It's that time again. :)
After tabulating all the votes received for each category and confirming their
eligibility and authenticity, we can now open the voting period for the final
nominees. Yay! :)
The rules for the final round of voting are as follows:
Pick only one of the choices in each category. The exception to this is
Best New Author category, which is still a write-in vote; please write in only
one author who first posted in the period of December 1998 to November 1999.
Needless to say, only one set of votes is allowed per person. Evidence of
multiple votes will result in the discarding of all of your votes, and you may
be barred from voting in future Chicken Balls.
You can send us your votes in one of two ways. You can either visit our
Chicken Ball Website at http://www.thekeep.org/~harnums/CB/ and
use our Chicken Balls Voting Form OR you can E-mail your final nominations
to chickenball@fanboy.org E-mail votes can only vote for the eligible fics
listed. Likewise with the eligible fics listed on the webpage..
You need not vote in every category; select whichever ones interest you.
Also, you may notice that a few of the categories that were on the initial
ballot
are not on this one. These missing categories will be explained further during
the
actual CB awards. ;)
Here now, is the list of the final nominees for each category....
Funniest Fanfic
The fic that made you laugh so hard that you laughed pasta out your nose. And
liked it.
-- "Garden of EVA" by Jim Lazar
Author E-mail: <jimlazar@earthlink.net>
Fic is at http://home.earthlink.net/~jimlazar/anime/geva/
-- "Girl Days" by Robert Haynie
Author E-mail: <Kenjiko2@aol.com>
Fic is at: http://www.sofaspud.org/couch/Ranma/GirlDays/
-- "Nodoka in Love" by Martin Metke
Author E-mail: <exaxxion@balista.com>
Fic is at http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Spa/6332/index.html
-- "Pantyhose Tarou, I Choose You" by David Tai & Alan Harnum
Author E-mails: <harnums@thekeep.org>, <dtai@ix.netcom.com>
Fic is at:ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/archive/anime-fan-works/Ranma/
ranma.pokemon.pantyhose-tarou-i-choose-you
-- "Tracks" by Platypus3333
Author E-mail: <platypus3333@yahoo.com>
Fic is at: http://members.tripod.com/Platypus3333/
Best Sadfic
Four-hankie tearjerkers and up, please.
-- "For You" by Ronny Hedin
Author E-mail: <thark@mangakai.org>
Fic is at: http://i99ronhe.island.liu.se/fanfic/html/fy.html
-- "The Light That Burns the Brightest" by Sean Gaffney
Author E-mail: <gaffney@iconn.net>
Fic is at: http://www.thekeep.org/~sean/kno.txt
-- "Lost Love" by Alain Gravel
Author E-mail: <rakna@globetrotter.qc.ca>
Fic is at: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Teahouse/2236/main.html
-- "A Tale That Wasn't Right" by Axel Terizaki
Author E-mail: <aterizak@club-internet.fr>
Fic is at: ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/archive/anime-fan-works/
Evangelion/eva.a-tale-that-wasnt-right
-- "The Moon By Lovelight" by Allyn Yonge
Author E-mail: <ayonge@yahoo.com>
Fic is at: http://www.iguild.com/homes/kazama/kikyou/Lovelight.htm
-- "Waiting For You" by Stiffanie Flores
Author E-mail: <stiffanie@mail.com>
Fic is at: http://www.angelfire.com/sd/Ranmafanfic/waiting.html
Best Lemon Fanfic
'Nuff said. These stories contain explicit sex, folks. If this offends you, do
not follow this set of links.
-- "Body Heat" by Axel Terizaki
Author E-mail: aterizak@club-internet.fr
Fic is at: ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/archive/anime-fan-works/
Evangelion/Lemon/eva.lemon.body-heat
-- "Garden of EVA" by Jim Lazar
Author E-mail: <jimlazar@earthlink.net>
Fic is at http://home.earthlink.net/~jimlazar/anime/geva/
-- "The Shikima Interface" by T H Tiger
Author E-mail: <schell@interlog.com>
Fic is at: ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/archive/anime-fan-works/
Ranma/Lemon/The-Shikima-Interface/
-- "A Tale of Ten Yen" by D.F. Roeder
Author E-mail: <dfroeder@flash.net>
Fic is at: http://www.flash.net/~dfroeder/tenyen.html
-- "Three Sisters' Tails" by Kanomi
Author E-mail: <kanomi@hisnhers.com>
Fic is at: http://anime.muck.com/~sakura/stories/ranma/tst.txt
Procrastinator of the Year
In your opinion, what is the best fanfic that you've been waiting on for a
loooooooooooong time?
