Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Voting is Open!

Sorry for the slight delay, RL issues came up (i.e., my stupid dogs jumped the fence again). But I'm here, and I'm so excited to announce that voting for The Twifestivals is open! But before I announce the finalists, here are the categories that had to be cut as there were simply not enough nominations:

Best Manwhore
Best Asshole
Best Beard
Best Wolf
Best Family
Best Vamp Fic
Best Wolf Fic
Best Dark Fic
Best Inkfic
Best Hate-to-Love Fic
Best Bromance Fic
Best College Love Fic
Best Forbidden Love Fic
Best Canon Fic
Best Crossover
Best Exception
Best Femslash
Best Sequel
Best HEA
Best UHEA
Best Cliffhanger
Best One-Night Stand
Best Coming Out
Best UST
Best Cockblock
Best First Kiss
Best First Date
Best Overall Kiss
Best Handjob
Best First Time
Best Threesome
Best Fight
Best Break-up/Make-up
Best Moment
Best Banner

Looks like a lot doesn't it? Lol, but considering there were over 70 categories...ah well, next time we'll know better what people want. And now, let's get to the finalists! Here they are:

Best Edward
Magnetism by buildmeapyramid
Maybe It's Make Believe by starry-nights88
Mismatch Made In Heaven by Mrs. Agget
Sleeves by iamamy
There's A Crack in Everything by bellemeer

Best Jasper
Sleeves by iamamy
There's A Crack in Everything by bellemeer
Into You by upsidedownntwisted
Hard by SingleStrand
Tell Me What You Want by MusicMovesMyPen
Best Emmett
Juicy by NanaMun
Some Things Don't Need to Be Said by K says
A Tale of Two Cities by TruceOver
Our House by NanaMun
Submit by cjmuehlb

Best Carlisle
Learning to Fly by KellanCougar
Where You Belong by sadtomato
Submit by cjmuehlb
Stay by avioleta
Untogether by avioleta

Best Jacob
Magnetism by buildmeapyramid
Our House by NanaMun
Into You by upsidedownntwisted
Broken by OnTheTurningAway
Intermediate Imprinting by starry-nights88

Best Supporting Character
Carlisle from Yesternight by Pastiche Pen
Riley from Hard by SingleStrand
Emmett from Inscrutable by Lou-La
Riley from Eat, Laugh, Fuck by prassacut
Esme from Tell Me What You Want by MusicMovesMyPen

Best OC
Liam from Nightfall by MySlashyFriend
Millie from Yesternight by Pastiche Pen
Jack Germanotta from Battlefield by Julie's Jewels
Bex from Roads by prassacut
Isabel from Yesternight by Pastiche Pen

Best Geek
Jasper from Mismatch Made In Heaven by Mrs. Agget
Edward from Sleeves by iamamy
Edward from Magnetism by buildmeapyramid
Edward from Outside the Bubble by OvertlyConcealed
Edward from Inscrutable by Lou-La

Best Villain
Victoria from Intermediate Imprinting by starry-nights88
Lauren from Learning to Fly by KellanCougar
James from Sleeves by iamamy
Jacob from Jasper's Wanted Needs by jaydogrut
Jasper from The Major's Pet by OCDJen

Best Bad-Ass
Jasper from Sleeves by iamamy
Jasper from Inscrutable by Lou-La
Jacob from Magnetism by buildmeapyramid
Jasper from The Major's Pet by OCDJen
Jasper from The Edge of Love by OCDJen

Best Vamp
Jasper from Yesternight by Pastiche Pen
Edward from Yesternight by Pastiche Pen
Edward from The Other Side of Night by venis-envy
Edward from Lost Boys by vampireisthenewblack
Jasper from The Major's Pet by OCDJen

Best Lover
Edward from Maybe It's Make Believe by starry-nights88
Carlisle from Learning to Fly by KellanCougar
Jasper from Sleeves by iamamy
Jasper from Inscrutable by Lou-La
Riley from Eat, Laugh, Fuck by prassacut

Best Couple
Edward and Jasper from Sleeves by iamamy
Edward and Jasper from There's A Crack in Everything by bellemeer
Edward and Jacob from The Stranger's Insight by Dance Alice Dance
Edward and Carlisle from Where You Belong by sadtomato
Edward and Jasper from Roads by prassacut

Best Angst
The Stranger's Insight by Dance Alice Dance
Learning to Fly by KellanCougar
Everything is Broken by blakeney
Jasper's Wanted Needs by jaydogrut
Magnetism by buildmeapyramid

Best Comedy
Outside the Bubble by OvertlyConcealed
Best Part of Me Was Always You by kgq
180 Days Plus Weekends & Holidays by Drizl
There's A Crack in Everything by bellemeer
Roads by prassacut

Best BDSM/Toy-Play Fic
Enough by iamamy
Euphoria by upsidedownntwisted
Walk Away by hidingfromsomeone
Be Careful What You Wish For by Lori94
The Story of E by PandoraGalacia

Best PWP
Juicy by NanaMun
I Knew He'd Come by bellemeer
Submit by cjmuehlb
Mind Games and Biological Warfare by Fr333bird
Inscrutable by Lou-La

