Winter Awards Nominations

[luxken27]

Heh, this quarter/term of awards nominations is pretty crazy, especially if you are aligned with pairing-centric sites as well as the iy_fanguild and fa_awards. The Feudal Association term just finished, but it's already time to nominate/second again at the IYFG, Eternal Destiny, and Dokuga. Would it be too much to ask for some variation in the calendar, LOL?

I've been doing my part, though - here's the list of my nominations thus far:

Eternal Destiny: (nominate here)
Best Fable ~ Good Morning by kmoaton
Best Legend ~ Memories of You by kmoaton


Dokuga: (nominate here)
* since these are blind noms, I'm not sure if I'm actually the first to choose these pieces...

Best Canon ~ Cravings by hikari hime
Best Comedy ~ The Wish by pos_ess_ed
Best Darkfic ~ Whispers Behind Rice Paper Walls by hikari hime
Best Drama ~ Whispers Behind Rice Paper Walls by hikari hime
Best Drabble ~ Too Late by piratequeen0405
Best Kagome Portrayal ~ The Weight of Memories by minerva_one
Best Sess/Kag Artwork ~ Raindrops Chapter 5 Cover by Youkai Yume


Inuyasha FanGuild: (seconding starts January 25th!)
* landofthekwt 'stole' most of my initial noms here, LOL :P

Best AU/AR ~ Love's Smirking Revenge by Langus
Best Completed Serial ~ The Weight of Memories by minerva_one
Best Comedy ~ Hit the Mark! by pos_ess_ed
Best Darkfic ~ Tarantella by dreaming_trees
Best Serial ~ Cravings by hikari hime
Best Short-Short ~ Too Late by piratequeen0405


I've also been lucky enough to be on the receiving end of the nominations this term :) Thanks so much to everyone who's given my stuff a bit of consideration! :)

Eternal Destiny
Best Love Story: Memento Mori & Perfect Kiss
Best Fairy Tale: Memento Mori

IYFG (still to be seconded)
Best Romance - Inuyasha/Kagome: Memento Mori
Best Short Short: Forbidden Desire

I'm still amazed at how well Memento Mori has been received - it's so much the little drabble that could, LOL :) I'm really excited to see the nod for Forbidden Desire ~ it's a true drabble (100 words), it was originally penned for a contest prompt, and it's more sensual than my general fare. My collection of contest entries is by far my largest output of work, so for any of it to receive a fandom-wide nod is really, really exciting for me :D (Perfect Kiss was also originally written for a contest.) I approach writing for contests completely differently than writing an 'original' story - in the former, its the challenge of writing for a prompt within certain (sometimes strict) restrictions, whereas in the latter its more a struggle to contain my muses and keep the piece internally consistent in plot and characterization.