-- Andrew Huang for "Neon Genesis Evanjellydonut"
Author E-mail: <alhuang@hcs.harvard.edu>
Fic is at: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~alhuang/>
-- Angus MacSpon for "Sailor Moon 4200"
Author E-mail: <macspon@ihug.co.nz>
Fic is at: http://shell.ihug.co.nz/~macspon/fanfic/index.html
-- Krista Perry for "Hearts of Ice"
Author E-mail: <kperry@aros.net>
Fic is at: http://www.akane.org/heartsofice.html
-- RPM for "The Pursuit of Happiness"
Author E-mail: <rpm@thekeep.org>,
Fic is at: http://www.uh.edu/~rpm/fanfic/fics.htm
-- Zen for "The Long and Winding Road"
Author E-mail: <ayanami@mindspring.com>
Fic is at: http://www.mindspring.com/~databank/fanfics.html
Best MSTing
Best Mystery Science Theater-style critique of a fic.
-- MSTing of "Afura Mann, the Magnificent Babe" by Suzaku Soldier
Author E-mail: patkelly85@hotmail.com
Fic is at: http://lefty.simplenet.com/svam/Roshi-MSTings/Afura-Babe.txt
-- MST of "Eidolons - One" by Pi
Author E-mail: sort@bucket.ualr.edu
Fic is at: http://bucket.ualr.edu/~sort/fanfic/mst/
-- "'MST6.7' Episode 24: Okonomiyaki Summer" by Megane 6.7
Author E-mail: <fcasper@yesic.com>
Fic is at: http://www.tass.org/fanfic/MST3k/
-- "'MST6.7' Episode 22: Tortured Echo" by Megane 6.7
Author E-mail: <fcasper@yesic.com>
Fic is at: http://www.tass.org/fanfic/MST3k/
Best Crossover
The best fic that includes more than one series, not necessarily all being
manga/anime.
-- "Children of an Elder God" by John Biles and RPM
Author E-mail: <ranma@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>
Fic is at: http://www.tass.org/~rhea/falcon.html
-- "Differing Powers" by Louis-Phillipe Giroux
Author E-mail: <Dragon@anime.sobhrach.com>
Fic is at: http://www.anime.sobhrach.com/~dragon/lines/lines.html
-- "Juxtaposition" by Anand Rao
Author E-mail: Anandr3@home.com, Jouve25@hotmail.com
Fic is at: http://www.gsm.uci.edu/~arao02/
-- "Lines of Destiny" by Louis-Phillipe Giroux
Author E-mail: <Dragon@anime.sobhrach.com>
Fic is at: http://www.anime.usacomputers.net/~dragon/lines/lines.html
-- 'm.t.c.f.f. ULTRA' from ImproFanfic
Author E-mail: <twoflowr@pixelscapes.com>
Fic is at: http://www.improfanfic.com/ultra/
-- "Ronin Summer" by Morgan Hudson
Author E-mail: dataraven_659@excite.com
Sickest Fanfic
Which fic had you picking bits of your lunch out of your keyboard? How low can
we go? (Note: Some fics contain lemon content)
-- "Christmas at SubZero" by Jodie Williams
Author E-mail: hentai@prowrestling.com
Fic is at: http://www.tass.org/fanfic/Lemon/ranma.lemon.christmas-at-subzero
-- "Furimbine: Ukyou Goes Postal" by Yoru-Hikage
Author E-mail: yoru@mindspring.com
Fic is at: http://www.tass.org/fanfic/ranma.furimbine-ukyou-goes-postal
-- "Garden of EVA" by Jim Lazar
Author E-mail: <jimlazar@earthlink.net>
Fic is at: http://home.earthlink.net/~jimlazar/anime/geva/
-- "Kanashii no Imi" by 'Leaf-chan'
Author E-mail: leaf_chan@excite.com
Fic is at: http://www.crosswinds.net/~meridun/FFML/
Kanashii_no_Imi[FFML][Fanfic][Tenchi][Dark][Lemon].txt
-- "Pokejoint" by C-dogg
Author E-mail: Bigc123485@aol.com
Fic is at: http://www.crosswinds.net/~meridun/FFML/
Pokejoint[FFML][pokemon][spamfic][revised].txt
-- "Riding the wild horse" by Mike Simmons
Author E-mail: msimmons@bcgroup.net
Fic is at: http://ronin.anime-manga.net
-- "Ruxpin the metal Idol by Aaron Sattuck
Author E-mail: dilandau2@hotmail.com
Fic is at: http://www.crosswinds.net/~floot
-- "Tortured Echo" by Trakal
Author E-mail: trakal@map.com
Fic is at: http://www.tass.org/fanfic/Lemon/ranma.lemon.tortured-echo
Worst of the Worst
Title says it all, folks. What is the worst piece of garbage created this year?
