The 2009 Ursa Major Awards are open for nominations (http://ursamajorawards.org/nominations.htm), with an interesting twist. There's been quite a lot of discussion about certain works being nominated and vote-stacking by creators with large fanbases, and apparently the committee that runs the awards has made a change: they'll disallow entries deemed "obscene, libelous, or otherwise detrimental to the integrity and good standing of the Ursa Major Awards and the anthropomorphics fandom that those awards represent. For example: Works of a predominantly sexual nature, or which include explicit sexual situations involving characters which may be underage or non-anthropomorphic animals."
An interesting change. I was part of the discussion after last year's awards, but it petered off both on the mailing list and LiveJournal (http://community.livejournal.com/ursamajorawards/2851.html). I'm wondering if this will help the awards get some traction again, or if they're going to continue getting a small number of votes from involved people.