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Congratulations to all of our story finalists! Don't forget to vote for your favorite story by March 27th! Click here to access our voting threads.
Best Long Form Story:
After Destiny by @CambAngst
How to Retire in Regency England, A Handbook by @Nigel the Backpacking Hipster
In This Darkness by @quill2parchment
Stupid Alex Summers by @Lost_Robin
The Crofter and The Snake by @Oregonian
Best Short Form Story:
Call It What You Want by @RogueSlytherin
Paper Rings by @RonsGirlTuesday
To Know Your Heart by @Gallifrey Gal
Best One-Shot Story:
Friends Don't by @RogueSlytherin
Here's To Looking At You...Again by @Gallifrey Gal
Mouse by @Agent Michael Scarn
run, run, run away, run away darlings by @Zarquon
three summers ago by @quill and ted
Best Drabble/Flash Fiction:
In Light Of You (ch 1: The Boy Who Lived) by @quill2parchment
Limitless by @RonsGirlTuesday
microcosm (ch 2: walnuts and peaches) by @VaguelyCreativeName
Best Series/Universe:
all roads lead to you by @dreamthief
The Moonlight Quartet by @inmyownlittletemporalanomaly
Best Original Fiction:
even the iron still fears the rot by @grumpy cat
A Mourning in January by @blackholeballet
A Season For Wallflowers by @Gallifrey Gal
Best Angst:
The Heart is Hard to Translate by @Gallifrey Gal
Lying Josephine by @Agent Michael Scarn
The Outsider by @Nigel the Backpacking Hipster
pink porcelain by @Zarquon
stay with me by @singmetothesun
Best Slow Burn Romance:
blue skies by @quill and ted
Fish For Pearls by @Zarquon
The Pride of Burrough House by @RonsGirlTuesday
Witchful Thinking by @The Grim Leaper
Best Raging Fire Romance:
Call It What You Want by @RogueSlytherin
A Language All Their Own by @prideofprewett
What A Wonderful Night This Is by @Ineke
Favorite Lead Character:
Lavender Brown in blue skies by @quill and ted
Howard Sutton in The Crofter and The Snake by @Oregonian
Verity in Don't Quit Your Day Job by @Goatspeed
Josephine Adaire in Lying Josephine by @Agent Michael Scarn
Favorite Supporting Character:
Jasper Jordan in as the lights went out by @dreamthief
Remy Chadwick-Esposito in Days That End in Y @RonsGirlTuesday
Daniel Knapp in How to Retire in Regency England, A Handbook by @Nigel the Backpacking Hipster
Fred Weasley Lying Josephine by @Agent Michael Scarn
Favorite Lead Pairing:
John Murphy/Emma Rhodes in as the lights went out by @dreamthief
Aziraphale/Crowley in Come Fly With Me by @Gallifrey Gal
Eddie Munson/Chrissy Cunningham in (i think) you taste like rock candy by @grumpy cat
Harry Potter/Ginny Weasley in In Light Of You by @quill2parchment
Ted Tonks/Severus Snape in More Than Words by @inmyownlittletemporalanomaly
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Recommendations have opened for the 2023 Coyotls, the Furry Writers' Guild annual awards: https://coyotlawards.com/2023-coyotl-awards-reading-list/
We would like to remind all writers who contributed over the course of last year that the Voice of Dog is considered, for purposes of award eligibility, a publisher.
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Villaintine's Day 2023 Writeblr Award Ceremony
A Black Rose For The Pretty Writer
A token of our villainous appreciation!
Awarded to the following users:
@puddleslimewrites for their snippet: Deadly Distraction 🖤
@world-of-fire-and-flight for their snippet: Pair of Dorks
@heroes-villains-side-blog for their snippets: "Welcome to the Team Mr. Henchman. You Start Monday." and Fire & Darkness
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Orange Lily
Orange lilies represent hatred so of course it should go to snippets with a great nemesis dynamic!
