Hello everybody! I hope you all had a really amazing holiday season! Happy New Year! Merry Christmas! Can you believe it's 2014?! I can't really at all, but lets get on with the competition...

Oh no. Oh wow. What have I done? This has gone too far... 80 entries! Holy cow! Seriously? We have 80 potential best Sisters Grimm stories EVER? And we have to pick one?

Wow guys. You guys are insane. Thank you so much. I remember last year, when I thought 58 nominees would never be beaten. I was so very, very wrong.

So, here we go. The list of nominees...


-"See You Again" by Adorkable Snowmen

-"Hello, Stinky" by ahack6

-"Grimm Town" by AirFireWaterEarth

-"Missing- A Sister's Grimm Alternative- Book 1" by AirFireWaterEarth

-"Undercover In Manhattan" by Alice Rose Winter

-"All The World's a Stage" by Archer Princess

-"The Case of the Hypocritical Killer" by Asian Caucasian Invasion

-"The One Where Puck's a Horny Bugger" by AvisMe

-"Flip" by Ayns and Sky

-"Musings of a King" by Ayns and Sky

-"No Matter What" by Ayns and Sky

-"The Romantic Life For The Grimms" by BlazePrincess49

-"Crisis" by bookingbookworms

-"The Book Travelers" by booksonclouds

-"Little Bird" by Cannibalistic Skittles

-"Hundred" by Curlscat

-"The Long, Winding Road" by Curlscat

-"Replacement" by DianeJasmine

-"Children of the Hand"by echogirlcapri

-"Split" by Epiphany On Toast

-"Ever After" by EstrangeloEdessa

-"Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Scorned" by EstrangeloEdessa

