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Crystalline Rose Award
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| Name: | Crystalline Rose Award |
| Date(s): | 1991 |
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| Fandom: | Beauty and the Beast (TV) |
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Crystalline Rose Awards were a Beauty and the Beast (TV) award to recognize the written word (no art).
Ballots were to be sent to Marcia Patterson.
The awards were given at the 1991 South of Oz convention.
Also see Beauty and the Beast Fan Quality Awards.
Description from Once Upon a Time... Is Now #30:
The Crystalline Rose Awards for Excellence in Fandom®, are literary awards for fan-produced, Beauty and the Beast-inspired works. They will be presented for the first time at the South of Oz, B&B Convention, to be held June 14-16 in Orlando, Florida.
Categories include: Short story, Novella, Novel (both drama and comedy); Dramatic(teleplay/movie) format, Poetry (long and short), Fan Group Publication, Letterzine, Infozine, Comedy-zine, Overall Fanzine, and Filksong.
All nominations received by March 31, 1991 will be counted to determine the top three vote-getters in each category! These will move onto the final judging. A panel consisting of peer reviewers and literary professionals will select the winners. The Crystalline Rose Awards® will be presented at the very special Saturday evening banquet. We hope to have several of our celebrity guests participate!
Sample Ballot
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The Winners
- The Practical Man, by Catherine Edwards (printed in Overtures #10) (Drama, Short Story)
- Only Angels Have Wings by Kim Prosser and Lisa Swope (printed in Possibilities #1) (Drama, Novel)
- Love Bade Me Welcome by P.S. Nim (Drama, Novel)
- The Absurd Season by P.S. Nim (Humor, Novel)
- Beauty and the Yeast by P.S. Nim (Humorzine)
- Frost, poem by Keith Ahlstrom (printed in Reflection's)
- Your Memory Burns, poem by Margaret Davis (unknown zine)
- Promises of Someday by Pat Almedina (Letterzine)
- Pipeline by Stephanie Wiltse (Infozine)
- The Crystal Rose (Best Fan Group Publication)
- Vincent & Catherine: A Love Song by Margo Ann Quigley (printed in Forever and Always) (Filk)
- Quantum Beast by Lee Kirkland (Digestzine)
- Kaleidoscope #2 by Sue Krinard (B/W Cover)
- Wildheart by Beth Blighton (Color Cover)
- Once Upon a Time by Barbara Gipson (Individual Art Piece)
- Barbara Gipson (Overall Artist)
- Destiny #4 by Kathy Cox (Fictionzine)
- Kaleidoscope #2 by Cynthia Hatch (Overall Fanzine)
- How Sweet the Dream (One source says it was "Winner, Crystalline Rose Award, 1991." [1] but it does not appear on the winner list.)