Literary Hanfic Awards

Award
Name:	Literary Hanfic Awards or Hanfic Awards For Literary Merit
Date(s):	1999-June 1, 2001
Frequency:	annual
Format:	judging panel
Type:	fanfic
Associated Community:	Stories Will Be Told and HansonFiction.com
Fandom:	Hanson
URL:	1st Annual and 2nd annual, May 2008 via wayback
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Award from the 1st Annual round

Banner from the 2nd Annual round

The Literary Hanfic Awards (also called the Hanfic Awards for Literary Merit) were annual awards for Hanson fanfic. They ran from 1999 to 2001. The first round was moderated by Sab, Jamie and Lee and was a part of their Yahoo! Club Stories Will Be Told. This first round came about after a series of rants inspired by the Really Big Hanson Fanfic Awards.

You're right when you say that these awards are popularity contests. But when you ask the general Hanfic public for nominees, that's what happens. What I think we need to do, Jenn, is get together and have our own LITERARY HANFIC AWARDS. E-mail me. We can do this. The only way to make sure that garbage like INAP doesn't end up a nominee in practically every category is to give the voters a choice of stories that are well-written, well-developed, and heck, why not ... use "your" and "you're" correctly. I guess what I'm saying is that in any kind of awards that rely on the readers at large to submit their nods, those with the most readers are going to end up as nominees ... whether they deserve to be there or not.

The second round was hosted on HansonFiction.com and moderated by Laura Motta and Amanda Dupuis.

1st Annual

This round ran in 2000 with categories for stories and authors. A Sylvia Plath Memorial Award for Literary Merit in Hanfic was announced but not given.

Awards for Stories

Best Character Development of Isaac as a Main Character
Nothing Moves At Midnight by Allée

Best Character Development of Taylor as a Main Character
Think of Laura by Karen

Best Character Development of Zac as a Main Character
If They Knew by Shelby Woods

Best Isaac in a Supporting Role
Lady of my Heart by Karen

Best Taylor in a Supporting Role
Living for a Dream by Jenn

Best Zac in a Supporting Role
Walls by Sheryl and Karen

Best Development of Non-Hanson Characters
A Change of Grace by Sheryl and Karen

Best Use of Language/Most Cleanly Written Story
Lived by Amanda Dupuis

Best Dramatic Story
Walls by Sheryl and Laurie

Best Comedic Story
Tulsa 74132 by Sarah, Laurie and Melissa

Best Erotic Story
Nightfire by Isira

Best Use of Short Story Format
Now Tell Us What You Heard by Jessica Rose

Best Plotline
Walls by Sheryl and Laurie

Awards for Authors

Most Visual Writer
Zac Says Tay Still Wets The Bed by Nick

Best Adult Author
Always From Afar by Amanda Dupuis

Best Teen/Preteen Author
Vindictive by Rosaline

Best Writer, Dramatic
Just Keep Writing by Keridwen Moonshadow

Best Writer, Erotica
It Isn't Nice To Gawk by Albertane Child

Best Retired Author
Moonbop by Kayla

Best Author of Less Than Five Stories
Always From Afar by Amanda Dupuis

Best Author of More Than Five Stories
Sheryl

Most Realistic Writer
Hanson Through My Eyes by Aurora

Writer With the Most Potential
If They Knew by Shelby Woods

2nd Annual

The round ran in 2000 and 2001, with categories for characters, authors, stories and special awards. The judging panel consisted of Sab, Jenn and Lauryn Beaufort.

Characters

Best Development of Isaac as a main character

1. Prologue To A Life by Laura Motta
2. Falling by Sarah

Best Development of Taylor as a main character

1. Pretty Much Forever by Jane
2. When They Were Good by Madison

Best Development of Zac as a main character

1. I Am by Lis
2. Lived by Amanda Dupuis

Best Isaac in a supporting role

1. The Quiet One by Krystal
2. Where You Belong by Shimmer

Best Taylor in a supporting role

1. Surrealistic Emotions by Keryn
2. Lived by Amanda Dupuis

Best Zac in a supporting role

1. My Mother's Obsession With Pies by Kate
2. So, There Was This Boy... by Stephanie

Best Development of a Hanson sibling

1. I Am by Lis
2. If They Knew by Shelby Woods

Best Development of a Hanson parent

1. When They Were Good by Madison
2. The Winner Is by Laura Motta

Best Development of a non-Hanson female character

1. My Mother's Obsession With Pies by Kate (Anna)
2. Pretty Much Forever by Jane (Naomi)

Best Development of a non-Hanson male character

1. Holding Onto Nothing by Allison Way (Parker)
2. I Ain't No Angel by Nick (Hugo)

Stories

Best Dramatic Story

1. Falling by Sarah
2. The Quiet One by Krystal

Best Comic Story

1. My Mother's Obsession With Pies by Kate
2. Cara's Epic by Alissa

Best Experimental Story

1. Possession by Lee, Madie, et al
2. Devil Angel by Aspen

Best Romance

1. Surrealistic Emotions by Keryn
2. Three Days by Katie

Best Plotline

1. Veritas by Alex
2. Terrified by Care Gaston
3. Zac Says Tay Still Wets The Bed by Nick

Best Use of the letter or journal

1. Lived by Amanda Dupuis
2. When They Were Good by Madison

Best Use of song

1. He Falls Apart by Margaret Clayton
2. Stop Liking, Start Loving by Akimbie

Best Beginning

1. When They Were Good by Madison
2. Which Way Is Down by Manda and Sadie

Best Ending

1. And He Went by Jenn
2. Save Me by Carley

Best Unfinished story

1. Pretty Much Forever by Jane
2. Terrified by Care Gaston

Best Use of the short-story format

1. He's Reality by Keryn
2. In the Spotlight by Akimbie

Best Co-Written story

1. Possession by Lee, Madie, et al
2. The Moffson Tapes by Lauryn Beaufort and Jenn

Best Hanson / Moffatt crossover story

1. Rhapsody by Tasha
2. Devil Angel by Aspen

Authors

Best Dramatic Writer

1. Madison for When They Were Good
2. Sarah for Falling

Best Comic Writer

1. Kate for My Mother's Obsession With Pies
2. Laura Motta for Bright and Beautiful

Best Romance Writer

1. Katie for Three Days
2. Shelby Woods for If They Knew

'Best New Writer

1. Keryn for Surrealistic Emotions
2. Katie for Space For Breathing

Writer with the most potential

1. Jenne for Skinny legs and all
2. Kailey Bender for Insane

Best Writer of five or more stories

1. Keryn for Paint It Red
2. Shimmer for One In A Million

Best Writer of less than five stories

1. Jane for Pretty Much Forever
2. Krystal for The Quiet One

Best Writing style

1. Kate for Gesundheit
2. Amanda Dupuis for Always From Afar

Best Hanfic site

1. Bright and Beautiful by Laura Motta
2. The Life and Times by Akimbie

Specials

Sylvia Plath Memorial Award
(for best author)
Laura Motta for Bright and Beautiful

'The Blind Assassin' Tribute Award
(for best story)
My Mother's Obsession With Pies by Kate