(Please excuse GR's head, I really need to set up my own account here instead of using his)
I don't get it Andie, you know marketing - I've read your marketing threads on these forums before and they were very well written.
Instead of compaining about the process, do a little legwork and make the system work for you. You don't have to have your products on Handango to be represented in the awards (lord only knows why you wouldn't have your products on Handango anyways, but that's another thread entirely), it just requires a bit more effort to introduce your products to the judges so they are aware of them (a step there was ample time to perform prior to the deadline).
Of course negative comments about the process can be just as effective if not more-so in this case since now you generate concern that the little guy is getting stepped on by the big, bad corporation - a very well thought out technique if that is what you were shooting for.
I'm sorry, but I don't see this award any less fair than one that might be run by PDArcade or PocketGamer.
Becky Moore
Director of Business Development
Pocket PC Studios
www.ppcstudios.com