Awarded to the following users:
@puddleslimewrites for their snippet: Deadly Distraction 🖤
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Iron Villain
When Villain is dead set on their goal, like really dead set -- it's honestly impressive the writer still makes us root for them somehow.
Awarded to the following users:
@puddleslimewrites for their snippet: Deadly Distraction 🖤 for making us root for Supervillain even though they're implied to be a murderer!
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Of One's Own Free Villain
When the hero does the villainous thing on their own! Outside of their villain's influence! Showcasing that the nemesis bond goes deeper than just regular face-to-face meet-ups.
Awarded to the following users:
@world-of-fire-and-flight for their snippet: Pair of Dorks where SPOILER Hero is the one to initiate the celebration of their nemesis-aversary!
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A Hero Makes The Villain
We all know a hero is absolutely nothing without their villain. Like, literally. They would not be a hero without someone to antagonize them, so pat your villainous selves on the back for keeping heroes in a job! But sometimes, it happens, that a hero does have a tiny minscule influence on the villain.
Awarded to the following users:
@world-of-fire-and-flight for their snippet: Pair of Dorks where Hero's heroically sweet nature makes Villain want to be a better villain and partake in future villainous celebrations! Well, it's just nemesis anniversaries, but no accomplishment is too small!
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If Love Doesn't Scare You, No Evil Thing Will
Loving someone or knowing someone loves you can be terrifying...but also a great motivating force, and heroes and villains are no different. The only question is: how does it change their agenda, if at all? Love is also said to be the most powerful weapon of all, so if that doesn't scare you...no villainous scheme will! (You thought we were going for it, didn't you?)
Awarded to the following users:
@heroes-villains-side-blog for their snippet: "Welcome to the Team, Mr. Henchman. You Start Monday."
Even though Spectre may not admit her feelings for Henchman, she knows they're there...now if only she could embrace them like the Big Red Button That's Actually Green😜
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Villainville
We all know that found family is a popular trope for a reason (it's just so wholesome!), but what about those found families who are made up of rogues? We're talking master criminals, thieves, grifters, the whole lot. Welcome to Villainville: House of Rogues!
Awarded to the following users:
@heroes-villains-side-blog for their snippet: "Welcome to the Team, Mr. Henchman. You Start Monday."
CRIME FOUND FAMILY! CRIME FOUND FAMILY! CRIME FOUND FAMILY! Not only did Henchman find a villainous family, but Spectre and Codex are building an evil empire that's sure to be the baddest, most close-knit villain group ever😈
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In Darkest Day, In Blackest Night...
This one's for the scenes that have us biting our nails, sitting on the edge of our seats, and when things aren't going in our favorite character's favor. Whether you enjoy stories where the villain wins (or in some cases, corrupt heroes), or not, you've got to admit the ✨suspense✨ is killer.
Awarded to the following users:
@heroes-villains-side-blog for their snippet: Fire & Darkness
Speaking of being on the edge of your seat, this one will leave you guessing and have you questioning everything you know about heroes and villains. Did we witness a corrupt hero, or the tragic fall of someone trying to do what was just for the good of the many? We may never know...
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Twist Our Heartstrings
AHHHH THE FEELS! From plot-twists you didn't see coming to plot-twists you feared would come that still utterly gutted you, there are a lot of things that can tug on your heartstrings when you're really invested in a story.
Awarded to the following users:
@heroes-villains-side-blog for their snippet: Fire & Darkness
Ow my heart🖤 Not only did you have us sitting on the edge of our seats, you made us feel invested in such a way that broke our hearts to watch the fall of our new favorite blorbo.
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Last Villain And Testament
The heroes won. The villain is defeated. And yet...Are they? Are they really defeated? Did the heroes really win? Or were the heroes the villains all along? It may be the final act, but we all know it's never over until the villain laughs manically.