Best "But I Thought I Was Straight" Fic
Magnetism by buildmeapyramid
Cinnamon and Vanilla by PolkaDotMama
There's A Crack in Everything by bellemeer
Learning to Fly by KellanCougar
Maybe It's Make Believe by starry-nights88

Best AH/AU Fic
Magnetism by buildmeapyramid
There's A Crack in Everything by bellemeer
Sleeves by iamamy
Our House by NanaMun
Roads by prassacut

Best Plot
Learning to Fly by KellanCougar
Sleeves by iamamy
There's A Crack in Everything by bellemeer
Into You by upsidedownntwisted
Hard by SingleStrand

Best Drabble
Drenched by MizzHyde
Truly, Madly, Deeply by Ohtheseboys
Awake Our Soul by Slashifyed
The Big Top by Oh Jasper My Jasper
Falling in Love At A Coffee Shop by NinjaTurtle1986

Best One-Shot
Eat, Laugh, Fuck by prassacut
Masterpiece by iamamy
The Golden Banana by Touchstone67
The Kilted Vampire by pixie-belle88
Spanish Moss by allryans

Best Work-in-Progress
Magnetism by buildmeapyramid
Tell Me What You Want by MusicMovesMyPen
Sleeves by iamamy
Learning to Fly by KellanCougar
There's A Crack in Everything by bellemeer

Best Completed Fic
Three Days Grace by Temperance
Triptych by McGee42
Mismatch Made In Heaven by Mrs. Agget
Charming Beauty Bright by evilgiraffe82
Drenched by MizzHyde

Best All-Time Fic
Outside the Bubble by OvertlyConcealed
Three Days Grace by Temperance
Sleeves by iamamy
There's A Crack in Everything by bellemeer
Inscrutable by Lou-La

Best Blowjob
Chapter 4 of Mismatch Made In Heaven by Mrs. Agget
Chapter 1 of TACIE What Ifs by bellemeer
Chapter 1 of Maybe It's Make Believe by starry-nights88
How Many Licks? by RockinThatAfroPic and Robin-Red Blackwaters
Eat, Laugh, Fuck by prassacut

Best UNF Moment
Chapters 2-3 of Affliction by The Ultimate Otaku
Chapter 2 of TACIE What Ifs by bellemeer
Chapter 3 of Maybe It's Make Believe by starry-nights88
Chapter 3 of Roads by prassacut
Chapter 4 of Scared Money Never Wins by mrsbeas

Best Overall Lemon
Chapters 2-3 of Sleeves by iamamy
Chapter 5 of Our House by NanaMun
Chapter 1 of Where You Belong by sadtomato
Inscrutable by Lou-La
Eat, Laugh, Fuck by prassacut

Best New Author
buildmeapyramid
kgq
bellemeer
iamamy
upsidedownntwisted

Best Angst Author
KellanCougar
bellemeer
shoefreak37
buildmeapyramid
vampireisthenewblack

Best Comedy Author
OvertlyConcealed
kgq
shadowglove
blakeney
prassacut

Best Lemon Author
KellanCougar
iamamy
bellemeer
Kimmydonn
NanaMun

Best Beta
starry-nights88
Touchstone67
harrytwifan
JaspersDestiny
cocoalvin

Best Recc'er
starry-nights88
harrytwifan
iamamy
bellemeer
Kimmydonn

Best Blogger/Tweeter
vampireisthenewblack
rmhale
jaydogrut
mycrookedsmile
prassacut

Best Reviewer
ravenanalia
sadtomato
OnTheTurningAway
TheUnderStudy
joss859

Best Cheerleader
ItsAThinLine
dariachenowith
bellemeer
Touchstone67
einfach mich

Best Slash H00r
Savannah-Vee
KellanCougar
Kimmydonn
rmhale
Bbebar

Best Banner Maker
RachellexMichelle
UNF4Rob
every9seconds
LostImortal
Touchstone67

Best All-Time Author
NanaMun
KellanCougar
iamamy
bellemeer
vampireisthenewblack

So there you are! All the amazing finalists! Click here to vote.
P.S. I probably made a few mistakes on this post (and probably on the voting doc too) so if you catch them, please let me know either on Twitter or at thetwifestivals@gmail.com. Thanks!

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Nominations are closed!

Squeee! Thank you so much to all the people who took the time to nominate their favorites! I'll be posting the finalists tomorrow.
Now, a few reminders: voting will begin, as said, tomorrow at 12pm Eastern Time, through August 3rd, and winners will be revealed the next day. We have several lovely people helping out with banners, which should get done by that time, but if not, will be done in the following few days. I'm going to attempt to PM all the finalists' authors, but I'd appreciate it very much if you gave them a heads up about being nominated. After all, I know I'd hate to be kept in the dark about it. :)
On another note, it looks as though a few categories will be dropped this round as they did not have enough nominations. *crowd boos* Hopefully next round will bring some more under-the-radar slash to us. :)
If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, remember that you can email me at thetwifestivals@gmail.com. I'm here to help!
Thank you again! Til tomorrow!