So it's lateish in the year and ElphabaROCKS said she didn't want to do it this year and I didn't want to let this tradition of half a decade die so I hereby present to you:
The Fifth Annual Wicked Awards!
Hosted by deeplyshallow (who does not want to muck up her beautiful main account so is hosting them on one of her nearly dead joint accounts).
For those who don't know, the Wicked Awards or Gregs (named after Gregory Maguire who made this all possible) are our way of honouring the section's best fanfiction and authors over the past year.
You are given a month to nominate stories and authors from which I will compile a shortlist of all nominees. From there you can vote for one author or story from each section. The winners of each category will each receive a beautiful virtual trophy and bragging rights.
Rules:
1. You can only nominate up to three stories or authors in each category.
2. You cannot nominate yourself.
3. Nominations must be pertinent (no Floqs in the Gelphie category, please).
4. Nominations must be from within the Wicked archive, with the exception of crossovers.
5. Try to keep each nomination for a story to a limit of two categories. (i.e., one story for best crossover and best Fiyeraba, but no more categories, etc.)
6. To qualify for the Unknown Fic, the fic must have fewer than 4 reviews per chapter (if a drabble, less than 3 reviews total).
7. To qualify for the Dead Story, it must have been officially discontinued by the author or have not updated in at least 4 months.
8. Be nice to the host: include the name of the story's author, and, when nominating the best OC, both author and story.
9. Stories nominated must have been updated after 13th November 2010 and authors nominated must have written something in the Wicked archive after 13th November 2010
The Catagories:
Authors:
Best Author
Best Oneshot Author
Most Humorous Author
Best Angst Author
Best Romance Author
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Stories:
Best Angst
Best AU
Best Crossover
Best Drabble/Oneshot
Best General
Most Humorous
Best Fiyeraba
Best Gelphie
Best Bessa
Best Other Pairing
Best Songfic
Best Dead Story
Best Original Character
Best Overall Fic
Best "Unknown" Fic
Best Parody
All nominations must be in by January 8th, a month from now. So, kick back with a comfy chair and your computer to go looking for that story that you forgot the name of but read that one time and it was really good. Too bad you accidentally erased your history...
Nominations can be sent in via review or PM.
Have fun and good luck!
