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2006 Eisner Awards Call for Entries

Entries are now being accepted for the 2006 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, to be given to the best comics industry publications and creators of 2005. Awards will be presented in the following tentative categories:

Best short story (less than one issue in length)
Best single issue/one-shot (must be able to stand alone)
Best serialized story or story arc
Best continuing comic book series (at least two issues must have been published in 2005)
Best limited comic book series (at least half of the series must have been published in 2005)
Best new series
Best publication for a younger audience
Best anthology
Best U.S. edition of foreign material
Best graphic album-new material
Best graphic album-reprint material (not archival)
Best humor publication
Best webcomic* (long-form stories, published online in 2005)
Best archival collection (material must be at least 15 years old)
Best writer/artist-humor
Best writer/artist-drama
Best writer (who does not also do the art on a title)
Best penciller/inker or penciller/inker team (nonwriter)
Best painter (interior art, not covers)
Best cover artist (must be for multiple covers)
Best coloring
Best lettering
Best comics-related periodical
Best comics-related book (book about comics)
Best publication design

*For the webcomics category, eligible items are any professionally produced long-form comics work posted online or distributed via other digital media is eligible. The majority of the work must have been published in 2005. Audio elements and animation can be part of the work but must be minimal. Web comics must have a unique domain name or be part of a larger comics community to be considered. The work must be online-exclusive for a significant period prior to being collected in print form. Send URL and any necessary access information to jackiee@mindspring.com.

The Selection Process

An independent panel of judges will carefully consider all entries and will choose the items to be included on the final ballot. The judges may add or drop categories at their discretion. The final ballot will go out to the comics industry (publishers, creators, distributors, retailers) in May. The winners will be announced in a ceremony at Comic-Con International: San Diego on the evening of July 21, 2006. All winners will receive trophies and will be announced to the national press. Runners-up will receive framable certificates.

Who Can Submit Entries

Publishers and creators are invited to submit entries. Note: A publisher can submit a set of entries for each of its imprints or subdivisions. Creators can submit materials for consideration if:

their publisher is no longer in business;
their publisher is unlikely to have participated in the nomination process;
they have severed connections with the publisher or have similar reasons for believing that their publisher is unlikely to consider nominating them or their work.

Eligibility

Any comic, graphic novel/album, or comics-related periodical/book shipped to retailers or bookstores between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2005 is eligible. Publications must not be more than 50 percent reprint material (except in the graphic album-reprint category and the archival category); foreign material reprinted for the first time in the United States is eligible.

Criterion

The primary criterion for submissions should be overall quality. Popularity and sales should not figure into your selection of entries.

How To Submit Entries

One copy of each comic, album, book, or periodical you are nominating must be provided for the judges to consider. Publishers may submit up to a maximum of five items in any one category. For items entered in multiple categories, only one copy need be submitted. (Sorry, entries cannot be returned. Nominated items will be kept for display at the Comic-Con and will go into the awards archives; the remaining items will be donated to the Comic-Con blood drive.) There are no entry fees.

A cover letter must accompany your submissions packet, indicating what you are submitting and in what categories. Be sure to include contact information, including a mailing address and an e-mail address. The cover letter should provide as much information as possible, including writer and artist credits for stories and issues. Example:

Dear Eisner Awards:

I am enclosing the following items for consideration: Best single issue: Got Milk? #3, by Andrea Algonquin;
Best continuing series: So-So by S. P. Schmidt (w) and P. McCormick (p/i);
Best cover artist: Andrea Algonquin for Got Milk? #1-6 and Shugga Bear for Pogo Stick Blues #5-9...and so on.

DEADLINE

All entries must be received at the Eisner Awards offices by March 10, 2006. If you have any questions, call Jackie Estrada at (619) 286-1591 or e-mail her: jackiee@mindspring.com.