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Miz en Scène February 20th, 2010 2:56 PM

Fanfiction of the Year Discussion Committee 2010
 
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Fanfiction of the Year Discussion Committee 2010
(FFOTY 2010)

To those who have haphazardly stumbled upon this thread, let me be the first to welcome you to Pokecommunity’s Fanfiction of the Year Discussion Committee for 2010. Technically, this is actually a revival of the Fanfiction Awards that were once proposed, and a deviation from the Fanfiction of the Month(FFOTM). This thread, is for the sole purpose of the discussion, review, and implementation of the proposed Fanfiction of the Year 2010(FFOTY 2010) and is actually a sneaky attempt to avoid cluttering the FFL with the discussion of awards when it clearly does not belong there. Again, I repeat, this is a general discussion thread as in anyone can post here to propose something they'd like to see in the FFOTY.

Thread Rules

Spoiler:
At the end of the year, when the actual thread is posted, do not complain that the contest is unfair. You've had 10 months to try and change the rules or at the very least tweak them.

Do not go off topic and say something like, "Hey check out my fic!" That kind of randomness belongs in the FFL.

While discussions regarding the feasibility of certain features in the FFOTY is allowed. And you may defend your own suggestion, you are not allowed to repeatedly propose the same thing over and over again. This clutters up the thread and annoys others.

NO Spam.

NO fic advertising.

(Optional)Please Bold any new suggestions. This helps me add it to the Pending List(see below).


Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)

Why is this a yearly award?
Well, because, unless everyone in the world is a speed reader, not many people can actually read enough Fanfiction in a month to be able to vote fairly on their favourite fanfic. Plus, with all these categories, you’d be hard pressed to search for fiction that meet the criteria each month. Plus, this goves time for reviewers to actually do proper reviews if this may be relevant...

Who are you, and why are you making this thread?

I’m M12an, a regular member who just happens to be a Fanfiction Lounge regular, and this thread was made with the permission of Astinus, the current moderator of the Fanfiction and Writing Forums of the Pokecommunity. This thread was made to separate regular Lounge conversation with FFOTY discussions.

Profit??

Yes, a meme. Anyway, the FFOTY is also a clever ploy to get people to read nominated fanfics that have been deemed awesome by the nominators. If you’re lucky or just plain skilled, you might end up getting your fanfic read and or displayed (as in stickied. That’s yet to be determined though).

Nominators?

Work in Progress


Voters?

Work in Progress



Categories Open for Discussion

Mechanics

  • Basically the rules to be discussed and so forth.
  • Rules on Nomination Mechanics go here.
  • Rules on Voting Mechanics go here.
  • Benefits from winning are discussed in this category.
  • Voting Method to be discussed here.

The Situation so far:
Spoiler:
  • Fanfiction of the Year to be taken as a Triennium Award.(Pending)
  • Nominations are open to the public in a three year update limit.(Pending)
  • Nominations go through a panel for quality/bias checking.(Pending)
  • Anyone can vote.(Pending)


Categories
Concluded discussions regarding Categories go here. As in what categories make it through to nomination.

The Situation so far:
Spoiler:
(All Currently Pending.)
Member Related Categories

  • Fanfiction of the Year
  • Most Improvement
Fiction Writing Categories
  • Most Original Plot Element/Concept
  • Best Plot
  • Best Cross-Over
  • Best Original Trainer(OT) Fiction
  • Best Romance Fiction
  • Best Non-Pokémon or Original Fiction
  • Most Heartwarming Scene
  • Most Heartbreaking Scene
  • Most Frightening Scene
  • Most Suspenseful Scene
  • Most Exciting(Action-Packed) Scene
  • Funniest Scene Most Well-Portrayed Canon Character
  • Best New Setting [Be it an entire region or a corner store.]

FictionVerse(Fiction Universe) Categories

  • Best use of the ‘Cliffhanger’
  • Best use of the ‘Plot Twist’
  • Best Protagonist
  • Best Antagonist
  • Best Supporting Character
  • Best Main Pokémon Character
  • Best Supporting Pokémon Character
  • Best Non-Human Character (for non-Pokémon stories)
  • Most Well-Portrayed Canon Character
Literary Miscellany (Fun Stuff) Categories
  • Favourite Font as voted by writers.
  • Favourite Trope as voted by writers
  • Favourite Commercial, Published Author


Aesthetics of the Contest
Uhm, since it’s a yearly thing. I thought we might have a logo for it to be posted in the voting thread. Like the Olympics lol. Feel free to ignore this random suggestion. Emblem design is up to Moderator discretion unless stated otherwise.

