We'll be having the awards this year. They'll be run by Raven, Syaoran and I; voting will probably begin in the month of August.

I made some adjustments to the categories and per Raven's suggestion, I'll open discussion as to whether other adjustments or additions should be made.

The thirteen awards from last year have been modified into a slightly different set.

I have:

Best Story -- General
Best Story -- Crossover
Best Story -- One Shot
Best Story -- Alternate Universe
Best Story -- Macabre
Best Story

Best Author -- Grammar and Structure
Best Author -- Dedication
Best Author

Best Character -- Villain
Best Character -- Hero
Best Character -- Anti-Hero
Best Character -- Original Character

The category "Macabre" is for Dark Arts and dark atmosphere fics (Azkaban, for instance). Noir and Comedy and several others have been removed. I believe one shot comedies should go into one-shot and full length comedic stories should probably go in AU, Crossover or General - or wherever they fit. General will encompass Independent and General fics.

A story may only win one category award. After the five category awards have been chosen, the five will become finalists for the Best Story award.

An additional award I've thought of suggesting/adding is Best DLP Short, with nominations being limited to DLP members who have participated in the TGYH thread - I think someone suggested this. I forget who.

But yeah - that's what I have.

Thoughts, suggestions?

 

Wewt.

My favorite part.

Also, sexy Nagini in the banner.

 

The Six Story Banners:

 

Putting in Comedy and Romance categories has been discussed on IRC, but the general consensus was they may as well be renamed the Black Comedy and Contemplating Clouds categories, respectively. Thus they were pruned.

 

They were pruned yesterday and then Raven said we needed balance. I said balance-shmalance. He runs the show - if he lays the law down that they're in, they're in.

But I think I convinced him to at least see if there's a consensus to just have more competitive categories.

 

For clarity, you should specify the posting date criteria for eligibility. Am I right in my understanding that it's stories posted or updated in the interval from Jan 1 2007 to Dec 31 2007?

 

I like those categories. Romance and Comedy are just to clear cut. It'd basically be just a formality if we had them.

 

If we're paring down the categories this much, Crossover seems kinda specific in comparison to how broad the others are. And I'm not sure how much competition Shezza's Denarian series will have.

 

Eligibility:

- A story up for nomination must have been started after December 31st, 2006 and before August 1st, 2008.
- A story that has previously won a DLP award from a different session cannot compete in this session's award voting process.
- Stories nominated for 'One Shot' can be no longer than 50,000 words in length.

 

If we want another broad category, maybe one for best series or serials. Eligibility is that at least one fic must be completed and a sequel or sequels in progress or finished. Things like Jono's stranger series, Shezza's Denarian series, jbern's Bungle/Turn Me Loose would all qualify. Even Miranda's Second Chance at Life series. Could even have series of one-shots qualifying.

 

Crossover will be just as much of a formality as comedy or romance: we all know that Shezza's work is going to win. It's just too widely known. If we are trying to cut back on useless categories, I'd either get rid of that one as well or add the other two back in.

EDIT: Well nevermind that, then. Syao shot that down quick enough. >_> Hehe, shot it down before I even asked it. Skillz.

 

Let me just say, there's a difference between this category will be won by someone "widely known" and "not even competitive" enough to probably get more than 2 or 3 stories and so someone will default win.

There are a lot of crossovers each year.

Take a look at this:

Independent (170)
2005.5-2007: 148
2007-2008.5: 22 ( 85% )

Romance (36)
2005.5-2007: 23
2007-2008.5: 13 ( 44% )

Alternates (135)
2005.5-2007: 93
2007-2008.5: 42 ( 55% )

Humor (113)
2005.5-2007: 89
2007-2008.5: 24 ( 73% )

Time Travel (60)
2005.5-2007: 39
2007-2008.5: 21 ( 46% )

Azkaban (30)
2005.5-2007: 28
2007-2008.5: 2 ( 93% )

General (172)
2005.5-2007: 142
2007-2008.5: 30 ( 79% )

Percentages in brackets denote the drop since last session. 13 romance stories and 24 humor stories. Humor has a larger shot of being included, from the discussions we had - but it's still one of the lowest w/o being combined with something.

