Yes, it's that time of the year again — the time when I, on behalf of the blue ribbon committee that has no blue rubbons, solicit nominations for the annual Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing. We will select someone who is alive for the honor and there will also be a posthumous award…and if it goes as it usually does, someone who doesn't know what the word means will suggest someone who is very much alive should receive the posthumous award.
(A Tip: If you have a good candidate for the posthumous award, try and suggest someone who would be an appropriate person to come pick it up — a relative, a co-worker, someone.)
All past nominations will be considered so if you nominated someone in the past, you need not submit them again. Basically, we're asking if any new names have occurred to you.
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 and who got very, very rich and/or famous writing comics.
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.
Here's the address for nominations. They will be accepted until April 15 at which time all reasonable suggestions will be placed before the committee and we'll make our decisions. They'll be announced before this year's Comic-Con International in San Diego and the awards will be presented then and there. That is all.