WHO CAN VOTE: The Harvey Awards may be voted on exclusively by Comic-Book creators, those who write, draw, ink, color, letter, design, edit, or are otherwise professionally involved in the creative aspect of comics, online or in print. Fans, retailers, distributors, and accounting, administrative, and other business operations personnel votes will not be counted. All ballots must include requested professional verification information.
BEST LETTERER
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to a Letterer recognizing excellence on a title which was published in the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
LETTERER TITLE
Final Ballot Entry:
LETTERER TITLE PUBLISHER
BEST COLORIST
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to a Colorist recognizing excellence on a title which was published in the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
COLORIST TITLE
Final Ballot Entry:
COLORIST TITLE PUBLISHER
BEST SYNDICATED STRIP or PANEL
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded for excellence on a strip or panel, syndicated during the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
TITLE OF DAILY OR WEEKLY STRIP
Final Ballot Entry:
STRIP CREATOR DISTRIBUTOR
BEST ONLINE COMICS WORK
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to a Web Comic recognizing excellence on a title which was published primarily online during the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
TITLE and WEBSITE URL
Final Ballot Entry:
TITLE, CREATORS, WEBSITE
BEST AMERICAN EDITION of FOREIGN MATERIAL
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to a Publisher recognizing excellence on a Title that was originally published in a country other than the United States, and the adaptation of which was published in the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
TITLE PUBLISHER
Final Ballot Entry:
TITLE PUBLISHER
BEST INKER
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to an Inker recognizing excellence on a title which was published in the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
INKER TITLE
Final Ballot Entry:
INKER TITLE PUBLISHER
BEST NEW SERIES
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to a publisher for a title initially published in the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
TITLE PUBLISHER
Final Ballot Entry:
TITLE PUBLISHER
MOST PROMISING NEW TALENT
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to a Creator new to the comics field who has only recently achieved industry recognition for their accomplishments for a work published in the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
TALENT TITLE
Final Ballot Entry:
TALENT TITLE PUBLISHER
HARVEY KURTZMAN SPECIAL AWARD FOR HUMOR IN COMICS
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to an individual for excellence on a humor title or titles published in the prior calendar year.
Note: In clarifying aspects of the Harvey ballot, we make special note of a refocusing on the original objective of the ‘Humor’ category. Initially created as “The Harvey Kurtzman Special Award for Humor”, we are reverting to this original category wording, maintaining the intent of recognizing an individual whose efforts represent the spirit and work of Harvey.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
CREATOR
Final Ballot Entry:
TALENT TITLE
BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC PUBLICATION FOR YOUNGER READERS
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to a Publisher recognizing excellence on a title oriented towards younger readers, and published in the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
TITLE PUBLISHER
Final Ballot Entry:
TITLE PUBLISHER
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to a Publisher recognizing excellence for collecting previously published material in the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
TITLE PUBLISHER
Final Ballot Entry:
TITLE PUBLISHER
SPECIAL AWARD for EXCELLENCE IN PRESENTATION
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to a Publisher recognizing excellence in presentation (art, layout, design, binding) for a Publication published in the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
TITLE PUBLISHER
Final Ballot Entry:
TITLE DESIGNER PUBLISHER
BEST DOMESTIC REPRINT PROJECT
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to a Publisher recognizing excellence on a Title that was originally published in the United States at least 10 years prior, and re-published in the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
(MATERIAL MUST BE AT LEAST 10 years OLD to Qualify)
TITLE PUBLISHER
Final Ballot Entry:
TITLE PUBLISHER
BEST COVER ARTIST
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to an Artist recognizing excellence on a Cover on a publication in the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
COVER ARTIST TITLE
Final Ballot Entry:
ARTIST TITLE PUBLISHER
BEST BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, or JOURNALISTIC PRESENTATION
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to a Publisher recognizing excellence in non-fiction presentation of or in comics form, and published in the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
(ANY MEDIA THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF COMICS AS AN ARTFORM)
TITLE PUBLISHER
Final Ballot Entry:
TITLE PUBLISHER
BEST ANTHOLOGY
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to a Publisher recognizing excellence on a Title that prints multiple stories from multiple creators or creative teams under a single cover, and published in the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
(ANY MAGAZINE, COMIC BOOK, OR BOOK WITH WORK BY THREE OR MORE CREATORS, AT LEAST 50% OF WHICH IS NEW – LIST TITLE AND PUBLISHER)
TITLE PUBLISHER
Final Ballot Entry:
TITLE PUBLISHER
BEST GRAPHIC ALBUM ORIGINAL
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to a Publisher recognizing excellence on a Title published as a graphic album, and published in the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
TITLE PUBLISHER
Final Ballot Entry:
TITLE PUBLISHER
BEST CONTINUING OR LIMITED SERIES
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to a Publisher recognizing excellence on a Title with multiple issues from a publisher, and published during the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
TITLE PUBLISHER
Final Ballot Entry:
TITLE PUBLISHER
BEST WRITER
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to a Writer recognizing excellence on a title published in the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
WRITER TITLE
Final Ballot Entry:
WRITER TITLE PUBLISHER
BEST ARTIST
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to an Artist recognizing excellence on a title published in the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
ARTIST TITLE
Final Ballot Entry:
ARTIST TITLE PUBLISHER
BEST CARTOONIST
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to a Cartoonist recognizing excellence on a title on which that individual both wrote and provided art, and published in the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
(LIST SINGLE CREATOR AND TITLE OF COMIC)
CARTOONIST TITLE
Final Ballot Entry:
CARTOONIST TITLE PUBLISHER
BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR STORY
DESCRIPTION: This category is awarded to a Publisher recognizing excellence on an individual title or story within a title, and published in the prior calendar year.
Nomination Ballot Entry:
TITLE OF STORY PUBLISHER
Final Ballot Entry:
TITLE & ISSUE #s PUBLISHER
GLOSSARY of TERMS
CARTOONIST: A Cartoonist is a creator who does at least both the art and writing for a given piece of work. It does not imply that the style has to be “cartoonish” or “animated” or even humorous to be considered.
PUBLISHED: Published material includes those titles produced in either physical form or as online content. For the “BEST BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, or JOURNALISTIC PRESENTATION”, this would also include AV content.