Which was another potential idea - combining Romance & Humor and allowing nominations to be either for the award.

 

Bio can you list the past winners of the awards so as to stop anyone from voting on a previous winning fic?

 

Just look here and here. It's pretty easy to see who won, and Bio really probably has something more pressing to do than reposting it.

Edit. Or not.

 

EDIT: LOL MINDLESS! Sorry bro; I have nothing to do at midnight on a Friday. A bit depressing. But my luck'll change next week maybe?

Should be impossible for anyone to possibly be nominated for another award if they've won - but who knows, someone might have a timeturner lying around. I now realize the stupidity of that rule but it sounded good at the time ^_^.

Anywho, for a trip down memory lane:

2006

Best Dark Harry but Lightsided
Winner: Potter's Resistance 1: Breaking Ties by IP82
Runner Up: Reign of Power by Fayr Warning

Best Sick & Perverse FanFiction
Winner: Lust of a Dark Soul by Vash The Unholy
Runner Up: Sisters Black by oldwolf

Best Time Travel FanFiction
Winner: Harry Potter, The Future Remapped by Shezza88
Runner Up: Backwards Compatible by Ruskbyte

Best Harry Potter Romance FanFiction
Winner: Narcotic Effects by Mehetabelo
Runner Up: Harry Potter and the Litany of Blood by jon3776

Best Independent Harry FanFiction
Winner: A Second Chance at Life by Miranda Flairgold
Runner Up: Shadow Play by Thor Nairda

Best Crossover FanFiction
Winner: Evil Be Thou My Good by Ruskbyte
Runner Up: Harry Potter and the Stargate by Shezza88

Best All-Around Harry Potter FanFiction
Winner: White Knight, Grey Queen by Jeconais
Runner Up: Ascension of the scorpion sorceror by Vorlon666

Best Humor and Parody FanFiction
Winner: The Untitled Cheekquel Project by nonjon
Runner Up: Harry Potter & the Azkaban Parody by Fangalla Marie

Best Evil Harry FanFiction
Winner: Dakaath: Prince of Darkness by LT2000
Runner Up: Traitor's Within by Darklordpotter.net

Best Azkaban FanFiction
Winner: Betrayal of the Best Kind by Draco664
Runner Up: The Lord of Azkaban by padfootjr24

2007

Best One-Shot Fanfiction Story
1st Place: Oedipus Flower by Vash The Unholy
2nd Place: Across the Mirror by Amerision
3rd Place: 'Dirty' Politics and Paparazzi by Mrriddler

Best Newcomer Fanfiction Story
1st Place: Harry Potter and the Hero's Path by TheJackOfDiamonds
2nd Place: The Chimera: More Snake than Lion by Apocalypso
3rd Place: Harry Potter: Enigma at Work by BlueMagikMarker

Best Original Character
1st Place: Kwan in Bungle in the Jungle: A Harry Potter Adventure by jbern
2nd Place: Zab in Apprentice Potter / Journeyman Potter by Draco664
3rd Place: Lilith in Queens of Darkness, Ladies of Light by Thalarian

Story of the Year 2006
1st Place: Bungle in the Jungle: A Harry Potter Adventure by jbern
2nd Place: Browncoat, Green Eyes by nonjon
3rd Place: To Fight The Coming Darkness by jbern

Best Romance Fanfiction Story
1st Place: To Fight the Coming Darkness by jbern
2nd Place: Hope by Jeconais
3rd Place: Secret of the Male Veela by mrriddle

Best Crossover Fanfiction Story
1st Place: Browncoat, Green Eyes by nonjon
2nd Place: Family Values by Ishtar
3rd Place: The Black Wizard by AzraeosC

