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The SyFy Genre Awards, considered one of the first major virtual entertainment awards, is a product of the science-fiction and fantasy Web site SyFy Portal.

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History

It was started in 1999 and has continued every year since 2002 in the months following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Originally part of the Web site SyFy World, founded by Michael Hinman, the awards carried over and continued after its merger with Star Trek Portal in 2001.

Technical glitches have plagued the awards over the years, many times causing late starts, or delaying the reporting of winners. Many times, these glitches were caused by larger than anticipated numbers in voting, or attempts to try and circumvent the awards' voting rules of once per day per e-mail address.

Nomination/Voting Methods

Each year, the parent Web site chooses up to 25 people from around the world to choose their favorite actors, television series, episodes and movies in more than a dozen categories.

All of the nominations from each committee member is ranked, which helps generate the list of five nominees for each category.

To be eligible, nominees must have appeared on American television between June 1 and May 31 each year, which covers standard television production seasons.

For one month, between June 25 and July 25 each year, visitors to the site can vote for their favorites in each category once per day. Over the years, the awards have received more than 3 million votes.

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Variations

Previous winners

" BEST THEME SONG/Television (1999-2004)

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