The following Eligibility and Rules
shall apply to all websites seeking Nomination for a BlackWebAward:
Nominations:
1. All websites are nominated by the
online community. Only Nominations entered at BlackWebAwards.com will be
accepted for consideration. There is no cost to nominate a site. Nominations
must be received between April 14, 2008 - June 30, 2008.
2. Any person may submit a Nomination. All nominations must
provide a COMPLETE website name (i.e. www.blackwebawards.com).
Nominations that do not include the complete name will be automatically
discarded and will not be considered.
3. Only one Nomination is required for consideration. Sites
receiving more than one Nomination will not receive any additional benefit
during the review process.
4. A site may be nominated in more than
one
category, however, sites are judged on ten different criteria, including relevance to a category. Accordingly, one should
take care to nominate sites in categories that best reflect the site's primary
purpose.
5. Website owners may
nominate their own website. If you are a fan of a website, you can
nominate it as well.
Site Review and Judging
1. All Nominees will be reviewed by
the Black Web Awards Academy of Judges (AOJ). The AOJ is a volunteer
group of persons selected by the Black Web Awards committee. They are
tasked with the responsibility of reviewing the many thousands of Nominations
to help select the final Nominees in each category.
2. The identity for each AOJ is
confidential, as are the results and opinions produce in their review.
Under no circumstance will this information be provided to any person.
3. Each site will be reviewed by at
least five (5) AOJ's, and will result in a composite score based on the judging
criteria. The final results will be compiled, thereby producing the
finalists in each
category.
Eligibility
All potential Nominees with content or a stated purpose of providing Black
themed content, or content from the Black perspective. We invite you to
review our prior winners list from the 2006 and 2007 BlackWebAwards to gain an understanding of what we
mean by Black themed content.
Voting Process
1. When the Voting process begins,
anyone may cast a vote for one, several or all of Nominees in any categories.
2. All votes must be completed
online. We do not accept mail, phone or fax votes.
3. There is no limit to the number of
times you may cast your vote for your favorite Nominees. You do not have
to be a registered member of BlackWebAwards.com. However, we encourage you
to register, as it helps confirm that you are a "person" and not a "bot" or other form of
malicious software. This will allow you to cast your votes without
entering security information. Please review our Privacy Policy for more information
on how we maintain your information.
4. In the event a tie results, we will use
the top five composite scores compiled by the sites Academy
of Judges review to determine the
winner for a particular category.
The
Black Web Awards welcome your input and comments. It is our intention to
produce an event which is positive, original, and appropriate for all
ages. To that end, we encourage you to submit your thoughts All decisions
rendered by the BlackWebAwards are final and cannot be appealed.
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