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Hi, I have three questions for the SOON Awards. 1) How did you choose your categories? 2) Why is the fact that SOON stands for "something out of nothing" not on your FAQ? It seems like pretty important information and could have prevented a lot of confusion. 3) Who exactly are you? No one seems to know, and especially since quite a few of us have been talking about creating a different awards show for several months, it feels weird that we don't know anything about this one.

Hi! Great questions! WARNING: Long Text Post Ahead

1. How Did You Choose Your Categories?

We didn’t want to mirror those of mainstream awards. We thought gender needed to be taken out of awards because of how many nonbinary actors and characters there are in our community. In mainstream awards they’d often have Best actor/actress in a leading/supporting role. We changed it to best protagonist, best antagonist, and best love interest because those are characters in most webseries we’ve seen.

We felt that sibling relationships are a huge component of a lot of webseries and it’s never had it’s own award but should.

For best diversity, when we first started talking about creating some sort of awards in 2015 we thought of 3 awards: best LQBTQIAP+ representation, best racial representation, and best disability representation. Since we decided to cap it at 10 categories for the first year, they were combined. In the future we hope to expand and make all of those categories stand alone.

We stole best transmedia from the LIWs because we love that category and think it’s essential for this platform.

Best score was taken from mainstream awards. There are so many amazing musicians putting countless hours into the music in webseries and we wanted to honor that. And then we have the three specialty categories.

The most faithful and creative adaptions were duel awards to show the ways that liws can go. Because we started these awards with the thinking that they would just be for liws, we wanted to keep two categories just for them (Novels, short stories, musicals, plays, poetry, and lives of authors/historical figures are all included in this category).

And last of all is best zero-budget webseries. We chose this because we were tired of seeing shows that already had an audience raise money for a second season or spin-off, then beat out shows and creators just starting out with nothing. Identifying a show as “zero-budget” is up to the discretion of the creators, and we will reach out to them as the voting gets closer.

2. Why Doesn’t Your FAQ Say that SOON Stands For Something Out Of Nothing?

We solicited questions on twitter for the FAQ. No one asked. We included the questions that we thought were most important to the awards. We considered it, but decided that people would care more about what we included.

3. Who Are You?

We’ve been involved in the LIW community since the beginning of LBD. It’s an incredibly important part of our life. And it’s one of the building blocks of our friendship. Due to the stir the awards have caused we are reluctant to reveal our identities because the webseries community means so much to us. We have come to know and respect some of the people who have been critical, and don’t want our position to taint those relationships.

4. Why Did You Make This Award, If There Is Already Another In The Works?

We weren’t actually aware that there was another award in the works, and just identified this an an under-served market. If those behind it are ready to launch their award, we are happy to step aside.

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help-moving-forward-blog · 10 years

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The LGBTQ Family Friendly Children’s Book List

This Book List was compiled from Rainbowfamilies.org, the Gay Book Blog, amazon.com, and the Family Equality Council’s personal favorites.

Birth-three years old Children's Books featuring LGBTQ Families

Combs, Bobbie. 123 A family Counting Book, 2000; ABC A Family Alphabet Book, 2000

Meyers, Susan. Everywhere Babies

Children's Books featuring Single Fathers

Bang, Molly. Ten, Nine, Eight, 1983

Baum, Louis. I Want to See the Moon,1989; One More Time, 1986

Eichler, Margrit. Martin's Father, 1971

Jam, Teddy. Night Cars, 1989

Ormerod, Jan. Dad's Back; Messy Baby; Reading; Sleeping, 1985

Four to Eight years old Children's Books featuring LGBTQ Families

Abramchik, Lois Ruskai. Is Your Family Like Mine?

Alden, Joan. A Boy's Best Friend, 1992

Bosche, Susanne. Jenny Lives with Eric and Martin, 1983

Brown, Marc. Buster’s Sugartime

Bryan, Jennifer. The Different Dragon

Cray and Megale. I'm Lost

Danish, Barbara. The Dragon Doctor

Daly-Weir and Hathon. Daddy and Me (All Aboard)

De Haan, Linda; Nijland, Stern. King and King; King and King and Family

DePasquier. Dear Daddy

Edmonds, Barbara. Mama Eat Ant, Yuck!

Elwin, Rosamund; Paulse, Michele. Asha's Mums, 1990; The Moonlight Hide and-Seek Club in the Pollution Solution, 1992

Fox-Lee, Kyme and Susan. What Are Parents?

Garden, Nancy. Molly’s Family

Galloway, Pricilla. Jennifer Has Two Daddies, 1985

Goffstein, M.B. My Crazy Sister, 1976

Hausherr, Rosemarie. Celebrating Families, 1997

Hoffman, Eric. Best Best Colors/Los Mejores Colores

Johnson-Calvo, Sarita. A Beach Party with Alexis, 1991

Kennedy, Joe. Lucy Goes to the Country

Lewin. I Can Be A Father

Lewin and Kopper. Jafta's Father

Merriam. Daddies at Work

Morgan. Daddy Care

Munoz, Pam Ryan. One Hundred is a Family

Munsch and McGraw. Love You Forever

Newman, Leslea. Heather has Two Mommies; Saturday is Pattyday; Belinda's Bouquet, 1991; Gloria Goes to Gay Pride, 1991

Numeroff, Laura. What Mommies Do Best

Parr, Todd. The Daddy Book; The Mommy Book

Richardson, Justin. And Tango Makes Three

Schuett, Stacey; Kroll, Virginia. Beginnings: How Families Come to Be, 1994

Severance, Jan. Lots of Mommies, 1983;

When Megan Went Away, 1979

Skutch, Robert. Who's In A Family?

