REGULATIONS
of the status, procedure of winners' definition and presentation of the "Start" premium.

Yekaterinburg, 2002
1. The originators
The originator of the "Start" award at the present time is the Regional Public Fund "Festival "Aelita".

2. The status
The "Start" award is the All-Russian prize awarded to writers for the best debut book in sc-fi and fantasy, written in Russian. The prize can not be awarded repeatedly to the same person.

3. Definition of the winner
3.1. The Organizing committee of the "Aelita" convention creates the Application Committee consisted of 7 to 15 experts, who determine a circle of the "Start" award applicants for the current year.
3.2. The Organizing committee of the "Aelita" convention creates an authoritative jury, which votes, placing all applicants on their places. The applicant, who gets the less sum of places' numbers becomes the winner.
3.3. Under the decision of the Organizing Committee of the "Aelita" convention, the same persons can fulfill both functions of applicants' definition and functions of the definition of the prizewinner. These persons must have appropriate competence and authority.

4. Presentation of the "Aelita" award
The presentation of the "Start" award takes place at the ceremonial part of the annual sc-fi and fantasy convention of "Aelita" in Yekaterinburg city.

The chairman of the Organizing committee of the "Aelita" convention
Boris Dolingo

The vice-chairman of the Organizing committee of the "Aelita" convention
Eugeny Permyakov