The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards were created by David Colton and Kerry Gammill at the Classic Horror Film Boards in 2002. The awards are fan-based, and have no connection to any commercial sponsor. Anyone in fandom can vote or propose nominees.
Nominees for the Rondo are selected from suggestions by horror fans, pros and enthusiasts offered all year at the CHFB. Each year's nominees are finalized by classic horror fan David Colton (taraco@aol.com), with the help of more than 20 classic horror fans from around the world, and with expertise in all parts of fandom. Each year, nominees for Best Model or Collectible are developed with the help of the Universal Monster Army! Thanks, UMA! Voting is by an e-mail to taraco@aol.com. Votes for the TWELFTH Annual awards, for work appearing in 2013, began on March 15, 2014 and will continue through Sunday at midnight, May 4, 2014. Winners will be announced here and on the CHFB on April 9, 2013. RULES: All work must have appeared in 2013. In some cases, work may have been published or available late in 2012.
-- Voters can vote in as many or as few categories as they want. All ballots -- either cut-and-pasted or typed -- must be emailed to taraco@aol.com. All votes will be kept strictly confidential. No e-mail addresses, names or choices will ever be shared with anyone. -- In all categories, votes are for work produced in the previous year. Example: In write-in categories such as Best Writer and Best Artist, for example, creators need to have produced a substantial amount of work in 2013. It is not a vote simply for your favorite writer or artist in general. -- In the Best Book category, reissues of books are not normally eligible unless the book has been substantially revised, or its re-appearance is in itself noteworthy. -- In the Best Magazine category, at least one issue of the magazine must have appeared in 2013. -- In the Best Website category, the website needs to have had substantially new content in 2013. Similarly, the Best Horror Host category will only include hosts active in 2013. -- Write-ins are accepted and counted. -- It is perfectly permissable to post on your or other websites about the Rondos, to urge fans to vote -- for you or others -- and to generally share the excitement of the awards. But overly organized voting campaigns are strongly discouraged and can result, at the sole discretion of the Rondo Awards Program, in a warning or even disqualification. ONE VOTE PER PERSON. -- What is an 'organized voting campaign'? Massive chain-emails; voting under several names; filling out a ballot, duplicating it and mailing it to friends or co-workers who then send it in as a vote. Simply be mindful of such common-sense limits and there should be no problem in getting out the vote across fandom. -- The bottom line: Urge folks to vote, but let's keep this a fun vote for monster fans. Votes are tabulated by David Colton (taraco@aol.com). Results will be posted here and at CHFB and various websites. Thanks again and please spread the word in fandom that Rondo -- Rondo XII in fact! -- time is here. david colton |
