May 2010
Fur Affinity calls on users to open wallets
Posted by GreenReaper on Sun 30 May 2010 - 20:58
Fur Affinity is looking to bolster its advertisement income by drumming up donations with a page listing donors by name and donation amount.
The site hopes to cover expenses of $890 a month. As of May 30, six people had donated over $200, entitling them to a "supporter bag".
FA uses AlertPay for payment processing due to PayPal's prohibition on payment for sites with adult content. As it is not a charity, donations are not tax-deductible.
Camp Feral! plays online!
Posted by Potoroo on Mon 31 May 2010 - 10:06Camp Feral!, the world's oldest ongoing outdoor furry convention, wants to show furs what it's like to attend from the comfort of their homes. Since the camp is a visual experience, as opposed to a hotel con which can be promoted easily with only a schedule and a theme, Feral! is giving people the opportunity to experience camp without having to attend...in the hopes that, in the future, maybe more furs will!
2009 Ursa Major Award winners
Posted by GreenReaper on Mon 31 May 2010 - 18:31The winners of the 2009 Ursa Major Awards, announced this weekend at FA: United 2010:
- Best Comic Strip: Housepets!, by Rick Griffin
- Best Game: Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, developed by Insomniac Games, published by Sony Computer Entertainment
- Best Graphic Story: Concession, by Immelmann
- Best Magazine: Heat #6, published by Sofawolf Press
- Best Motion Picture: Avatar, from 20th Century Fox, directed by James Cameron
- Best Novel: Out of Position, by Kyell Gold, published by Sofawolf Press
- Best Other Literary Work: Draw Furries: How to Create Anthropomorphic and Fantasy Animals, by Lindsay Cibos and Jared Hodges, published by Impact
- Best Published Illustration: Blotch's cover for Kyell Gold's Out of Position
- Best Short Fiction: "Drifting", by Kyell Gold
- Best Short Subject or Series: The Penguins of Madagascar, produced by DreamWorks Animation for Nickelodeon
Read on for the full list of nominees . . .
Kyell Gold becomes most successful Ursa Major winner ever
Posted by The Chained Wolf on Mon 31 May 2010 - 20:56
The furry homoerotic fiction writer Kyell Gold is now officially the most acclaimed furry writer ever, having won more Ursa Major Awards than anyone else.
Gold (his fursona, not his real name) won "Best Novel" with Out of Position and "Best Short Fiction" with Drifting. This brings his total number of awards that he has won since their creation to eight, making him the most successful individual in their history, beating previous holder Stan Sakai, creator of Usagi Yojimbo, who has six.
Also, Gold wrote for Heat #6, which won the award for "Best Magazine", and the cover for Out of Position, designed by Blotch, won "Best Published Illustration".