The Pegasus Awards

The Pegasus Awards are awarded annually at the Ohio Valley Filk Fest (or OVFF) to recognize and honor excellence in filking. Composers, performers. and songs receive awards each year. Anyone with an interest in filk can nominate songs or individuals for the awards, and anyone can vote.

Currently awards are given in five categories: Best Song, Best Performer, Best Writer and 2 topical categories that vary from year to year. Some examples of past categories include: Best Love Song, Best Literature Song, Best Techie Song, Best Sing Along, etc.

Typically, the OVFF convention committee solicits nominations for the Pegasus Awards during the spring. Ballots are distributed in the spring, and must be returned by the opening night of OVFF. You can also vote online (generally after May of each year). The entire process is administered by the OVFF convention committee.

These awards were founded to recognize and honor excellence in filking. This site lists most of the nominees as well as the award winners since the Pegasus was first given out in 1984.

Why list all the nominees? Because the nominating ballots are blank. People have to pull the nominations from their own memory/experience/heart- with no prompting or guidance. Anyone who is nominated has been singularly honored- enough people thought highly enough of their work to get them on the ballot.

There is more information about the Pegasus Awards on the M.A.S.S.F.I.L.C. site. A Pegasus Award FAQ should also be added to the OVFF site soon.

So, peruse the site. See who has been selected by you since 1984 to represent the best in filk.