About Claire Count
Claire Count is a writer branching outside of her comfort zone to share her stories and insights publicly. Resident of Metro Atlanta, USA, her interests include the environment, culture, arts and theatre, Jazz and classical music, organic gardening and bonsai, gaming, and comics. Her preferred literary media is alternative fiction, Fantasy, mystery, poetry and editorials.
Falling Down the Page is a poetry anthology edited by Georgia Heard, published by Roaring Book Press. It is a fun fast read playing loose with formatting on the page. The typography rally makes the poems work. They are list poems — list of things you see, things you do, things you say — collected in playful ways. Makes the reader stop and consider the minutiae of the world that we take for granted in our hurry-scurry life. A poem about all the important things in life which are not on the test. Elaine Magliano’s poems I especially liked as it helped reframe my point of view by describing the pencil’s pink top hat and yellow suit. I thought the poems by Avis Harley worked well also; my favourite was “Ways to greet a friend”. These are short one-page poems that are light quick reads which still can leave you thinking.
Best Motion Picture
Guardians of the Galaxy
Best Dramatic Series or Short Work
TV series or one-shots, advertisements or short videos.
Furry Force (CollegeHumor and Smiley Guy Studios, parts 1 and 2)
Best Novel
Written works of 40,000 words or more.
Off the Beaten Path, by Rukis. (FurPlanet Productions)
Best Short Fiction
Stories less than 40,000 words, poetry, and other short written works.
When a Cat Loves a Dog, by Mary E. Lowd. (in Five Fortunes, FurPlanet Productions,)
Best Other Literary Work
Story collections, comic collections, graphic novels, non-fiction works, and serialized online stories.
Blacksad: Amarillo, by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido. (graphic novel, English version, Dark Horse Press)
Best Graphic Story
Includes comic books, and serialized online stories.
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, (IDW Publishing, issue 15 to 26)
Best Comic Strip
Newspaper-style strips, including those with ongoing arcs.
Housepets!, by Rick Griffin (Internet)
Best Magazine
Edited collections of creative and/or informational works by various people, professional or amateur, published in print or online in written, pictorial or audio-visual form.
In-Fur-Nation, edited by Rod O’Riley (Internet)
Best Published Illustration
Illustrations for books, magazines, convention program books, cover art for such, coffee-table portfolios.
Cover of Midwest FurFest 2014 convention book by SabretoothedErmine
Best Game
Computer or console games, role-playing games, board games.
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire (Developer: Game Freak)
Best Website
Online collections of art, stories, and other creative and/or informational works. Includes galleries, story archives, directories, blogs, and personal sites.
FurAffinity (furry art specialty site)
