The Golden Onion Awards Nomination Rules and Criteria
General
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Must be Twilight Fanfiction
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You can nominate more than one per category
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You must include a link to the story/author/banner
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Stories must have been completed within the set time frame (ie. 6/1/2022 – 6/1/2023) in all categories with the exception of WIP of the Year, Banner of the Year, Match Made in Heaven, and Beta of the Year.
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If the story/author/beta/graphic artist placed in a category the previous year, they can't be nominated again for another year. (ie. An author winning Author of the Year in 2021 can't be nominated in the Author of the Year category in 2022, but they can be nominated again in 2023 etc. Naturally, they can be nominated in other categories.)
Category Rules and Criteria
Author of the Year
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Must have at least 1 story completed within the set time frame
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Can't have placed the previous year
Banner of the Year
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Banner's story/contest must have been published within the set time frame.
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The story doesn't have to be complete
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Banner can't have placed a previous year
Beta of the Year
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Must either be a beta for a story published within the set time frame or a story completed within the set time frame
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Can't have placed the previous year
Best A-Lister
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The best main character in a completed story within the set time frame
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The character must be listed on the nomination
Best B-Lister
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The best supporting character in a completed story within the set time frame
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The character must be listed on the nomination
Best Farce Fic
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Genre must list Humor
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The story must have been completed within the set time frame
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All pairings allowed
Best Howler Fic
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The story must involve Shifters or Werewolves
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The story must have been completed within the set time frame.
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All genres allowed
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All pairings allowed
Best Je t’aime Fic
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Genre must list Romance
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The story must have been completed within the set time frame.
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All pairings allowed
Best Leech Fic
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The story must involve Vampires.
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The story must have been completed within the set time frame.
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All genres allowed
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All pairings allowed
Best Nail-Biting Fic
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Genre must list Angst, Tragedy, Hurt & Comfort, or Suspense.
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The story must have been completed within the set time frame.
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All pairings allowed
Best Non-Canon Fic
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The main pairing must be Non-Canon.
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The story must have been completed within the set time frame.
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All genres allowed
Favorite Fic of the Year
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The story must have been completed within the set time frame.
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All genres allowed
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All pairings allowed
Graphic Artist of the Year
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Artist must have created a banner and/or manip for the Twilight Fandom within the set time frame
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Link to nominated work must be included in the nomination
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Can't have placed the previous year
Masterpiece of the Year
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Grammar is damn near perfect
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The plot is solid.
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The story must have been completed within the set time frame.
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All genres allowed
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All pairings allowed
Match made in Heaven
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The banner that best matches the fic it's depicting.
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The story must have been published or completed within the set time frame.
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WIP's allowed if the story was published within the set time frame
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Can't have placed the previous year
Shooting Star of the Year
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Rising, new authors only.
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Can have one or more stories published before the set time frame, but their popularity has grown in the last year.
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Must have at least 1 story completed within the set time frame
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Can't have placed a previous year
Sold Short Fic of the Year
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The story must have been completed within the set time frame.
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Less than 300 reviews
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Less than 300 favorites
Uncredited Writer of the Year
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The author must have a minimum of 2 published stories
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1 of the stories must have been completed within the set time frame.
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Less than 250 reviews
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Less than 250 favorites
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Can't have placed a previous year
WIP of the Year
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Multi-chapters only.
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The story must have been published within the set time frame
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All genres allowed
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All pairings allowed