++Room To Breathe Awards :: Season I -- Rules++

1)All stories must contain at least ONE Backstreet Boy as the main character.

2)All stories must be published somewhere on the internet prior to being nominated.

3)Stories are not required to be complete upon nomination, but must be long enough to develop a reasonable plot (*note* This does not apply to stories being nominated for "Best Short Story").

4)No visuals accepted. However, stories containing such scenes within are ok, but the story MUST contain a plot outside of sex, otherwise it will be considered a visual and will not be eligible for a nominee position.

5)No slash stories will be accepted as this is an affiliate of Step Back From Reality and there is no slash related content (m/m relationships) allowed on Step Back From Reality.

6)No stories authored/co-authored by Ashley (webmistress) are eligible for any nominee position/award.

7)Authors may nominate their own stories.

8)Any ONE author may have up to TWO of their stories nominated. Each story can be nominated in up to THREE categories. However, the two stories MAY NOT be nominated in the same category. ('Best Author/Best Unrecognized Author', 'Best Story/Best Unrecognized Story', 'Best BSB Fan Fiction Site/Best Unrecognized BSB Fan Fiction Site', 'Most Creative BSB Fan Fiction Site Name' do not fall under the 3 category limit)

9)To be eligible for Best Author or Best Story, you must have already won previous award(s) for the story nominated.

10)An author may NOT be nominated for both "Best Author" and "Best Unrecognized Author".

11)A story may NOT be nominated for both "Best Story" and "Best Unrecognized Story".

12)A site may NOT be nominated for both "Best Backstreet Fan Fiction Site" and "Best Unrecognized Backstreet Fan Fiction Site".

13)When nominating a story for Nick Carter's Cheesiest Smile Award for Funniest Scene, please include the chapter of where the funniest scene is located.

14)When nominating a story for Stuck to You Like Glue Award for Best Couple, please include the names of the couple.

15)When nominating a story for Trustful Shadow Award for Best Supporting Character, please include the name of the supporting character.

16)When nominating a story for Heartless Award for Best Villain, please include the name of the villain.

17)In the past my sisters and I have enforced the "you must place a code on your site" rule in order to keep your nomination. However, I'm not even going to bother enforcing that rule this time. The way I feel, it'll be your loss if you don't place a code on your site for the fact that placing the code acts as a reminder to your readers about your nomination. So it is not required for you or the author being nominated to place a code on your/their site.

18)Where it says "AT A DINER DOWN ON BROADWAY, THEY MAKE..." on the nomination form, type "SMALL TALK" so that I know you have read the rules and understand them. This must be followed or your nomination will NOT be counted, it will be deleted.