Categories & Definitions

[2011gleeawards]

There are a total of 26 awards that are going to be given out in this awards fest! We very easily subdivide each area in which there are fics and art to afford all those who participate in fandom on a daily basis a chance to be recognized. Under the cut are each of our categories. Please pay attention to this post as you will be asked to give specific category names for several applications you may fill out.

Fanfiction (20 awards)

• Best Het Drama
• Best Slash Drama
• Best Femslash Drama
• Best Het Comedy
• Best Slash Comedy
• Best Femslash Comedy
• Best Het Fluff
• Best Slash Fluff
• Best Femslash Fluff
• Best Het AU
• Best Slash AU
• Best Femslash AU
• Best Het Romance
• Best Slash Romance
• Best Femslash Romance
• Best Het PWP
• Best Slash PWP
• Best Femslash PWP
• Best General
• Best WIP
• Best Series

Art (4 awards)

• Best Gen Art
• Best Het Art
• Best Slash Art
• Best Femslash Art
• Best Fanvid

Definitions

• Het is defined as a male/female pairing.
• Slash is defined as a male/male pairing.
• Femslash is defined as a female/female pairing.
• General cast is defined as a fic with no one focused pairing, and instead focuses on the glee club as a whole or one sole character.
• Drama is defined as any fic or art whose main theme is drama, angst, or tragedy.
• Comedy is defined as any fic whose main theme is humor.
• Fluff is defined as any fic whose main theme is just adorable, cute, sometimes cheesy friendship or romance. Contains no smut.
• AU is defined as any fic whose location, time period, and/or character backgrounds have changed completely. The only thing canon elements are the characters names and likenesses.
• Romance is defined as any fic whose main theme is love. May contain smut.
• PWP is defined as any fic that has little to no plot and whose central theme is smut.
• Groupsex is defined as three or more people.
• Art is defined as any original work created by an artist. This can be digital drawings, hand drawings, paintings, sculptures, unofficial memorabilia, and trinkets.
• Fanfiction is defined as any written work made by a fan with a minimum of 500 words.
• Fanvid is defined as any video greated by a fan using elements of Glee episodes compiled uniquely to tell a new story.
• WIP is defined as any work of fiction that was still in progress at the time of nomination.