AetherX
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It’s that time of year again! A bunch of the big movies are coming out, school’s on break, and we’ve all locked ourselves in the basement writing fanfiction. Everyone knows the sun is bad for creativity. Except when it’s not. Charles Dickens said that I think. Smart guy.
It’s finally time for the Writers Workshop 2018 Summer Awards! We’ve all read, written, and improved as authors over the past six months. Now it’s time to celebrate and recognize that accomplishment.
So what are the awards and how do they work?
Every summer and winter, we come together as a community to hold a contest to celebrate the diversity and quality of works here in the Writers Workshop. We start right here with the nomination period, where authors can nominate their own works and that of their peers in a variety of different categories covering both stories and characters. Once all the nominations are in, a group of judges will read the stories and decide on winners. You can also nominate each other for the user-voted prizes of Best Newcomer, Best Reviewer, and Best Written Word Contributor.
Winners receive banners and a coveted spot in our Hall of Fame. Everyone who gets nominated will receive reviews from the judges who read their work.
For the guidelines and a list of the categories, click the spoilers below! Please make sure to read this post in full before nominating, even if you are a veteran, as some of our guidelines have changed. Again.
The categories were all revamped this time, so be sure to pay close attention. It’s also worth mentioning that the Hall of Fame will not match perfectly with these new categories until we get that all up to date. If there’s any confusion, then let me know.
STORIES
BEST JOURNEY FIC:
Awarded to a captivating Pokémon story that tells a tale of adventure and discovery as characters travel across a region. Nominees can include…
- Traditional “journey fics” based around a badge quest, contests, catching ‘em all, etc.
- Stories that don’t follow the traditional model, but are about traveling around a region for one reason or another.
BEST SPECULATIVE FIC:
Awarded to a fascinating Pokémon story which takes fantastical and/or futuristic elements to a whole new level. Nominees can include…
- Sci-fi/Fantasy stories.
- Horror stories.
- Utopian and dystopian stories.
- Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic stories.
- Stories revolving around myths, legends, fairy tales, or folktales.
- Stories featuring zombies, vampires, or other non-Pokémon fictional creatures.
- Stories featuring the supernatural and paranormal.
- Stories featuring superheroes among the primary characters.
BEST CHARACTER-DRIVEN FIC:
Awarded to a compelling Pokémon story in which plots/genres covered in other categories are pushed aside in favor of focusing on the character cast. Nominees can include…
- Stories in which characters are the main driving force in moving the plot forward. In other words, the plot does not move forward of its own accord and dictate a character’s actions as a result.
- Stories in which character development, psychological themes, and/or high emotional stakes take precedence over plot.
- Stories featuring characters struggling mostly with internal rather than external conflicts.
- Slice-of-life stories.
- Romance, friendship, and hurt/comfort stories.
BEST EXPANSION FIC:
Awarded to an engrossing Pokémon story which builds upon fanon ideas and/or established canon characters and/or concepts. Nominees can include...
- Stories exploring the Pokémon manga, game, and/or anime canons.
- Stories featuring manga, game, and/or anime canon characters as protagonists, antagonists, and/or deuteragonists.
- Stories exploring myths established in canon, such as the creation and life of legendary/mythical Pokémon.
- Stories with a heavy focus on canon teams or organizations (ie., Team Rocket, Silph Co.), even if most or all of the characters belonging to said teams or organizations are original characters.
- Shipping fics between one or more canon characters.
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon fics.
- Stories with a heavy Pokémon worldbuilding focus.
- Spin-off one-shots or stories of an author’s main work. This does not include full sequels or prequels.
BEST CROSSOVER/NON-POKÉMON FIC:
Awarded to a riveting piece of work which takes a step back from the Pokémon world and brings a different, unique type of tale to the Workshop. Nominees can include…
- Stories about any other fandom that is not Pokémon.
- Crossover stories between the Pokémon fandom and any other fandom.
- Crossover stories between any fandoms that aren’t Pokémon.
- Original fiction stories.
- Original non-fiction works of any kind, such as essays, biographies, memoirs, and more.
BEST ALTERNATE FIC:
Awarded to a unique story that tackles experimental story structures and/or cannot be classified in any of the other major categories. Nominees can include, but are not limited to…
- Crackfics, comedy stories, and parodies.
