You have from now until the 18th of January to submit your favorite fics, fan art, and authors.
The nominations will be posted on the 19th, and then the voting begins!
Winners will be announced on February 1st.
Here are the rules for this year’s Moonshine Awards:
- There is no limit to how many fics can be nominated per category.
- Most categories have one for Completed works and one for In-Progress works. Completed works must have been completed between January 1st, 2020 and December 31st, 2020. Works In Progress must have been updated at least once between January 1st, 2020 and December 31st, 2020.
- If there is only one category, nominated fics can be either Complete or WIP.
- Fics can be nominated in multiple categories.
- Authors are limited to one fic nominated per category so choose wisely.
Category-specific rules this year:
- Best Classic: we will not be accepting nominations for fics that have previously won an award for this category.
- Best Fandom Supporter: this can be anyone on AO3, FFN, or Tumblr who you believe supports fanwork creators in such a positive way that they deserve to be recognized. This person has to have been active in the fandom in some way or another within the last year.
- Breakthrough New Author: this person has to have posted their first fic between January 1st, 2020 and December 31st, 2020.
- Author of The Year: this person has to have updated or posted at least one fic between January 1st, 2020 and December 31st, 2020. The winner of this category cannot be the same as Breakthrough New Author.
- Best Bromance: This category is exclusive to this year and we will accept nominations for any and all fics completed or in-progress from any time period. This includes any bromance featured in the fic.
- Best Fan Art: We condensed fan art into a single category this year and welcome both SFW and NSFW nominations. When you nominate, please include a link to the artist’s direct post, whether it be Flickr or DeviantArt or Tumblr or any other site. The only stipulation is that it must contain Bethyl (obviously). Nominations from any and all years will be included for this year’s award. (Please nominate a specific piece of fan art for the Best Fan Art category, preferably with a link to the source. We will not count general artist nominations.)
Please note: Best Series and Best Collab categories were omitted this year due to a low volume of eligible posted fics. We are very hopeful that we can bring both categories back next year!
Feel free to nominate as many fics and art as often as you’d like. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us. Stay tuned for voting!
CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE
Nominations close at 11:59pm PST on January 18th, 2021.