The Situation so far:
Nothing


Miscellanious Stuff
Feel free to add topics to discuss.

The Situation so far:
Nothing


As you can see, I’m opening the contest mechanics up to the general public, as in, you get to have a say in how the contests is run to avoid unfairness and such. This is a discussion thread after all. If no one wants to say anything, I’ll just set up the rules myself…
Umm yeah, so post away…

Giratina ♀ February 20th, 2010 3:57 PM

I'll just steal a topic from Serebii for lack of anything better to talk about: how do we determine which fics are eligible? Like, should only stories updated since January 1st be eligible or what?

Miz en Scène February 20th, 2010 4:12 PM

Basically any fic that hasn't won anything yet I suppose. Anything that hasn't been nominated for FFOTM by Astinus, hasn't won the SWC or contests of the such can be ommited from nomination. Anything since PC's creation.

Still, the main reason for this thread's existence is for you guys to help determine what you'd like to see. Come on, don't be shy, post away people. :D

bobandbill February 20th, 2010 5:00 PM

Wouldn't that result and a heck of a lot of needing to dig up old threads then? There's been an awful lot of fics over the years I'm sure - IMO it'd be better to make it a yearly thing, and hence include fics that have had an update (created, had a new chapter, etc) this year. My two cents. =P

Miz en Scène February 20th, 2010 5:11 PM

The problem here is that some notable fics haven't been updated this year. I'd like to name a few, but then I'd be labelled as bias. Also, notable one-shots that don't usually get updates just sink to the bottom of the pile.

With the nomination system, nominators could just nominate fics that they read and thought were good. Of course, nominators would have to be trustworthy(but that's another issue.)

Astinus February 20th, 2010 6:49 PM

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Originally Posted by bobandbill (Post 5568936)
There's been an awful lot of fics over the years I'm sure

220 pages worth, with twenty threads per page. So around 4,400 fics, I'll wager with my quick math. But that's with the SWC fics included, along with all the closed/deleted threads.

I'd still say to make this a yearly thing, with all fics updated/created in the year 2010 to be eligible (so long as they haven't already won another contest on PC). One reason because that greatly reduces the amount of fics that could be read from all fics since 2003 down to just one year. Another reason is because how many people from 2003 (or even not that early) are still around to receive the rewards? Heck, from my join year of 2006, there aren't a lot of people around here that I used to see any more.

So I feel that it's better to reward the people who are actually here during the year. I know it seems rather mean (?) since there are many good fics that were created/updated earlier than 2010 that do deserve some recognition, but well, they aren't the fanfic of the year if they weren't actually posted in any way this year. It's kind of like other yearly reward shows. The movies/music/books that were released in that year are eligible.

I just feel that Fanfic of the Year should actually be from the year. idk.

Mira February 20th, 2010 7:01 PM

I agree with Astinus' point. Spreading the judging over such a large number of potential Fan Fictions might prove to be a little overwhelming and/or be an inefficient way of doing it. As she said above, not every author is still active and it might not be fair to the people still here if their Fan Fictions don't really have much of a shot because there is such a huge number of stories to look over (not being biased as I haven't posted anything this year xD).

But if it does end up judging all Fan Fictions, I think that it should only be done for the first year and then do the rest for the actual year it is set in.

This is just my opinion, of course ^.~

ChrisTom February 20th, 2010 7:38 PM

Sorry, quick question. Does it have to be a specific length? Also, do non-pokemon Fanfics count?

I think we should get the 3 people who are active, and do the most posting on the F&W threads. Or perhaps somebody who's won an award.

Buoysel February 20th, 2010 7:45 PM

Oh, I’m so excited that this is going to be a reality.
Okay now for my two since:

I fully agree that this should be for fics that were posted on in 2010. I suggest that Fictional authors must have been logged in at least once during the last four months of the year, even if the fic was not updated. Hopefully that way the winner will be an active member.

Now for nominations: obliviously there are two ways to accept them: throughout the year, and for a cretin period of time.
Taking them throughout the year allows the judges to go over the fics at a much less hectic pace. If they wait till the last two months of the year and there are 50 stories that need to be read by each member that is a lot of reading.

Categories: (all suggestions of course)
  • FForY (Obviously)
  • Most improvement
  • Most original
  • Best plot
  • Best Male Author
  • Best Female Author
  • Best Cross over (not a whole lot of them around may have to remove)
  • Best OT
  • Best Romance
  • Best (other genre)


I volunteer myself for any position that needs filled.

