Janusz A. Zajdel Award

The Janusz A. Zajdel Award (Nagroda imienia Janusza A. Zajdla), often called just Zajdel,

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is the annual award given by the Polish science fiction & fantasy fandom for the best stories published during

Related Topics:
Science fiction - Fantasy - Fandom

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the previous year.

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The winners are chosen in a vote by fans present at the Polcon convention

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from up to five nominations in each of two categories:

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• Novel: works longer than 100 standard pages (of 1800 characters),
• Short story: shorter works.

Instant-runoff voting with "No award" as one of the choices is the method used.

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Vote counts are not announced.

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