Sonneborn. Friday Night is Papa Night

Thompson and Leder. One More Thing, Dad

Valentine, Johnny. The Duke Who Outlawed Jelly Beans, 1991; One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dads, 1994; Two Moms, The Zark, and Me, 1993; The Daddy Machine

Vigna, Judith. My Two Uncles, 1995

Weeks, Sarah. Red Ribbon, 1995

Wickens, Elaine. Anna Day and the ORing, 1994

Willhoite, Michael. The Entertainer, 1992; Families: A Coloring Book, 1991; Daddy's Roommate; Daddy's Wedding

Williams, Vera B. Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe, 1981

History Books

Krakow, Kari. The Harvey Milk Story

Children's Books featuring Single Mothers

Galloway, Priscilla. Good Times, Bad Times- Mummy and Me, 1980

Griffith, Helen V. Grandaddy's Place,1987

Hughes, Shirly. Alfie Gets in First, 1981; Alfie Gives a Hand, 1983

Jonas, Ann. The Trek, 1985

Loewen, Iris. My Mom is so Unusual,1986

O'Donnell, Elizabeth Lee. Maggie Doesn't Want to Move, 1987

Rossner, Ruth. Arraba Gah Zee, Marissa and Me, 1987

Schwartz, Amy. Oma and Bobo, 1987

Williams, Vera B. A Chair for My Mother, 1982; Something Special for Me, 1983; Music, Music for Everyone, 1984

Children's Books Featuring Single Fathers

Bang, Molly. The Paper Crane, 1985;

Browne, Anthony. Gorilla, 1985

Say, Allen. The Lost Lake, 1989

Steptoe, John. Daddy is a Monster...Sometimes, 1980

Fassler, David; McQueen, Kelly. What's a Virus Anyway?: The Kid Book about AIDS, 1987

Hausherr. Rosemarie. Children and the AIDS Virus: A Book for Children, Parents, and Teachers

Merrifield, Margaret. Come Sit By Me, 1990; Come Sit By Me Poster, 1993;

Children's Books on Sex Roles, Sexual Identity, and Positive Self- Image

Aitkin, Amy. Ruby the Red Knight, 1983

Bang, Molly. Delphine, 1988

Beaumont, Karen. I Like Myself!

Brown, Tricia. Someone Special, Just Like You, 1982

Carlson, Nancy. I Like Me, 1988

DePaola, Tomi. Oliver Button is a Sissy, 1979

Hearn, Emily. Good Morning, Franny, Good Night, Franny, 1985

Hearn, Emily. Race You Franny, 1986

Homan, Dianne. In Christina's Toolbox, 1981

Johnson, Phyllis. The Boy Toy, 1988

Kates, Bobbi. We’re Different, We’re the same

Lobel, Arnold. Frog and Toad are Friends, 1970

Mack, Bruce. Jesse's Dream Skirt, 1979

Mahy, Margaret. Jam: A True Story,

1985; The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate, 1986

Parr, Todd. It’s OK to be Different

Schoop, Janice. Boy's Don't Knit, 1986

Waxman, Stephanie. What is a Girl?, 1989

Willhoite, Michael. Uncle What-Is It is Coming to Visit, 1993

Zolotow, Charlotte. William's Doll, 1972

Zobel, Allia. What I like about me

Nine to thirteen years old Children's Books featuring LGBT Families

Brown, Forman. Generous Jefferson Bartleby Jones, 1991

Coville, Bruce. The Skull of Truth, 1997

Greenberg, Keith Elliot; Halebian, Carol. Zack's Story: Growing Up with Same-Sex Parents, 1996

Harris, Robie H. It's Perfectly Normal, 1994

Heron, Ann; Maran, Meredith. How Would You Feel if Your Dad was Gay?, 1991

Hyman, Trina Schart. Self-Portrait: Trina Schart Hyman, 1981

Jenness, Aylette. Families: A Celebration of Diversity, Commitment, and Love, 1993

Kaye, Marilyn. Real Heroes, 1993

Valentine, Johnny. The Daddy Machine, 1992; The Day They Put a Tax on Rainbows, 1992

Children Books About AIDS

De Saint Phalle, Niki. AIDS: You Can't Catch It Holding Hands, 1987

Flynn, Tom. AIDS: Examining the Crisis, 1995

Ford, Michael Thomas. 100 Questions and Answers About AIDS, 1992; Outspoken, 1998; The Voice of AIDS, 1995

Girard, Linda Walvoord. Alex, The Kid with AIDS, 1991

Jordan, Mary Kate. Losing Uncle Tim, 1989

Newman, Leslea. Felicia’s Favorite Story

Quinlan, Patricia. Tiger Flowers, 1994

Schilling, Sharon. My Name is Jonathan (and I have AIDS), 1990

Starkman, Neal. Z's Gift, 1990

Children Books on Sex Roles, Sexual Identity, and Positive Self-Image

Blank, Joani. A Kid's First Book About Sex, 1983; The Playbook for Kids about Sex, 1980

De Veaux, Alexis. An Enchanted Hair Tale, 1987

Epstein, Vivian Sheldon. History of Women for Children, 1984

Goffstein, M.B. A Writer, 1984

Haring, Keith. Nina's Book of Little Things

Herzig, Alison Cragin; Mali, Jane Lawrence. Oh Boy! Babies!, 1980

Vigna, Judith. My Two Uncles, 1995

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