Hi folks, it's time for the Atlas Awards to kick off once again!

If you're new to the Guild, the Atlas Awards are our 'Oscars', where we nominate and vote for the best maps made in the last year. All members are free (and encouraged) to nominate their favourite maps, and to vote once the poll opens.

I will shortly be posting the nomination threads for our various categories, and nominations will be open for four weeks. Before nominating, please read the instructions in the first post in every thread to be sure your nomination is suitable for that specific category. There will inevitably be some grey areas and overlap, but try to use your best judgement.

Some notes...

These are all the eligible contenders for the 2020 Atlas Awards.

VIEW ELIGIBLE MAPS

On the thumbnails page, if you click directly on the picture, it will show you only the picture. However, if you click on the title below the picture, it will take you to the thread. When nominating a map in the appropriate category/thread, PLEASE include a link to the THREAD, not just the picture by itself. This will save the CLs much time and effort when it's time to set up the polls. So your nomination should look like this:

The Smuggler's lair (Tavernier's tutorial) by - JO -
https:/ /www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=43158&p=391220#post391220

Simple as that.

You will be allowed ONE nomination per category, and you cannot nominate one of your own maps. If you nominate more than one map in any category, all nominations but the first will be deleted.

You CAN nominate the same map for multiple categories, if appropriate.

The categories will be the same as last year, with some clarification about what's appropriate to each category in the first post in the nomination thread.

Nominations will be open for four weeks, ending around Fri 14th/Sat 15th February (I'll confirm more precisely nearer the time). We'll need a few days to finalise the poll, so we'll update you again exactly when voting will start, but it will most likely be around 19th/20th February, give or take a day or two. Voting will run for one week.

If you have any questions, feel free to post them here. Please keep all discussion about the Awards to this thread only. The nomination threads are solely for your nominations, but you're welcome to post your thoughts here.