YWS Best & Most Awards 2025

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Best Novel: Loosely Lawful by Ventomology And good job for posting 2 new chapters this year otherwise Rathat would have swept everything =D
Best Short Story:Dead Flowers by Spearmint
Best Poem: Audacity is My Ashes by Hawinay
Best Roleplay: I am intimidated by roleplays
Best Avatar: canopy The robot is just so cute :3
Best/Coolest Username: NovemberCrow
Best Club: PawPrints
Best YWS Event: RevMo, I guess?
Best YWS Contest: Ravena's Review Contest
Best Knowledge Base Resource: yws code book :3
Best Off-Topic Thread: I have yet to really venture there. Feel free to bombard me with recs tho
Best Reviewer of Prose: Vonnegut
Best Reviewer of Poetry: floodlightscocteau(tho winterwolf0100is so good too!]
Best Poet: Hawinay
Best Prose-Writer: RatHat Ohh I fall in love with Eternal Beauty's prose every time I look at it!
Best Lyricist: CATSRULETHEWORLD387
Best Artist: InksTheWriter (Love the art, keep having to go back on the wall to look at it tho XD)
Best Essayist: Messenger
Best Roleplayer / Storybooker: I go with Wolfi bc of this one convo we had xd
Best People Tab Poster: funkkabbage
Best GIF-user: Uhm I didn't notice anyone posting gifts regularly
Best Squills Column: Will need more time to get a feel for this. The only thing I read was the interviews with the Featured Members?
YWS Clown: pass
YWS Spy: ...huh?
YWS Socialite: Canopy (look how many ppl u summoned to your pad =D)
YWS Night-owl: AlexWrites
Most Enthusiastic: Kaia (love reading abt the progress on your story!)
Most Kind: hmm too many to single one out
Most Chatty: TheHoplessRomantic
Most Helpful: Wolfi (bc I keep coming with minor issues and she doesn't get annoyed xd)
Most Chaotic: baldassare (auf Wunsch eines einzelnen)
Most Classified: Messenger
Most Wise: Snoink
Most Likely to be the Egg: NotTheEgg! Not the eggggg
Most Likely to be the Golden Goose: yoshikrab. Look at the geese. LOOK AT THEM.
Most Likely to Bring a Smile to Your Face: Ravena :3
Most Likely to Accidentally Step into an Alternate Universe: creeperfeverdream =D
Most Likely to get a New Word Added to the Dictionary: Spearmint
Most Likely to have their Holiday Decorations up All Year Long: Kaia
Most Likely to be Published: RatHat
Most Likely to Like this Post: Wolfi (she does like a lot of my posts xd)
Most Likely to Take over the World: NovemberCrow There have been...vibes =D
Most Likely to Win a Nobel Prize: TheRebel2007, probably for something smart
Most Likely to Finish a Book Series in a Day: are we talking reading or writing
Most Likely to Complete Their NovMo and/or NaPo Goals: pass
Most Likely to Complete RevMo in One Day: ...me? Still think Vonnegut could have me beat if they come back
Most Prolific Writer: Leya
Most Scholarly: pass
Most Likely to Already have a Different Username from What You Want to Tag Them With: ...have to go with cocteau now, considering =D
Most Likely Able to do Magic: CorruptedData167. Basically admitted it.
Most Likely to Get a Friend to Join YWS: paaassss
Most Likely to Welcome a New Member: canopy
Most Frequent Write-in Attender: pass
Most Productive in Write-Ins: passsssss
Most Beautiful YWS-er: TheTaostedWriter:3

There we go. The result of an observation period of less than 2 months =D

YWS Best & Most Awards 2025!

The long-awaited results are finally here! All the votes have been tallied, and with a look back at last year, it's time to present the Best and Most Awards of 2025!




Looking for a good book to read? We tallied everyone's favorites, and it's a tie between Loosely Lawful by @Ventomology and The Last Spell by @Silvern.

