2010 Category Descriptions

Story Awards:

These categories are about the stories as a whole. Nominations must be well written and fall under the category it is nominated for (e.g. no vampires in an AH, one chapter for a one-shot.) All nominees for these categories must have an OC as one of the major characters in the fic.

Best Multi-Chapter – Must have more than one chapter and feature the original character throughout, or at least in the majority of chapters.

Best One-Shot – A single chapter story featuring an original character.

Best Non-NC17 – The fic must be rated less than NC-17, but can be a multi-chapter or a one shot.

Best AH – This category is for stories featuring all human characters, one of whom must be original. No vampires, werewolves, ghosts, zombies, or krakens. 

Best Supernatural – There must be at least one supernatural character in stories nominated for this category.  It does not matter whether this is the original character or another.

Best RPF – This category is specifically for real person fiction.  At least one character must be original, which includes fictional manifestations of the author but not the celebrity/ies.  The story must be related to the world of Twilight.

Writing Awards:

These awards recognise the skill of the author, and are more focused on the quality of the writing than the overall story.  Stories can be any length, AH, AU, Canon or RPF—as long as they are spectacularly well-written and contain an original character.

Most Original Plot – Rewards the most novel storylines and concepts.

Most Impressive Writing – Rather than have a “Best Author” category, we wanted to focus less on popularity and more on exceptional quality writing. Which author really blew you away with their mastery of the written word?

Best Characterization – This is for the OC that you thought was brought to life in such an extraordinary way that the author should be recognised for it.  

Seamless Slot-In – What do you mean he or she wasn’t in Twilight?  For the author who created an OC that fit so well into Stephanie Meyer’s world that you forgot they weren’t part of the original cast.

Best OC Lemon – Nominate the CHAPTER containing the best OC lemon.  One half/third/quarter of the people involved in the sexy time must be an original character.  Only nominations with a chapter number or direct link to the lemon will be accepted.

Character Awards: 

This group of awards are focused on the character themselves, and all characters nominated must be original.

Best Pairing - A great pairing containing at least one original character.

Most Believable OC - No MarySue’s here.  Which character kept it so real that you wouldn’t be surprised to bump into them in the store tomorrow?

Best Male – Best male original character (i.e. not Edward or any other male character from Stephen Meyer’s Twilight.)

Best Female – Best female original character (i.e. not Bella or any other female character from Stephen Meyer’s Twilight.)

Best Offspring - In honor of “Breaking Dawn,” babies seem to be popping up all over.  The beauty of this is that they’re all original...with the exception of Renesmee/Nessie, of course.  Characters do not have to be born during the story, but must be a maximum of fourteen years old when they first appear in the story (in terms of years on earth or physical age, whichever is greater.)

Fun Awards:

In Name Only - There are some characters in canon Twilight that are mentioned so briefly that an author is required to essentially build their character from scratch in order to write about them. It wouldn’t be a far stretch to classify these characters as an OC. Nominees must be considered to be a minor character by our judges, and not be extensively used in fanon (For example: no Bella, Jared, or Demetri—but Nettie, Ephraim Black, or Didyme would be acceptable. This is not an exhaustive list.)

Best Anti-MarySue - Which character was so gritty and raw that no author in their right mind would have written it as themselves?  

Wish Fulfilment - On entirely the opposite end of the scale as the previous award. Which MarySue thrilled you so much that you really didn’t mind being along for the ride with the author?

Best 5 Minutes of Fame - Okay, so you have an Edward/Bella, Paul/Emmett, Maria/Jasper fic...but there was an OC (random Mexican vamp no.12/the janitor/Paul’s long lost cousin) that made such an impression in their brief cameo that it was noteworthy.  Only nominations with a chapter number or direct link to the scene will be accepted.