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Winter Awards 2015: Official Nominees and User Voting

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Hello all once again.

After a day week of voting, we have our official nominees. These are the stories and characters that will be moving on to the judging round.

Best Journey:
Unpredictable by @AetherX
The Long Walk by @Beth Pavell
How to Conquer Kanto in Eight Easy Steps by @AceTrainer14

Best Dark:
some rise by sin by @kintsugi
Survival Project by @diamondpearl876

Best Expansion:
Ritchie: the Boy Who Won by @GioRocket
Stainless Steel by @Lugion

Non-Pokemon Fic:
Psychic Duelist Django - Season 3: Hidden Forces by @CynthiaLover
Union City Angels by @Kimberly Prescott

Best Alternate:
Storm Island by @Kimberly Prescott
A Sine of Things to Come by @chaos_Leader
Communication by @Sike Saner

Best Protagonist:
Keith Anders from Unpredictable
Evelina Joy from The Long Walk
Joshua Cook from The Long Walk
Andrea Dennison from Storm Island

Best Supporting Character:
Sandy Samson from How to Conquer Kanto in Eight Easy Steps
Wallace from Stainless Steel
Kimberly Fairbrooke from Storm Island

Best Pokémon:
Oth from Communication
Darwin from How to Conquer Kanto in Eight Easy Steps
Jolteon from A Sine of Things to Come

Congratulations to all of them and best of luck over the coming judging period.

For all those who have stories that have moved on, you are now welcome to submit to us your recommended reading.
All of those people who have moved on, you now have the option to submit your recommend chapters. For those not in the know, these chapters help the judges with reading the longer stories on offer. The judges will read the first few and most recent chapters, but they cannot possibly read every chapter as they are volunteers, so your chapter submissions will help make it easier for us to read your work. In order to submit, simply PM me the links to your chosen chapters

- You can submit four chapters if these chapters are of a reasonable length, and no more than two if your chapters are over 10,000 words. You have freedom with how many you can submit, but use your common sense: look at the length of the chapters in comparison to the length of the story and how many chapters there. Submitting four novella-length chapters will not win you any favours with the judges.

- You do not need to submit any chapters if your story is a one shot or has a small amount of chapters of a reasonable length. If you had eight or less chapters of a reasonable length (ie they don't total more than 20,000 words), you should not and do not have to submit all four chapters. If your story has over fifty chapters, you should use all four available.

- DO NOT submit your first chapter/prologue or your latest/last chapter as judges will read these regardless.

- Please message these to me by Thursday 4PM NZT, even if the chapters are the same as last time. Chapters not in by then will risk judging beginning and being done without them.


When it comes to choosing your chapters, you should find the ones that best convey the things that make your story shine rather than the chapters with the funniest lines. If you excel at plot, character or style the most, highlight those areas with the chapters you select. Try your best to find the chapters that will make the judges want to read more, to learn more about your story and why it deserves an award. It may seem a given, but you will be surprised by what some people submit. If a character moved on, I would recommend submitting at least one that specifically highlights them.

Please note that if you do not submit recommend chapters and win your category, your story cannot be taken into consideration for Best Story. This is because when our judges come to deliberate on the winner they need the option to read the recommended chapters of the other stories outside their category.

While us judges are working, the rest of you can vote for the three User Voted awards. You may vote for one user per category. I will let you know closer to the conclusion of judging how long you have left, but there are at least three weeks in which you can cast your votes. Good luck to these users as well!

Best Newcomer: @Bloodstained, @Juliko, @0bs1d1an_kn1ght
Best Contributor: @PiccoloX, @Melissa et al, @Lord Kyuubi, @Kimberly Prescott
Best Reviewer: @diamondpearl876, @Beth Pavell, @chaos_Leader


Thanks to all that nominated and voted. Best of luck to everyone involved - may the votes be with you.
 
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Pssst, Ace. You got the characters wrong, it's Andrea Dennison and Kimberly Fairbrooke. It's not a huge deal for the actual contest, but I figure if by some chance one of them wins, I'd rather they have the proper name on a banner. :p

Vote time! I'm throwing in a vote for diamondpearl876 for best reviewer.
 
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Kimberly Prescott said:
Pssst, Ace. You got the characters wrong, it's Andrea Dennison and Kimberly Fairbrooke. It's not a huge deal for the actual contest, but I figure if by some chance one of them wins, I'd rather they have the proper name on a banner. :p
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Again, my apologies.

Remember to send me your Recommended Chapters - the information is now available in the post above.
 
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??? Suddenly, I've appeared in the nominees, but I just checked the previous thread and no-one actually seems to have nominated me. Am I just going mad, or has there been a mistake somewhere?
 
Lord Kyuubi said:
??? Suddenly, I've appeared in the nominees, but I just checked the previous thread and no-one actually seems to have nominated me. Am I just going mad, or has there been a mistake somewhere?
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If a category is relatively empty (last round we did have about six each in the categories), I will add my own nominations to give it extra competition.

Please remember that this thread is actually for User Voting, not just questioning me. You're meant to use the special hotline for that.
 
Please remember to vote. We've only had one so far and it is a bit disheartening to see. These three awards are for you to celebrate your peers and this community, so spread the love around and get voting!

Also, the people with longish stories who haven't submitted recommended reading yet, remember your story will be ineligible for Best Story/Character if you don't get those chapters to me.
 
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AceTrainer14 said:
Please remember to vote. We've only had one so far and it is a bit disheartening to see. These three awards are for you to celebrate your peers and this community, so spread the love around and get voting!

Also, the people with longish stories who haven't submitted recommended reading yet, remember your story will be ineligible for Best Story/Character if you don't get those chapters to me.
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how do i vote?
 
AceTrainer14 said:
You cannot vote for yourself.
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That makes sense.

I'll vote for:

Best Journey: How To Conquer Kanto In Eight Easy Steps

Best Dark: Survival Project

Best Expansion: Stainless Steel

Non-Pokemon Fic: Psychic Duelist Django

Best Alternate: Communication

Best Newcomer: Juliko

Best Reviewer: Beth Pavell

Best Contributer: Melissa et al
 
0bs1d1an_kn1ght said:
That makes sense.

I'll vote for:

Best Journey: How To Conquer Kanto In Eight Easy Steps

Best Dark: Survival Project

Best Expansion: Stainless Steel

Non-Pokemon Fic: Psychic Duelist Django

Best Alternate: Communication

Best Newcomer: Juliko

Best Reviewer: Beth Pavell

Best Contributer: Melissa et al
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You only vote for the last three. You vote for the stories and characters during the previous round of voting.
 
Best Newcomer: Juliko
Best Reviewer: Beth Pavell
Best Contributer: Melissa et al
 
Best Newcomer: 0bs1d1an_kn1ght
Best Contributor: Melissa et al
Best Reviewer: chaos_Leader
 
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