Honourable Mentions
- Neverending Tempest by @goodolnoah
- Threads of Destiny by @CATSRULETHEWORLD387
- Love and Other Rituals by @Ventomology
- The City by @kittycursed
- @soundofmind's secret project >.>
- @Spearmint's NovMo project




Not one short story came out on top last year, a testament to how many good shorts have been published! Check out the following winners:

- The Jewels of Qia by @LuminescentAnt
- The Loneliness of Pride by @andibhop21
- She's here by @creeperfeverdreams
- In the Antas Forest Part 1 - Travelers Two by @Messenger
- Aroma of Yesterday by @syndeton
- Um, Like, Yeah? by @4revgreen
- Dead Flowers by @Spearmint




Likewise, our poetry picks are an eight-way tie! These are the poems that stuck with us long after we first read them:

- Sever the head and the body dies by @Awru
- A Sacrifice at The Precipice by @Ravena
- missing you is a whole ocean by @Lavvie
- hummingbirds in winter by @herb
- For Anyone Who Wants to Die by @EllieMae
- there is nothing outside the text by @cocteau
- There, Yonder by @Roxanne
- Audacity is My Ashes by @Hawinay




Reaching over 100k words in 2025 alone, @soundofmind's Under a Waning Sun, with participants @Silvern, @winterwolf0100, @Lael, @Corvid, and @Wolfi, reigns supreme in the Storybook Sanctuary.

Honourable Mentions
- @Wolfi's Ordadus
- @Spearmint's Forest of Phantoms (Spooktober Tagbook).




@canopy takes home the prize with her beautiful GIF avatar from The Wild Robot!

Honourable Mention goes to @ToastK with his beautiful hand-drawn avvie.




Though she spent a bit of 2025 as daisyletters, the people agree - @theromanticchemist is the coolest username!

Honourable Mentions
@thehoplessromantic, @aether, @Book, @Lullavieve, @thetaostedwriter, @Smetana, @Silvern, @Snoink, @ApatheticPurple, @Messenger, @LadyMysterio, and @NovemberCrow.




It's a three-way tie for this category, the awards go to: QueerInklings, PawPrints and Followers of Christ!

Honourable Mentions
#25in25 Support Group (now #26in26), SIVKA, Gamer Dungeon and The Character Workshop.




The award for this category goes to one of the biggest events on the site - it's less than two months worth of jam jars away - NaPo! Have you started thinking about a thread title yet?

Honourable Mentions
CampNovMo, Napo Week, Social Week, RevMo and YWS Olympics.




There are countless fun contests on the site each year, so it's a six-way tie for this one! The YWS Contests voted best this year are: the many Scavenger Hunts, the Review Days run by Community Crew, LSS, Spooky Six-Word Story Contest run by @Spearmint, April Madness run by @Quillfeather and Turtle Pope's Fortnight Review Sprint run by @Ravena.




This is where we get our magic from, the Best Knowledge Base Resource is without a doubt The Big Book of YWS Codes.

Additional favourites were The YWS Event Calendar and The YWS Big Book of Records.




Oh, wait, are those purple chickens? Oops, got a little off-topic... The Best Off-Topic Thread is YWS Statuses that could work as a NaPo Thread Title.

Other fun threads you could check out are Count Up Until Nate Zeroes It (he still hasn't zeroed it >.>) and The Excuse Game.




The award goes to @Tikaya, who has earned three blue stars and written a ton of helpful reviews! Take a look at her Monthly Highlights here!

Honourable Mentions
Cheers to @Ravena, @Snoink and @Vonnegut as well!




@cocteau has dazzled us with their insights and thoughtful feedback in all their reviews!

Honourable Mentions
@lovelydove, @Ravena, @AlexWrites, @Avian, @winterwolf0100 and @EllieMae.




Ditto! Every poem they write is full of heart and depth, the best poet is @cocteau!

Honourable Mentions
@AlexWrites, @snapshot, @Lullavieve, @Liminality, @FireEyes, @EllieMae, @lalalucky, @candyhearts, @Roxanne and @Hawinay.




We have many great prose writers and avid prose readers on the site, give it up for @Silvern and @Leya who have shared countless creative pieces!

Honourable Mentions
@creeperfeverdreams, @Ravena, @Messenger, @Ventomology, @BluesClues and @RatHat.




You guessed it, it's @soundofmind with her amazing melodies! Check out the soundofmind fan club for her latest songs!

Coming in second for best lyricist is @winterwolf0100!

Honourable Mentions
Honourable mentions include @thetaostedwriter, @inksthewriter and @CATSRULETHEWORLD387.




This year @Wolfi was voted as best artist! Her art thread is packed with imaginative creations and bright colours!

Honourable Mentions
Honourable mentionds include our talented @CrimsonTears, @inksthewriter and @ToastK.




The award for Best Essayist goes to @pixels! They’ve written some intriguing and thought-provoking essays in the past year - go give them a read!

Honourable Mentions
Honourable mentions include @theromanticchemist, @Liminality, @Spearmint and @Messenger.




