Finalists - Literary Artist

And now, the 2012 Buckey Awards is proud to announce the finalists for Outstanding Literary Artist (drum roll, please . . . )

(in alphabetical order)

Karen Despain, journalist/editor

Michele McFadden aka Micki Shelton, playwright

Parker Anderson, playwright/historian

Steven Ayres, columnist/blogger

Tiffany Antone, playwright/blogger

Congrats to our finalists and all 39 nominees in this category!

To cheer on your favorites and see who goes home with the Buckey, join us on Saturday, March 10th at the historic Elks Opera House. You can find out more and see about getting tickets here.

Red Carpet coverage by KAWC's Alice Ferris and Pop Rocket Magazine founder Tena Overacker on Access 13 from 6:30pm to 7pm

Awards Show from 7pm to 9pm

Hosted by Andrew Johnson-Schmit and Outstanding Literary Artist award presented by Toni Kaus, Library Director, City of Prescott

To read about it all in the Daily Courier, click here.

Media Artist Nominees as of Jan 28th

Buckey Awards for Outstanding Media Artist (locally made television, radio, blogging, web design, etc.) - Nominees in first week of voting (as of Saturday morning):

Bruce Dorn
BrYan Mutusky
Ken Byers
Kim H. Kapin
Marnie Uhl
Mike Kreidel
Pamela Dunmire
Pamela Henry-Walker
Sandy Moss KPPV
Sanford Cohen  -  KQNA
Tena Overacker (Pop Rocket)
Tom Agostino

If you know the artist, please ask them to contact me prescottartsbeat@gmail.com as soon as possible.

Remember, you can only vote once. Voting will continue for the next 4 weeks.

To get a ballot of your very own, go to http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e5i8skq9gxesnupa/start

Literary Artist Nominees as of Jan 28th

Buckey Awards for Outstanding Literary Artist - Nominees in first week of voting (as of Saturday morning):

Betty Joy
Jacques Laliberte
Jeremiah Paschke-Wood
Karen Despain
Laraine Herring
Micki Shelton
Pamela Dunmire
Steven Ayers
Susan Lanning
Susan McElheran
Tiffany Antone
Tom Cantlon

If you know the artist, please ask them to contact me prescottartsbeat@gmail.com as soon as possible.

Remember, you can only vote once. Voting will continue for the next 4 weeks.

To get a ballot of your very own, go to http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e5i8skq9gxesnupa/start