Dear friends! Our arbitrators have determined the winners of the anniversary season of the international competition "By Pen and Heart".

The jury of the International Award ‘My Affectionate and Necessary Animal’ has finished its work.

So, dear friends, the internet voting for the sixth season of the International Award ‘My Affectionate and Necessary Animal’ is over.

The election of ‘People's Heroes’ in the nominations ‘Our Brothers’ and ‘Responsible for those...’ is coming to an end.

Dear friends, this final week will determine who will be the best in your opinion, because the leaders of the Internet voting according to the tradition of our Award are determined directly by you.

At the moment the finalists who have passed to the second round have collected more than 120 thousand votes.

Once again, we would like to thank the support groups of the candidates for the utmost correctness and respect to all candidates without exception. All the heroes of the sixth season of the International Award ‘My Affectionate and Necessary Animal’ really deserve it.

Without revealing details, we can note that in both nominations the leaders of last week kept their positions.

In the nomination ‘Our Brothers’ one of the candidates began to confidently catch up with the leader of the ‘Popular Vote’, the gap in the number of votes does not look unattainable. Over the past week our brothers received almost 3.5 thousand votes of support.

In the nomination ‘Responsible for those...’ the activity of fans of our nominees is much more, here the candidates for victories received more than 9 thousand votes.  The leader has left in a significant gap from the other candidates. But there is no guarantee that the situation will not change during the week. Everything depends solely on your support.

According to our experts, this season for the first time Internet users from all Russian regions without exception took part in the Popular Vote! As for foreign countries, judging by IP addresses, the geography touched almost 60 countries.

So, friends, you have exactly six days left to determine the fate of the People's Vote.

Voting takes place on the Award's website. Those who are declared in the nominations ‘Our Brothers’ and ‘Responsible for those...’ take part in the ‘People's Vote’. If you don't know who to vote for yet, be sure to read the stories of our nominees and familiarize yourself with the rules.

We will announce the winners of the ‘Popular vote’ of the sixth season of the International Award ‘My affectionate and necessary animal’ on 26 February at 9.00 a.m. Kaliningrad time.