Voted best roleplayer for the second time, she's probably set up camp in the roleplay tab by now, bringing many roleplays to life. The award goes to @Leya!

Honourable Mentions
@Silvern, @Lael and @Wolfi.




With a good dose of anecdotes, wit and quotes in her wall posts on the People Tab, @avimoon has won this award!

Honourable Mentions
Others we can't miss on the People Tab are @Arcticus, @cocteau, @Ranger, @CATSRULETHEWORLD387, @thehoplessromantic, @Silvern, @Ravena, @Quillfeather, @ChieTheWriter and @funkkabbage.




Gifs are the absolute treasure of the site, and the best gif-user of 2025 is @Wolfi - whose avatar is a gif too!

Honourable Mentions
@Silvern, @thehoplessromantic, @Leya, @Iggy and @Lullavieve.




Not a better way to conclude the month than with Squills! It has featured one in every edition, and the best Squills columns are the FM Interviews, usually brought to you by @Liminality!

Honourable Mentions
AskPruno Column (send questions to this wise being!) and Poetry Articles by @Liminality.




It's never too late for a party, and every party needs a clown! @thehoplessromantic was voted YWS Clown of 2025!

Honourable Mentions
@TheApatheticPurple, @soundofmind, @veeren, @funkkabbage, @FireEyes, @creeperfeverdreams, @cocteau and @TheMythMaster.




Have you seen anything strange happening lately? But have you seen anything? The master spy of the site is no one other than @LadyMysterio.

Other sus members >.> @TheMythMaster, @ToastK, @Roxanne, @canopy, @Vypy, @Leya and @Silvern <.<




Whether it's organising activites or participating in them, @Wolfi is our social bird!

Honourable Mentions
@theromanticchemist, @LadyMysterio, @avimoon, @thehoplessromantic, @Quillfeather, @NovemberCrow and @canopy.




For the YWS Night-owl it's a tie between @canopy and @niteowl! *crickets chirp* *distant owl hoots*

Other nocturnal members or users with questionable sleep schedules are @AlexWrites, @Avian, @Silvern, @AresFig, @theromanticchemist and @thehoplessromantic.




Pure and endless energy, it's a three-way tie: @thehoplessromantic, @EllieMae and @CATSRULETHEWORLD397!

Honourable Mentions
@canopy, @Shady, @AlexWrites, @avimoon, @ToastK and @Kaia.




They are always kind and caring, the users voted most kind are @Lullavieve, @EllieMae and @avimoon

Honourable Mentions
@Kaia, @AresFig, @Quillfeather, @kagehana13, @yoshikrab and @Spearmint.




Our very own YWS chatterbox, they could never run out of topics! The award goes to @thehoplessromantic!

Honourable Mentions
@Smetana, @Quillfeather, @CATSRULETHEWORLD387, @AresFig, @Tikaya and @avimoon.




The Inspector Gadget of 2025 - if you need some advice, encouragement or support, @Wolfi is always ready to help!

Honourable Mentions
Other lovely users who are helpful are @Spearmint, @alliyah, @Iggy, @Messenger and @inksthewriter.




Expect nothing but the unexpected, @baldassare is the most chaotic YWS'er on the site!

Honourable Mentions
Some more good chaos energy: @NovemberCrow, @JazzicusMaximus, @thehoplessromantic, @Snoink and @CATSRULETHEWORLD387.




@Messenger and @Snoink were voted as most classified, any details of this matter are highly classified. Look away, civilian!

Honourable Mentions
>.> @Classified, @BluesClues, @canopy and @unnamed.




@Snoink was voted most wise of YWS! Her insights, inspiration and impressive swan knowledge never fail to teach us something new!

Honourable Mentions
Other wise beings: @Nate, @BluesClues, @canopy, @Quillfeather, @CATSRULETHEWORLD387, @alliyah, @Liminality and @TheGreatPruno!




Now, who's more likely to be the egg than @TheEgg themselves!

Honourable Mentions
@alliyah and @Corvid.




The elusive golden goose has been on the run for quite a while now, might it be @alliyah and @NovemberCrow in disguise? O.o

Honourable Mentions
Keep an eye on these two: @Snoink and @yoshikrab.




She's as bright as a sunflower, @Lullavieve has a way of making every day a little sunnier!

Honourable Mentions
Other users who are likely to bring a smile to your face with their contagious energy are @EllieMae, @Quillfeather, @Corvid, @Kaia, @starlitmind, @Roxanne, @canopy, @avimoon, @thehoplessromantic, @NadyaStatham, @soundofmind, @tgirly and @Ravena.




