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The Authors Haunt's Annual Awards take place each year in December, allowing members to nominate the stories and poems they've most enjoyed reading and the members they feel have made the best contribution to the Community.  Nominations begin each year in November, with voting taking place throughout December and awards issued at the beginning of January.

Below you will find a full list of last year's winners and nominees.  If you would like to take part in the Annual Awards this year, please watch out for the announcement threads in the Site Announcements forum on the Community.

 

Winner: Best Story Over 50,000 Words

Storyville by Julien Gregg

Nominated: Best Story Over 50,000 Words

A Fairy's Tale by Tanya Allan; Fortune's Soldier by Tanya Allan; Replay by Rob Hawes; The Candy Cane Club by Tanya Allan; Twisted Dreams by Tanya Allan

Winner: Best Story Over 20,000 Words

Neverland: I Vampire 2 by Julien Gregg

Nominated: Best Story Over 20,000 Words

A Boy Named Brian by Julien Gregg; Alpha & Omega by BeaStKid; Finding Lisa by Nick B; Fixing a Broken Heart by R J Santos; Modern Masquerade by Tanya Allan

Winner: Best Story Over 10,000 Words

TIE: Bridge by Bruin Fisher & Tayburn Falls by Rob Hawes

Nominated: Best Story Over 10,000 Words

Moonlit Nights by Kaiten; Saving Dyllan by Julien Gregg; Who's That Girl by Nick B

Winner: Best Story Over 1,000 Words

Keanu Doesn't Love Me by Julien Gregg

Nominated: Best Story Over 1,000 Words

A Heart in Port by Nexis Pas; Family Ties by Camy; Hunter by Ieshwar; The iPlug by Bruin Fisher; The Remnant by Tanya Allan; There Be Dragons by Camy; When in the Light by R J Santos

Winner: Best Story Under 1,000 Words

Closet Tales: Sebastian's Story by Bev

Nominated: Best Story Under 1,000 Words

Chased by I G Wooten; Like Mother, Like Daughter by I G Wooten; Night Out by The Watchman; Them Shoes by Rossy

Winner: Best Short Story in an Anthology

2.0 by Rob Hawes

Nominated: Best Short Story in an Anthology

Ben's Cabin by Bruin Fisher; Pregenesis by Rob Hawes; Snapshots of Passing Ships by The Watchman; Tayburn Falls by Rob Hawes; Voices of Guilt by Ieshwar

Winner: Best Flash Fiction Story in an Anthology

TIE: The Huntress by Rob Hawes & Wishing Upon a Star by Myk

Nominated: Best Flash Fiction Story in an Anthology

Darkness Calls by Julien Gregg; I Could Manage the Days by Marty; The Grey One by Ieshwar; The Midnight Stalker by Heather Rose Brown

Winner: Best Short Story in a Writing Project

A Little Ant's Big Adventure by Bev

Nominated: Best Short Story in a Writing Project

Castles and Restaurants and Angels and Demons by Nick B; Garden of Lights by Ieshwar; Ocean Song by Rob Hawes; The Remnant by Tanya Allan

Winner: Best Flash Fiction Story in a Writing Project

The Talk by Kaiten

Nominated: Best Flash Fiction Story in a Writing Project

Box of Chocolates by Ieshwar; Internal Horror by Alisa Perne; Picture This by Heather Rose Brown; That Place by Nick B; The Day You Won, I Lost by Bev; There Must Be Some Misunderstanding by Nick B; Touch Of Silk by Ieshwar

Winner: Funniest Story

Gargoyles by Rob Hawes

Nominated: Funniest Story

A Dragon, A Unicorn and a Girl Named Food by Heather Rose Brown; An Author's Struggle by Clumber; Closet Tales: Sebastian's Story by Bev; Fish by Camy; Let Slip the Lutefisk of War by Clumber

Winner: Scariest Story

The Beast of Gallows Point by Rob Hawes

Nominated: Scariest Story

Keanu Doesn't Love Me by Julien Gregg; Murder by the Book by I G Wooten; The iPlug by Bruin Fisher; The Last Ticket by I G Wooten

