Gavin,

It's always been free. In all past cycles, which happen usually a year or so after a given awards show which is why they happen every few years or so, we just announce we're accepting CD's and give an address and instructions (what info to provide etc.)

BUT.. because of my health crises in the past 2 years, the 2017-2020 cycle STILL hasn't been announced even though it was finished last summer. I plan to post the winners online as this CV pretty much has killed any chance of an in person awards show which we've been trying to schedule since last summer. First I was hanging on to life from Sept-Dec in the hospital then this CV. We've never NOT had an awards show which was how we'd hoped to pay some of the expenses like trophies (which cost over 6K) etc. since we do it all for free.

If things settle down, we would likely do it differently. CD's are dead. So most likely we'd simply use a digital service to judge so people would need to get their stuff on Spotify or the like. It would make things so much easier that way anyway. I also have to stay alive of course to oversee it again!

Brian

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