(Note: Some fics contain lemon content)
-- "Bubblegum Blade" by Paul Cousins
Author E-mail: <paul_cousins@yahoo.com>
Fic is at: http://www.crosswinds.net/~meridun/FFML/
BubbleGum_Blade_Chapter_One[Format_Problems_Fixed][FFML][REPOST].txt
-- "Evaless" by Kaworu Nagisa
Author E-mail: <kaorunagisa@yahoo.com>
Fic is at: ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/archive/anime-fan-works/
Evangelion/eva.evaless.gz
-- "Kanashii no Imi" by 'Leaf-chan'
Author E-mail: leaf_chan@excite.com
Fic is at: http://www.crosswinds.net/~meridun/FFML/
Kanashii_no_Imi[FFML][Fanfic][Tenchi][Dark][Lemon].txt
-- "Okonomiyaki Summer" by Mike Rhea
Author E-mail: <michaelrhea@hotmail.com>
Fic is at: http://rei.animenetwork.com/ranchan/
Fanfic Hall of Fame Inductees (formerly 'Test of Time')
This category is going to be run a bit differently... the top five vote-getters
are formally "inducted" into our Hall of Fame.
-- "Change of Scene" by June 'KaraOhki' Geraci
Author's E-mail: <karaohki@snet.net>
Fics is at: http://www.karaohki.com
-- "Hearts of Ice" by Krista Perry
Author E-mail: <kperry@aros.net>
Fic is at: http://www.akane.org/heartsofice.html
-- "Ronin Summer" by Morgan Hudson
Author E-mail: <dataraven_659@excite.com>
Fic is at: Unable to find link....
-- "The Bitter End" by Zen
Author E-mail: <ayanami@mindspring.com>
Fic is at: http://www.mindspring.com/~databank/fanfics.html
-- "The More Things Change" by RpM
Author E-mail: <rpm@thekeep.org>,
Fic is at: http://www.uh.edu/~rpm/fanfic/fics.htm
-- "Waters Under Earth" by Alan Harnums
Author E-mail: <harnums@thekeep.org>
Fic is at: http://www.thekeep.org/~harnums/wue.html
Best Darkfic/Shockfic
Not necessarily the most disgusting, but instead the most hair-raising, innately
disturbing (but in a good way) piece of work you've seen this year.
-- "Bliss" by Lara Bartram & Mike Loader
Author E-mail: <lara@emunix.emich.edu>, <mike@thekeep.org>
Fic is at: http://www.thekeep.org/~lara/bliss/bliss.html
-- "Children of an Elder God" by John Biles & RpM
Author E-mail: <rpm@thekeep.org>, <ranma@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>
Fic is at: http://www.tass.org/~rhea/falcon.html
http://www.uh.edu/~rpm/fanfic/fics.htm
-- "The Dinner Guest" by J. Austin Wilde
Author E-mail: <wildeman@psn.net>
Fic is at: http://www.psn.net/~wildeman/jamie.htm
The Weird Al
This award goes to the best parody of a fanfic or fanfiction genre... not to the
best parody of an original series (they fall under "Funniest".)