Winner: Saddest Story

Sorrow by Julien Gregg

Nominated: Saddest Story

A Moment of Clarity by Jason Rimbaud; Boy's Grave by Bruin Fisher; Last Night by Rob Hawes; Liam's Heart by Rob Hawes; The Beach by Bruin Fisher; Voices of Guilt by Ieshwar

Winner: Sweetest Story

Dust Bunny Thieves by Bev

Nominated: Sweetest Story

Box of Chocolates by Ieshwar; Flying Lessons by Rob Hawes; The Dance by Bruin Fisher; When I First Saw Zachary by Bev

Winner: Most Romantic Story

Lilianna by Rob Hawes

Nominated: Most Romantic Story

Ben's Cabin by Bruin Fisher; The One He Loved by Ieshwar; When I First Saw Zachary by Bev; Wishing Upon a Star by Myk

Winner: Best Hero/Protagonist

Tommy, Storyville by Julien Gregg

Nominated: Best Hero/Protagonist

Clive, Choices by Camy; Ian, Taken by Julien Gregg; Narrator, Poetic Justice of a One Night Stand by Jason Rimbaud; Sandi, Twisted Dreams by Tanya Allan

Winner: Best Villain/Antagonist

Caroline/The Huntress, Tayburn Falls/The Huntress by Rob Hawes

Nominated: Best Villain/Antagonist

Alex, Taken by Julien Gregg; Beazor, The Switches by Johnny Dawson; Emmaline, Murder by the Book by I G Wooten

Winner: Best Tanka or Haiku

To See by Bev

Nominated: Best Tanka or Haiku

Christmas Haiku by Marty; Emotionless by Rob Hawes; New Life by Ieshwar; Places by R J Santos; Pride by Marty; Twinkle Twinkle by Rob Hawes

Winner: Best Ruba'i or Ghazal

My Night Has Come by Rob Hawes

Nominated: Best Ruba'i or Ghazal

A Poem by Jonquil Blossom; From a Healed Heart by Ieshwar; Waiting for Daylight by Bev

Winner: Best Acrostic

Doug I Love You by Colin Kelly

Nominated: Best Acrostic

A and E by Jonquil Blossom; Angry by Rob Hawes; Dreams by Rob Hawes; Lizard by Ieshwar; Trust by Julien Gregg; Well Bugger Me! by Rob Hawes

Winner: Best Cinquain

Thinking by Alisa Perne

Nominated: Best Cinquain

No Other Way by Nick B; Resolutions by Ieshwar; Sins by R J Santos; The Burden of Silence by Rob Hawes; Writing by Alisa Perne

Winner: Best Clerihew

Cleopatra by Bruin Fisher

Nominated: Best Clerihew

Barack Obama by Bruin Fisher; Charles Darwin by Rob Hawes; Elton John by Bruin Fisher; Joan of Arc by Rob Hawes; Rob Hawes by Merkin

Winner: Best Freestyle Poem Over 50 Lines

Confession of a Serial Killer by Jason Rimbaud

Nominated: Best Freestyle Poem Over 50 Lines

School Suite by Merkin; Sightless Eyes by Tanya Allan; The Real You by R J Santos; The Sacrificial Lion and the Titan He Loved by Johnny Dawson; To All the Boys I've Loved by Marty

Winner: Best Freestyle Poem Over 20 Lines

Clair de Lune by Aiden Madrigal

Nominated: Best Freestyle Poem Over 20 Lines

After-Words by Rob Hawes; Forgotten Leaf by R J Santos; Life After Dark by I G Wooten; Outside My Window by Richard Norway; When the Whales Come by Aiden Madrigal

Winner: Best Freestyle Poem Over 10 Lines

A Trip by Ariel

Nominated: Best Freestyle Poem Over 10 Lines

Bitter Goodbye by Julien Gregg; Long Past Gone by Jason Rimbaud; Poisoned Necter by Ieshwar; Scream Out Loud by Ieshwar

