Welcome to our second Yearly Awards competition! This is where we recognise and reward the greatest writers among us this year – both Creative Writing and AARs!
So what are the categories for these awards?
After Action Reports
AAROTY
The best AAR of 2015!
You may vote for any AAR that received an update in 2015.
Best AARtist
Who did you think was the best AARtist of 2015?
You may vote for any member who posted an update to an AAR in 2015.
Best Plot
Which story weaved the best tale? What got your pulse racing or tugged your heartstrings?
You may vote for any AAR that received an update in 2015.
Best Protagonist
Every AAR has their lead character (or characters!) Which hero did more than any other this year?
You may vote for any protagonist character in an AAR that received an update in 2015.
Best Antagonist
Who was the ultimate villain and all-round dastardly character of 2015?
You may vote for any antagonist character in an AAR that received an update in 2015.
Best Female Character
The damsel in distress or the warrior princess? Either way, which female character stole the show for you?
You may vote for any female character in an AAR that received an update in 2015.
Best Battle Descriptions
Blood, gore, broken bones. Which story did a much better job of describing battles than I just did?
You may vote for any AAR that received an update in 2015.
Most Picturesque
Whether screenshots or other images, which story used its graphics to the greatest extent?
You may vote for any AAR that received an update in 2015.
Best Newcomer
Who has been this year's rising star?
You may vote for any member who posted an update to an AAR in 2015, providing they either joined TWC in 2015 or only made their first significant writing contributions in this year.
Creative Writing
CWOTY
Which was the best Creative Writing piece of 2015?
You may vote for any CW story that received an update in 2015.
Best Creative Writer
Who dazzled you the most this year with their prose?
You may vote for any member who posted an update to a CW story in 2015.
Best CW Plot
Which story spun the best yarn?
You may vote for any CW story that received an update in 2015.
Best Protagonist
Creative Writing has them too! Who was your hero this year?
You may vote for any protagonist character in a CW story that received an update in 2015.
Best Antagonist
The bad guy! Who was your Joffrey?
You may vote for any antagonist character in a CW story that received an update in 2015.
Best Female Character
Which lady of the Creative Writing section is getting your vote?
You may vote for any female character in a CW story that received an update in 2015.
Best Dialogue
Which tale featured the most hard-hitting speech this year?
You may vote for any CW story that received an update in 2015.
Best Poet
Who was this year's William Blake?
You may vote for any member who posted an update to a poem in 2015.
Best Newcomer
Who rose fastest through the ranks in the Creative Writing section this year?
You may vote for any member who posted an update to a CW story or poem in 2015, providing they either joined TWC in 2015 or only made their first significant writing contributions in this year.
There are naturally a few rules and regulations. Each category has eligibility criteria. Only stories that were created and/or updated in 2015 are eligible. When it comes to nominating there are some other rules:
No self-nomination
You cannot nominate yourself, your own stories or characters from your own stories for any category.
Maximum of three nominations per category
You can only nominate three nominees for a category. Any more than three nominations and only the first three will be counted.
Nominations are to be made in this thread
Nope, that's not a link. Post your nominations in this thread that you're reading right now please!
When nominating a character, please give the relevant story (or stories) they appear in
You do not need to provide any links, but you can if you so wish. Feel free to provide the author's name if you wish, although this is not necessary.
Users may only win one award outside of AAROTY/CWOT
If a user places first in two or more categories they will be given the chance to choose which category to be awarded. The other categories will be awarded to the runners-up.
The nomination period will be open until
11:59 GMT+0, 24/1/2016. Following this, there will be a two week voting period. Winners and runners-up of the AAROTY/CWOTY categories will receive Writers' Study points. Winners of the other categories will have the exact awards announced later on.
To nominate, please copy and paste the following into
this thread, with your nominations for each category:
Any questions, feel free to ask them in
the chat thread or PM me or Alwyn. Happy nominating!
We are very grateful to all (Scottish King, Hitai de Bodemloze, M_1512, Radzeer and Dance) who began the Writers’ Study Yearly Awards in 2014. We want to say a huge thank you to
Joar for designing the artwork. Please rep him generously for his troubles!