Dagzar February 20th, 2010 8:21 PM

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  • FForY (Obviously)
  • Most improvement
  • Most original
  • Best plot
  • Best Male Author
  • Best Female Author
  • Best Cross over (not a whole lot of them around may have to remove)
  • Best OT
  • Best Romance
  • Best (other genre)

I like this, though I question Best Female / Male Author since not every member uses a gender on the forum, and some could even be lying about it (not that it really matters). Though, I’d like to maybe add Best Main Character and Best Villain since characters are important too.

Buoysel February 20th, 2010 8:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dagzar (Post 5569385)
I like this, though I question Best Female / Male Author since not every member uses a gender on the forum, and some could even be lying about it (not that it really matters). Though, I’d like to maybe add Best Main Character and Best Villain since characters are important too.

Those sound good too, I added the male and female categories because I was thinking of the Grammys when they give one away for best female artist, and best male artist.

Also, I am guessing that awards would be handed out in January 2011?

Swift! February 20th, 2010 8:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 157 (Post 5569285)
Categories: (all suggestions of course)
  • FForY (Obviously)
  • Most improvement
  • Most original
  • Best plot
  • Best Male Author
  • Best Female Author
  • Best Cross over (not a whole lot of them around may have to remove)
  • Best OT
  • Best Romance
  • Best (other genre)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dagzar (Post 5569385)
I like this, though I question Best Female / Male Author since not every member uses a gender on the forum, and some could even be lying about it (not that it really matters). Though, I’d like to maybe add Best Main Character and Best Villain since characters are important too.

I too think we shouldn't have Best Male / Female Author. There should just be one for Best Overall Author, or something. Also, the Best Main Character and Best Villian are good idea's too. Might I add a few of my own suggestions?

Best Supporting Character
Best Pokemon Character
Best Non-Human Character (for non-Pokemon stories)

As well as a few more specific categories...

Most Heartwarming Scene
Most Heartbreaking Scene
Most Frightening Scene
Most Suspenseful Scene
Most Exciting Scene
Funniest Scene
Best Cliffhanger
Best Plot Twist

Those are just a few.

Astinus February 20th, 2010 9:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 157 (Post 5569400)
Those sound good too, I added the male and female categories because I was thinking of the Grammys when they give one away for best female artist, and best male artist.

But male and female voices have different pitches. (I'm so not musically inclined.) There's a difference between a song sung by a female and a song sung by a male.

I really don't know what I'm talking about here. All I can say is that there's a reason to have a different award for female and male artists.

There's no way to tell the difference between a female's writing and a male's writing. (One of the big reasons gender pronouns can be wrongly used on the Internet.) For example, J.K. Rowling simply used her first initial instead of her full name, and people couldn't tell if she was male or female when all they had to go on was her writing.

Out of all the book awards that I know of (see: quickly Googled), I can't think of any that base recipients by their sex.

I don't know. I just don't really like having males and females be judged on separate terms if they can be judged on equal terms. With writing, there's no difference that I can see, so I prefer having just one "Best Overall Author" award.

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Also, I am guessing that awards would be handed out in January 2011?
Pretty much whenever all the votes get tallied, I'll assume.

Buoysel February 20th, 2010 10:02 PM

Okay, so no female/male author awards, and isn't best author, basically FFotY ? :/

So: current categories:

  • FForY
  • Most improvement
  • Most original
  • Best plot
  • Best Cross over (not a whole lot of them around may have to remove)
  • Best OT
  • Best Romance
  • Best (other genre)
  • Most Heartwarming Scene
  • Most Heartbreaking Scene
  • Most Frightening Scene
  • Most Suspenseful Scene
  • Most Exciting Scene
  • Funniest Scene
  • Best Cliffhanger
  • Best Plot Twist
  • Best Main Character
  • Best Villain
  • Best Supporting Character
  • Best Pokemon Character
  • Best Non-Human Character (for non-Pokemon stories)
Wow, that's a lot, anymore?

Phantom Kat February 20th, 2010 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 157 (Post 5569624)
Okay, so no female/male author awards, and isn't best author, basically FFotY ? :/

Not necessarily. Someone may REALLY like a particular fan fic but think another author is a better author overall. That best author nominee may not have the most action-packed, engrossing stories in the forum, but you just feel that their writing makes up for that, whether be it because they are amazing at detail, their vocabulary just amazes you, or they have a knack for pulling off the most outrageous plot twists.

