CONTEST RULES

 Greenway Annual Academy Award Contest

  1. Executive Committee

    1. Committee members are seated for life time appointments and may only be removed from the committee via

      1. Unanimous vote of the other committee members

      2. Voluntarily

      3. Death

    2. Executive Committee members are responsible for amending and maintaining the Rules and Scoring system of the Contest

      1. Rule changes/additions:

        1. New rules are made official when a majority of Executive Committee members approve the proposed change (2/3's)

  2. Qualified Entries - Must meet both requirements

    1. Family Requirement - Entrant must either be:

      1. A direct descendant of the original three contest members: Don Potter, Dan Potter, John Bedard..... or

      2. Related by marriage to a direct descendant of the original three contest members

        1. Common Law Marriage Rule: If a person has been involved in a relationship with an eligible participant for over five years, and is domiciled at the same address as the participant, they will be eligible for entry

    2. Age Requirement

      1. Must be of double digit age (10+) on the date of the Academy Award contest

  3. Ballot Submission

    1. A legal ballot must be submitted via this website 15 minutes before the official start time of the Annual Academy Awards Contest

      1. Submission time will be recorded via the form submission time stamp. Late submissions will NOT be accepted unless the majority of the executive committee find the circumstances to be genuinely exceptional.

SCORING

4 Points

Best Picture

 

 3 Points

Best Director

Best Actress - Leading Role*

Best Actor - Leading Role*

Best Actress - Supporting Role*

Best Actor - Supporting Role*

Best Screenplay - Original

Best Screenplay - Adapted

Best International Feature

Best Documentary Feature

Best Animated Feature

2 Points

Best Film Editing

Best Cinematography

Best Production Design

Best Original Score

Best Sound

Best Visual Effects

Best Costume Design

Best Makeup/ Hair styling

Best Original Song

 

1 Point

Best Live Action Short

Best Documentary Short

Best Animated Short

 

Note:  Categories are listed in order of their tie-breaker ranking.

Gender specific acting categories, (marked with an *) rotate their rankings annually, resulting in male acting categories being of higher rank in even numbered years and female categories being of higher ranking in odd numbered years. 

EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE

Dan Potter, Executive Committee Chair

William Denney, Executive Committee Vice Chair

John Denney,  Committee Member

Seena Quarberg, Committee Member