First Annual YWS Literary Awards Voting Thread

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The Time has come to pick the winners of the First Annual YWS Literary Awards. All you guys have to do is PM me with your picks. As you can see, due to the limited number of nominations, everything has been condensed.

Voting Ends on April 2nd

This is how you cast your vote. As you can see, everything is numbered. Below is a ballot for you to copy and past into a PM that you will send to me. Simply insert your number choice into the ballot before sending and I will tally the votes to declare a winner in our first ever YWS Lit Awards.

Poetry
-Best Overall –
-Best Imagery –
-Best Metaphor –
-Best Structured –
-Best Unstructured –

Fiction
-Best Overall –
-Best Character –
-Best Scene Description –
-Best Dialogue –

Non-Fiction –

Scripts –



Poetry

Best Overall
1. cement flows when wet by bananasaurus
2. On a Silver Platter by Gadi
3. the romantic by Kit
4. The Beat of Your Own Fencer by Rigel
5. Giving Thanks by Incandescence
6. My Rose Garden's Past Life: Six Earls and a Superstar by Gummy
7. The Glory of Grey by Dream Deep
8. Talking to Chris' by Incandescence
9. 'Just Pretend I Didn't Tear Your World Apart' by Firestarter
10. 'Centering Gravity' by Leja
11. 'The Art of War, Part II: Alone in the Night & Preparation for War' by Prosithion
12. 'The Dying Time' by xanthangum
13. When We Walked by GingerLizzy


Imagery
1. for the birds who went south last winter by Incandescence
2. On a Silver Platter by Gadi
3. The Beat of Your Own Fencer by Rigel
4. 'The Nave Has Twilight' by Poor Imp
5. "For Mathew Brady" by Cade

Metaphor
1. RIP by Cade
2. Pink Jasmine Blossoms by Kylan

Structured
1. The Beat of Your Own Fencer by Rigel
2. 'Black Water' by Suzanne
3. "The aftermath of earthquakes" by Incandesence
4. "Coincidence" by Leja
5. "alternative history OR how the wooden horse never came to be" by Snoink

Unstructured
1. cement flows when wet by bananasaurus
2. On a Silver Platter by Gadi
3. the romantic by Kit
3. 'bête noire' by Caligula's Launderette
4. 'The leaves have all come down' by Cade
5. Amnesty International by Cade


Fiction

Overall

1. Cirque de Feu by Kylan
2. Pretty Little Rags and Bones by Sam
3. Methane Men by Rigel
4. The Difference Between Land Mines and Time Bombs by Shriek
5. Flames of Lacraesa by Writerdomain
6. Hourglass by Sam
7. FREAK by Snoink
8. Laten Heritage (or The Bearer) by Duskglimmer
9. The Man Who Lost His Shadow, by something Euclidean
10. The Kids Want CALAMITY, by perforatedxhearts.
11. Hallucinogenic, by Kylan
12. The Party Killers, By Suzanne
13. Guttersnipe, by Caligula's Launderette
14. The Agri and the Engineer, by Little Tin Fis
15. The Difference Between Landmines and Time Bombs, by Shriek.
16. Field Trip by BigBadBear
17. "Hail Mary" by Arieda
18. Honor by Kylan.
19. A winter Memory by Black Ghost
20. Šekherezada by Caligula's Lauderette


Character

1. Claude in Cirque de Feu by Kylan
2. The speaker in Untitled by Icaruss
3. Tess in Whispers of the Fallen by Sureal
4. Whisperba in Mercenary Wings

Scene Description

1. The Difference Between Land Mines and Time Bombs by Shriek
2. The Man Who Lost His Shadow by something Euclidean
3. Esper's Sepulchral by Dream of the Fayth
4. The Elephant's Legacy by TL G-Wooster
5. The Park by Joeducktape.
6. The Silver Rope by Joeducktape.

Dialogue

1. Whispers of the Fallen by Sureal
2. How to Kill a Baby by Snoink

Non-Fiction

1. Jackie Lawton's Tower by Icaruss
2. Burning Bushes by BlondeHelmet


Scripts

1. The Tinfoil Hat by smorgishburg
2. Flowers for the Wake by Suzanne
3. Infinite Monkeys on Infinite Typewriters by smorgishburg
4. Failure to Comply by Flemzo
5. Love is Kind? by xhalcyonx128
Last edited by Alteran on Sat Apr 05, 2008 9:17 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Adam, you are so awesome for putting this together.

:D

Just so you know, the link for Šekherezada by [Me] is wrong. It links to Guttersnipe.

Here is the right link: http://www.youngwriterssociety.com/topic19195.html.

Good luck, everyone.

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Oops. Sorrry about that. It's fixed now.
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Come on Peoples! Only a day or so left and my inbox is only 1% full!

Cast those votes and support your fellow authors!
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Shriiek's The Difference Between Landmines and Time Bombs is listed twice. Bribery! Trickery! And other sorts of mischief! ;)
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A great thanks to everyone who participated and all those nominated should feel very proud of themselves. You obliviously did something wonderful! I will call into the radio show on Saturday and announce the winners so tune in!
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