GENERAL INFO

The Awards: The Perry Awards is an annual celebration of the vast and diverse contribution made by the exceptional, talented and committed fans of Katy Perry – the Katycats – within the past year that provided the fandom with excellent entertainment, informative insights and unmatched artistic showcase which not only put the fandom in a higher regard within the community of stans in social media, but also uplifted the image and persona of the ever-kind, inspiring and richly talented artist, Katheryn Hudson.

Eligibility Period: In general, works that were made, released and/or published within January 01, 2023 to December 31, 2023 will qualify for this year’s Perry Awards. Some categories, however, provide exceptions that could qualify works that were made prior to said eligibility period, as deemed fit by The Academy, so as to fully capture outstanding works that were highlighted/given just attention only within the past year.

Works: The Academy collectively refers to every eligible entry to the awards as a “work”. The Academy welcomes various types of digital and physical “work” that comes in different formats such as accounts/pages, tweets, videos, photos, fanarts, drawings, digital outputs, costumes, writings and recordings to name a few. All works must be ORIGINAL in nature. Works that were stolen/copied/taken credit from other people without their expressed consent will be deemed ineligible. Exceptions may apply to some works that followed a popular theme (i.e. copied the format of a viral tweet/photo edit/video). All works need to be publicly accessible. Works that were made through a collaborative effort will be credited up to three (3) recipients, with one being the Katycat entrant.

Academy Members: Members of the Prismatic Arts and Stan Sciences are those who have previously registered as member from the first five award ceremonies, and consequently, those who have been nominated for and awarded with a Perry Award. They enjoy the privilege of being selected to be part of the Nominations Committee and/ or access to vote for the final round of winner selection of this year’s Perrys. To protect their anonymity and independence to vote base on genuine free will, The Academy will not publicly release the names of its members. However members are not forbidden to reveal themselves as part of the Academy. Every Katycat is eligible to be a member, but as Academy Members, they are bounded by an expectation to act maturely and responsibly in the universe of social media fandom. The Academy can revoke membership to any member who is deemed contrary to the attributes that represents a role model to the Katycat group or those that are disruptive to fandom harmony and projects harmful attitudes (i.e. bullying/ smear campaigning to name a few) towards others.

Who is a Katycat?: The Academy, with its high and hopeful aspiration to unrestrictedly welcome everyone who adores Katy Perry into the occasion with open arms, unfortunately bears the responsibility to keep the occasion as a celebration of the fandom’s fanaticism to Katy Perry. Thus to protect it from being infiltrated by hateful individuals/groups targeting the fandom, its members or Katheryn herself, we are inclined to put a litmus test to determine whether an account submitting their works or registering for membership is truly a Katycat. In order to be deemed a Katycat (for awards purposes only), an account must meet SIX characteristics in the following set of criteria:

Account must have a Katy Perry-related username
Account must have a Katy Perry-related layout/profile photo
Account must follow Katy Perry (@katyperry)
Account must follow at least three prominent and well-established Katy Perry pages
Account must have a pinned tweet related to Katy Perry content
Account must have tweeted a positive* Katy Perry content within the most recent week of registration as Katycat
Account must be mutuals with at least two other (certified) Katycats

Accounts that are deemed suspicious will be notified and can contest their eligibility until the Submissions deadline.

HOW A PERRY WINNER IS DETERMINED?

Step One: Submissions

Those who wish to participate in the award ceremony must submit either as an entrant and/or as a voter. Entrants should submit before the deadline, otherwise their submissions will not be considered. Voters need to accomplish casting their votes before the deadline, otherwise their votes will no be counted. Submissions particularly takes up the most time within the whole award season due to the fact that some works impose a challenge in retrieval, depending on recency and availability of resources. All submissions must be made in the official WordPress site, not through directly messaging the Academy or its members.

Note: Entrants can submit for themselves AND for other people. We advice however, that you make it known for other parties that you are submitting their work for consideration to save time when they refuse to be involved in the awards and requests to be removed from the pool of nominees, if they get nominated. There is no limit on the number of submissions per category per entrant, but we would like to remind you that more entries submitted can split the votes allocated to you and may put you with a lesser chance of being nominated/winning.

Step Two: Filtration

Once submission closes, the Academy put together all works into their submitted categories and present them in an orderly manner to the Nomination Committee who will vote for nominees. But before that, The Academy will examine whether a work is 1) eligible , 2) submitted in the right category and 3) the entrant’s original work. Ineligible works and works that were stolen from others are automatically discarded from the pool. Wrongfully categorized works will be realigned to their respective rightful categories.

Step Three: Nominations

Once properly assessed, Academy Members who were chosen to be part of the Nominations Committee will be given a link to their voting ballots which will help them vote on who should be the nominees in each categories. Academy Members are strictly forbidden to share this link to the public. Unlike the final voting in which members only chooses one, during nominations, they will vote for their Top 8/Top 10 picks in each category. Works that collectively get the most votes will proceed to be nominees.