Oh, and when I think of anything to contribute to the actual topic, I'll post. ^^;

- Kat

Shrike Flamestar February 20th, 2010 11:01 PM

I know you want to make this a yearly thing but I think for this first one, allowing entries from 2009 and maybe even 08 would be a good idea. Yes, allowing everything would sort of derail it, but expanding it to include some recent years that we did not have the awards would allow some recent fics that are still fresh in people's minds but can't/won't be updated to be included.

I surely have no personal reason for wanting this.

As for categories, I think the ones Serebii is using for their current awards are pretty good however it could be cut down some for here. Hell, it needs cut down there too.

Nominations I feel should be open to everyone, but perhaps with some initial judging criteria that they have to pass. Just something like a judge giving it a quick skim to see if it's actually quality. Alternatively or perhaps simultaneously, maybe require a certain number or percentage of nominations to qualify.

And for judging, if you want to avoid the whole community popularity thing with just allowing votes like Serebii, a system like from the SWC where you have three or more judges who award each fic a certain number of points (possibly in different judging categories) that are tallied up would work. Perhaps have different groups of judges for different groups of categories, allowing specific judges to better focus on what they're, well, judging.

Miz en Scène February 21st, 2010 4:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 157 (Post 5569624)
  • FFotY
  • Most improvement(Improvement is relative. Unless you want to show your old fiction and compare it to your current one.)
  • Most original
  • Best plot
  • Best Cross over (not a whole lot of them around may have to remove)(Not many, may have to remove agreed.)
  • Best OT
  • Best Romance
  • Best (other genre)(Change to best non-pokemon fic.)
  • Most Heartwarming Scene
  • Most Heartbreaking Scene
  • Most Frightening Scene
  • Most Suspenseful Scene
  • Most Exciting Scene
  • Funniest Scene
  • Best Cliffhanger
  • Best Plot Twist
  • Best Main Character(Change to protagonist to make it sound proffesional.)
  • Best Villain(Change to Antagonist because the villain can also be the main.)
  • Best Supporting Character
  • Best Pokemon Character
  • Best Non-Human Character (for non-Pokemon stories)
Wow, that's a lot, anymore?

My thoughts on them.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisTom (Post 5569270)
Sorry, quick question. Does it have to be a specific length? Also, do non-pokemon Fanfics count?

I think we should get the 3 people who are active, and do the most posting on the F&W threads. Or perhaps somebody who's won an award.

Well, even drabbles are allowed so no, it doesn’t have to be a specific length. Only above a specific quality. But, the judging system would nullify the voting system, that’s actually my main problem. We can have a nomination system by trustworthy members(picked the same way as judges are or chosen because they fulfill certain criteria) and a voting system where everyone can vote.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phantom Kat (Post 5569704)
Not necessarily. Someone may REALLY like a particular fan fic but think another author is a better author overall. That best author nominee may not have the most action-packed, engrossing stories in the forum, but you just feel that their writing makes up for that, whether be it because they are amazing at detail, their vocabulary just amazes you, or they have a knack for pulling off the most outrageous plot twists.

Oh, and when I think of anything to contribute to the actual topic, I'll post. ^^;

- Kat

Well, that’s why I’m thinking of having a favourite author(no gender) category.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shrike Flamestar (Post 5569728)
I know you want to make this a yearly thing but I think for this first one, allowing entries from 2009 and maybe even 08 would be a good idea. Yes, allowing everything would sort of derail it, but expanding it to include some recent years that we did not have the awards would allow some recent fics that are still fresh in people's minds but can't/won't be updated to be included.

That’s why I wanted the FFOTY to be open to every year, but I think your idea is better… Why not we have each year’s FFOTY cover the past three years to accommodate recently published fiction and give the previous year’s contenders (nominees) a chance to re-enter.

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I surely have no personal reason for wanting this.
Sure…

Quote:

Nominations I feel should be open to everyone, but perhaps with some initial judging criteria that they have to pass. Just something like a judge giving it a quick skim to see if it's actually quality. Alternatively or perhaps simultaneously, maybe require a certain number or percentage of nominations to qualify.
The problem here is that quality is relative. I actually advocate the idea of nominators to be a select few and voters to encompass any registered member. Of course, regular members may approach nominators to suggest fics to nominate. This way, nominators can check to see if those fics have that certain quality.