@creeperfeverdreams has a wall of all things marvelous and malevolent, so ending up in an alternate universe feels almost inevitable!

Honourable Mentions
@CATSRULETHEWORLD387, @JazzicusMaximus, @NovemberCrow, @Quillfeather, @LadySpark, @Iggy and @ToastK.




With their awesome thread Words of the Week, it's no surprise we think @Ravena is leading the charge on this one!

Honourable Mentions
@Quillfeather, @LadyMysterio, @Roxanne, and @Spearmint.




Don't be surprised if @Kaia still has a Christmas tree up...

Honourable Mentions
@Quillfeather, @Roxanne, @EllieMae, @LadyMysterio, @alliyah, @Youbeaucupid, @thehoplessromantic, @SantaYWS, @creeperfeverdreams, and @AlexWrites.




Having reached over 100k on their novel, we're all in agreement that @inksthewriter is destined to be published!

Honourable Mentions
@dragonight9, @BluesClues, @Kaia, @Snoink, @cocteau, @Arcticus, @Lullavieve, and @Rathat.

Most Likely to Like this Post:

It's like, super likely that @Spearmint will like this post.

Honourable Mentions
But like, @FireEyes, @EllieMae, @Quillfeather, @Youbeaucupid, @inksthewriter, @kagehana13, @canopy, @Ravena, and @Wolfi will likely like it too.




We've got our eyes on you, @NovemberCrow <.<

Honourable Mentions
We'd better also keep tabs on the following: @CATSRULETHEWORLD387, @Snoink, @soundofmind, @canopy, @Smetana, @AresFig, @EllieMae, @AlexWrites, and @Wolfi.




When @EllieMae wins a Nobel Prize, we'll all be able to say that we know her!

Honourable Mentions
@Nate, @Silvern, @Kaia, @alliyah, @Messenger and @TheRebel2007.




The award for most likely to finish a book series in a Day goes to @NadyaStatham and @BluesClues, they're probably already reading their next book!

Honourable Mentions
@Carlito, @Iggy, @cocteau, @goodolnoah and @Wolfi.




They are armed with determination and an great streak of showing up, the award goes to @Snoink and @Ventomology!

Honourable Mentions
@alliyah, @snapshot and @Meshugenah.




With all the reviewing that she's been doing, @Tikaya was voted 13 times as most likely to complete RevMo in one day!

Honourable Mentions
@BluesClues, @Ravena, @creeperfeverdreams and @Vonnegut.




@creeperfeverdreams has a story for every occasion, and chances are you've come across more than a few of them - last year was no exception!

Honourable Mentions
@inksthewriter and @Leya.




For the member with an academic edge who's always chasing goals, @Ranger!

Honourable Mentions
@Liminality, @Quillfeather, @cocteau, @AlexWrites, @EternalRain, @Ravena and @looseleaf.




The winners of this category are @Genevieve and @floodlights! Whoops, I meant @Lullavieve and @cocteau!

Our honourable mention for this one is @AresFig!




Conjurers of charm and delight, the magical beings of the site are non other than @Leya and @NadyaStatham!

Honourable Mentions
@NovemberCrow, @Nate, @TheMythMaster, @Avian, @CorruptedData167, @Tikaya, @Spearmint and @Youbeaucupid.




@theromanticchemist has invited so many friends to YWS, she was voted 9 times for Most Likely to Get a Friend to Join YWS!

Honourable Mentions
@LuminescentAnt and @soundofmind.




For the member who's always quick to welcome newcomers with good vibes all around, the award goes to @canopy!

Honourable Mentions
@Spearmint, @Wolfi, @inksthewriter, @thetaostedwriter and @alliyah.




If there's a write-in happening, odds are @AresFig is already there typing away!

Honourable Mentions
@thetaostedwriter, @thehoplessromantic, @Quillfeather and @LadyMysterio.




Not only does @AresFig show up, they are also incredibly productive - they've claimed both most frequent write-in attender and most productive in write-ins!

Honourable Mentions
@Snoink, @MothNBone and @Lael.




Second year in a row now, @Big Brother wins again! Just look at that face





Congratulations to all our winners, honourable mentions and nominees and thank you for participating in the YWS Best & Most Awards 2025! Thank you to @Wolfi, @Roxanne and @NadyaStatham for compiling this year’s awards.

nobody can compete with the beauty of @Big Brother

yes we love @Big Brother

YESS BIG BROTHER