The Rules. What are the M*A*S*H Slash Awards? The MSAs are a (hopefully) annual award given out to the best writers in the M*A*S*H slash fandom. How are the winners chosen? By you! The readers vote using the forms on the Nominees pages. You determine who wins which award. What stories are eligible? Any slash story in the M*A*S*H fandom written from the dawn of time until February 1st, 2004. Please note that five-minute fics, series, poems/songs, and challenge fics (under 500 words) are eligible only for their respective categories. A five-minute fic should NOT be submitted to the Outstanding Challenge Fic category, and should only be nominated in the Outstanding Five-Minute-Fic category. What counts as a series? Any collection of fics with a common thread whose individual works can stand on their own or be read in the entirety of the series. Individual fics may be submitted to categories in which they qualify, but the series as a whole can only be submitted to the Oustanding Series category. What counts as a short fic? Any fic of any genre or any slash pairing that is 500 words or longer and 1000 words or less. It must meet both requirements in order to be considered a short fic. What counts as a challenge fic? Any fic other than a five-minute fic that is written as a result of a challenge. Challenge fics that are longer than 500 words but shorter than 1000 words may be submitted to Oustanding Short Fic category as well. What counts as a five-minute fic? Any fic written in five minutes or less, either as a result of a five-minute-fic challenge or on its own. Five-minute fics cannot be submitted in any category but Outstanding Five-Minute-Fic. How do I nominate a story? Go to the Nominees page and click the link for the category in which you would like to nominate a fic. Fill out the form. Simple as that. Quick note on URLs: you will be asked for a URL linking to the story you are nominated. ENTRIES WITHOUT DIRECT LINKS TO STORIES WILL BE DISREGARDED. Links must go directly to the story; not to the main page of an archive or an author's page. Links to public livejournal entries are permitted, as are links to mailing list archives. Can I nominate myself? Go right ahead. Can I nominate a story in more than one category? So long as that story meets the requirements for the category, we've no objections. How do I remove a story of mine from consideration for an award? Please e-mail us at mashslash@hotmail.com and tell us your name and the title of the story, and we will remove it immediately. As the awards progress, new rules will be added and new questions will be answered. Got a question we didn't answer? E-mail us at mashslash@hotmail.com and we'll answer it to the best of our ability. We might not be able to answer some things, though we do know the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything. What was the question, again?