Moonshine Awards 2021: Voting Now OPEN!

  • Voting: January 19 – February 1
  • Winners Announced: February 7

Voting is limited by IP address to one vote per week. (This means each person can vote a total of two times before polls are closed.)
Polls close at 11:59pm PST on February 1st, 2022.
Winners will be announced on February 7th, 2022.

Best ZA (Complete)

Best ZA (WIP)

Best AU (Complete)

Best AU (WIP)

Best One Shot

Best Series

Best Multichapter (Complete)

Best Multichapter (WIP)

Best Prison

Best Alexandria Safe Zone

Best Reunion/Fix It (Complete)

Best Reunion/Fix It (WIP)

Best Happily Ever After

Best Humor

Best Smut (Complete)

Best Smut (WIP)

Best Classic

Best Merle Dixon (2021 Exclusive)

Best Fan Art (ZA)

Best Fan Art (AU)

Artist of The Year

Author of The Year

Breakthrough New Author of The Year

Fandom Supporter of The Year

Ineligible Nominations

These fics were nominated but were not eligible for competition in the 2021 awards.

  • Don’t Make Me Haunt You by SquishyCool – for Best Humor (already won First Place in 2020)
  • Fog On The Windows by thedevilyouknow106 – for multiple categories (no updates between January 1st and December 31st, 2021)
  • In My Blood by Courtneyshortney82 – for Best AU WIP (already won First Place in 2020)
  • The Lie by gneebee – for Best AU WIP (published after December 31st, 2021)

Honorable Mentions

When multiple fics by the same author are nominated in a single category, we choose which fic will be included for voting based off the amount of nominations they receive in said category. If two or more fics by the same author receive the same amount of nominations in a single category, we privately message the author and ask which fic they would prefer be included for voting. The same applies for the fan art categories.
These fics and art received less nominations, or were not chosen by their author/artist, and were therefore excluded from their respective categories.

Best ZA (Complete)

Best AU (Complete)

Best One Shot

Best Multichapter (Complete)

Best Multichapter (WIP)

Best Prison

Best Reunion/Fix It (Complete)

Best Reunion/Fix It (WIP)

Best Smut (Complete)

Best Classic

Best Merle Dixon

Best Fan Art (ZA)

Best Fan Art (AU)

#BHF2021: Christmas

Santa

Santa Baby by @paperdollgirl

Ho Ho Ho by @lemortehomme / devils_might_heed_us

‘Twas The Night Before Christmas

Baby, It’s Cold Inside by Pipergirl17

Daryl and Beth find themselves stuck in the prison’s watchtower on Christmas Eve with a snowstorm raging outside and a generator that’s run out of fuel. They’ve got nothing but a deck of cards, a box of condoms, some candles, a few blankets and a couple of sleeping bags at their disposal. Also known as “How Daryl and Beth Finally Confront Their Feelings For One Another After She Beats the Pants Off Him at Go Fish”.

’twas the Night before Christmas by @paperdollgirl

I’ll Be Home For Christmas

’tis the season by sheriffandsteel

Christmas is the least magical time of year as far as Daryl is concerned. All the overpriced, tacky, commercialism is bad enough, add in the fact that the worst heartbreak of his life happened days before Christmas and Daryl would be more than happy to skip December altogether.
Or at least he would except he only sees Beth in December.

I’ll be home for Christmas by @paperdollgirl

Home for Christmas by @gala-art / galadrieljones

#BHF2021: Halloween

Masquerade

Shadow by @paperdollgirl

Starcrossed Fate, I Defy Thee by @boltthrutheheart

2021 Bethyl Holidays Fest Halloween – Haunted House/Masquerade/Monsters by Piper1016

Three one-shots but they’re all tied together.
Haunted House comes first, Masquerade is second and Monsters is third.

Love and Vampires by Gneebee

Daryl and Beth have had some trouble on the home front. Will dressing up as vampires and going to the big Halloween Party help get that fire burning again?

You Sure Are Lookin’ Good by Rckyfrk

Beth gets stood up at the town Halloween party, but a certain knight in wolf’s clothing comes to her rescue.

Monsters

Eye of the Beholder by @boltthrutheheart

Vampire Girlfriend by @lemortehomme / devils_might_heed_us

There Are Monsters by @paperdollgirl

Haunted House

Haunted House by @lemortehomme / devils_might_heed_us

Haunted by You by @paperdollgirl

End of Watch by @boltthrutheheart​ 

Matchmaker Merle

Merle Dixon considers himself a jack of all trades. He also considers himself somewhat of a ladies’ man. His brother, on the other hand… Well, let’s just say Daryl needs a little help when it comes to finding “The One.” And who better than his big brother?

What could possibly go wrong?

