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2. Procedure of holding the first round of voting.
2.1. The list for voting in the first round consists of works created
in Russian and published in any Russian-language publication for the first time de facto
in the year preceding the presentation of the award, up to December, 31 inclusive.
For multi-volume works and those printed with continuation the year of publication
is determined by the real time of publication of the last volume/issue of the magazine.
 2.2. The list for voting in the first round
is created by the founders of the award on the base of the final nominational list
prepared for the "Interpresscon" and "Bronze Snail" awards by the nominational
commission of "Interpresscon".
2.3. The list for the first round voting may not contain more than two
works by one author, except the case of one work having been written in co-authorship.
Also, the works of authors that have been the laureates of the award twice before
may not be included into the list.
The author of the works is considered to be the person noted as such at the
title page of the work.
The exclusion of works from the list presented by the nominational commission at the
end of its work because of some other reasons is prohibited.
2.4. Internet publications may not be included into the list for voting in the first round.
2.5. The founders have the right to expand the list for voting in the first round
as they wish. In the case of lack of consensus, inclusion of every additional item into the list
requires simple majority of founders' votes.
 2.6. The number of items
in the final list for voting in the first round must not be more than 25.
2.7. At the same time with publication of the voting list the members of the
returning board appointed by the founders of the award are announced. The returning board
must contain an odd number of people. The minimal possible number of members of the
returning board is 3 persons.
The returning board counts the votes of the first round as well as the second.
2.8. The voting in the first round is held:
- In the Internet at the "Russian Science Fiction" server – by filling out a special voting form.
Placing the form at other servers is possible only in the case of its invariability
is maintained and in the case of direct consent of the founders.
- In the FidoNet – by filling out the electronic bulletin and sending it to the
address specified by the founders of the award.
 2.9. Anyone in the period of holding the first round of the voting
has the right to take part in it, but no more than one time. Votes violating this rule
will not be counted.
2.10. To vote in the first round you have to put in front of every item (in the
way specified in the voting form (electronic bulletin)), the mark of every work
in a ten-point scale (or put a mark ("Haven't read")). In the case of violation of this rule
the vote is considered void.
2.11. The first round voting begins and ends in the time constraints specified
by the founders. The duration of the first round may not be less than 30 calendar days.
Votes received earlier or later than the specified time length, are considered void.
2.12. The returning board starts to work simultaneously with the beginning of voting.
During the voting it is its responsibility (in cases specified in 2.9-2.11 of this statute)
to declare the corresponding votes void.
 2.13. Intermediate results of the voting
are published weekly at the "Russian Science Fiction" server.
2.14. After the first round of voting ends, the returning board counts the sum of received points for each of the items of the voting list.
2.15. After the end of counting the returning board forms the list for voting
in the second round. It contains:
- three items that received the highest sum of points over the first round voting results.
In the case of more than one items receiving equal sum of points the item with
higher number of votes occupies a higher position.
- three items receiving the highest average mark over the results of first round voting.
In the case of more than one items receiving equal mark the item with
higher number of votes occupies a higher position.
The average mark is calculated by dividing the sum of points by the number
of votes from people who read the book (i.e. having estimated the item as different from zero),
accurate within two digits after the point. The three works that have already been
selected as having the highest sum of points also take part in calculating of the
average mark and may be included into the final list by this criterion.
If some work is selected for the second round both by the criterion of sum of points and
by the criterion of average mark - it is included into the voting list only once. So,
maximum possible number of items taking part in the second round of voting is six, minimum - three.
The final second round voting list contains items in alphabetical order, with
sum of points, average mark and number of votes indicated.
The second round voting list and results of counting for other items are immediately
reported to the founders and published at the "Russian Science Fiction" server.
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"Russian Science Fiction" award statute
3.2. People taking part in the voting:
3.7. After the beginning of voting
every participant must put a mark (marks, if he has a right for more than one vote) for each
of the works by the 10-point scale and by any way available to him report this info to one of the returning board members.
4.1. The award is presented
at the "Interpresscon" conference in ceremonial setting in the context of common presentation ceremony
after the presentation of "Bronze Snail" and "Interpresscon" awards.