A roundup of items recently posted on the FSB News page.

– The designer of the new FantasyMonster iPhone app says his product enhances the experience for Yahoo! fantasy players managing their teams on the move. Of course, this concept was tried once before, predating Yahoo!’s own iPhone app. The fact that it no longer appears to be live has to make you wonder about the viability of this newest entry, which costs $3.99 to download.

– Wall Street Journal’s Nando Di Fino addresses the Stephen Strasburg hype and hope train in fantasy baseball, adding perspective to the Nationals prospect’s situation by looking back at some previous players whose reputations arrived before they did.

– Fantasy Postseason and Fantasy Judgment have reached an agreement whereby the latter will provide dispute-resolution services for the former’s games through the 2010 MLB playoffs.

– More fantasy outlets are rolling out iPhone apps all the time. This one, Fantasy Football Manager, can help you manage your Premier League fantasy soccer teams.

– Recent FSB profile subject Draft Sharks has launched its redesigned website with content geared toward the 2010 fantasy season.

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Yesterday we spotlighted the companies that claimed multiple plaques at the Fantasy Sports Writers Association awards ceremony, but there were seven other honors handed out Tuesday.

Here are the victors in those remaining categories, as well as the other finalists with whom they competed:

Football Writer
Andy Behrens, Yahoo Sports
Jay Clemons, Sports Illustrated
Jeff Pasquino, Footballguys

Football Print Article
Dan Grogan, Athlon
Ginny Loveless, Football Diehards
Matt Waldman, Football Diehards

Football Print Publication
CBS Sports/Pro Football Weekly
RotoWire
Rotoworld

Baseball Print Article
Andy Behrens, Yahoo Sports
Jason Grey, ESPN
Tim Heaney, KFFL

Baseball Web Article
Jeff Erickson, RotoWire
David Gonos, Open Sports
Eno Sarris, Baseballguys

Hockey Writer
Sean Allen, ESPN
Janet Eagleson, RotoWire
Scott Pianowski, Yahoo Sports

Humor Article
Jeremy Fisher, Fantasy Football Trader
Lenny Pappano, Draft Sharks
Geoffrey Stein, Mock Draft Central

Name: Mike Beacom
Nickname: none
Job title(s): Publisher for World Fantasy Games, President & Chairman of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association
Age: 32
Education: University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Family status: Partner, Lisa, and our two daughters
Favorite fantasy sport to play: College Football
Favorite sport to watch: College Football
Favorite team (any sport): Green Bay Packers
All-time favorite athlete: Emmitt Smith
Years playing fantasy: 19

I got my start in the fantasy industry when: I wrote a piece for Fantasy Sports magazine in 2000

Since then, my fantasy résumé includes: A year at DraftSharks.com, three years as the senior editor for Fantasy GMs, three years as the senior editor for Pro Fantasy Sports, one year as the publisher for SportsBuff.com/World Fantasy Games … four years as the chairman of FSWA (2004-07), one year as president and chairman.

1) How important to you is your work with young writers? Why?
It’s a large reason why I remain in this industry. I was fortunate to have a couple of mentors during my formative years as a writer, and now I try to do what I can to help young fantasy writers perfect their craft and find jobs. As Woody Hayes put it, it’s about “paying forward.”

2) What motivated you to launch your own site with Fantasy GMs? What have you gotten out of business management that just isn’t there for a writer?
I had been with Draft Sharks for a season and decided I could do this on my own. It was the first real business risk of my life, but it was exciting. I knew nothing about operating a business — organizing the paperwork, screening potential employees, tracking growth — but I was young and anxious to learn everything I could. I think every man/woman should operate their own business at least once throughout the course of their life.

3) You have performed in central roles with the FSWA since its inception. What makes it so important to you? What do you hope to get from it, and what are you trying to make sure it gets from you?
The FSWA is the purest organization I’ve been a part of. No one is paid a nickel, yet everyone involved gives freely of their time for the greater good of the fantasy writers. I think it’s because all of the people involved — the executive committee, the board — we’ve all experinced what it’s like to be a young writer with big dreams. I need nothing for my contribution; but I’ve committed to do all I can to grow this organization, and I hope to be involved for a long time.

All fantasy writers try to impart knowledge to their readers (or else they need to find something else to write about). Nearly as many, though, also try to make people laugh.

This is probably harder to do most of the time than fantasy analysis is. After all, the numbers are out there for anyone to look at and manipulate.

How important is it to be funny? Well, of the six humor trophies awarded in the four previous years of the FSWA honors (seperate awards were given in football and baseball in 2006 and 2006), Matthew Berry is the only repeat winner. Last I checked, he’s doing pretty well.

This year will provide a first-time champ of joviality, as Jeremy Fischer of Fantasy Football Trader, Lenny Pappano of Draft Sharks and Geoff Stein of Mock Draft Central vie for the award.

The FSWA prizes will be handed out next Tuesday, on the first day of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association’s winter business conference.