Quote:

And for judging, if you want to avoid the whole community popularity thing with just allowing votes like Serebii, a system like from the SWC where you have three or more judges who award each fic a certain number of points (possibly in different judging categories) that are tallied up would work. Perhaps have different groups of judges for different groups of categories, allowing specific judges to better focus on what they're, well, judging.
This however restricts voters, which is actually the whole point of FFOTY, to be an open to all contest, to a certain degree of freedom.

Also, please bold future suggestions. It makes it easier for me to add it to the first post and easier for anyone else to catch the actual suggestion when going through the records. Do not bold why you think it should be implemented because we can read that ourselves.
This is just a suggestion though, but it would be greatly appreciated.

Swift! February 21st, 2010 4:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 157 (Post 5569624)
  • FForY
  • Most improvement
  • Most original
  • Best plot
  • Best Cross over (not a whole lot of them around may have to remove)
  • Best OT
  • Best Romance
  • Best (other genre)
  • Most Heartwarming Scene
  • Most Heartbreaking Scene
  • Most Frightening Scene
  • Most Suspenseful Scene
  • Most Exciting Scene
  • Funniest Scene
  • Best Cliffhanger
  • Best Plot Twist
  • Best Main Character
  • Best Villain
  • Best Supporting Character
  • Best Pokemon Character
  • Best Non-Human Character (for non-Pokemon stories)

I know I was the one who suggested it, but maybe 'Most Exciting Scene' should be changed to 'Most Action Packed Scene'. That's what I had in mind when I came up with that category, but I didn't know what to call it until now.

Giratina ♀ February 21st, 2010 8:16 AM

I have a few:
  • Most Well-Portrayed Canon Character [Basically, how the writer used their canons and kept them in character, used them well, really seems to know the character, etc. I know there are lots of authors - like me - who use canons and OCs, so I felt this should be included.]
  • Best New Setting [Be it an entire region or a corner store.]

Buoysel February 21st, 2010 8:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shrike Flamestar (Post 5569728)
I surely have no personal reason for wanting this.

That wouldn't happen if you updated more >.> lol j/k

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mizan de la Plume Kuro (Post 5570082)
My thoughts on them.
Quote:

  • FFotY
  • Most improvement(Improvement is relative. Unless you want to show your old fiction and compare it to your current one.) No, it would kind of like be best new author, someone who started out typing horrible paragraphs, but then showed progress
  • Most original
  • Best plot
  • Best OT
  • Best Romance
  • Most Heartwarming Scene
  • Most Heartbreaking Scene
  • Most Frightening Scene
  • Most Suspenseful Scene
  • Best Action Packed Scene
  • Funniest Scene
  • Best Cliffhanger
  • Best Plot Twist
  • Best Protagonist
  • Best Antagonist
  • Best Supporting Character
  • Best Pokemon Character
Awards for Non-Pokemon stories
  • Best Non-Pokemon Fictional
  • Best Non-Human Character (for non-Pokemon stories)

Why not we have each year’s FFOTY cover the past three years to accommodate recently published fiction and give the previous year’s contenders (nominees) a chance to re-enter.

Are you staying that we should have a FFotY '08,'09,'10 at all the same time, Once we hammer out these rules, we could begin on '08 and '09 immediately.

List updated as well
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The problem here is that quality is relative. I actually advocate the idea of nominators to be a select few and voters to encompass any registered member. Of course, regular members may approach nominators to suggest fics to nominate. This way, nominators can check to see if those fics have that certain quality.
Why do we lead nominations open to everyone, but we have one or two people who look over each nomination and decided whether it goes to round two, kind of like preliminaries.

Now, should my above paragraph be bolded as it is just replying to your suggestion, or just when a totally new suggestion is brought up?

Miz en Scène February 21st, 2010 9:26 AM

*First Post Updated

Quote:

Originally Posted by 157 (Post 5570482)
Are you staying that we should have a FFotY '08,'09,'10 at all the same time, Once we hammer out these rules, we could begin on '08 and '09 immediately.

Yes, basically we're having a Fanfiction of the Triennium(FFotT) or Fanfiction of the Year ^3(FFotY^3) or my personal Favourite Fanfiction of the Year(X3 Triennium Version)

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List updated as wellWhy do we lead nominations open to everyone, but we have one or two people who look over each nomination and decided whether it goes to round two, kind of like preliminaries.
Yeah, that sounds just about right and less complicated than my suggestion. I'll put it as pending.

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Now, should my above paragraph be bolded as it is just replying to your suggestion, or just when a totally new suggestion is brought up?
Should be bolded since it's an innovation to the FFotY.

