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Inactive
I'm sorry to have to do this to you, but after waiting for a poll to end over at shikon_staff for months, it appears that many of the judges are gone, in deadlock on what to do for the fate of the community, or just not responding to emails ( Read more... ) -
Temporary Hiatus
I'm sorry to do this to you folks, but I must put this community on hiatus. We're still struggling to get the Spring 2008 judging period finished, and many of the judges are behind because of RL endeavors.
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Summer Nominations Extension
Until further notice, the Summer Nominations are extended until July 31st.
The judging period for the Spring 2008 finalists had to be extended to July 31st because of some busy schedules, so please be patient with us, and we'll announce your winners soon!
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Spring 2008 Finalists
We're doing something a little different here. We're midway through our judging process, and it's time to announce the finalists for Spring 2008 ( Read more... ) -
Need Summer Judges
Our Summer judging session starts as soon as the nominations end for this current round ( Read more... ) -
Summer 2008 Nominations Now Open!
The Shikon Awards have officially opened the Summer 2008 nominations!
Please start bringing in your nominations! All nominations are due July 15th, 2008. Please check the rules for the categories as well as the FAQs.
Other Group news:
These authors do not wish to be nominated at the Shikon Awards. Please respect their requests. Any attempts to ( Read more... ) -
Most Promising WIP Submissions
Most Promising Work in Progress
Story must show high levels of quality in all areas (dialogue, characterization, plot, premise, description, pacing, etc.) and have great potential to be an exceptional fanfiction upon completion. All ratings. Incomplete only.
Fics eligible for this round must had its most recent chapter published between January 1st, ( Read more... ) -
Best Epic Submissions
Best Epic
Stories of between 10,001 or more. All ratings. Because of the time needed to evaluate works of this length, only nine (9) will be selected for the short list. Completed only.
Fics eligible for this round must have been completed between January 1st, 2008 to April 15th, 2008 to qualify.
For more information on this please visit the FAQs.
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Best New Author Submissions
Best New Author
Author must demonstrate a high level of skill in working with a universe and characters that are new to him/her. Stylistics will be examined for prowess in this genre new to the author; mechanical merit must still be consistent with the excellence we expect from all our nominated works. The author must have published their first work ( Read more... ) -
Best Vignette Submissions
Best Vignette
Stories of between 301 - 10,000 words. All ratings. Completed only.
Fics eligible for this round must have been completed between January 1st, 2008 to April 15th, 2008 to qualify.
For more information on this please visit the FAQs.
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Please read the submissions already submitted so we don't have any doubles. If someone ( Read more... )