Since there ain't gonna be no Comic-Con International in San Diego this July, we who select the winner of the annual Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing are going to do what we did last year. We"re going to give out another half-dozen posthumous awards. We have many, many past nominations and we'll wade through all of them but this is the announcement that for about the next five weeks, we're open to more.
This is an award for a body of work as a comic book writer…someone who is or was unrecognized and/or unrewarded for that body of work. It is not for your favorite artist. It is not for someone who wrote a few stories. It is not for someone whose talents have been honored over and over. It is not for someone who got very, very rich and/or famous writing comics. And the posthumous one, which is the only kind we're presenting this year, is not for someone who is alive.
It is also not for anyone who has received this award in the past. The full list of such people can be read over on this page.
If you have already nominated someone in years past, you need not nominate them again. You can if you want but either way, they will be considered for this year's awards.
Here's the address for nominations. They will be accepted until April 30 at which time all reasonable suggestions will be placed before our Blue Ribbon Judging Committee and we'll pick six names to add to the above list. Thank you.