2008 Winner's List

Feb 07, 2009 19:22



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/ ( Read more... )

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shinealightonme February 8 2009, 00:59:21 UTC
Oh yes, PLEASE, I can't even describe how happy I am at the thought of a best AU category next year =D I think there was a good amount of time allotted for both the nominating and voting periods. I don't actually have any useful suggestions of any kind, I think the whole thing went really well and you did an amazing job with it...and you can totally have that drink now ;D (And hey, we only ended up with six winners in the best sex/smut category! ^_^) Congrats on your win, babe, and congrats to everyone else who won too! There were so many great fics nominated this year.

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batgurl88 February 8 2009, 01:07:29 UTC
Thanks - and congratulations to you, too! You deseve it! And maybe this'll inspire people to write more AU?? I loves me some quality AU-fics.

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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shinealightonme February 8 2009, 01:16:07 UTC
Thanks *blush* OMG I hope it does inspire more AUs. More people need to write AU! I've been thinking there should be a challenge or something toward that purpose but have no idea how that would work out.

Don't spill on your computer ;D Booze + keyboard =/= happy couple.

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batgurl88 February 8 2009, 01:19:36 UTC
Booze + keyboard =/= happy couple.

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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batgurl88 February 8 2009, 01:51:46 UTC
Thanks for the feedback - it's much appreciated! And I'm glad the overall experience was a good one for you.

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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aoibhe February 8 2009, 03:08:54 UTC
::seconds this::

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emploding February 8 2009, 01:50:13 UTC
Woohoo - Bailey Garcia FTW!

;)

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mcgarrygirl78 February 8 2009, 02:29:44 UTC
This was such an awesome thing and I am so glad you got a good amount of ballots, even if smut ended up with 6 winners : )

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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batgurl88 February 8 2009, 04:58:20 UTC
lol There was a very real possibility of smut ending up with 10 or more winners, so 6 is just fine with me *g*

Thank you very much for the kind words! I do hope that this encourages more general ficcage in our fandom.

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sang_dencre February 8 2009, 09:57:59 UTC
Congrats to all the winners and to you for the awesome job you did running this :)

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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batgurl88 February 8 2009, 17:31:44 UTC
Thank you for the feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed it. And I'm really glad to hear you tried reading outside your usual genres/pairings - that's terrific!

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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