- Metafiction.
- Crime or Mystery stories.
- Pretty much everything else.
Characters
BEST PROTAGONIST:
Awarded to a well-crafted lead character who commands the story. Almost every story will have a protagonist; some stories will have multiple protagonists. Nominees can include…
- The character that is either the lead or one of the leads of a story. Usually, they appear in a large portion of the story.
- Characters who make key decisions in the story and are shown experiencing the consequences of said decisions in full. Their decisions also affect the rest of the character cast.
- Characters who are the main driving force of a story’s plot, even in a plot-driven story.
- Viewpoint lead characters or non-viewpoint lead characters.
- Lead characters of any personality or background; a protagonist does not necessarily equal “the good guy” who always does what is right or kind.
BEST DEUTERAGONIST:
Awarded to a well-written character who livens up a story’s character cast and demand the audience’s attention almost as much as the protagonist does. Nominees can include…
- Supporting/sidekick characters.
- Important characters who appear more than or just as often as the lead character(s), but are not the driving force of the story.
- Characters who exhibits both protagonistic and antagonistic traits at times (ie., rivals).
- Characters who are important in a story with no clear lead character.
BEST ANTAGONIST:
Awarded to an engaging character who works against other characters and the goals of the plot. Nominees can include…
- Characters whose main role in the story is to provide obstacles for anyone on the character cast to overcome, usually the protagonist.
- Opposite characters of any personality or background; an antagonist does not necessarily equal “the bad guy” who always does what is wrong or malicious.
BEST CHARACTER INTERACTION:
Awarded to an intriguing pair of characters whose synergy resonates greatly with the audience. Nominees can include…
- Any combination of two characters: protagonists, deuteragonists, antagonists, Pokémon characters, other fictional creature characters, human characters, minor characters, and more.
- Organizations can count as one character (ie., the protagonist and Team Rocket can be nominated together). Characters belonging to that organization won’t be judged on an individual basis, but rather on the function of the organization itself.
USER-VOTED
BEST NEWCOMER
Awarded to a first-time Workshop writer who has quickly made their mark as a writer to watch.
- This user must have posted their first piece of work in the Workshop since the previous Awards. Does not apply to users who frequent the Written Word but have not published any work.
BEST REVIEWER
Awarded to a Workshop user who has written one or a series of helpful, insightful and thoughtful reviews that aids the development of their peers as writers.
- This user must have written a review in the period of time since the previous Awards.
BEST WRITTEN WORD CONTRIBUTOR
Awarded to a Written Word user who has contributed one or more insightful, interesting, intelligent or humorous thoughts to discussions about writing, fan fiction and literature, or has otherwise been a supportive and helpful member of the community.
- This user must have posted in a thread in the Written Word since the previous Awards.
STEP 1: READ every story in the Workshop! Or at least as many as you feel like. Or don’t read at all and just nominate your own work. It’s all acceptable!
STEP 2: PICK your favorite stories, characters, and fellow users, and decide which of the above categories they best fit into. If you’re unsure about where something should go, feel free to ask me in a PM. If your work was nominated by someone else in a category you don’t think it belongs in, the let me know and we can switch it up.
So what’s eligible?
STEP 3: NOMINATE by either posting publicly here in this thread or PMing me:
For those of you returning users that weren’t here last season, we introduced the blurb requirement for nominations. You can provide a summary of the story, explain the role the character plays in the story its in, gush over what you liked about the story/character, tell about how a reviewer offers consistently insightful feedback on stories, anything. Be as specific as you can!
No blurb is necessary for self nominations.
Example:
STEP 2: PICK your favorite stories, characters, and fellow users, and decide which of the above categories they best fit into. If you’re unsure about where something should go, feel free to ask me in a PM. If your work was nominated by someone else in a category you don’t think it belongs in, the let me know and we can switch it up.
So what’s eligible?
- Stories that have been updated since December 16, 2017 are eligible to be nominated. Characters must have appeared in a story in that time frame to be eligible.
- Self-nominations are allowed for story- and character-based categories, but not user voting categories. We do ask that you nominate at least one character and one story by another author first.
- If you have won four or more Hall of Fame badges or won an award in our 2017 Winter Awards, you must sign up as a judge in order for your work to qualify.