Awarded to the following users:
@heroes-villains-side-blog for their snippet: Fire & Darkness
While we deal with the fallout of an ambiguous ending, there's a certain finality here that leaves us wary of Fire Star and wondering just what the Dark One would say if given the chance to. Maybe there's no true evil or true good here, but there's certainly a dynamic and we're in love!
#writeblr#writing community#heroes and villains#hero x villain community#prompt blog#prompt event#writer awards#writing awards#hero x villain#hero x hero#villain x villain#villain x henchman#amazing writers#black rose events#villaintine's day#villaintine's day 2023#tw murder mention
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MidWk Update: AWP Writing Contest
10.19.23
Hello! We haven’t forgotten you guys so let’s proceed. I have found a few writing contests to show you from AWP or Association of Writers & Writing Programs. These are for January 2024.
Credit source: AWP
30th Annual Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
New Jersey, United States
DETAILS
PHONE:609-626-3594EMAIL: [email protected]:…
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#Association of Writers & Writing Programs#AWP#Contests#Literature#MidWeek Update#October 2023#sliders#writing awards#writing contest
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Good news from the 92nd Annual Writer's Digest Writing Awards
Happy to report that an unpublished short story has earned a nod in the Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Competition (Eighth Place: Mainstream/Literary). The story, “Under the Highway,” is part of a collection, Tickets to the Reckoning, that’s currently being shopped around to publishers. Hopefully it will be available for your reading pleasure soon!
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Showed my mom this image with almost no context and from the following conversation I got the quote
“The depths of my failure as a parent are nowhere, nowhere more evident than you and your sister's creative endeav- tortures! They're not endeavors! Your creative tortures.”
I will wear this as a badge of honor.
(Handwritten text reads “Wow I sure am happy, hopefully nothing bad happens to me”)
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The Fall of the House of Usher
1.08 | The Raven (2023)
#the fall of the house of usher#tfothou spoilers#mike flanagan#carla gugino#kyliegh curran#tfothou#lenore usher#verna#tfothouedit#dailynetflix#dailyflicks#thehauntingsource#mygifs#i was doing fine (ish)#not as much ugly crying as the other flanagan shows#but then this scene wrecked me#the fact that death was so kind to make sure lenore knew she made a difference ughhhhh idk it did something to me#the hand at the end.... the way you can feel it costed death to take lenore - BRILLIANT WRITING#also the layers of carla's acting!!! give her all the awards i'm so serious
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"I can see dead people." He mentions with a shrug, using the chopsticks to fish more noodles into his mouth.
Dick stares at him. "Huh."
"Is that why you help?" He asks, getting more spring rolls.
"Yeah. Once someone becomes a ghost, word gets out quick, and they come to me. Always tatling about unfairness and justice." The kid waves the words around, rolling his eyes.
Dick just pretens to he uninterested, despite his mind racing at the new info. He is piecing past moments together, every shadow leaping away, every note with tips, leads and—
Huh.
"Do you... like it? Doing all that?" Richard approaches thus carefully, brows furrowed at the kid opposite of him.
Danny moves his head, giving a 'so-so' answer. "It's not much to like, I can see ghosts, and they know it and use it. If it brings them to peace or whatever– well, that's just a plus."
Dick stares. He places his chopsticks down and looks at Danny worried.
In turn, the kid sighs. "Sometimes gifts become curses the longer you have it."
And Dick understands.
Mind made up, he throws a pair of keys at the kid, watching fondly as the other catches them with confusion.
"Next time use these, instead of entering through the window."
Danny mock-salutes with a shit eating grin. "Yes, Officer grayson."
#dcxdp#dpxdc#dp x dc crossover#fic prompt#writing prompt#dc x dp prompt#dick really got a kid now huh#dick: oh wow how did you get in here#danny: *fist down a cereal box and cheeks syuffed full eith food* wdym#he annoys dick during his police hours#he doesnt even blink twice when he later catches him tyring to sneak in as nightwing#dick got the most chill kid ever#dick telling bruce of how easy danny is: :D#dick then finding out about every horrifying and downright traumatic wvent in ddannys past: D:#hes calling connie raven and black canary#for the ghosts and much needed therapy#dick abt danny: what a good kid!#dick abt danny after: oh god youre traumatsied#he's parenting so hard he should get an award#tbf danny gives him a makeshift trophy with “best officer pops.ever” in glittery pen
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Hab keine Angst.