"An Alan Smithee Fanfiction" by Stephen Schlueter
Author E-mail: <emperorschlueter@hotmail.com>
Fic is at: http://www.tass.org/fanfic/ranma.an-alan-smithee-fic
"The Butt" by various FFIRC authors
Author E-mail: <kleppe@execpc.com>, <suh1@students.uiuc.edu>,
<maybeso@ican.net>, <harnums@thekeep.org>,
<m_k_allen@hotmail.com>, <arromdee@inetnow.net>,
<chengd@ucalgary.ca>, <bogue@negia.net>,
<android18@hotmail.com>
Fic is at: http://www.tass.org/fanfic/ranma.parody.the-butt
"Fusions That Should Never Be" by D.B. Sommer
Author's E-mail: <sommer@3rdm.net>
Fic is at: http://www.crosswinds.net/~meridun/FFML/
Fusions_That_Should_Never_Be_I[FFML][spamfic].txt
"Girl Days" by Robert Haynie
Author E-mail: <Kenjiko2@aol.com>
Fic is at: http://www.sofaspud.org/couch/Ranma/GirlDays/
"Lesbian 1/2" by Donny Cheng
Author E-mail: <chengdo@home.com>
Fic is at: http://www.tass.org/fanfic/ranma.lesbian-1-2
"The Martyr" by Dan Root
Author E-mail: <dar-raac@thekeep.org>
Fic is at: http://www.tass.org/fanfic/ranma.the-martyr
"The Replacement Ranmas" by Angus MacSpon
Author E-mail: <macspon@ihug.co.nz>
Fic is at: http://www.crosswinds.net/~meridun/FFML/
The_Replacement_Ranmas[FFML][Fanfic][Ranma][Sort_of].txt
"You Don't Love Me Anymore" by Gregg Sharp
Author E-mail: <metroanime@mindspring.com>
Fic is at: http://metroanime.home.mindspring.com/
Best Ending to a Fanfic or Series
Self-explanatory. Which fic had the best ending?
-- "Child of Love" by Axel Terazaki
Author E-mail: <aterizaki@club-internet.fr>
Fic is at: http://ucsub.colorado.edu/~kominek/fanfiction/
-- "Eidolons" by Alan Harnum
Author E-mail: <harnums@thekeep.org>
Fic is at: http://www.tass.org/fanfic/ranma.eidolons
-- "The Ghost Prison" by Gary Kleppe
Author E-mail: <kleppe@mediaone.net>
Fic is at: http://www.execpc.com/~kleppe/comics.html
-- "HERZ" by Te Loong
Author E-mail: <teloong@cwcom.net>
Fic is at: http://www.teloong.mcmail.com/HERZ.htm
Most Overrated Fanfic or Series
Which fic comes up entirely too often in conversation? Is there something out
there that just doesn't deserve the praise which is heaped upon it?
-- "Childhood of a Modern Dynasty" by Jim Lazar
Author's E-mail: <jimlazar@earthlink.net>
Fic is at: http://home.earthlink.net/~jimlazar
-- "Daigakuse no Ranma/Ukyou" by David Tai, Paul Gallegos et al
Author's E-mail: dk-comm@tass.org
Fic is at: http://www.tass.org/~ranma/home.html
-- "Garden of EVA" by Jim Lazar
Author's E-mail: <jimlazar@earthlink.net>
Fic is at: http://home.earthlink.net/~jimlazar
-- "Girl Days" by Robert Haynie
Author E-mail: <Kenjiko2@aol.com>
Fic is at: http://www.sofaspud.org/couch/Ranma/GirlDays/
-- "Hearts of Ice" by Krista Perry
Author E-mail: <kperry@aros.net>
Fic is at: http://www.akane.org/heartsofice.html
-- "Neon Exodus Evangelion" by Ben Hutchins
Author E-mail: gryphon@eyrie-productions.com
Fic is at: http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
-- "Waters Under Earth" by Alan Harnum
Author's E-mail: <harnums@thekeep.org>,
Fic is at: http://www.thekeep.org/~harnums/wue.html
Best New Author of 1999
For purposes of determining who is a "rookie", use the same dates as for fic
eligibility. In other words, which author that started writing since December
'98 has shown the most skill or promise?
(Note: Due to a technical error on someone's part, most of the votes for this
category were inadvertently electronically dumped. Therefore this category is an
open vote. Be sure that your choice is someone who did not post a fic to either
FFML or RAAC before December 1998.)
Best New Character
This award goes to the best new, original character incorporated into a fanfic
this year.
