Well, it's the moment you've all been waiting for: the Winner's List for the 2008 Criminal Minds Fan Fic Awards!!
I want to thank once again everyone who participated in this competition in any way, shape or form. To everyone who took the time to read through the (incredibly long) list of nominees, and submitted ballots. Special thanks to authors/
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lol Yep, only six! I think that's the most winners in any category, so it definitely could've been worse. I'm breaking out the drinks as we speak (or type, whatever lol).
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Don't spill on your computer ;D Booze + keyboard =/= happy couple.
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lol I've learned that lesson well.
There should be an AU challenge!! Srsly - I was checking out the prompts for Gen Fic Battle, and one of them was "AU, 'The Amazing Reid: Physics Magician Extraordinaire'" and I got such an urge to try AU again!! It's just so much fun to read/write.
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You're right - OCs are often avoided (especially if they take the MarySue/GaryStu route), but I think they had a decent showing in this competition. Best OC received about 35 votes, which is only 3 less than Best Crossover received. Out of 60 ballots, that's not too bad, IMO. It wasn't the most popular category on the list, but apparently some people still read them.
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Best AU next year would be awesome....I always love writing it as well as reading it and original characters are great in this fandom because they come across so many interesting people in their line of work.
You worked hard and definitely deserve a huge round of applause. I hope this encourages more fic to be written and read.
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Thank you very much for the kind words! I do hope that this encourages more general ficcage in our fandom.
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I enjoyed the whole experience immensely - especially the chance to read outside my usual pairings/genres. Can't wait for the AU category in 2009!
The voting period was a good length of time to get through them all. I think the voting system worked fine as well - although I imagine tallying up must have been quite a task.
I think it would be nice to have 'Best Portrayal: Reid', 'Best Portrayal: Hotch' type categories, rather than a general 'Best Portrayal of Main Characters' section - I found this one of the hardest categories to vote on.
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I didn't include groupings like 'Best Portrayal: Reid' or 'Best Portrayal: Hotch' this time around because we already had 23 categories for people to nominate in, but maybe we can work something else out for next year. :)
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