Like a Drunken Fairy Godmother by VeeCWS

In a small town Wyoming bar Daryl meets a fellow Georgia native. Of course he needs a little help from Merle.

Marilyn by wandering_gypsy_feet

Merle Dixon cannot understand why the hell Beth and Daryl aren’t taking advantage of their newfound safety in the Alexandria Safe Zone to hash some things out.
So he’s taking matters into his own hands.
First up, the faking dating trope.

Who Let Dog Out? by courtneyshortney82

Merle and Dog Dixon team up to help Daryl get a girl… one certain girl… the girl across the street…

A Little Jailbreak with the Little Jailbait by wandering_gypsy_feet

When Daryl Dixon got both Beth Greene and Merle Dixon back, it turned out not to quite be the blessing he’d imagined it.
At least, not at first.
A oneshot AU where Merle ends up at Grady with Beth.

Went out for waffles and got me a sister-in-law by naturegoddess210

Merle goes to a waffle House for some waffles and coffee and he sees a pretty little blonde in a blue waitress dress.
He decides that his baby brother needs his intervention and sets them up.

Moonshine and Mayhem Matchmaking: Merle Dixon CEO by boltthrutheheart

Moonshine and Mayhem Matchmaking: Got ‘Em Hitched by boltthrutheheart

Moonshine and Mayhem Matchmaking: A Family Affair by boltthrutheheart

Thank you to everyone for your beautiful contributions!

#BHF2k20: Christmas

Merry Christmas to all, and to all, a happy Bethyl holiday season!

Stockings

Giving Thanks by gneebee

We follow Daryl and Beth’s new romance through the holiday season.

Never Knew by Piper1016

Christmas morning. The prospect of the day still gave her a thrill just as it did when she was a child. Soon they’d be up and getting ready to start the day but for now, Beth snuggled down in the blankets, trying to escape the chill in the air. Daryl’s hand lay warmly on her hip. The solid presence he instinctively and intuitively asserted comforted her. Always.

Merry Christmas, Daryl Dixon by gala-art

Stockings by boltthrutheheart

Christmas Cookies

Cookies & Moonshine by Piper1016

As she turned the corner, heading back home there was a house set back off of the road. She hesitated only a moment before heading down the drive.
As far as she knew a man lived there by himself. She’d seen him a few times as he drove past her house, or as she drove past his. A nod of the head, a small wave was all the interaction they’d had. But it was Christmas Eve and she had one more plate of cookies, everyone should have a tiny bit of cheer on this day.

Christmas Lights

“I got you, babe” by gala-art

“Merry Christmas from the Dixon Family” by paperdollgirl

“Please Come Home for Christmas” by paperdollgirl

“Brighter than a Christmas Star” by boltthrutheheart

#BHF2k20: Thanksgiving

Giving Thanks by gneebee

It’s a time of giving thanks and counting our blessings and Daryl and Beth may have some new reasons to feel thankful and blessed.

We give thanks by naturegoddess210

It’s Thanksgiving in Alexandria Safe Zone. Beth is alive and married to Daryl. Their whole family is there too. Even Merle.. Also they don’t have turkey, it’s a goose.

Please note: We have decided to omit Thanksgiving from our future Holidays Fest due to the fact that it is strictly an American holiday and often has the least amount of submissions. Thank you so much to everyone who submitted!

#BHF2k20: Halloween

Thank you all for a wonderful Halloween full of spooky Bethyl fic and art!

Ghosts

some of them are here on earth by lindentree

If the State of Georgia had seen fit to upgrade the ancient plumbing they left in their goddamn prison before the world fell apart, Daryl might never have found out what Beth could do.

Ghost Stories by Courtneyshortney82

Daryl and Beth remember those that they lost along the way and wonder if they are still around.

Told You I Wasn’t Gonna Leave You by boltthrutheheart

your soul is haunting me by paperdollgirl

Full Moon

Moonlight Sonata by SquishyCool

Daryl Dixon has a dark secret that he’s been carrying since childhood. Nothing in the world could change it, not even his own brother. There’s simply no denying his instincts.
But just when he thinks his life has been turned upside-down for the last time… he stumbles upon Beth Greene.

Full Moon by boltthrutheheart

Full Moon by paperdollgirl

Witch

bewitched by paperdollgirl

Love on The Line by gneebee

These past three weeks on the job have been non-stop. Thank God they’re wrapping it up today. Friday. Perfect. 10 hours a day six days a week is starting to get to him. He doesn’t mind working and he likes the work he does, he’d just like to have a little time to take care of some other shit, and maybe have a little fun.
He’s been working so many hours there are a couple of things that have slipped by undone. He’s managed to keep his laundry up, he has to have work clothes. He paid the kid next door to cut his grass. Those things got done.
It’s the really important shit he hasn’t gotten to.
23 chapters // 113,526 words

banner courtesy of gneebee