It's that time of year again! Time for the SG-1 and (for the first time) Atlantis Secondary ship awards - the Isis Awards.
Many of you may remember our awards from last year. Well, this year we're (hopefully) going to be bigger and better, now that we've added the Atlantis secondary ships to the award.
As with last year, this award excludes the primary ship for each show, which we have determined is Sam/Jack for SG-1 and Sheppard/Weir for Atlantis. (I realize some may disagree with the decision to exclude Sheppard/Weir, but as it seems to be the most prevalent het pairing in Atlantis fandom, we're considering it the primary Atlantis ship for now regardless of where canon goes.) This award is to give the authors who write for pairings with lesser followings a chance for their day in the sun.
The site has been moved from last year, so please follow this link to reach the new site - http://isis.worldstowander.com/
Nominations open on January 1, and will remain open for two weeks. Please read the rules before nominating, as we have altered them slightly from last year.
I hope this year's awards go smoothly, and that everybody has a good time nominating, reading, and voting for their favourite fan fictions. Thanks to everybody who participates!
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Rainbow Sun Francks: End of Year
As the year terminates, perhaps its better to look forward with a smile. On New Years Eve (Saturday [December 31]), the Comedy Network tries to help with four back-to-back episodes of Stella, from 8 to 10 p.m. Touted by the CBC as an offbeat new comedy, This Space for Rent misses a few beats here and there.
But despite its self-consciously slacker mindset, the series, premiering next Wednesday (January 4) at 9 p.m., has its heart in the right place. Set in a fictional loft across from the Save-On-Meat store in Vancouvers Downtown Eastside, it stars Dov Tiefenbach (The Delicate Art of Parking) as life-stalled 20-something writer Lucky Carroway, in what amounts to a funkier Robson Arms by way of Paul Mazurzkys Next Stop, Greenwich Village.
The series pilot episode, where we meet Lucky and his palsplayed by Rainbow Sun Francks, Emily Hampshire, Kea Wong, and Jason Brydenfelt bumpy, even annoying, in places, and some of its characters seemed more like character studies. With a bit of retooling, however, the showwhich features hip scene-break music from the Ladies and Gentlemen and the New Pornographers (the latter appear at a rooftop party in the premiere) might become something very cool indeed.
Vancouverites will either cringe or smile with recognition at such local references as the Save-On neon pig, to whom Lucky confesses nightly, and the fact that his literary nemesis is the author of a book with the Douglas Couplandesque title Plate. Glass.City
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