NEXT GEN LOVE!!!!!

[marguerite_26]

1) harryscorp100 LDWS!!!! Today is the LAST DAY! We are down to TWO drabblers! AND *flails* BOTH of these drabbles are fabulous. A total WIN/WIN for the voters, imo! Go VOTE! Open until midnight tonight.

2)



nextgen_awards opened nominations last night. The categories look pleasantly diverse:

For example:
Slash(similar categories for het, femmeslash and gen)
Best Drabble (under 1000 words)
Best Adult Drabble (R or NC-17)
Best One-Shot (over 1000 words)
Best Multi-Chapter
Best WIP
Best Romance
Best Smut
Best Humor
Best Angst/Tear-Jerker
Best Dark
Best School-Age
Best Post-School
Best Cross-Gen

Miscellaneous
Best Fem-Slash
Best Threesome/Moresome
Best Use of Original Next-Gen Character
Outstanding Next-Gen Gen Author
Outstanding Next-Gen Het Author
Outstanding Next-Gen Slash Author

(these are also repeated again for art)

I think it'll take me a while to figure out just which fic/art I would nom for each category, but I'm going to have fun going through my rec lists.

Which reminds me, if anyone is a forgetful as I am, there is the BIG ASS NEXT GEN REC LIST - this post will give you links to the AS/S rec list, the NON AS/S rec list, and the Cross Gen rec list.

There are also lots of Next Gen fics not listed there (because they weren't written yet), but check out hp_sas and nextgendarkfest AND the crack_broom Next Gen tag for lots and lots of Next Gen goodness!

Remember kiddies, awards aren't the be-all-and-end-all, but it does make someone feel lovely to be nominated. :D

eta: it's a little hard to catch in the rules, but the winners will be determined by through a public vote, after the top 7 fics/art of each category are chosen (based on number of nom's, I assume). Mods - feel free to correct me, if I'm wrong.

eta 2: Please note rule 7: Cross-Gen stories can ONLY be nominated for the Cross-Gen award. *sigh*

Comments

[romaine24.livejournal.com]

Weeps that all cross-gen is grouped together.

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

7. Cross-Gen stories can ONLY be nominated for the Cross-Gen award.

heh.

I totally missed that. Why oh, why is that always done? Right, so I'll need to re-think 90% of my nominations now.

[romaine24.livejournal.com]

Well obviously we're going to have to hold a Cross-Gen award thingy. LOL

I want to state up front that I think this is great for Next-gen, but I would have like to have seen cross-gen at least broken up between het and slash.

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

I would have like to have seen cross-gen at least broken up between het and slash.

it is. :D

[romaine24.livejournal.com]

I meant cross-gen

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

lol. It is.

There is a slash set of categories, and a het set of categories and they each have 'Best Cross Gen' listed. :D

[romaine24.livejournal.com]

Goes back to cooking breakfast. *facepalm*

[rickey-a.livejournal.com]

snorfles
maybe you should start 'crossgen' awards...

*goes back and hides behind the curtain*

[romaine24.livejournal.com]

J/K dear!

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

LOL.

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

well, it actually makes some decisions easier, but leaves me with one REALLY HARD decision. LOL.

[kayoko.livejournal.com]

I'm here to do some stalking after the hd_holidays reveals. *grins* 'Savage' was awesome.

I'm a co-mod for the nextgen_awards this round. Glad to see that there's interest in the slash community! The way you interpreted the rules is correct. All nominations are gathered, those with the stories/art/authors with the most nominations will move on to a public voting.

Cross-Gen stories can ONLY be nominated for the Cross-Gen award
I had no idea cross-gen was that popular! Part of the concern, at least for me, was that cross-gen stories wouldn't stand a chance against more popular pairings like AS/S. I don't think anything can be changed at this point, but I'll definitely let the other mods know about it!

A cross-gen only awards is totally do-able! You guys should think about it.

[marguerite-26.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked Savage so much to stalk me! *g*

And Hi! Yes, Cross Gen is VERY popular in my neck of the woods and I actually filled up all the slash categories with cross-gen noms and then saw the rule. :(

We certainly could have EASILY filled an entire set of Cross-Gen categories, ie: Best Romance
Best Smut
Best Humor
Best Angst/Tear-Jerker
Best Dark
Best School-Age
Best Post-School

All of just cross gen. AND there's not even a best cross gen author category, which basically disqualifies so many amazing fics and writers that are constantly being told they don't fit (crack broom doesn't allow cross_gen recs in their next gen recs, either) *cries*

But, I understand that you didn't know this, but I wanted to let you know that the interest is certainly there and there are many, many quality fics and writers of cross gen. :D

A cross-gen only awards is totally do-able! You guys should think about it.
um, no. not really. It would have fit nicely into your awards - maybe next year? *bats eyes* but doing a strictly cross gen awards is kinda silly at this point, to me any way. :D

Still... lots of great categories and I will happily fill them will non-cross-gen favs. :D


So... Hi! Welcome. *friends back*

[kayoko.livejournal.com]

The awards should add a slash cross-gen category next year. Not quite sure how things are over on the het side of things, but there are enough slash cross-gen nominations to see that it's a popular theme.

I must admit that I don't know a whole lot about the slash community. I'm mostly a Dramione reader that does a bit of Harry/Draco on the side. It would definitely be better if the awards had a more active participant in the slash community. Perhaps next year!

I'll see if drcjsnider might want to do a feedback post after the awards over. It'd be a good way to get feedback on what worked and what didn't.

Oh man, I've been reading through each nomination and I'm surprised that Teddy x James is so mainstream. Definitely expanded my horizons.

Thanks for the welcome!

I shall part with "OMG kinkfest! OMG kinkfest!"