Nice, even if chosen by fiat they are still chosen. It is good that artists who have been ignored for 'the new kind on the block' are being requnized. Anna and I intend to attend Worldcon in '13 as it will be held downtown, if your on the list again we will vote for you.

Myself, I stopped entering competing when I won an FAI award, for a non-artist after that what is there?

Which award is the FAI?

The big problem with the Canadian fanzine awards is that fanzine fandom in Canada is nearly extinct. What little is left includes two clubzines, two guys in Vancouver, another in Calgary and me. That's just about it. There are plenty of artists who display at conventions, but none that routinely appear in Canadian fanzines -- just me. The guy named this year is rotten -- but Graeme, who created the award, said he had little choice. At least the artist is still drawing, and not a page torn out of ancient history, and might get better someday. The situation is a little better when it comes to fan writers ... but not much. As for letter hacks, there's only a guy named Lloyd and myself. Last year I was named best Fan Artist, this year I was Best Fan Writer, and maybe next year I'll win Best Fanzine. But winning bars you from the category. Pretty soon I should work my way through all of them. So will the other handful of active fanzine fans in this country. Graeme hopes that by then his awards will have encouraged more people to become involved in the hobby, but I have serious doubts. Do people film movies just to win an Oscar?

Based on some of the tripe coming out of Hollywood, I'd say there are really two motive in making movies: "I want stupidly much money!" and "I want an award."
I can't recall the last time I saw a movie that was made because someone wanted to tell a story or make a point.

Money. It's all about money in Hollywood. Awards are nice too, but let's face it -- when you make something like "Home Alone 9" or "The Cleveland Show Movie" you can't possibly be expecting an award for any part of it.

I'd disagree, but only because you can consider a bonus an award

At that point money and prizes are the same. I distinguish between awards and prizes, though, in that a prize involves money but an award only involves recognition (no money). Of course, there are some prizes and awards that do come with money, but few amount to any significant amount.

Looks like the Zero-X got replaced by a Jawa Sandcrawler.

Was that the Zero-X or a Star Trek TOS shuttlecraft? Either way, based on a blink comparison I'd say you're right.

It was the Galileo, ST:TOS shuttle that's gone and a Sand Crawler in its place. I already had one Trek reference and didn't want a second, but had trouble thinking of a replacement when I originally did the artwork. I thought up the Sand Crawler later, and have actually changed the pencil drawing. To change the file, though, I only scanned the little bit I altered and patched it into the previous scan.