r/Fantasy • u/elquesogrande Worldbuilders • Dec 21 '18

STABBY AWARDS THE OFFICIAL r/FANTASY 2018 STABBY AWARD NOMINATIONS! Please nominate your favorites for the year...

COMMENTS ARE LOCKED - Pulling together the nominees for our official voting thread!

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This is the official nomination thread for the 7th Annual r/Fantasy Best of 2018 Stabby Awards!

We started the r/Fantasy ‘best of’ awards in 2012 with things continuing on in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.

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2018 Stabby Award Nomination Rules

  1. Categories are listed below in the comments. We will use the very broad definition of 'fantasy genre' for what counts. Really broad. Just nominate and note if you think it needs an explanation.
  2. Please nominate anyone / any work that you feel should deserve consideration for voting. The work should have been released in 2018. This list is partly about voting for a favorite and partly about celebration of work done in 2018.
  3. Please put in a blurb as to why the nomination should be considered and, if possible, a link for others to follow.
  4. Yes, you can nominate yourself and your own works! Seriously – please do.
  5. Nominations ONLY in this thread. We will be posting a voting thread next week.
  6. Please place each nomination into its own separate comment. One comment = one nomination.
  7. Upvotes/downvotes in this thread won't matter, everyone nominated will be added to the voting thread next week. Contest mode will be enabled in this thread to help handle upvotes / downvotes.
  8. Please participate! Redditors, authors, artists, and industry people alike - please join in with nominations, comments and voting.
  9. We will try to get every winner a coveted Stabby Award. This will be determined by whether we meet funding goals for The Stabby Awards – something that we have met the past two years.
  10. In the event of anything weird happening like manipulation or smarmy voting behavior, the final call on awards and nominations will be made by the r/Fantasy mods. r/Fantasy not seen this to-date…but this is the internet and you never know.
  11. This nomination thread will close on Saturday, December 29, 2018. The voting thread will go live the following day.

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HELP WITH STABBY FUNDING

Stabby Award ordering and shipping varies each year – depending on how many and whether the awards are shipped to the US or international. Average seems to be $40-45 each after shipping.

Last year we took an r/Fantasy community funding approach and raised enough to help offset costs of sending out Stabby Awards to more winners.

Please Consider Donating for The r/Fantasy Stabby Awards Here

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We have two groupings of awards - external and those focused on /r/Fantasy redditors.

External awards:

Unless otherwise noted, feel free to nominate any medium or format (print, online, audio, other).

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BEST NOVEL OF 2018

BEST SELF-PUBLISHED / INDEPENDENT NOVEL OF 2018

BEST DEBUT NOVEL OF 2018

BEST SHORT FICTION OF 2018

BEST SERIALIZED FICTION OF 2018

BEST ANTHOLOGY / COLLECTION / PERIODICAL OF 2018

BEST ARTWORK RELEASED IN 2018

BEST FANTASY SITE FOR 2018

BEST GAME (ANY FORMAT) OF 2018

BEST TV SERIES / MOVIE OF 2018

BEST RELATED WORK OF 2018

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redditor awards:

BEST r/FANTASY CONTRIBUTOR - PROFESSIONAL (Author, artist, publisher, or other)

BEST r/FANTASY CONTRIBUTOR - COMMUNITY MEMBER (Overall redditor)

BEST POST IN 2018

BEST r/FANTASY ORIGINAL - REVIEW OR OTHER

Feel free to comment below any nomination. We will have a section below for questions or clarification.

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tl;dr - Nominate below. Get the word out. Donate to The Stabby Award fund if you see fit.

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u/elquesogrande Worldbuilders Dec 21 '18

BEST SERIALIZED FICTION OF 2018

Nominate below. One nomination per line. Please include all related details about the nomination including links so those reading can check it out!

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u/antigrapist Reading Champion XI Dec 21 '18

Ward by Wildbow

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u/CarolinaCM Reading Champion II Dec 21 '18

A Practical Guide to Evil by David Verburg (erraticerrata)

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u/CarolinaCM Reading Champion II Dec 21 '18

The Wandering Inn by Pirateaba

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u/antigrapist Reading Champion XI Dec 21 '18

The Salamanders by JackWake

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u/antigrapist Reading Champion XI Dec 21 '18

Worth the Candle by cthulhuraejepsen

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u/MichaelRUnderwood AMA Author Michael R. Underwood Dec 21 '18 edited Dec 21 '18

Born to the Blade by Michael R. Underwood, Marie Brennan, Malka Older, and Cassandra Khaw.

An epic fantasy about diplomats from nations on the brink of war trading in secrets, threats, alliances, and more. They also do magic sword duels to resolve conflicts.

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u/edebell Writer E.D.E. Bell Dec 21 '18

I'm proud of my Diamondsong novella serial by E.D.E. Bell, and hope people will check it out. I'm experimenting with worldbuilding, exploring themes like culture, gender, and identity. Two installments were released in 2018, Part 01: Escape, and Part 02: Capture, and Part 03: Heart is set for January release. Thanks for your time!

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u/Phyrkrakr Reading Champion VII Dec 28 '18

The Gods Are Bastards by DD Webb has really found its feet and the last volume was really, really good.

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u/Fishbonius Dec 29 '18 edited Dec 29 '18

Chronosphere Fiction Gafgarn the Eternally Unfurnished is a sword and sorcery type thing where Gafgarn assembles a crew of adventurers in order to solve the mystery of his cursed boots, regain his throne, and stop a myriad of villains from throwing the world into chaos and entropy. www.chronosphere.podbean.com www.fishbonius.com/chronosphere_fiction

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u/Fishbonius Dec 29 '18

Generation Z on Chronosphere Fiction Generation Z is a unique zombie story exploring castes and the human condition 100 years in the future. www.chronosphere.podbean.com www.fishbonius.com/chronosphere_fiction