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It's a relief to be slowly regaining control of the site - the Title Goblin has been booted for a good long time so if your title was changed you can expect it to go back to normal as soon as the Title Fairy gets around to you - he/she has a lot of work on their hands.

But as one event passes, another looms ...

Nominations for the 2011 UKNova Awards are now closed!!!

If you have not yet nominated your favourites, you are too late for this year!

But voting will open on Monday morning (UK time) and you will be able to cast your votes in this year's awards. Watch this space!!

The 8th UKNova Awards ceremony is nearly upon us!! The awards are your chance to tell us what your favourite television show is, to tell us who you think is the UKN user of the year, vote for your favourite UKNR DJ, and your chance to reread that amusing thread about Danny LaRue's socks that so caught your fancy (it takes all sorts!) back in February.

As if that doesn't sound appealing enough, we've added some new categories to the list for this year to broaden the scope of the awards and make them a wee bit more interesting (as IF that were possible!!!). This year's live awards radio show will be hosted by the lovely and talented Ack (Ackerdackerly) on Sunday December 11th at 7pm GMT, 2pm EST or 1pm CST. (Other time zones are available. Get your crisps and beer in early.)

You only have a couple of weeks to get your nominations in!!

Nominations are open now and for the next two weeks. After that there will be a short break until the 5th of November at which point the polls will open and you'll have 3 weeks to vote. Finally there will be a break of 2 weeks while the radio show is put together and on Sunday December 11th at 7pm (UK time) the awards will be presented. Prior to that at 6pm there will be an awards pre-show with hoopla and ballyhoo warming you up for the impending festivities.

So please help us to ensure the awards are another UKNova event to remember.

And the witches, ghouls and ghosts!!

It's that bewitching time of year again soon, when we all start cutting holes in pumpkins or turnips to ward off the evil spirits that abound at the end of the month. In time-honoured tradition (well, we did it last year) UKNova will once again be holding its Halloween Avatar Competition which will run until the witching hour of midnight on 31st October 2011 (UK time).

To enter, simply design your own spooky avatar and post a copy in this thread: Halloween Avatar Competition 2011. Make sure also that your ghostly design is in use as your avatar on the evening of 31st October when the judging will take place.

There is the very traditional prize of a UKNova Prizewinners mug for the avatar judged to be the best.

So get your thinking caps on and your drawing hands ready - the competition is now open. The closing date is 31st October 2011 at midnight UK time.

Have a spookily good Halloween!!

Please note that from today, the Android app ‘Swarm Torrent Client’ is not permitted on the UKNova tracker, due to outlandishly faulty stats reporting.

We recommend noting this announcement on a Post-it and sticking it on the bezel of your monitor, next to the one with your online banking passwords.

Thank you.

To help celebrate the fifth anniversary of his weekly (ish) quiz, Deedeess will be holding a special 'Champion of Champions' Quiz on UKNova Radio on Friday 22nd April at 11pm BST (UK time), 6pm EST.

As the name doesn't suggest, this quiz is open to ALL members of UKNova and will have some fabulous prizes, including mugs, baseball caps (well, ONE baseball cap), pens, beermats, and probably some other things that haven't been thought of yet.

To take part you will need to be listening to UKNR (See here for details of how to do so) and be online in the UKNova IRC Chat Room (Either click here, or on the 'Chat' link above). You can either chat 'in-page' or via one of the IRC client programs given on the page.

And if you want to polish up your quizzing abilities before the big event, join the regular Friday night quiz at 7pm Friday night (EST) (Midnight UK time on Saturday morning) on Friday 15th April (or just into Saturday if you are in the UK).

Have Fun!!!