Note: Any nominee may request to be removed from the awards and the Academy will openly grant such request without hesitation. In this case, the spot will be filled by a new nominee.

Step Four: The Blue Ribbon Committee

In order to avoid the element of popularity from being a dominant factor in determining nominations, a Blue Ribbon Committee will be given a voting right in choosing nominees. Unlike the usual system of Member voting, the Blue Ribbon will choose not only from the submitted works, but also from a predetermined set of quality works that the Academy has saved and pooled together within the past year that were deemed worthy of being considered for nominations, chosen regardless of popularity, impressions or ratio count of the owner of such works. The Blue Ribbon’s choice(s) automatically land(s) a nomination.

Step Five: Academy Voting

Once nominees are announced, Academy Members, as part of their privilege, are given a week of access to the voting site. Academy members are encouraged to vote only once. Only one vote per category at a time. The nominees with the most votes will be announced as the winner on the Awards Night. In case of a tie, both will be deemed winners. In case of a rare triple tie, the Blue Ribbon Committee will cast the determining vote. Winners will automatically get followed by The Academy on Twitter and will become Members of the Academy, if they are still aren’t followed and afforded membership.

FIELDS AND CATEGORIES

General Fields

General Field categories are voted by ALL voters. Every voting ballot will require to chose one winner from these categories. Each category will have 10 nominees. Categories will show the type of work eligible in each category and exceptions available.

Katycat of the Year

Considered as the higher honor of the awards night, this award is given to the exemplary Katycat account which exhibited the highest quality of loyalty and commitment to Katy Perry fanaticism and content.

Eligibility: Any account/page (solo/artistic/promotional/news and updates/variety) that are made or active within the eligibility period qualifies. However, accounts/pages suspended prior to the Submissions opening will not qualify due to the fact that inexisting accounts won’t have publicly available contents to be assessed.

Exception: Accounts directly affiliated to Katy Perry and/or her management are ineligible. Multifandom accounts need to pass the litmus test on the General Info section to be deemed eligible.

Tweet of the Year

Given to the exemplary overall tweet dedicated in supporting and commemorating Katy Perry

Eligibility: Any type of tweet (comedic/news and updates/promotional/inspiring/non katycat, thread tweet) published within the eligibility period qualifies. Tweets must be publicly accessible.

Exceptions: Tweets that are abusive, discriminatory, hateful and contrary to what a Katycat stands won’t be considered. Stolen tweets are ineligible. Tweets that followed a popular format from viral hit tweets and were altered to fit Katy Perry content may be eligible, as long as the entrant can prove he/she made the tweet first.

Video of the Year

An overall award to the best video – raw, edited, mixed with music or words – which focus is on Katy Perry content or interest

Eligibility: Any type of video (comedic/dramatic/inpirational/promotional/news and update/entertaining) published within the eligibility period qualifies. Content is not required to be published within Twitter but must be readily available for public viewing on other platforms (e.g. Youtube)

Exceptions: Screen recorded videos of other readily available videos are ineligible. Video contents from websites/pages from other platforms reposted on Twitter by an account that is not the original website/page, also do not qualify as that account’s eligible work. Videos need to be ORIGINAL in nature. An entrant can use clips from videos not his/her for edit as long as the new video is an original edit and not a copy. Videos that are only related to Katy Perry content by the caption also do not qualify. GIFs do not qualify.

Photo of the Year

An award to the overall best photo – raw, edited, digital, drawn, etc – showcasing the best of Katy Perry fanaticism

Eligibility: Any type of photo (digital/physical/edited/promotional/comedic/inspirational) published within the eligibility period qualifies. Content is not required to be published within Twitter but must be readily available for public access on other platforms (e.g Instagram)

Exceptions: Quotes and Memes do not qualify. An entrant can use parts of a photo not his/her for edit as long as the new photo is an original edit and not copied. Photos that are only related to Katy Perry by a caption also do no qualify.

Best New Katycat

Given to a newly created account/page dedicated in Katy Perry content/stanning.

Eligibility: Any account/page (solo/artistic/comedic/emerging/promotional/news and updates/variety) that are made and active within the eligibility period qualifies. However, accounts/pages suspended prior to the Submissions opening will not qualify due to the fact that inexisting accounts won’t have publicly available contents to be assessed.

Exceptions: Accounts that were originally not a Katy Perry account needs to establish that their account were transformed into one within eligibility period. Multifandom accounts need to pass the litmus test on the General Info section to be deemed eligible. New/Back-up accounts made by suspended users within the eligibility period absorbs the existence of its parent account, therefore are not considered as New Katycats. Accounts suspended prior to the Submissions opening will not qualify due to the fact that inexistent accounts won’t have publicly available contents to be assessed.

INDIVIDUAL/GROUP ACCOUNT CATEGORIES

Account Categories are voted by ALL voters. Every voting ballot will require to chose one winner from these categories. Each category will have at least 8 nominees. One account can be nominated in more than one category if it somehow made itself eligible to multiple categories.