Right now, it seems to me like we have way too many categories. On the other hand, we have 10 months to get it right so no worries. XD

Dagzar February 21st, 2010 10:16 AM

Hmm, about our too many categories problem (I’m not sure if it’s actually a problem because we’re doing awards for the past three years, right?), maybe we can do something like arrange the categories in three sections so a story may only win an award per section. I dunno, it just makes the awards seem fewer when it’s arranged like that, I think. Though, this brings up a question: how many awards is a story allowed to win?

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General Awards
FFotY
Most Improvement
Most Original
Best Plot
Best OT
Best Romance
-
Scene Awards
Most Heartwarming Scene
Most Heartbreaking Scene
Most Frightening Scene
Most Suspenseful Scene
Best Action Packed Scene
Funniest Scene
Best Cliffhanger
Best Plot Twist
-
Character Awards
Best Protagonist
Best Antagonist
Best Supporting Character
Best Pokemon Character
-
Awards for Non-Pokemon stories
Best Non-Pokemon Fictional
Best Non-Human Character (for non-Pokemon stories)


ChrisTom February 21st, 2010 1:30 PM

I'm sorry, but I still don't understand who does the judging...
I still think somebody who had won awards before should do the judging. Of course if Mizan wants to, by all means. I also don't think anybody should nominate themselves (although I really want to!) because that just wouldn't be fair...

I think it the actual judging should be judged by:

How well the imagery is for topic.

How well the originality is for topic.

How interesting it is based off of topic.

This sounds really fun though! I have some authors (not me by the way) who I'd like to nominate.

Miz en Scène February 21st, 2010 2:22 PM

Just want to remind everyone that proposed stuff has been updated in the first post and I'd appreciate it if you check it out to avoid redundancy and clutter. ^_^

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dagzar (Post 5570824)
Hmm, about our too many categories problem (I’m not sure if it’s actually a problem because we’re doing awards for the past three years, right?), maybe we can do something like arrange the categories in three sections so a story may only win an award per section. I dunno, it just makes the awards seem fewer when it’s arranged like that, I think. Though, this brings up a question: how many awards is a story allowed to win?

I suppose, it's just that with Fanfiction, I'm really going with the worst-case-scenario here since not many people actually read the fanfiction. I do think however, if self nomination was allowed, we'd have a lot of people doing it. Still, it would lead to some hard feelings if their fics were rejected for some reason. Anyway, I rearranged the categories before you posted according to three things.

  • Member related
  • Fiction Writing(Deals with main plot and climactic or dramatic scenes)
  • FictionVerse(Deals with the plot elements in the fictional universe of the fic,characters and stuff like that.
Tell me if you want to add something. Everything is currently pending.



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Originally Posted by ChrisTom (Post 5570976)
I'm sorry, but I still don't understand who does the judging...
I still think somebody who had won awards before should do the judging. Of course if Mizan wants to, by all means. I also don't think anybody should nominate themselves (although I really want to!) because that just wouldn't be fair...

Well, at present, we're currently toying with the notion that anyone can nominate any fic that hasn't won an award and has been updated in the last Triennium(Three Years, hence the name). Then, the nominated fics would go through a screening process by certain, unselected(as of yet), members who'd then choose which ones are actual quality and not nominated even though they're written terribly.

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I think it the actual judging should be judged by:

How well the imagery is for topic.

How well the originality is for topic.

How interesting it is based off of topic.

This sounds really fun though! I have some authors (not me by the way) who I'd like to nominate.
This is a possibility that we can use for judging.

Buoysel February 21st, 2010 2:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChrisTom (Post 5570976)
I'm sorry, but I still don't understand who does the judging...
I still think somebody who had won awards before should do the judging. Of course if Mizan wants to, by all means. I also don't think anybody should nominate themselves (although I really want to!) because that just wouldn't be fair...

I think it the actual judging should be judged by:

How well the imagery is for topic.

How well the originality is for topic.

How interesting it is based off of topic.

This sounds really fun though! I have some authors (not me by the way) who I'd like to nominate.

We haven't decided on judges yet. Right now we are trying to hammer out some rules and other misalliance guidelines. Don't worry, I'm sure that the judges will be more than qualified for their position.

As for how many can they win, IDK, I say that should be open for all, but then again, I don't want one person sweeping up all of the awards. I vote that an Author can only win an award once: If they win Best Scene in '09 they can win any other award in '10 except Best Scene as long as the story was active both years.

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: Holy crap I took over 10 minutes to type a post o.0


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