I think it should cover all programs released in a finished version in that span of time, no matter where.

IMHO, Contra 83, Robot Wars, Geometry Wars and Orbit are games that deserves as much a feature/POTY place as games like Super Mario, Zelda, etc. It's a shame that they are not getting featured on ticalc. I asked them many times, to no avail. Either their standards are way too high, or they just don't care enough about the community.

However, maybe a seasonal award could be a better idea? Also, I think projects shouldn't be featured unless they have a demo or beta that is fully playable and have enough features in its current state. They wouldn't be allowed to be nominated twice, though, if finished.

Seasonal would be cool, I just think it would be tough to find new fresh stuff throughout the community to feature. I never understood why Contra never got featured. Bryan did a bang up job on it. Geometry Wars and Robot Wars are both extremely well done and are also worthy of features.

I say only finished projects or extremely well done beta versions. Something like wizards would be an example of those extremely well done betas.

I disagree with the claims that there would be too few programs to nominate.  I think ticalc usually gets at least 6 programs nominated per year and that's not including all the notable programs that go under the radar as DJ mentioned.  I think a bimonthly award would have a bare minimum of at least 3 decent nominees (I assume there is just one category and not splitting into separate platforms since that makes more sense for a duration this size) so I don't see any problem with that.

The only other thing I would like to add is that I think we should do the nominations differently than the way ticalc does it. Rather than nominate programs when they come out, I think it would be better to nominate them all at the same time about a week before the voting starts.  It ensures that the number of nominees is not too low or too high since the bar can shift once the knowledge of how many programs released is known.  It also adds a hint of surprise since most people won't know if their entries are going to be nominated or not until the end of the month.

Last thing I want to say is that we should not nominate programs that have been released prior to this award being founded, it wouldn't be fair becasue the time span is too great.

everyone thinks we should do it. look at the poll.  i'd say 14 - 0 is a pretty solid standing. however, maybe you would want to alter the poll now? for example, have the options Monthly, Once every two months, Seasonal, Four months or something of the like to agree upon a time frame.

I think it should be every month.

Although, if it were every month, perhaps it could be a tier-based system? Maybe every month there would be a POTM, and then at the end of the year, the 12 POTMS (12 for each category, of course) would compete for the Omnimaga POTY?

I like the idea of awards and such, perhaps we could implement a trophy system for it.

I do think we should find a new name for it, though.

Perhaps we could have a new box on the portal, 'This month's featured program is ...' or such.