Nominees for 2009

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Nominees

Last updated: 5/19/2009

Best Drabble (100-400 words)

1. Ye Shall Be Judged by happyville (NC-17; Buffy/Faith)
2. Knowledge by oroborusfox (PG; Kennedy/Willow)
3. Pretense by self_portraitz (PG; Faith/Buffy)
4. The World, Upside Down by wisdomeagle (NC-17; Faith/Buffy)
5. Chemistry of Love by shinodabear (G; Willow/Fred)
6. In Light by snowpuppies (PG-13; Buffy/Faith)
7. Can We... Can You... by ubiquirk (G; Willow/Tara, Willow/Kennedy)
8. Love Yourself (The Large Sexual Database Remix) by projectjulie (R; Buffy/Buffybot)
9. Soft by angelskuuipo (FRT; Willow/Tara)

Best Ficlet (401-750 words)

1. Rewards by dreamincolor (PG; Willow/Tara)
2. Mirrors in Dressing Rooms by viciouswishes (PG-13; Cordelia/Buffy)
3. a memory like butterfly wings (or a kiss) by biggrstaffbunch (PG-13; Willow/Tara)
4. Defy the Linear by wisdomeagle (NC-17; Kennedy/River)
5. Denial by lily_lovely (R; Faith/Buffy)
6. Brazilian by beer_good_foamy (R; Buffy/Faith)
7. Enough by snowpuppies (PG; Willow/Tara)
8. Implants by velvetwhip (PG-13; Faith/Dawn)

Best Buffy/Faith

1. Bonded by bakatulip (R; Buffy/Faith)
2. Two Minutes by oroborusfox (PG-13; Buffy/Faith)
3. Into the Blue by tabaqui (PG-13; Buffy/Faith)
4. Severed and Sewn by clawofcat (R; Faith/Buffy)
5. Dreaming by deird1 (R; Buffy/Faith)
6. Je me souviens by queenzulu (Adult; Buffy/Faith)
7. Sympathetic Magic by glossing (NC-17; Faith/Buffy)
8. Spring Haze by idyll (R; Faith/Buffy)
9. Virtue by faith1922 (R; Faith/Buffy)
10. Better Luck with Girls by Shrift (R; Faith/Buffy)

Best Buffy/Willow

1. Think Alike by Maidenjedi (R; Buffy/Willow)
2. Grading on a Curve by ionlylurkhere (NC-17; Buffy/Willow)
3. Flood by Valyssia (R; Buffy/Willow)
4. Empowered by Winddrinker (Adult; Buffy/Willow)
5. They Make Solitude and Call it Peace by mosca (PG-13; Willow/Buffy)
6. Operation: Get Into Buffy's Pants by Alex Wert (Teen; Buffy/Willow)

Best Other Willow Slash

1. Willow Finds the Key by satyrnfive (NC-17; Willow/Dawn)
2. Forward by snowpuppies (PG-13; Willow/Faith)
3. Let Your Demon Be Your Guide by dreamincolor (PG-13; Fred/Willow)
4. Easy-Bake by beer_good_foamy (PG-13; Willow/Tara)
5. Faith the Vampire Slayer by frogfarm (PG-13; Willow/Faith)
6. And Now for Something Completely Different by ubiquirk (G; Willow/Luna Lovegood)
7. I Am the Puzzle by moodfic (R; Willow/Dawn)
8. Because I am Empty by Kelsey TVS (T; Willow/Faith)
9. A Girl With Kaleidoscope Eyes by Kyra (PG; Willow/Tara)

Best Rare Faith Slash

1. Gear by Xanzpet (R; Cordelia/Faith)
2. Less Than Real by queenzulu (NC-17; Faith/Dawn)
3. Kissing the Demon by glossing (NC-17; Faith/Tara)
4. Draw Back Your Bow by clawofcat (R; Faith/Drusilla)
5. The Inevitable Series by snowpuppies (R; Faith/Dawn)

Best Other Rare Femmeslash Pair

1. Five Places Buffy Summers Never Met Nina Ash by carlyinrome (R; Buffy/Nina)
2. Silence by alixtii (Adult; Buffy/Satsu)
3. 17:4:3/4 by pocabomba (Adult; Darla/Lilah)
4. Socorro by mosca (NC-17; Harmony/Fred)
5. Lightly Suffering Desire by moodfic (PG-13; Lilah/Eve)
6. The Secret by snowpuppies (NC-17; Darla/Drusilla)
7. In the Business by kindkit (R, Anya/Fred)

