Nomination Ends 12/31/2011 
Voting: March 30th thru May 31st at 11:45PM    
Public Voting-Current Status:  Active

Judging & Awards Process

Nomination and voting is an extremely thorough process that is determined by both public recommendation/voting and a panel of industry experts.  The general public will be able to nominate their top choices in all categories listed, by an online voting system managed through this website.  At the conclusion of the open nomination period, the top pool of nominees in each category will be viewed by our panel of judges, who will in turn assist in providing the short list of nominees who will then move on to the final voter's ballot. After this period, the public will be asked to vote once again for their top choices. At the conclusion of the open voting period, our panel of industry experts in numerous areas of expertise, will assist in delivering a portion of the final scores.  The decision process in whole is determined by a number of factors, including but not limited to: public popularity, the judge's review and recommendation based on questions listed on the nominee entry form.  
Public Nomination-  Current Status:  OPEN

Nomination Ends 12/31/2011    


Public Voting-              Current Status:  Not yet active
*All nominations and voting should be related to work carried out between January 2011 and March 2012.

General Rules

Nominees

Nominees must conduct their work or own their business in Maryland to be considered.  Nominees do not have to have been born in Maryland, but must have lived and/or conducted business in the state for more than 2 years. The Makeup Artist, Hair Stylist, Photographer and Boutique categories require proof of a business license. Emerging Talent nominees are permitted to have been in the industry for less than 2 years, and do not require proof of a business license.  
Model and freelance nominees (those without an actual business location) must be a resident of Maryland (or live on the outskirts of Maryland AND primarily conduct the majority of their business in Maryland) to be accepted.
One person may be nominated for more than one category, so long as they are qualified in each.
Recipients of the Industry Achievement Award may not be nominated for any category, and will not be included in the voting process.
A member of the judging board who is nominated for an award may not participate in the judging potion of that category.

Voting Forms & Nominations
Only ONE nomination entry form and ONE ballot poll entry form per IP address (per person) is permitted to allow for fair voting.
During the nomination period, the general public may enter a suggestion for a new category not listed in the official nomination ballot.  The suggested categories will move forward to the official ballot only if there are enough nominees in that category to be considered valid, and it is deemed appropriated by FAMD.
Any materials needed with entry forms are non-returnable.   Please do not send original or last copies.  FAMD takes no responsibility in lost forms and/or materials.
There is no phone, text, email or mail-in option. Nomination and voting will only take place via this website, www.FashionAwardsMD.com, sub-tab "Nominate". The FAMD team will also visit a number of events to conduct random voting in-person.  The website and the event voting with the FAMD team are the only two voting options.
Each ballot is not required to be fully completed with a vote/nomination for all categories, however any illegible, duplicated or defaced forms will be rejected.  Nominee names improperly categorized, and first-name only nominations are invalid. 

Other
FAMD reserves the right to combine or withdraw any category or sub-category, and reserves the right to add or alter any category or sub-category as they wish.
FAMD reserves the right to change the rules or awards process of the event at any time and without prior notice.  Any changes made will be immediately listed on this website, www.FashionAwardsMD.com, under the News & Press Releases and/or Judging/Awards Process tab. Continued participation in this event once changes have been noted will mean the participant accepts the terms as modified.
FAMD reserves the right to refuse entrants and an entry for the Awards that it deems could be detrimental to the success of the event.
All information supplied by the judges and discussed between the judges will be confidential information.  Feedback will not be given to an individual entrant.