- Stories, characters, and users can be nominated multiple times. It doesn’t change anything, but it’ll make the nominee feel good. And feeling good is better than not.
- A story or character can only be nominated within one category (except for Best Character Interaction, which can overlap). Generally, the author has the final say on which category a story or character belongs in, but the moderators may change categories if the story or character obviously does not belong in the category it was nominated for.
- Given the new category structure, stories and characters may move around between categories when compared to last season. That’s okay! Nominate wherever you think they fit best now.
- A user can only have up to three of their stories nominated and four character category nominations. Any given character category can only have up to two nominations per user. If other people nominating your work put you at the limit, but you’d like to change up stories or characters then shoot me a PM.
STEP 3: NOMINATE by either posting publicly here in this thread or PMing me:
- Title of the story with a link (for story- and character-based awards)
- Name of the character (for character-based awards only)
- Author's username (for story-, character-, and user-based awards)
- Category you want to put the nomination in (for story-, character-, and user-based awards)
- A 1-2 sentence burb about the story, character, or user you're nominating
For those of you returning users that weren’t here last season, we introduced the blurb requirement for nominations. You can provide a summary of the story, explain the role the character plays in the story its in, gush over what you liked about the story/character, tell about how a reviewer offers consistently insightful feedback on stories, anything. Be as specific as you can!
No blurb is necessary for self nominations.
Example:
All current nominations will be kept track of below. I'll try my best to keep this as up to date as possible with both public and PM nominations.
Best Journey Fic
guidance by @Persephone
The Long Walk by @Beth Pavell
Love and Other Nightmares by @diamondpearl876
Best Speculative Fic
Different Eyes by @unrepentantAuthor
spectra by @kintsugi
some rise by sin by @kintsugi
Because You Were There by @Flaze
The Lilting Misdreavus by @Donna Baines
Best Character-Driven Fic
Phantom Project by @diamondpearl876
Dungeons & Dragonite by @kintsugi
Hunter, Haunted by @canisaries
Vivarium by @canisaries
Best Expansion Fic
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Unequivocant by @lucarioknight56
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Guiding Light by @Ambyssin
The Alola Pokédex by @Persephone
Kanto: There and Back Again by @Beth Pavell
Restarting by @Ambyssin
Best Crossover/Non-Pokémon Fic
Any World You Want by @Ghostsoul
The Big Day by @Flaze
A Dragon in Shining Armour by @Griff4815
Less Is More by @Juliko
Echoes in the Dark by @Juliko
United We Stand by @AceTrainer14
Best Alternate Fic
Brotherhood by @Gama
The Deprogramming by @Arkadelphiak
Dreams That You Dreamed by @AceTrainer14
The Missing One by @WanderingKalosan
Best Protagonist
Red Akai from Hunter, Haunted by @canisaries
Pixie from guidance by @Persephone
Salem from Different Eyes by @unrepentantAuthor
Nara from some rise by sin by @kintsugi
Pua Kealoha from Dreams That You Dreamed by @AceTrainer14
Kotone Iwamatsu from The Deprogramming by @Arkadelphiak
Annie Willems from Love and Other Nightmares by @diamondpearl876
Shane from PMD: Guiding Light by @Ambyssin
Lawrence from PMD: Unequivocant by @lucarioknight56
Best Deuteragonist
Cassia from PMD: Unequivocant by @lucarioknight56
Wren from spectra by @kintsugi
Valentina from guidance by @Persephone
Tessa from PMD: Guiding Light by @Ambyssin
Best Antagonist
Arthus Zoroark from PMD: Unequivocant by @lucarioknight56
Joanna from Hunter, Haunted by @canisaries
The Monster from The Deprogramming by @Arkadelphiak
Best Character Interaction
Shane and Tessa from PMD: Guiding Light by @Ambyssin
Cassia and Arthus from PMD: Unequivocant by @lucarioknight56
Nara and Silver from some rise by sin by @kintsugi
Pua and Leilani from Dreams That You Dreamed by @AceTrainer14
