Warriors Fanfiction: The Next Big Thing

by Empress Tansy

I'm sure many of you remember the Warriors Fanfiction Choice Awards from earlier in the year, but now it's time to get some lesser known authors and stories some recognition. Vote for your new favorite stories that are just in their beginnings or a new author who shows great potential. Let's see the Next Big Thing in Warriors fanfiction!

4. Chapter 4

Firestar and Sandstorm sat at their fancy dining room table, eating a dinner of roast beef, mashed potatoes, carrots, and applesauce. The two cats sat quietly, their eyes focused on a small television set that sat on the kitchen counter. They had gotten into fight over what to watch at dinner. Firestar had wanted to watch the news and see how many criminals Deputy Hollyleaf had arrested. Sandstorm wanted to watch The Briarlight Show- one of those shows for she-cats that talks about beauty tips, romance, how to decorate your house, etc. Boring for toms. Guess who won the fight?

The ginger tom sighed as he swirled his fork around his white china plate. He was mixing his beef and potatoes into one large pile, staring at the TV with a blank expression on his face. Briarlight was talking to a young she-cat- Furzepelt- about how to get the tom of her dreams to notice her. When at long last the show went to a commercial break, Firestar was almost relieved to see a familiar face cover the screen, ready to update her viewers on the progress of her latest scheme.

"Hello!" Tansy meowed, smiling brightly through the screen. "I'm interrupting your scheduled programming to give the first progress report for Warriors Fanfiction: The Next Big Thing. The goal of this message is to tell you all how many submissions I've gotten so far and what I still need. Now pay attention as I read my list...

So far I have:

2/4 slots filled for Best Up-and-Coming Tragedy/Hurt Story

4/4 slots filled for Best Up-and-Coming Drama

1/4 slots filled for Best Underrated Canon Story

4/4 slots filled for Best Up-and-Coming Alternate Universe Story

3/4 slots filled for Best Up-and-Coming Action/Adventure Story

1/4 slots filled for Best Up-and-Coming Family/Friendship Story

2/4 slots filled for Best Up-and-Coming Spoof

2/4 slots filled for Best Warriors Story that Deserves More Recognition

2/4 slots filled for Best Warriors Author that Deserves More Recognition

1/4 slots filled for Best Up-and-Coming Protagonist

1/4 slots filled for Best Up-and-Coming Villain

12 cats have been nominated for host. Nominations for host are still open. I will post the list of cats nominated for host on Saturday.

Now you can see what I have and what I still need. I really need submissions for the categories that only have one so far, so please send me stories, cats, and authors you want to see recognized!

Deadlines will be as follows:

Nominees for hosts must be in by Saturday, December 13th.

Submissions for stories must be in by Wednesday, December 17th.

Voting for the nominated hosts must be in by Wednesday, December 17th.

Thank you!"

Firestar swallowed a spoonful of mashed potatoes. "Can I nominate Tigerstar and Scourge for villains?" he asked.

"No, mousebrain!" Sandstorm hissed. "They aren't 'up-and-coming' villains! They're famous! Everyone's heard of them! Did you miss the whole point of what Tansy's doing?"

"I just want Tigerstar to rot in prison," the ginger tom growled. "He was NOT a good and moral cat."

The she-cat heave an exasperated sigh. "Can it with the good and moral stuff already!"