Best Lighthearted

1. First Time for Everything by snowpuppies (R; Anya/Willow)
2. Netherlands to Nepal by stormwreath (NC-17; Willow/Dawn)
3. Flirting in Code by doyle_sb4 (R; Dawn/Kennedy)
4. Five by Five by Five by... by beer_good_foamy (PG-13; Buffy/Faith)
5. And Now for Something Completely Different by ubiquirk (G; Willow/Luna Lovegood)
6. Think Alike by Maidenjedi (R; Buffy/Willow)
7. Socorro by mosca (NC-17; Harmony/Fred)
8. Queering the Key by glossing (R; Faith/Dawn)
9. Operation: Get Into Buffy's Pants by Alex Wert (Teen; Buffy/Willow)
10. Better Luck with Girls by Shrift (R; Faith/Buffy)

Most Heart-Wrenching

1. Flood by Valyssia (R; Buffy/Willow)
2. A Very Foolish Kitty by firefly_124 (PG-13; Willow/Tara)
3. Essence of the Hellmouth by Wispr (Adult; Buffy/Willow)
4. Empowered by Winddrinker (Adult; Buffy/Willow)
5. Easy-Bake by beer_good_foamy (PG-13; Willow/Tara)
6. Silence by alixtii (Adult; Buffy/Satsu)
7. Severed and Sewn by clawofcat (R; Faith/Buffy)
8. Dreaming by deird1 (R; Buffy/Faith)
9. Virtue by faith1922 (R; Faith/Buffy)

Best Heat

1. Restitution by c_woodhaven (NC-17; Cordelia/Faith)
2. Less Than Real by queenzulu (NC-17; Faith/Dawn)
3. Two Minutes by oroborusfox (PG-13; Buffy/Faith)
4. Not a Girl Who Likes to be Teased by lilbreck (Adult; Faith/Lilah)
5. Five Places Buffy Summers Never Met Nina Ash by carlyinrome (R; Buffy/Nina)
6. Girl's Got a Grudge by ubiquirk (NC-17; Willow/Kennedy)
7. Gemini by only_passenger (PG; Faith/Buffy)
8. Gather Paradise by wisdomeagle (NC-17; Fred/Eve)
9. Sympathetic Magic by glossing (NC-17; Faith/Buffy)
10. French is Better by moodfic (NC-17; Cordelia/Lilah)

Best Dawn Characterization

1. Life After Sunnydale by cordelianne (R; Dawn/Faith)
2. Never Come to Mind by queenzulu (NC-17; Dawn/Faith)
3. Taste by oroborusfox (PG; Dawn/Faith, Dawn/Other)
4. Queering the Key by glossing (R; Faith/Dawn)
5. I Am the Puzzle by moodfic (R; Willow/Dawn)
6. Just Dancing by clawofcat and only_passenger (PG-13; Faith/Dawn)
7. The Inevitable Series by snowpuppies (R; Faith/Dawn)

Best Willow Characterization

1. Bloodletting by Valyssia (NC-17; Buffy/Willow)
2. Essence of the Hellmouth by Wispr (Adult; Buffy/Willow)
3. Sundays at Nine by lily_lovely (PG; Willow/Kennedy)
4. A Very Foolish Kitty by firefly_124 (PG-13; Willow/Tara)
5. They Make Solitude and Call it Peace by mosca (PG-13; Willow/Buffy)
6. Forward by snowpuppies (PG-13; Willow/Faith)
7. Because I am Empty by Kelsey TVS (T; Willow/Faith)
8. A Girl With Kaleidoscope Eyes by Kyra (PG; Willow/Tara)

Best Kennedy Characterization

1. Flirting in Code by doyle_sb4 (R; Dawn/Kennedy)
2. Girl's Got a Grudge by ubiquirk (NC-17; Willow/Kennedy)
3. Kite String by spiletta42 (PG-13; Willow/Kennedy)
4. Driven by snowpuppies (PG-13; Willow/Kennedy)

