)!
 * Most Needing Redemption - Whitney Pope (Canada), Aries Landors (One World - Thailand), Amy Young (Santa Cruz Islands), Danny Grayson (Burma) and Garnet Jones (Battle of the Ages)!
 * Best All-Star Character - Landon Mays (Japan - Civil War), Phoebe Moreira (Japan - Civil War), Cassie Abbott (Mongolia), Spencer Todd (Canada) and Kevin Rosenthal (Couples' Showdown)!

 Fanon Episode 
 * Best Written Episode - Don't Count Me Out Just Yet (Vietnam), It's Time For A Shanking (Myanmar), I Don't Want This to End (Santa Cruz Islands) and Let Our Victory Cry Roar (Santa Cruz Islands)!
 * Best Elimination - Jocelyn Peck's (Santa Cruz Islands), Amy Young (Santa Cruz Islands), Troyzan Robertson (Santa Cruz Islands), Rosita Salazar (Culture Clash) and Paul Waller (One World - Thailand)!
 * Best Episode Title - Hashtag Shaniqua Wins Survivor Y'all (Ghost Island), Labels are for Jars (Bali), Wonder Twin Powers, Activate! (Indonesia) and Blinder Than Headless Chickens (Santa Cruz Islands)!

 Fanon Other   Fanon Users 
 * Most Original Twist - Cursed Idol, Couples Showdown, Ghost Island and Temptation (Canada)!
 * Best Fanon Moment - John's Expulsion (Japan - Civil War), The double idol play when it ended up being Jocelyn sent home (Santa Cruz Islands), Andrew Green's underdog tale (Santa Cruz Islands), Brock giving immunity to Wes and play he's idol and neglect all the girls vote and blindside April (The Cursed Idol) and Meggan's double idol play (One World - Thailand)!
 * Best Fanon Logo:
 * Outstanding Author - AnitaG, SimBrotherCo, Sidewaysss and Gavin316!
 * Outstanding Editor - Sidewaysss, IAmNothing712, Wafflefreak and Erikmichaelpayne!
 * Outstanding New Author - PinkLight, Coolio15, AnitaG and Wafflefreak!
 * Outstanding Illustrator - SimBrotherCo, Wafflefreak, IAmNothing712 and Sidewaysss!

Here is the process that will be followed for the next part:
 * 1) The community will rate the nominations from a scale of 1 to 6 before August 20th in a separate thread.
 * 2) The community will then vote from the three highest rated nominations before September 1st and the results will be posted the day after.
 * 3) In order to rate a fanon, a user must have made a minimum of twenty edits.
 * 4) Previous winners of a given category may not be nominated again.
 * 5) Rating of own's work are not allowed.
 * 6) The rating process shall take place through commenting.
 * 7) Winners receive the corresponding template on their fanon pages and/or user pages. 