TLC Awards

You may be looking for the Starsky & Hutch zine TLC.
The TLC Awards were announced as a replacement for the cancelled Surak Awards. The letterzine The LOC Connection was the forum for ballot collection and organization. One needed not be a subscriber to participate. 
From The Monthly: "Don't forget -- deadline for balloting is June 10, 1991 for K/S zines for 1989 and 1990."
==Failure==
The editor of The LOC Connection explained that she wanted to include the winners of the recent TLC Awards but that "they'd flopped rather badly." She'd figured with 80 subscribers added to the 20 she'd sent out to other active fans, that she'd have gotten at least 50 ballots returned; there were only 26, and it seemed pointless to base awards on that too few replies:
==The Rules==
While the TLC Awards are based on the same format as 
the Suraks, there are some important differences: 
1. The TLC Awards will only, be for K/S zines. 
2. There will not be a separate section for foreign 
zines. 
3. There will not be a nomination process prior to 
voting. Instead, there will be a 1st place, 2nd place, and 
3rd place winner announced for each category. (I have not 
yet decided about possible Honorable Mentions.) The results 
will include a breakdown of the votes for those placing, as 
well as the total number of votes in each category. 
4. The 1st place winner in each category will receive 
a certificate. 
5. The different writing categories will be broken 
down by number of pages, as were the Suraks, for the 1989 
and 1990 Awards. However, beginning with the 1991 Awards, 
the writing categories will be determined by word count. 
6. Instead of breaking down illos between Best 
Portrait and Best Action Illo, as the Suraks did, the TLC 
Awards will have art categories for Best Cover and Best 
Interior Illo. In the case of covers, the front and back 
covers of a zine will be considered a single voting entity 
if they are by the same artist; i.e., voters need not select 
between them. 
7. There is major philosophical difference between the 
Suraks and the TLC Awards in that the Surak categories 
awarded a person based on votes received for a variety of 
her work in a particular category. B.g., Mary Smith could 
win BEST WRITER - SHORT STORY based on the total votes she 
received for three different stories. With the TLC Awards, 
most categories award a single piece of work. e.g., Jane 
Jones' story "Lust on the Enterprise" would win the BEST 
SHORT STORY category with 40 votes, even if Mary Smith had 
three stories that garnered 25, 20, and 15 votes. Mary 
Smith received more total votes than Jane Jones, but "Lust 
on the Enterprise" is the single piece of work that received 
the lost votes. However, with the TLC Awards, there are 
also four different categories that do award a particular 
writer, poet, artist, and editor for overall excellence. In 
the above example, it is highly likely that Mary Smith would 
win the award for BEST OVERALL WRITER. See the Instruction 
sheet for more details. 
8. While the Suraks required a $1.00 fee to vote, I am 
requesting a $2.00 contribution (stamps are welcome) to help 
offset postage and xeroxing costs. This donation is 
strictly voluntary. from The LOC Connection #28 
==References==
 
Category:1991 Awards
Category: Star Trek Awards