-- Akiko Langley Ikari from "HERZ" by Te Loong
Author E-mail: <teloong@cwcom.net>
Fic is at: http://www.teloong.mcmail.com/HERZ.htm
-- Akira from "Nature of the Curse" by Douglass MacDougal
Author E-mail: <dougmacd@dougmacd.net>
Fic is at: http://www.dougmacd.net/
-- Anjin Tetsuko from "Last One Standing" by Mike Loader
Author E-mail: <mike@thekeep.org>
Fic is at: http://www.thekeep.org/~mike/los.html
-- Caravan by Matt Johnston
Author's E-mail: <matt2518@gladstone.uoregon.edu>
-- Chrysolite from "Version 2.0" by Mark Latus
Author E-mail: <mark.latus@msvu.ca>
Fic is at: ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/archive/anime-fan-works/
Sailor-Moon/Sailor-Moon-Expanded/sm.sme.v2.0-parts1-8.gz
-- Cyanide from "Eclipse of the Moon" by Miashara
Author E-mail: <s2mlmill@titan.vcu.edu>
Fic is at: http://www.execulink.com/~stryker
-- Skyler Sands from "Ma Vie et Roses" by Scott Jamison & Scott Johnson
Author E-mail: <majks@cyberx.com>, <zagyg@io.com>
Fic is at: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Flats/5990
-- Tracer from "Terrible Things to Waste" by Bastion
Author E-mail: <bastion@ix.netcom.com>
Fic is at http://solo.abac.com/moonromance.com/b.htm
Worst New Character
And the logical opposite. Note that you don't have to like or hate the fic
itself for either of these awards... just the new character.
-- D.J. Croft from "Neon Exodus Evangelion" by Ben Hutchins
Author E-mail: gryphon@eyrie-productions.com
Fic is at: http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
-- Foam from Trakal's "Tortured Echo"
Author E-mail: trakal@map.com
Fic is at: http://www.tass.org/fanfic/Lemon/ranma.lemon.tortured-echo
-- "Much Ado About Ranma" by Bert Miller
Author E-mail: <bertmiller@unn.unisys.com>
Fic is at: http://www.tass.org/fanfic/Much-Ado-About-Ranma/
-- "God" by Matthew Maddocks
Author E-mail: <maddocks@roadrunner.nf.net>
-- Jake from Paul Cousins' "Bubblegum Blade"
Author E-mail: <paul_cousins@sdf-1.com>
Fic is at: http://www.crosswinds.net/~meridun/FFML/
BubbleGum_Blade_Chapter_One[Format_Problems_Fixed][FFML][REPOST].txt
-- Lisa Foster from "Cruel Lina's Thesis" by Gaunt
Author E-mail: <evansjt@interlog.com>
The Kasumi/Keiichi
A new category this year. Which author, in your opinion, is generally the
nicest, most helpful, and most encouraging to struggling authors? (Why two
names? Well, there are authors of either gender on this list, in case you hadn't
noticed. :p)
-- DB Sommer
Author's E-mail: <sommer@3rdm.net>
Author E-mail: http://angcobra.jumpfan.com/dbsommer.html
-- Gary Kleppe
Author E-mail: <kleppe@mediaone.net>
Fic is at: http://www.execpc.com/~kleppe/comics.html
-- June 'KaraOhki' Geraci
Author's E-mail: <karaohki@snet.net>
Fics are at: www.karaohki.com
-- Vincent Seifert
Author's E-mail: <seifertv@ccshp1.ccs.csus.edu>
Fics are at: http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/seifertv/toth/
Best of 1998
Well, since there weren't any awards given last year... (Megane: Put down those
torches! Really! I mean it...) Which fic, written and posted sometime in 1998,
was the best?
-- "Hearts of Ice" by Krista Perry
Author E-mail: <kperry@aros.net>
Fic is at: http://www.akane.org/heartsofice.html
-- "Ranma & Akane: A Love Story" by Eric Hallstrom
Author's E-mail: <hallcon@mindspring.com>
Fic is at: http://www.kawaiikunee.com/slp/R&A-ALS.html
-- "Slayers Reflect/Chaos/Rebirth" trilogy by Stephan 'Twoflower' Gagne
Author E-mail: <twoflowr@ikkoku.maison-otaku.net>
Fic is at: http://spoof.maison-otaku.net/
-- "Stellarcraft" by Eric Warner
Author E-mail: <evwarner@anet.bna.boeing.com>
Fic is at: http://www.aaanime.net/pmak/ukyou/fics1.shtml
-- "Waters Under the Earth" by Alan Harnum
Author E-mail: <harnums@thekeep.org>
Fic is at: http://www.thekeep.org/~harnums/wue.html
The Chicken Cannon Target of the Year
The person you'd most like to see Cannon-ized-- all in fun, mind you.
-- The Eternal Lost Lurker
-- Paul Cousins aka John Slim
-- Rebeka Thomas
Thanks for participating! :)
Avatar, Megane 6.7, Gary Kleppe, Alan Harnum, Bogue, Ukyou Kuonji, The
Jusenkyou Guide, Bastion, Kasuga, and the rest of the Chicken Ball '99
crew.
(And, again, a thank-you to Dan Root for helping with the voting scripts!)