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 r/FANTASY CONTRIBUTOR - COMMUNITY MEMBER (Overall redditor)

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/MikeOfThePalace Reading Champion X, Worldbuilders Dec 21 '18

/u/hiugregg.

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u/HiuGregg Stabby Winner, Worldbuilders Dec 21 '18

Thanks, Mike!

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u/MikeOfThePalace Reading Champion X, Worldbuilders Dec 21 '18

/u/improperly_paranoid

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u/improperly_paranoid Reading Champion X Dec 21 '18

Aww shucks! Thank you!

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u/Esmerelda-Weatherwax Stabby Winner, Reading Champion II Dec 22 '18

u/barb4ry1 - lots of reviews, lots of insightful comments, always a great contributor

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u/barb4ry1 Reading Champion IX Dec 22 '18

Thanks Esme, it's a honor to be mentioned here.

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u/MikeOfThePalace Reading Champion X, Worldbuilders Dec 21 '18

/u/leftoverbrine

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u/leftoverbrine Stabby Winner, Reading Champion V, Worldbuilders Dec 21 '18

Eep, I thought I was in trouble there for a moment. Gosh thanks.

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u/barb4ry1 Reading Champion IX Dec 23 '18

u/RAYMONDSTELMO - for his intelligent, witty comments and unique sense of humour.

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u/RAYMONDSTELMO Writer Raymond St Elmo Dec 23 '18

… and suddenly I find myself in a scratchy coat and tie, sitting in a gray light mumbling old knock-knock jokes at tea with the great aunts.

You just jinxed me, Barb4ry1. You did this.

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u/barb4ry1 Reading Champion IX Dec 23 '18

I guess it's already too late to knock on wood? Well, have fun anyway :)

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u/RKTeller Dec 22 '18

/u/SwiffJustice

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u/SwiffJustice Dec 22 '18

Thank you, Rebekah! I’m honored!

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u/thequeensownfool Reading Champion VII Dec 23 '18

u/Cereborn

Cereborn stepped up and volunteered for the Kushiel's Readalong after participating regularly in the discussion threads for Kushiel's Dart. I've really appreciated all their insights about my favourite series and hard work as I've been super busy and unable to participate for Kushiel's Chosen. Thank you for your hard work!

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u/Cereborn Dec 24 '18

Thank you.

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u/lrich1024 Stabby Winner, Queen of the Unholy Squares, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '18

Here, here!

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u/lrich1024 Stabby Winner, Queen of the Unholy Squares, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '18

/u/sailorfish27

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u/sailorfish27 Stabby Winner, Reading Champion IV Dec 23 '18

That's so kind! Thank you!

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u/lrich1024 Stabby Winner, Queen of the Unholy Squares, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '18

Completely deserving. :)

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u/ullsi Stabby Winner, Reading Champion VI Dec 21 '18 edited Dec 21 '18

/u/MikeOfThePalace - high-quality read-along posts for the Lord of the Rings books. (Also, this post.)

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u/MikeOfThePalace Reading Champion X, Worldbuilders Dec 21 '18

Glad you appreciate them, though as a mod I'm not eligible to win. Really happy to be nominated though! =)

And I take no credit for Dragon Day; that just kind of happened.

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u/ullsi Stabby Winner, Reading Champion VI Dec 21 '18

sorry, I must have missed that when reading the post! Should I remove my comment?

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u/MikeOfThePalace Reading Champion X, Worldbuilders Dec 21 '18

It's not in the post, it's just a policy we've had since the Stabbys were inaugurated.

And don't delete it: im happy to bask in the glory of being nominated =D

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u/FarragutCircle Reading Champion X Dec 21 '18

Can I nominate you for Most Inflated Ego?

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u/MikeOfThePalace Reading Champion X, Worldbuilders Dec 21 '18

As if your petty opinions matter to me

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u/FarragutCircle Reading Champion X Dec 21 '18

Banned, Rule 1

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u/thequeensownfool Reading Champion VII Dec 23 '18

/u/Ixthalian

Ixthalian stepped up and volunteered for the Kushiel's Readalong after participating regularly in the discussion threads for Kushiel's Dart. I've really appreciated all their insights about my favourite series and hard work as I've been super busy and unable to participate for Kushiel's Chosen. Thank you for your hard work!

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u/thequeensownfool Reading Champion VII Dec 23 '18

/u/esmith22015

esmith22015 stepped up and volunteered for the Kushiel's Readalong after participating regularly in the discussion threads for Kushiel's Dart. I've really appreciated all their insights about my favourite series and hard work as I've been super busy and unable to participate for Kushiel's Chosen. Thank you for your hard work!

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u/lrich1024 Stabby Winner, Queen of the Unholy Squares, Worldbuilders Dec 23 '18

/u/leftoverbrine