Pegasus Award

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Name: Pegasus Awards
Date(s): 1984-present
Frequency: annual
Format: vote
Type: fan
Associated Community: Ohio Valley Filk Fest
Fandom: multifandom, filking
URL: Pegasus Awards site
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The Pegasus Awards are filking awards given at the Ohio Valley Filk Fest each year since 1984[1] and were founded "to recognize and honor excellence in filking". The name came from an art piece by F. Kelly Freas called "A Bridle For Pegasus" which featured a woman playing a guitar is riding a bucking pegasus and the awards adopted the name and the image of a pegasus, which appears on their branding.

Format and Categories

The format is similar to the Hugo Awards, except that it is not necessary to be a paid member of the convention to nominate or vote. The votes are tabulated and the awards presented at the Pegasus Awards Banquet held on the Saturday evening of the convention.

There are four regular categories:

  • Best Song - any filk song which has not previously won a Pegasus Award;
  • Best Classic Filk Song (added in 2003 - before this date, there were only three regular categories) - any well known filk song that is at least 10 years old and has not previously won a Pegasus Award, and has not been on the final ballot in this category in both of the previous two years.
  • Best Performer - any performer in the filk community who has not won this Pegasus Award in the past 5 years.
  • Best Writer/Composer - any writer/composer of filk songs who has not won this Pegasus Award in the past 5 years.

There are also two topical categories that vary from year to year; this concept started in 1987. Some past topical categories have been Best Tragedy Song, Best Computer Song, Best Risque Song, and Best Eerie Song. For 2024's awards, the topical categories are: Best Magic Song for the best song about, involving, or driven by magic; and Best Risque Song which is returning for the first time since 1994.

Winners and Nominees

Subpages for Pegasus Award:

1990s · 2000s · 2010s · 2020s

1984

Best Original Filk Song

Best Male Filk Singer

Best Female Filk Singer

Best Parody

  • The Bureaucrat's Hymn by Jordin Kare
  • Fool to Feed the Drive by Jordin Kare and Cynthia McQuillin
  • Memorandum by Anne Passovoy
  • Nick Van Rijn by Robin Bailey & Lee
  • Twelve Years at Worldcon by Frank Hayes - winner

Best Humorous Filksong

1985

OVFF was not held in 1985. Originally, it was supposed to move between two cities; this was to be the second city's first year. Unfortunately, they were unable to get it off the ground. Hence, OVFF started as an annual convention in Columbus, Ohio in 1986.

The Pegasus Awards Homepage - 1986 Nominees

1986

Best Original Filk Song

Best Male Filk Singer

Best Female Filk Singer

Best Parody

Best Humorous Filksong

1987

Best Filk Song

Best Performer

Best Writer/Composer

Best Ose, Ose, and More-Ose Song

Best Schtick

1988

Best Filk Song

Best Performer

Best Writer/Composer

Best Historical Song

Best Media Song

1989

Best Filk Song

Best Performer

Best Writer/Composer

Best Fantasy Song

Best Techie Song

References