2012 Nominees

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Nominees

Last updated: 9/3/12


Best Drabble/Ficlet (100-500 words)

1. Waking Up by
   deird1 (PG; Tara/Willow)
2. Dreams by velvetwhip (PG; Willow/Tara)
3. How it Starts by Lilbreck (PG13; Tara/Wilow)
4. Hand-Me-Down by Barnabas (R; Dawn/Satsu)
5. Instinct by ohmyerica (R; Buffy/Faith)
6. Last Kiss: Buffy and Faith by lunabee43 (G; Faith/Buffy)
7. Promise by menomegirl (PG; Faith/Buffy)

Best Characterization

1. Willow in Flying (The Let Her Cry Remix) by snogged (PG; Willow/Buffy)
2. Kennedy in And All the Saints Are Dragons by velvetwhip (PG-13; Willow/Kennedy)
3. Faith in Hypocrite, Save Thyself by Barnabas (R; Faith/Buffy)
4. Lilah in Lessons by queensmoot (PG; Lilah/Eve)
5. Cordelia in Sweet To Tongue And Sound To Eye by Thistlerose (R; Faith/Buffy, Cordy/Buffy)
6. Kennedy in Un/Expected (Straight Girl Remix) by Alixtii (R; Kennedy/Buffy)
7. Willow in Strawberries by beer_good_foamy (PG-13; Willow/Fred)
8. Anyanka in In the Garden Underneath the Midnight Moon by aaronlisa (PG13; Anyanka/Halfrek)

Best Rare Pair

1. Our Issues Have Issues by snogged (PG; Willow/Sandy)
2. Voices Like Thunder by
   jedibuttercup (M; Buffy/Kennedy)
3. After the Endings by brutti-ma-buoni (PG-13; Dawn/Illyria)
4. Closet by gabrielleabelle (T; Willow/Cordelia)
5. Leftover People by frogfarm (R; Heidi/Willow)
6. Intercessions by Chellefic (NC17; Willow/Dawn)
7. Beer Bad (Very Bad) by
   snowpuppies (NC-17; Fred/Anyanka)
8. L.A. Story by Cmk418 (R; Darla/Anyanka)
9. Not Quite Friends by Settiai (M; Willow/Faith)
10. Temporary Sweetener by fembuck (NC17; Cordy/Buffy)

Best Lighthearted

1. the hex with eight sides by signalbeam (T; Willow/Anya)
2. Strawberries by beer_good_foamy (PG-13; Willow/Fred)
3. Crush by aliceinwondrbra (PG-13; Faith/Buffy)
4. Love the One You're With by Barb C (PG-13; Willow/Harmony)
5. Just Another Ordinary Apocalypse by snogged (PG-13; Faith/Cordelia)
6. Cutting the Knot by goldenrod (M; Anya/Willow)
7. In the Back by gabrielleabelle (PG; Willow/Cordelia)
8. Problematic Drinks of Badness by
   deird1 (PG; Willow/Buffy)
9. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Angearia (R; Faith/Buffy)
10. When in Doubt Blame Harmony by Aaronlisa (PG; Cordy/Willow)
11. Reorientation by stormwreath (T; Willow/Buffy, multi)
12. A Beautiful Friendship by keswindhover (PG-13; Cordy/Buffybot)
13. Distracted by ladyofthelog (R; Buffy/Faith)
14. Long Way Home by zarabithia (PG; Faith/Buffy)

Most Heart-Wrenching

1. Things We Never Talk about by brutti-ma-buoni (R; Faith/Tara)
2. Lessons by queensmoot (PG; Lilah/Eve)
3. Special by iridescentzen (PG13; Willow/Tara)
4. No Special Reason by Meltha (G; Willow/Tara)
5. Digital Ghost by gabrielleabelle (G; Willow/Tara)
6. Pink Linen and White Paper by seraphcelene (G; Willow/Tara)
7. Better Than by
   snowpuppies (R; Fred/Lilah)
8. Strong like an Amazon by Whisper_on_the_wind (G; Willow/Tara)

