The following questions arose regarding the 2015 contest; a survey was held and the results for each question follow it.

• Should there be a period of ineligibility for any 1st-place winner? (89 total votes)
  • 56.18% No (50 votes)
  • 22.47% Yes, 1 year (20)
  • 15.73% Yes, 2 years (14)
  • 2.25% Yes, forever (2)
  • 3.37% Other (3 responses - basically yes, but with varying lengths of exclusion)
• Should a contestant be permanently ineligible to compete after a certain number of 1st places? (88 total votes)
  • 63.64% No (56 votes)
  • 20.45% Yes, after 3 first place wins (20)
  • 9.09% Yes, after 2 first place wins (8)
  • 2.2% Yes, after 1 first place win (2)
  • 4.55% (4 responses - 1 no, but ... 3 yes, but varying numbers or amended to only temporarily disqualify)
• Should any SFPA officers or other volunteers be ineligible to enter? (84 participants - Multiple responses all
  • 58.33% None (49 votes)
  • 26.9% Officers (22)
  • 25% Award Chairs (21)
  • 21.43% Star*Line Editor (18)
  • Other responses garnered 13% or less of the votes each (32 total)