Josh and Eve from The Long Walk by @Beth Pavell
Wren and Vi from spectra by @kintsugi
Salem and any human character in Different Eyes by @unrepentantAuthor
Red Akai & Helix from Seiren by @canisaries
Best Newcomer
@Ambyssin
@WanderingKalosan
Best Reviewer
@Ambyssin
@kintsugi
@Beth Pavell
@diamondpearl876
@unrepentantAuthor
@Misfit Angel
Best Written Word Contributor
@unrepentantAuthor
@canisaries
@Misfit Angel
@WanderingKalosan
guidance by @Persephone
The Long Walk by @Beth Pavell
Love and Other Nightmares by @diamondpearl876
Best Speculative Fic
Different Eyes by @unrepentantAuthor
spectra by @kintsugi
some rise by sin by @kintsugi
Because You Were There by @Flaze
The Lilting Misdreavus by @Donna Baines
Best Character-Driven Fic
Phantom Project by @diamondpearl876
Dungeons & Dragonite by @kintsugi
Hunter, Haunted by @canisaries
Vivarium by @canisaries
Best Expansion Fic
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Unequivocant by @lucarioknight56
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Guiding Light by @Ambyssin
The Alola Pokédex by @Persephone
Kanto: There and Back Again by @Beth Pavell
Restarting by @Ambyssin
Best Crossover/Non-Pokémon Fic
Any World You Want by @Ghostsoul
The Big Day by @Flaze
A Dragon in Shining Armour by @Griff4815
Less Is More by @Juliko
Echoes in the Dark by @Juliko
United We Stand by @AceTrainer14
Best Alternate Fic
Brotherhood by @Gama
The Deprogramming by @Arkadelphiak
Dreams That You Dreamed by @AceTrainer14
The Missing One by @WanderingKalosan
Best Protagonist
Red Akai from Hunter, Haunted by @canisaries
Pixie from guidance by @Persephone
Salem from Different Eyes by @unrepentantAuthor
Nara from some rise by sin by @kintsugi
Pua Kealoha from Dreams That You Dreamed by @AceTrainer14
Kotone Iwamatsu from The Deprogramming by @Arkadelphiak
Annie Willems from Love and Other Nightmares by @diamondpearl876
Shane from PMD: Guiding Light by @Ambyssin
Lawrence from PMD: Unequivocant by @lucarioknight56
Best Deuteragonist
Cassia from PMD: Unequivocant by @lucarioknight56
Wren from spectra by @kintsugi
Valentina from guidance by @Persephone
Tessa from PMD: Guiding Light by @Ambyssin
Best Antagonist
Arthus Zoroark from PMD: Unequivocant by @lucarioknight56
Joanna from Hunter, Haunted by @canisaries
The Monster from The Deprogramming by @Arkadelphiak
Best Character Interaction
Shane and Tessa from PMD: Guiding Light by @Ambyssin
Cassia and Arthus from PMD: Unequivocant by @lucarioknight56
Nara and Silver from some rise by sin by @kintsugi
Pua and Leilani from Dreams That You Dreamed by @AceTrainer14
Josh and Eve from The Long Walk by @Beth Pavell
Wren and Vi from spectra by @kintsugi
Salem and any human character in Different Eyes by @unrepentantAuthor
Red Akai & Helix from Seiren by @canisaries
Best Newcomer
@Ambyssin
@WanderingKalosan
Best Reviewer
@Ambyssin
@kintsugi
@Beth Pavell
@diamondpearl876
@unrepentantAuthor
@Misfit Angel
Best Written Word Contributor
@unrepentantAuthor
@canisaries
@Misfit Angel
@WanderingKalosan
If you do NOT want your stories or characters (or self) nominated for an award, send me a PM and I will add you to the following list. This is also where I will add any fic, character, or user that is ineligible for the awards for one reason or another.
All stories and characters by @AetherX
All stories and characters by @Misfit Angel
All stories and characters by @Sike Saner
@Persephone as Best Reviewer
saffron gods by @kintsugi
All stories and characters by @Misfit Angel
All stories and characters by @Sike Saner
@Persephone as Best Reviewer
saffron gods by @kintsugi
Interested in being a judge? Send me a PM! You’ll be required to read a couple stories, provide feedback, and participate in discussions to choose the winner over the course of a few weeks. It’s a grand old time.
I’m giving you two whole weeks to nominate and update your stories for eligibility (and for me to track down judges). This thread will close (around) 11:59 PM PST on July 7. Any chapters posted after that will not be considered in judging. Feel free to PM me or post here if you have any questions or concerns.
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