IYFG 3rd Quarter 2008: Results & Stats

[luxken27]

I guess this is the advantage of living halfway around the world from the rest of you, LOL...

I bring you: results & stats for this quarter's voting!


Best Action/Adventure
1) Facets of the Living Jewel by l_poetica
2) Yellow Brick Road by Emmaren
3) Seven Feudal Fairy Tales by Lady Battousai

Best AU/AR
1) Unexpected by forthrightly
2) [TIE] Beside You in Time by RosieB & Minuoe by doggieearlover
3) Pack Law by psyco_chick32

Best Canon
1) Creative Writing by TouchofPixieDust
2) Yesterday's Tomorrows by knittingknots
3) After the End by knittingknots

Best Characterization
1) [TIE] Alpha-Beta by SplendentGoddess & Imperceptible by forthrightly
2) Minuoe by doggieearlover
3) Facets of the Living Jewel by l_poetica

Best Comedy
1) [TIE] The Syndrome by sunsetmiko & The 500-Year Engagement by Majicman55
2) Driven to Distraction by forthrightly
3) [TIE] Captive Audience by darkfrog24 & Dancing with Scissors by piratequeen0405

Best Crossover
1) The Shadows of Time (TrinityBlood) by Ryukotsusei
2) In Pursuit of the Green Dragon (Fullmetal Alchemist) by Sharibet
3) Unseelie by (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Rurouni Kenshin) by ljmouse

Best Darkfic/Horror
1) Hedonism by abraxas_ren
2) On the Night of a Blood Red Moon by Ryukutsusei
3) But Slumber'd Here by the_glow_worm

Best Drama
1) Heart's Landfill by Simonkal of Inuy
2) Heated by fenikkusuken
3) Beside You in Time by RosieB

Best Lemon
1) The Knife of Romance by inugrrrl
2) Menage Au Inu by CMK2CMM (sunsetmiko)
3) The Benefits of Trust by inugrrrl

Best Oneshot
1) Memento Mori by luxken27
2) Instant Poetry by TouchofPixieDust
3) And They Cried by scottishfae

Best Original Character
1) The Coyote Child (Yukio) by Terri Botta
2) Violation of Honor (Saya) by Rinseternalsoul
3) Seven Feudal Fairy Tales (Shiro) by Lady Battousai

Best Poemfic/Songfic
1) Nameless by ShadowsWeaver1
2) [TIE] Darkness Before Dawn by catbaker & There She Goes by forthrightly
3) Forever Trusting Who We Are by salomesensei

Best Romance - Inuyasha/Kagome
1) Shrine Prostitute by flametwirler
2) Yesterday's Tomorrows by knittingknots
3) Alpha-Beta by SplendentGoddess

Best Romance - Other
1) Dancing with Scissors by piratequeen0405
2) Black Widow Miko by madmiko
3) Revelations by priestess_skye

Best Serial
1) Minuoe by doggieearlover
2) Seven Feudal Fairy Tales by Lady Battousai
3) [TIE] A Fool's Redemption by Grumblebear & After the End by knittingknots

Best Short-Short (500 words max)
1) Autumn by fenikkusuken
2) But Slumber'd Here by the_glow_worm
3) [TIE] Fate by sunsetmiko & Gone Wrong by doggieearlover

Best Vignette
1) Sorrow Shared by Aryndiel
2) New Moon by knittingknots
3) Laundry Day by knittingknots

Best Yaoi/Yuri
1) Masterbation Can Lead to Fun by izzanami
2) Falling Away by lynx212
3) New Moon by Gnome1

This quarter there was an average of 49 voters (884 votes across 18 polls). The most popular categories were Best Serial (63 votes), Best AU/AR (61 votes), and Best Characterization (57 votes), whereas the least popular categories were Best Yaoi/Yuri (24 votes), Best Crossover (32 votes), and Best Poemfic/Songfic (36 votes).

Compare this to the first two quarters' worth of voting, and you can see a general downturn in both voter turnout (down almost 200 votes) and votes per category (the 'least' amount of votes for any one poll last quarter was 49 - which was the average amount this quarter). I wonder how much of this has to do with the manga being over, and 'casual' fans losing interest in the fandom...

Here are some other interesting trends I noticed...

*16 of the polls had at least 1 vote for "no award should be given" (only Best Vignette and Best Romance Inuyasha/Kagome were spared)
*1 category (Best Yaoi/Yuri) declared a winner without the winner's vote total hitting double digits
*3 categories (Best Action/Adventure, Best AU/AR, Best Original Character) declared 'landslide' winners
*Category where the winner had the most votes (across all polls): Best AU/AR (20 votes), Best Action/Adventure (19 votes)
*Best Lemon had the highest concentration of votes/fic

Biggest Haul (per author)
knittingknots (6)
forthrightly (4)
doggieearlover (4)

Multiple Awards (per fic)
Minuoe - 3
Seven Feudal Fairy Tales - 3
Facets of the Living Jewel - 2
Beside You in Time - 2
Yesterday's Tomorrows - 2
Dancing with Scissors - 2
But Slumber'd Here - 2