Winner: Best Freestyle Poem Under 10 Lines

Invisible by Bev

Nominated: Best Freestyle Poem Under 10 Lines

All of Me by Ariel; Peace At Last by Camy; Shattering Glass by Aiden Madrigal; Sound of Silence by Rob Hawes

Winner: Best Poem in an Anthology

TIE: Battle Cry by Kaiten & Long Past Gone by Jason Rimbaud

Nominated: Best Poem in an Anthology

Night Prayer by Merkin; Scream Out Loud by Ieshwar; Threshold Condition by Merkin

Winner: Funniest Poem

Ballad of a Stubbed Toe by Rob Hawes

Nominated: Funniest Poem

A Trip by Ariel; The Ballad of a Boy and His Mother by Merkin; The Ballad of Sir Basil the Bald by Tanya Allan; Thelma by Camy

Winner: Saddest Poem

Night Prayer by Merkin

Nominated: Saddest Poem

As Good As It Gets by Bev; Beating Hearts by Kaiten; RIP by Ariel; Tears Before Bedtime by Rob Hawes; Waiting for Daylight by Bev

Winner: Most Romantic Poem

Two Hearts in Cadence by Bev

Nominated: Most Romantic Poem

Eyes by Ieshwar; Just a Glance by Kaiten; Lines to My Lover on the Commencement of Our Relationship by Jonquil Blossom; Something New by BeaStKid

Winner: Most Compelling Poem

TIE: Brotherhood by Merkin & Night Prayer by Merkin

Nominated: Most Compelling Poem

Abolition by Ieshwar;  Scream Out Loud by Ieshwar; To All the Boys I've Loved by Marty

Winner: Best Joke in the Joke Book Forum

Achmed the Dead Terrorist

Nominated: Best Joke in the Joke Book Forum

10 Words That Don't Exist But Should; 30 Harsh Things a Woman Can Say to a Naked Man; Shaved Pussy

Winner: Best Game in the Play Pen Forum

The Wish Corruption Game

Nominated: Best Game in the Play Pen Forum

Random Words Game; The Atlas Game; Typographics Game

Winner: Favourite Blog

Jason Rimbaud

Nominated: Favourite Blog

Julien Gregg; Rob Hawes; T.J.

Winner: Favourite Photograph in The Authors Haunt Gallery

Sunset, Lough McNean, West Cavan, Ireland by Marty

Nominated: Favourite Photograph in The Authors Haunt Gallery

Just Stopped By to Say Hello by Rob Hawes;, Lonely Christmas Tree by Rob Hawes; Sunset Over Lough Gill by Marty

Winner: Favourite Drawing/Painting in The Authors Haunt Gallery

Angel of Discord by Aiden Madrigal

Nominated: Favourite Drawing/Painting in The Authors Haunt Gallery

Fractured Face .25 by Aiden Madrigal; Gay? Sha! by Aiden Madrigal; Pandora II by T.J.; Rose by T.J.

Winner: Fiction Reviewer of the Year

Rob Hawes

Nominated: Fiction Reviewer of the Year

Bruin Fisher; Ieshwar; Kaiten; Merkin

Winner: Poetry Reviewer of the Year

Merkin

Nominated: Poetry Reviewer of the Year

Bruin Fisher; Jason Rimbaud; Kaiten; Rob Hawes

Winner: The Newshound Award

Ariel

Nominated: The Newshound Award

BeaStKid; Bruin Fisher; Myk

Winner: The Joker Award

Tanya Allan

Nominated: The Joker Award

Aiden Madrigal; Ariel; Clumber; Jason Rimbaud

Winner: The Sunshine Award

Kaiten

Nominated: The Sunshine Award

Alisa Perne; Bev; Camy; Ieshwar; T.J.

Winner: Member I'd Like to Know Better

Jason Rimbaud

Nominated: Member I'd Like to Know Better

Bruin Fisher; Merkin; Myk; Tanya Allan

Winner: Member I'd Most Miss

Kaiten

Nominated: Member I'd Most Miss

Aiden Madrigal; Bev; Camy; Julien Gregg; Marty

 

 

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