Best Noir Fanfiction Story
1st Place: Equal and Opposite by Amerision
2nd Place: To Fight the Coming Darkness by jbern
3rd Place: Fury of the Hellspawn: The Tale of an Incubus by Apocalyps

Best Hero
1st Place: Harry Potter in Bungle in the Jungle: A Harry Potter Adventure by jbern
2nd Place: Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Hero's Path TheJackOfDiamonds
3rd Place: Harry Potter in The Resistance of Azkaban by Shezza88

Best Innovative Fanfiction Story
1st Place: Bungle in the Jungle: A Harry Potter Adventure by jbern
2nd Place: Queens of Darkness, Ladies of Light by Thalarian
3rd Place: Potter's Resistance 1: Breaking Ties by IP82

Best Comedy Fanfiction Story
1st Place: Make A Wish by Rorschach's Blot
2nd Place: Dimension Hopping for Beginners by nonjon
3rd Place: You Did What!? by nonjon

Best Alternate Fanfiction Story
1st Place: Oedipus Flower by Vash The Unholy
2nd Place: Anarkia by Naia
3rd Place: Harry Potter and the Nightmares of Futures Past by S'Tarkan/Viridian/Matthew Schlocke

Best Villain
1st Place: Lord Voldemort in To Fight The Coming Darkness by jbern
2nd Place: Harry Potter in Oediups Flower by Vash The Unholy
3rd Place: Harry Potter in Fury of the Hellspawn: The Tale of an Incubus by Apocalypso

Best Anti-Hero
1st Place: Harry Potter in Burn, Baby, Burn by Dark Syaoran
2nd Place: Harry Potter in To Fight the Coming Darkness by jbern
3rd Place: Harry Potter in Potter's Resistance 1: Breaking Ties by IP82

 

While I agree weaving a good crossover takes a special kind of skill (and the crossovers of Shezza and nuhuh and nonjon are listed among my favorites), I aver that writing effective comedy takes at least as much skill and should be recognized in the awards since it's a genre that we collectively enjoy. In contrast, romance is an unpopular DLP category and can be safely scrapped.

It's good that you've excised "Best Newcomer"; historically that's been a weak category.

The "Best Author" category and subcategories seem weird. Why even do a "Best Author - Grammar and Structure"? Are we now grammar Nazis to the point where we would give even a flawed/cliché story props because of a strong beta team? Also, I have no clue what "Best Author - Dedication" is supposed to recognize? Raw word count? Regular updates? Seems imbalanced next to, say, "Best Hero." And while we're at it, isn't "Best Author" liable to turn into a popularity contest, the very thing that we just devoted 1000 posts to lamenting? The Best Authors will likely be writing the Best Stories, so it seems redundant to have a separate category.

 

Err you sure we aren't allowed to vote for a previous winner Bio cause there are a few fics up there that are still awesome and still getting updated, choice has been severly cut down. Though i suppose it will be more fun to pick a winner ey.

Cheers for the list Bio i had forgotten how many top notch fics are out there.

 

OK. I get the need you have to fellate a couple of authors or congratulate them for working a category that has the least amount of action happening in it.

I like Contemplating Clouds and though I think nonjon is a douchebag, I like most of his work. He didn't even win last year, so it's not like I'm cockblocking him from running up some imaginary score, either.

It's because of shit like this:

<MurToN> Meh
<thatperson>
<MurToN> Not enough decent HP FF to give out awards anyway
<MurToN> It's all shit now

That's been the consensus. We want people to participate in the nominations and not have to struggle to come up with shit just to make a couple of categories that aren't taken seriously more than a default. Comedy does happen - often in one shots. And comedy will additionally be represented in the TGYH DLP Short award for what is largely a comedy driven thread.

And having jbern win Romance for a story that was complete shit and had little romance?

But stuff like Black Comedy? It can be in AU.