2006 / 2007 Pride In The Arts Awards nominations open with the Visual Arts category. Each day we will open another art category for the nomination process. Once nominations close, the PITA Nominations Committee will add their votes toward the grand total. The top five will become nominees for the respective award.

Nominations will close on July 13, 2007 at midnight end of the 13th. Voting for award determination will open on July 23 and end August 12, 2007.

Recipients will be presented awards at a live presentation at the 2nd Annual Pride In The Arts Festival, in Walton, WV October 12 - 14, 2007. Recipients will be contacted by September 1, 2007. Categories currently include: Music Art, Literary Art, Visual Art, Film Arts, and Performance Art.

The PITA Awards are a fan driven award program. Please let friends and fans know they may nominate for an award. We of course will be promoting the awards through our contacts.

Full rules and past recipients may be found at: To nominate:
http://www.stonewallsociety.com/PITA2007/PITAvisartsnom2007.htm

Full Rules and past recipients:
http://www.stonewallsociety.com/PITA2007/PITAmain2007.htm

Let your friends and fans know only one ballot per category is accepted per valid and active email address. Yes we do email back to verify the nomination. Duplicate nominations are deleted. Only the original ballot is accepted, so if you leave a nomination off once submitted you cannot re-nominate.

Nomination opening schedule;

Visual Arts - June 26, 2007

Performance Arts June 27, 2007

Music Arts June 28, 2007

Film Arts June 29, 2007

Literary Arts June 30, 2007.

Links to ballots for nomination may be easily found at www.stonewallsociety.com and www.prideinthearts.com.

So spread the word, promote yourself and other artists. When we all pull together we all win!

Happy Pride!

All the best,

Len