-"The Kiss Book 9 Was Missing" by EstrangeloEdessa

-"GirlUdon'tMessWith Interviews with Sisters Grimm" by GirlUdon'tMessWith

-"Perks of Puck" by thehappygeek

-"100 Days Without You: 100 Word Challenge" by HolaIt'sEmily

-"A Loose Cannon" by iizninja

-"BloodSweatSleepless Nights" by iizninja

-"College Life For A Human And A Fairy" by The Irish Lass

-"More Random Things In The Lives Of The Grimms" by The Irish Lass

-"Sabrina Grimm: Has Admireres" by Juliette Grimm

-"I Just Have This Strange Feeling" by Junebug617

-"Trolls and Nunchucks" by Kansas Faith

-"Crush, Love, Propose" by koalacutie

-"This is War" by KrissM3

-"Whispers in the Dark" by KrissM3

-"Fifty Years" by LagoonaBlue

-"Behind Closed Classrooms" by Lara D

-"Daphne's Distraction" by Lara D

-"It Takes Two to Tango" by Lara D

-"Lights" by LaReynitaOfDreams

-"Certainties" by Laura Kay

-"The Clichéd Tales of Romeo and Juliet" by Laylaenchantix101

-"Long Live" by Laylaenchantix101

-"The Bizarre Life And Times of Robin Goodfellow" by Leslie Ann K

-"Pirates and Other Magical Disasters" by Leslie Ann K

-"Prisms" by lilumvallis

-"Baby Names" by limegreenwordmachine

-"The Disappearance and Captivity of Daphne Grimm" by limegreenwordmachine

-"3 Rounds and a Sound" by mazberrypie

-"The Manager Stunt" by MineTurtleSaysHELLO

-"I'm Knocked Up" by Mr and Mrs Goodfellow

-"Forever After" by theoncomingsulk

-"Moments" by oOStarryEyedOo

-"Waiting" by oOStarryEyedOo

-"The School Play" by Preposterousity

-"One Prankful Day" by PuckSabrinaDaphne

-"Admit It" by Purplegummibear3

-"Queen? Who Decided That?" by RockSuperstar

-"Story of the Worst Kind, A" by RockSuperstar

-"Sick Romance" by SaphirasMagic

-"Cinderella Story" by SaphireDragon15

-"Operation: Kidnapping" by SistersGrimm4ever969

-"Normalcy, and Love in the Rain" by stop-rewind-PLAY

-"The Feeling You Get" by SugarHighQueen 44

-"The Trickster King" by SuppiChan00

-"Moments in Time" by TamX2

-"Enemies Only Not Really" by That's My Name

-"The Dream Machine: A Sisters Grimm Fanfiction" by tripping over isolines.x

-"No War Doesn't Mean Normal" by Unicorns Are Not So Innocent

-"Sabrina's new boyfriend"by VCLvcl123

-"Jaaneman" by Wild Child RUN

-"Cold Milk and Oreos" by WireWriter

-"Moth Be Gone" by WizKid94

-"No Place Like Ferryport Landing" by WizKid94

-"Bittersweet Ending" by xXOnceUponADreamXx

-"Moving Forward" by xXOnceUponADreamXx

-"Shadows of the Past" by xXOnceUponADreamXx

-"Goal!" by yellow.r0se

-"Juliet Never Wore Converses" by yellow.r0se


Phew *wipes sweat from forehead*.There they are. The bells of the ball. The diamonds in the rough. The pick of the crop. The crème de la crème. The nominees :)

Congratulations to all 60 authors whose stories were nominated! Best of luck to you all. And to everyone else, thank you for nominating them! I really love the Sisters Grimm fandom. It's a great community - you all deserve a big hug, because you're all Pucktastic. Much-o gravy-o.

Okay, time to get tough. There will be zero tolerance for cheaters. Nobody likes a cheater. Last year there wasn't a lot of it - most of you guys were really honest, which I appreciate so much. Thank you. But the year before that, there was WAY too much cheating. I almost had to decide to discount ALL anonymous voters from the competition that year. Yeah. It was that bad. Thankfully, I can sleep a bit easier knowing that many many of you would never cheat. But there are a couple people out there who do, so I have to go over this every year now.

You wanna know how they do it? They'll vote first either on their account or under an anonymous nickname. Then they'll vote again, under a different nickname. Maybe they do it again, under another false name. And each time they vote, they vote for the same people that they want to win, so that they'll get more votes and have an unfair advantage. Yep. I know. Not only is it dishonest but it does the people they are voting for no favours. What author wants to win because one person cheated? If you think cheating will help an author, it won't. Most likely they'll be just as appalled as I am. And if you're voting for yourself? Well, that's just not fair on any of the other authors.

Also, thanks to email, I can tell when someone has cheated. Always. So you won't get away with it, and I will discount all your votes for the rest of the competition.

Well, now that the mean bit's done, time to get to the boring bit - the rules. Blergh, I know, but you gotta read them, or your vote might not be counted. Plus, I change the rules a bit every year, so it's good to check in case.


Rule number...

1: Like always, there will be TWO rounds of voting. This round will determine the finalists. The next round will determine the winners.

2: The 15 stories with the most votes will be accepted as a finalist. If there are ties, a completed story will be counted above an unfinished story. If both are complete, or neither are complete, both will be accepted, and the finalist list extended.

3: You guys get to vote for THREE different stories, but no more. You can vote for TWO or ONE if you wish, though :)

4: You may vote for your own story, but you have to give me a reason. If you feel nervous giving me a reason, don't worry. I won't think you're big-headed, just admire you more because you've thought it out. But I won't accept "I want to win", or "I don't think that many people are voting for me". I need a real reason. Why you think your story is deserves to win. I made this rule to try and stop people who just come on here to vote for themselves, then leave with out even looking at the other nominees.

5: If you have an account you MUST, I repeat MUST submit your votes in a PM, unless your PM's are disabled (deactivated, broken, switched off), in which case you can vote via review. If you do not have an account (anons), you may vote via review.

6: If you cheat, none of your votes will be counted for the rest of the competition.

7: Voting will close on the 19TH OF JANUARY, and on the 20TH I'll update with the finalists.


So Three stories or less, You have until the 19th of January, Members vote via PM, Anons vote via review.

You probably won't be able to read all the nominated stories, but I recommend you take a look at a few you've never read before. Who knows? Considering these stories were all the favourites of someone else, you're probably very likely to find one that you really love! I've found a LOT of my favourite stories in the nominations list in past years, and I'll definitely be having a look at a few of this year's.

Good luck voting every one! Choose wisely...

Happy National Bird Day!

Thanks,

Ellie