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And the best for last:

THE PBA WINNERS OF THE VERY BEST STORY OF 2016!


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GOLD

1916
by Goldleaf83

and

NINE REASONS TO LIVE
by Thaddeus MacChuzzlewit

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SILVER

HE AIN'T HEAVY
by M. Vernet

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HOPES AND DREAMS
by Snooky-9093

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THE CONDUCTOR
by Book'em Again

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BRONZE

KEEP THE FAITH, BABY
by dust on the wind

and

WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO CATERWAUL LIKE THAT - UH, SIR?
by Winterfrost15

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Author's note:

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Well, that's all for now, folks!
Congratulations to all the winners, as well as to all the nominees who put up such a good fight.
If you didn't win anything, but would like to know how your nominated work did,
feel free to drop a line to me (konarciq) via PM or mail, and I'll give you your personal results.

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But first a solid round of applause for Belphegor,
who did a great job on the double checking!

Thank you for a terrific job, Belphegor!

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A great thank you, too, to everyone who sent in their nominations and their votes – without you guys, there wouldn't be a PBA!
And it's great to see so much enthusiasm, year after year after year,
and every time with new people joining in!

Another great thank you to WhistleWhileYouWork, Winterfrost15, Thaddeus MacChuzzlewit, Basketballgirl Kaitlin and Snooky-9093,
who made this fun competition possible this year with their invaluable assistance.

And also a round of applause already for the members of the PBA committee:
Book'em Again, Snooky-9093 and Abracadebra.
It's been fairly quiet on the PBA front this year,
but you were there whenever I needed a soundboard!

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Then an important request:
Can all the winners please report by email to papabearawards at yahoo dot com
in order to get their award(s) sent out?
They will be designed this year by Winterfrost15,
and from what I've seen, it looks great!

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The winning stories (gold, silver and bronze!) will shortly be included in the ffnet community with the PBA winners from the past years.

They will some time in the foreseeable future be listed on the PBA website as well, but I can't promise you when I'll get around to do that ;-)
(I still need to do that for last year's winners as well... and I believe the year before as well... Hm... )


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So now we're back to happily reading. And writing.

Thank you all for your infectious enthusiasm, and I hope to see your new stories, nominations and votes again next time around!

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Your librarian,

konarciq
(who would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone who voted for her work!)