(Do not be afraid)
#magneto#max eisenhardt#erik lehnsherr#x men 97#x men '97#x men '97 spoilers#This episode deserves an award#such good writing
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Writing Awards
Cash Prize: $5,000
Entry Fee: $20
Application Deadline: 2/24/23
Genre: Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Up to 20 awards of $5,000 each are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers with children. Writers with at least one child under the age of 18 are eligible. Using only the online submission system, submit up to 10 poems totaling no more than 15 pages or between 10 and 15 pages of prose with an artist statement of up to 500 words and a $20 entry fee by February 24.
For more info - http://apply.sustainableartsfoundation.org
#submissions#contest#award#writing awards#poetry#poetry contests#fiction#nonfiction#fiction contests#nonfiction contests#creative nonfiction#creative nonfiction contests
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Baby's First Awards Eligibility Post!
In which the author gleefully shares her first awards eligibility post.
As an actual published writer with multiple publications out in the world this year, I feel confident enough to put together my very first awards eligibility post! I have no expectation of even being nominated for anything, but as one of my favorite gay pirates on HBOMax’s “Our Flag Means Death” said just this past summer: “Actually, I think I’m just so-so, but I’ve decided to carry myself like…
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#awards#awards eligibility#awards nominations#Carrying myself#like I am cute#SFWA#short stories#updates#writing#writing awards
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We've just been informed that nominations for the Ursa Major Awards are open.
There are a lot of stories we recognize on the eligibility list: https://ursamajorawards.org/ReadList.htm
Everyone is eligible to register to nominate and vote, so if there was a story you loved, this last year, please do!
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EDITED TO ADD: St. Louis University posted the 2023 St. Louis Literary Award ceremony; Neil’s talk starts about 40 minutes in. (Thanks DanGuyF)
In an interview before the event [Neil] Gaiman said that when he started writing comics, he “wasn’t even in the gutter.”
He said: “I used to look up and admire the people in the gutter. The science-fiction people were in the gutter, the children’s literature people were in the gutter, too, and I was so far down, I was in the storm drain.”
Great writeup by Jane Henderson from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch sharing highlights of Neil’s talk at the St. Louis Literary Award!
#neil gaiman#comics#st louis#st louis literary award#it does look like a fountain pen#writing#genre#quotes#book talk#fantasy#with love from florida#Youtube
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oh no, universe, please. don't let me want things again, i can't withstand it. something in me is undulating, restless. i have so many beautiful things and beautiful friends and all my needs are met. and still, this ache - when i get back and go to bed, she stirs in me again. not quite, she says, keep looking. you're not home yet.
#i won an award once and the judge said - i don't think she knows it but this girl writes like#she's never known what it feels like to come home
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Major Shōgun Ep. 9 spoilers:
Yabushige truly gives meaning to the term 'rat bastard'. Toranaga factored his inevitable betrayal into his plans, and Yabushige STILL somehow managed to spring a surprise betrayal. If it wasn't so horrible, it would be impressive how two-faced the man manages to be.
So, about Mariko .... (I'm actually glad I randomly got spoiled the day before seeing this episode and was prepared otherwise I would not have survived what happened to her.)
My take ... Mariko's death was 'pointless' in the same way Nagakado's death was pointless. Nagakado died a senseless death that failed to accomplish anything, but then Toranaga gave his son's death meaning and honour by thanking Nagakado for dying to earn him some time. Mariko blocking the door with her own body served nothing in the sense that it wouldn't prevent Ishido's men from getting in nor did it change the fate of anyone else in that room. But by choosing to sacrifice herself like that and die at the hands of Ishido's agents, Mariko derailed Ishido's plan to take her captive and ensured she'd become a martyr to Toranaga's cause. Mariko not only fulfilled Toranaga's plan, she exceeded it.