Exception: Accounts directly affiliated to Katy Perry and/or her management are ineligible. Multifandom accounts need to pass the litmus test on the General Info section to be deemed eligible.

Best Solo Account

Awarded to a Katycat account owned by a single person dedicated in Katy Perry content that is run as an Individual/Personal account.

Best Artistic Account

Awarded to a Katycat account dedicated in showcasing Katy Perry content primarily through artistic outputs.

Best News and Info Account

Awarded to an account with primary contents on Katy Perry news, facts, updates, info, streaming, projects, tour & the like.

Best Promotional Account

Awarded to an account that dedicated the best effort in promoting Katy Perry’s work, persona or products throughout the year.

Best International Account

Awarded to an account that is implicitly made for country representation in the fandom.

Best Comedic Account

Awarded to an account that establishes the most comedic and entertaining profile, either intentional or unintentional, within the fandom.

Best Social Account

Awarded to an account that initiates engagement and/or cultivates interest and hype within the Katycat fandom.

Best Latin Account

Awarded to an account that is owned by a Latin Katycat/content creator.

Best Variety Account

Awarded to an account that is not a news/info/promotional or personal stan account, but primarily shares content dedicated in Katy Perry fanaticism.

Best Emerging Solo Account

Awarded to a solo/personal account, with a follower count of less than 1000, showcasing outstanding support and efforts in uplifting the Katycat fandom and Katy Perry’s brand.

Best Emerging Portal Account

Awarded to a portal/update account, with a follower count of less than 1000, showcasing outstanding support and efforts in supplementing the fandom with Katy Perry updates and content.

Tweet Categories

Tweet Categories are voted by ALL voters. Every voting ballot will require to chose one winner from these categories. Each category will have at least 5 nominees.

Exception: Tweets made by accounts directly affiliated to Katy Perry and/or her management are ineligible. Tweets from multifandom accounts need to pass the litmus test on the General Info section to be deemed eligible, except on one category (Outstanding Non Katycat Tweet).

Outstanding Comedic Tweet

Awarded to a tweet that contains intentional or unintentional comedic reception.

Outstanding Supportive Tweet

Awarded to a tweet that uplifts, defends or support Katy Perry and/or her brand, works and personality.

Outstanding News and Info Tweet

Awarded to a tweet exemplifying news, achievements, stats, sales, updates, facts and/or background about Katy Perry.

Outstanding Promotional Tweet

Awarded to a tweet purposefully made to support Katy Perry music, merch, product, tour, chart campaign & the likes.

Outstanding Non-Katycat Tweet

Awarded to a tweet by a non-Katycat account in Stan Twitter that establishes praise or support to Katy Perry and her brand.

Outstanding Tweet in the Non-English Language

Awarded to a tweet showcasing adoration and support to Katy Perry written in a language other than English.

Outstanding Thread

Awarded to a thread – set of connected tweets through replies or moments – with a subject related to Katy Perry.

Creative Arts

Creative Art Categories are voted by ALL voters. Every voting ballot will require to chose one winner from these categories. Each category will have at least 6 nominees. One work can be nominated in more than one category if it somehow made itself eligible to multiple categories.

Exception: Works from accounts directly affiliated to Katy Perry and/or her management are ineligible. Multifandom accounts are eligible to submit in these categories.

Best Photo Edit

Awarded to a creative and/or enhanced photographic output with an outstanding showcase of Katy Perry or her brand as the subject or theme.

Best Promotional Photo or Infographic

Awarded to a creative output dedicated in promoting Katy Perry and her brand, or disseminating updates and information about Katy Perry through a well-designed graphic output.

Outstanding Conceptual Edit

Awarded to an creative output inspired on a concept regarding Katy Perry’s brand or music (single cover/album cover/tour posters etc.)

Best Video (Comedic, Dramatic, Inspirational)

Awarded to a video that contains an implied plot or story intended for comedic/inspirational/emotional reception.

Best Video with Music

Awarded to a video with content mainly composed of Katy Perry music, or subjected towards KP music. A story is not necessary in the video.

Outstanding Layout

Awarded to an account with an eye for profile design and aesthetics proven by the complimentary mix of his/her cover & profile photo.

Outstanding Profile Notes

Awarded to an account with the sharpest, funniest, sweetest or most inspirational or creative profile introduction or bio.

Outstanding Artwork (Physical/Fanart)

Awarded to any creative artwork in the non-digital in format, with Katy Perry as the subject or theme.

Outstanding Artwork (Digital)

Awarded to any creative artwork converted in the digital format, with Katy Perry as the subject or theme.

Outstanding Vocal/Cover Performance

Awarded to a performance of an original or a cover of a Katy Perry song.

Outstanding Fancam Edit

Awarded to the best fancam creation with Katy Perry included as a subject or theme.