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Academy Awards ceremonies are laughable, even to those of us who love them. We at Slate want to fix the Oscars, but we need your help. Read the introduction and submit your brilliant, offbeat, or outrageous idea for how to make the voting process and the Oscar telecast better. You can tag your submission in one of the following categories:

Awards and Categories: Ideas about the nomination, voting, and awards process itself.

Hosts and Talent: Ideas about the people we see onstage (or who work behind the scenes) on Oscar night.

Montages, Videos, and Musical Numbers: Ideas for new dance, music, video, or other production numbers to liven up the ceremony. You can even submit your own YouTube video as an example!

Acceptance Speeches: Ideas for how to make every acceptance speech memorable—or do away with them entirely.

Everything Else: Ideas so mind-blowing they don’t fit in our pedestrian categories.

Important note: Please submit one single idea per entry. Entries with 3 or 4 or 5 ideas all jammed together will probably not make the cut! If you have three great ideas, submit three great entries!

Then comment and vote on the other ideas proposed by Slate readers. Voting ends on Feb. 22; we’ll present Slate’s plan for making the Oscars matter again the week before the ceremony (in time for Oscar producer Brian Grazer to crib as many ideas as he wants).

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    Drama and Comedy Categories

    Let's Finally Recognize That There's a Difference Between the Two Read More»
    Submitted by ChipG | January 24, 2012
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    FIX THE ACADEMY FIRST, THEN FIX THE SHOW

    TERM LIMITS FOR ACADEMY MEMBERS Read More»
    Submitted by mchasewalker | January 24, 2012
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    Learn From Reality TV

    Watch the faces of 5 directors as they hear who wins! Read More»
    Submitted by Everett | January 24, 2012
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    The SCROLL!

    Scroll the Thank You Names so the Speech isn't Boring Read More»
    Submitted by Jon Sternfeld | January 24, 2012
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    Divide the Show into Five: And Let Each Nominated Director Give it a Go

    What if it was more like a movie? Read More»
    Submitted by Rabbit Ears | January 24, 2012
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    Have Nominees Defend Their Entries

    Curtains for a Conventional Approach Read More»
    Submitted by Rick | February 15, 2012
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    And the Winners Are
    Presenting the Slate master plan for fixing the Oscars, courtesy of your best Hive proposals.
    Dan Kois
    February 24, 2012
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    Last Chance To Save the Oscars
    Voting ends Wednesday.

    February 21, 2012
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    The 10-Year Oscar Re-Vote
    Let the academy correct the errors of Oscars past, on live TV.
    Lowen Liu
    February 14, 2012
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    Cancel the Oscars, Air the After-Parties
    Would you rather see Gary Oldman thank his agent or dance the funky chicken?
    Katy Waldman
    February 10, 2012
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    It's Time for Oscar Super PACs
    A simple way to level the playing field for small movies.
    Jessica Grose
    February 08, 2012
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    Best Animal Actor, Term Limits for Voters, and No More Black Tie
    Slate readers’ best ideas (so far) for fixing the Oscars.
    Dan Kois
    February 06, 2012
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    There Are Only Actors
    It’s time to stop separating the acting categories by gender.
    David Haglund
    February 03, 2012
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    Intoxicate the Nominees
    Let’s booze up the Oscars.
    L.V. Anderson
    February 01, 2012
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    Double the Stars
    Why expand best picture? It’s the acting categories that need more names.
    Dan Kois
    January 30, 2012
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    The Three-Thank-Yous Rule
    A modest proposal for rewarding great acceptance speeches.
    Daniel Radosh
    January 26, 2012
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    Fix the Oscars
    Inept hosts. Dumb categories. Dance numbers. It is time to reform the Academy Awards.
    Dan Kois
    January 26, 2012
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    The Oscar Act-Off
    Make the nominees sing for their supper.
    Josh Levin
    January 26, 2012
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