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• Artists, designers, brands, collectors and members of the press - anyone who has been involved in the Designer Toy industry and who has either released a product, or has had an active website, between March 1st, 2011 and March 31st, 2012.

  Between April 9 and June 15, 2012, the Designer Toy Awards will issue a Call for Entires in which anyone can submit a potential individual or organization for consideration as a nominee in any appropriate category. Eligibility will be verified by DTA staff and presented to a group of special nomination committees, comprised of industry experts and arranged to avoid conflicts of interest. The nominating committees will carefully consider the eligible entires and create short lists of nominees per category. There will be five nominees for each Board-Voted Award category and ten nominees per category for each Community Choice-voted award.

• Yes you can - in the Community Choice Award categories.

  There are two different groups of awards. The first group, the Board Voted Awards, includes 12 award categories that are voted on by a carefully selected group of industry professionals. These aren't open for voting by the public.

  The second group, the Community Choice Awards, features 8 award categories that are voted on by the general public. To vote in the Community Choice Awards you must first register with the site, one vote per day, per category. It's very important for us to really have the community involved in the DTA's, so spread the word!

• There are many ways you can participate in the Designer Toy Awards!

  First and foremost, register for the site. This will allow you to receive all the news and info and, most importantly, be able participate in selecting and voting for this year's winners.

  Spread the word, invite all of your friends to join in the excitement and the make the event a success!
  If you are interested in joining the DTA Board itself, please send your information to info@designertoyawards.com for consideration.

  Finally, Come to our events! The Designer Toy Awards will be hosting a party in San Diego, CA in July to announce the nominations for this year's DTAs, and the ceremony itself will take place in New York City in October.

• Nominations will be announced in July 2012 at a special DTA Nominations party in San Diego, CA. Join us for the party, details coming soon!

• The Designer Toy Awards have two events in 2012. The first is the nominations announcement party in July in San Diego, CA. The award ceremony will be held in October 2012 in New York City. Details to follow for both, stay tuned!

• The board is selected by the staff of the Designer Toy Awards, which has carefully selected individuals based on their involvement and participation in the Art Toy scene. You can see a full list of the Board, including short bios, here. If you would like to become a member of the board but have not been approached by a staff member of the DTA's please drop us a line at info@designertoyawards.com.
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• All nominations are reviewed by the Awards administrator for content and eligibility and for duplicates before being published on the site. We are working hard to publish all the nominations as fast as we can! As each nomination is pushed live a tweet will go out, so make sure to follow the site.

  Users can see their nominations in their profile areas even when they are unpublished. If your nomination is rejected you will receive an email with an explanation.

• The padlocks represent categories that are voted on by exclusively the Designer Toy Awards Board.

• You should receive information on how to log into your new account within 30 minutes of registering for the site. We are aware that some of the register emails from the site may going into a users spam folder. Please double check your spam folder and if you still can't find an email from us, drop us a line to info@designertoyawards.com

• The nominating committees consist of artists, brand owners, members of the press and others who are active in the creation, discussion and promotion of worldwide Designer Toy culture. We have selected from a wide range of individuals and created multiple committees in order to minimize conflicts of interest and to ensure impartiality. Our nominating committee isn't public, but if you're dying to know, drop us a line and we can discuss.

• The Designer Toy Awards celebrates the creativity, innovation and artistic excellence in the Art Toy market, which after more than a decade has become a prominent and legitimate form of artistic and commercial expression. Now in its second year, the DTAs celebrate the best of the scene’s artists, designers, customizers and manufacturers, as well as honoring those involved in championing Art Toys throughout the world.

  There are awards offered in 20 categories, which are broken into two different groups. The first group features Board-Voted Awards, in which the winners are chosen by a carefully selected board of professional artists, producers and impresarios prominent and active in Designer Toy culture.

  The second group features Community Choice Awards, in which the winners are chosen by YOU! These special categories are open to the general public for popular voting.

  The Second Annual Designer Toy Awards ceremony will take place in New York City in October 2012.

• Anyone can submit an individual or organization, in any category, provided that the eligibility criteria are met. The DTA nominating board will convene after the call of entries period ends and will select the nominations from the pool of entries for each category.

• We remove all of nomination and voting data from the 2011 awards from our online system, therefore you won't be able to see any of your nominations or votes. However your account will still be active.