Voting for the 2011 Ursa Major Awards closed on May 4. The first publicity for The Ursa Major Awards Anthology with the announcement that the cover of the book was by Blotch was not until May 20, so the fact that Blotch was doing the cover for the book cannot have affected the previous voting. The cover was commissioned, not free. (How many fans wish that Blotch would do a full-color painting for them for free!)
Voting for the 2011 Ursa Major Awards closed on May 4. The first publicity for The Ursa Major Awards Anthology with the announcement that the cover of the book was by Blotch was not until May 20, so the fact that Blotch was doing the cover for the book cannot have affected the previous voting. The cover was commissioned, not free. (How many fans wish that Blotch would do a full-color painting for them for free!)
Fred Patten