Mariko's mission was to get the hostages freed or die trying and in so doing force Ishido to dishonour himself by openly revealing his hand instead of keeping up the facade that he's not keeping anyone against their will. Mariko did both: got the hostages freed and died a martyr to the cause. (Yes, Ishido may choose to turn around and keep the hostages anyway instead of releasing them as agreed, but in doing so he'll only dishonour himself further and lose more support.)
When Toranaga gets to Osaka, he'll have the moral highground and the support of the other samurai families who didn't want Mariko to die like that and who now see Ishido for what he really is. (Also, when the time comes, I think the Christian Regents will now be prepared to turn against Ishido.)
And Mariko got what she'd wanted all along: dying with honour in response to what happened to her family. Her death was meaningful. She served her duty like her father told her to. And she got to spend her last night being at peace and experiencing something like happiness with John.
Buntaro dishonoured her for so many years by keeping her alive for selfish reasons and when he finally offered her the release of death, it was also for selfish reasons. Buntaro was only willing to allow her to finally die because HE wanted to die then and wouldn't be affected by her death since he'd be gone too. Buntaro ordered Mariko to stay alive. John asked Mariko to stay alive many times, and when she ultimately wouldn't change her mind, he not only accepted and respected her decision, he honoured it by offering to second her. Mariko died knowing John finally understood. He finally got it.
Mariko died, and now she is finally free.
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She died calling herself Akechi Mariko instead of Toda Mariko. She disavowed her husband and her unwanted marriage with her last words. She was truly freeing herself!!!
#shogun#shōgun#shogun spoilers#shogunedit#toda mariko#lady mariko#anna sawai#give her all the awards!!!#new patron saint unlocked#our lady mariko#but i'm still sad as fuck#crying like omi#may have to write fanfic to console myself#*meine
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look, i know everyone said that the new interview with the vampire show was incredible but holy shit i was not prepared for how incredible this show is
like, not only is louis interesting now, he is incredibly compelling! his once-bland internal dilemma is now given actual weight because it's not just the same old Thou Shalt Not Kill But I Am Hungry story, it's tempered through his righteous fury at how black people have been treated all these years, how many people have wronged him and laughed and expected him to laugh along, how his ties to the community that once saved him are now turning to nooses around his throat, how his family that he once provided for and relied on have now come to fear him
that, combined with his explicit homosexuality, and with lestat being the only one who seemed to accept him and love him for all that he is, and how that is both comforting and incredibly toxic and combined with sam reid's insane charisma and mania and gravity as lestat that make it completely understandable why louis would still be drawn to him in spite of everything
and how they've used the changes from the original to this one to examine how memory shifts regarding someone who was so intense and formative in your life even if they were ultimately so controlling and abusive but still left such huge gouges in your personality like knives
like
fuck
this is the best-written show i have seen in a long time like this is top-tier writing holy shit
#interview with the vampire#iatw#i kept thinking ''eh idk if this is for me'' but now i'm just. frothing at the mouth over the quality and the nuance of the writing#and the incredible acting and the shifting timelines and the nods to the original not as easter eggs but integral parts of characterization#i mean. mind blown#at the sheer level of writing going on here like holy shit this deserves so many awards#FUCK AND CLAUDIA IS JUST#FUCK#like if i had to pick the ''worst time to be made immortal'' it would undoubtedly be 14#i mean kirsten dunst being 10 is definitely awful but 14 would be so much worse#because you are on the very *cusp* of adulthood#and to be denied ever reaching that adulthood would be an unspeakable torture#like you're just old enough to *know* but just too young to really *experience*#and you're at the very peak of being Your Worst You#like 14 is undoubtedly the worst time to be made immortal#literally nobody would ever even remotely want to be 14 forever that's everyone's idea of hell
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