* All nominated stories must be complete. The only category where incomplete stories are eligible is the Most Wanted WIP category.

* All nominated stories must comply with Psychfic's guidelines about Psych fanfiction, which can be found here.

* Stories posted outside of the Psychfic archive are allowed, so long as they comply with the above mentioned guidelines and the author's contact information and the story URL are provided when nominating.

* All nominations will be subject to consent of the author for the work to be considered for the award. Once an author rejects a nomination, no stories from that author will be allowed in the awards. In the instance of stories with joint authorship, the first listed author will be assumed to speak for all the authors, unless it is clearly stated otherwise within the story headers.

* The Awards Committee reserves the right, at its discretion, not to make an award in any category in which fewer than five works were nominated. Works nominated in such categories may, at the discretion of the Awards Committee, be transferred to other categories, but this cannot be guaranteed.

* You are allowed to nominate your own material, EXCEPT for the categories Best Reviewer and Best Overall Writer.

* Any stories added to Psychfic or any other online site after the date of January 15th, 2008, are not eligible.

* You may make no more than three nominations per category.

* No more than three stories per author are allowed in a category. This will be achieved by a first nomination first serve basis. Once three stories have been nominated by a single author in a single category, no further nominations will be accepted for that author in that category.

* A single story can be nominated for multiple categories, so long as it fills that category's description.

* Award categories are limited to 30 nominations. This is due to 30 being the limit of poll options in our polling script. In the event that this number is reached, the nominating for that category will close.

* The nomination forms require a password that proves that you've read these rules. The password you will need is banana.

* The winners will be in placings of a Gold Pineapple, Silver Pineapple, and Bronze Pineapple. Respectively first, second, and third. Only the Best Overall Writer category awards a single award, the Diamond Pineapple.

* Winners will be chosen by popular vote, which will be taken after the nominating process is closed.


Any questions, contact JessicaRae at psychfic@yahoo.com