Best Cordelia Characterization

1. Gear by Xanzpet (R; Cordelia/Faith)
2. A Simple Choice by dreamincolor (PG-13; Cordelia/Eve)
3. French is Better by moodfic (NC-17; Cordelia/Lilah)

Best Other Characterization

1. Fred in An Anthology of Firsts by artemis_sparks (PG; Buffy/Fred)
2. Amanda in Running From School by wisdomeagle (PG-13; Amanda/Tara)
3. Buffy in Gemini by only_passenger (PG; Faith/Buffy)
4. Drusilla in The Secret by snowpuppies (NC-17; Darla/Drusilla)
5. Faith in The Road to Shur by alixtii (Adult; Faith/Leah)
6. Faith in Spring Haze by idyll (R; Faith/Buffy)
7. Eve in Lightly Suffering Desire by moodfic (PG-13; Lilah/Eve)
8. Darla in Calisthenics With Words by sevendeadlyfun (R; Darla/Buffy)
9. Faith in Sealed With a Kiss by Mad Poetess (R; Buffy/Faith)
10. Buffy in Dreaming of We by femmenerd (R; Buffy/Faith)

Best Future

1. Life After Sunnydale by cordelianne (R; Dawn/Faith)
2. Amanda by erimthar (PG-13; Dawn, Buffy, Dawn/Amanda, Buffy/Satsu)
3. Into the Blue by tabaqui (PG-13; Buffy/Faith)
4. Another Thirteen Steps by Valyssia (R; Buffy/Willow)
5. Never Come to Mind by queenzulu (NC-17; Dawn/Faith)
6. Not So You'd Notice by firefly_124 (R; Buffy/Satsu)
7. Sundays at Nine by lily_lovely (PG; Willow/Kennedy)
8. Faith the Vampire Slayer by frogfarm (PG-13; Willow/Faith)
9. Twenty Facts about St. Clare’s Academy Not Found in the Brochure by alixtii (PG; Faith/Kennedy)
10. 5 Random Things that Buffy Doesn't Think You Know About Faith, and one extra thing by pocabomba (PG-13; Buffy/Faith)

Best AU/AR

1. Bloodletting by Valyssia (NC-17; Buffy/Willow)
2. Water Lilies by snowpuppies (PG; Willow/Tara)
3. One Day in the Life of Buffy Summers by stormwreath (NC-17; Buffy/Willow)
4. Constants by Jasmydae (R; Willow/Tara)
5. 17:4:3/4 by pocabomba (Adult; Darla/Lilah)
6. Faith Healing by queenzulu (Adult; Faith/Tara)
7. Calisthenics With Words by sevendeadlyfun (R; Darla/Buffy)

Most Original

1. An Anthology of Firsts by artemis_sparks (PG; Buffy/Fred)
2. Willow Finds the Key by satyrnfive (NC-17; Willow/Dawn)
3. Grading on a Curve by I Only Lurk Here (NC-17; Buffy/Willow)
4. Footprints by Valyssia (G; Buffy/Willow)
5. Memory by snowpuppies (NC-17; Fred/Willow)
6. Let Your Demon Be Your Guide by dreamincolor (PG-13; Fred/Willow)
7. Je me souviens by queenzulu (Adult; Buffy/Faith)
8. Kissing the Demon by glossing (NC-17; Faith/Tara)
9. Draw Back Your Bow by clawofcat (R; Faith/Drusilla)
10. In the Business by kindkit (R, Anya/Fred)

Best Platonic

1. Amanda by erimthar (PG-13; Dawn, Buffy, Dawn/Amanda, Buffy/Satsu)
2. Promise by snowpuppies (PG-13; Buffy, Dawn)
3. Among Many by oroborusfox (PG; Potentials)
4. The Figment by dreamincolor (G; Fred, Buffy)
5. When Not Invited to Fight an Apocalypse by viciouswishes (PG; Anya, Tara)
6. Her Fault by selenak (PG-13; Cordelia, Darla)
7. Angels in the Architecture by only_passenger (PG-13; Buffy, Faith)
8. Romantic Comedies by wisdomeagle (PG; Buffy, Tara)
9. Problematic Drinks of Badness by Deird1 (PG; Buffy, Willow)
10. She Always Wanted to be Harriet the Spy by ubiquirk (PG-13; Dawn, Tara)

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