Best Romance

1. The Cat Maiden by JohnMartin (T; Willow/Tara)
2. White Flag by maryfic (PG; Willow/Tara)
3. Wow by beer_good_foamy (R; Willow/Tara/Buffy/Faith)
4. Dark Angel by Dmnq8 (NC17; Willow/Tara)
5. Awakening by
   snowpuppies (R; Willow/Tara)
6. Bikini Fic by Bobbi (NC17; Faith/Buffy)
7. Alone But Together by Queen of the Castle (PG; Buffy/Faith)
8. Death is Her Gift by brutti_ma_buoni (PG; Dawn/Vi)

Best Heat

1. Upon the Edge of No Escape by beer_good_foamy (R; Faith/Lilah)
2. Screwing Vampires by gabrielleabelle (NC17; Vamp!Willow/Faith)
3. Not a Girl Who Likes to be Teased by Lilbreck (NC17; Faith/Lilah)
4. Never Let You Fall by Morrigan (R; Willow/Tara)
5. For One Night Only by brutti_ma_buoni (NC17; Buffy/Faith)
6. until the thunder roars by jessalae (NC17; Willow/Tara)
7. Remedial Buffy by gloss (NC17; Buffy/Cordelia)
8. Sunday Matinee by ladyoneill (NC17; Willow/Cordy)
9. Less Than Real by Zulu (NC17; Faith/Dawn)
10. Piquancy by sasha_feather (NC17; Faith/Buffy)
11. Dangerous Game by Cmk418 (NC17; Faith/Buffy)

Best Canon

1. Think Alike by Maidenjedi (M; Willow/Buffy)
2. Closet by gabrielleabelle (T; Willow/Cordelia)
3. Intercessions by Chellefic (NC17; Willow/Dawn)
4. Battle by Redeem147 (R; Illyria/Willow)
5. Watching Bridges Burn by Woldy (R; Faith/Buffy)
6. Sweet To Tongue And Sound To Eye by Thistlerose (R; Faith/Buffy, Cordy/Buffy)
7. The Cow Jumped Over the Moon by
   snowpuppies (PG; Fred/Tara)
8. Acts Of Self-Conscious Behaviour Contrary by beer_good_foamy (PG; Willow/Tara)
9. Mirroring by brutti_ma_buoni (R; Darla/Fred)

Best Future

1. Between the Devil and Metal by avamclean (T; Buffy/Faith)
2. After the Endings by brutti-ma-buoni (PG-13; Dawn/Illyria)
3. Cloudbusting by beer_good_foamy (PG-13; Illyria/Willow)
4. Hypocrite, Save Thyself by Barnabas (R; Faith/Buffy)
5. Release by Redeem147 (NC17; Faith/Willow)
6. Five by Five by Infinity by
   snowpuppies (NC17; Faith/Buffy)

Best AU/AR

1. Le Petit Mort by snogged (NC17; First Slayer/OFC)
2. All Fly Away by
   snowpuppies (R; Dawn/Cordelia)
3. The Greatest of These by brutti_ma_buoni (R; Cordy/Faith)
4. Not, Now by
   deird1 (PG; Faith/Dawn)
5. Moon To The Tide by Feverbeats (G; Tara/Willow)
6. Winter by Aaronlisa (PG; Faith/Buffy)

Best Firefly/Serenity Fic

1. The Rose Garden by lisajetta (G; Kaylee/Inara)
2. Tu, In Mulieribus by Sage_Theory (NC17; Kaylee/Inara)
3. Long Yearning by gamerfic (R; Kaylee/Inara)
4. Technophilia by Blacksquirrel (NC17; Kaylee/Inara)
5. Your Place by justhuman (NC17; Kaylee/Inara)
6. No Rest For the Wicked by InspectorBoxer (R; River/Sarah Connor)
7. Sunshine in the Black by inalasahl (NC17; Kaylee/River)

Best Dollhouse Fic

1. An Angel Has No Memory by Peter Tupper (R; Ivy/Sophie)
2. Crossed Wires by seriousfic (R; Echo/Sierra)
3. for however short or long our lives are going by majesdane (G; Claire/Madeline, Whiskey/November)
4. (your blood, your bones, your voice) your ghost by tiltingheartand (G; Whiskey/November)
5. a water, deep but daring by Isagel (NC17; Echo/Sierra)
6. Love is a Weakness by hamimifk (PG13; Adelle/Claire)
7. Clandestine Touch by quirkysmuse (R; Echo/Claire)
8. Innocence Again by fembuck (PG; Adelle/Echo)
9. Echoes of Faith by me_llamo_nic (NC17; Faith/Buffy/Echo)

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