Light My Fire Awards
| Award | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Light My Fire Awards, LMFA |
| Date(s): | 2004 - 2009 |
| Frequency: | annual |
| Format: | popular vote - nominations and final ballot |
| Type: | online fanfic and fanart, websites |
| Associated Community: | |
| Fandom: | The Sentinel |
| URL: | Light My Fire Awards |
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Subpages for Light My Fire Awards:
History
The Light My Fire Awards began in 2004, "designed to honor outstanding Sentinel fanfiction, artwork, and websites available online."[1]
Nominations for eligible fanworks and sites took place each spring, in a number of categories divided by "class" (fiction, art, websites). After roughly four months for nominations, the LMFA committee would spend the summer tabulating results and checking eligibility. In the fall, a final ballot would be announced for people to vote on.
It was a long process; for the 2009 awards, for example, nominations opened on March 3, voting began on September 18th, and winners were announced on December 31 -- ten full months after the process began.
In January 2010, the LMFA committee sent a note to Sentinel fandom (both mailing lists and LJs) announcing the end of the awards:
It's with much sadness, but a lot of pride in what's been accomplished, that the Light My Fire Awards committee announce the closing of the awards.
For the last six years, the LMFA have been a way for the Sentinel fandom to highlight and showcase the best the fandom has to offer in the way of stories, art, vids, and resources. Hundreds -- thousands -- of fanworks have been nominated over the years and the fandom has voted to honor those it felt were worthy.[2]
Categories
(note: some of these categories were different in earlier years)[3]
- Class: Sentinel Fanfiction
- Divisions
- Categories (grouped by type)
- Drama
- Other Flavors
- Canon-Based
- Episode Related (Whole Truth Award)
- Post-TSbyBS (Brass Ring Award)
- Story Elements
- Use of Sentinel & Guide (Chopec Award)
- Use of Canon Character(s) Other than J&B (Usual Suspects Award)
- Use of Original Character(s) (Unusual Suspects Award)
- Relationship Themes
- Day in the Life Story (Loft Stories Award)
- Hurt/Comfort (Frozen Peas Award)
- Smarm (It's About Friendship Award) gen only
- Non-J/B Pairing (Neighborhood Watch Award)
- Slash-Specific Relationship Themes
- Pre-Slash/First Time (Clue Bus Award)
- Established Relationship (Old Married Award)
- PWP (Plot? What Plot?) (Hot in Cascade Award)
- Multipartner & Kink (Extra Sensual Pleasures Award)
- Story
- Short Story: 0 - 60k in size when converted to a text file.
- Long Story: 60 - 200k in size when converted to a text file.
- Novel: 200k and above when converted to a text file.
- Series: Two or more interconnected or sequential stories.
- Collaboration: Story or series written by two or more authors working together.
- Author
- New Author
- Classic Author
- Outstanding Author
- Class: Sentinel Art
- Divisions
- Gen
- Romantic or Erotic
- Categories
- Freehand Art
- Computer-Generated Art
- Best Overall
- Songvid (Gen, Het, or Slash)
- Divisions
- Class: Sentinel Websites (eliminated as of 2009)
- Divisions
- Design
- Content
- Categories
- Information/Resource Site
- Multiple Authors or Artists
- Divisions
"Committee Awards" were also possible, if the committee chose to give out a select award.
List of Winners
A list of nominees and winners can be found here.
References
- ^ LMFA FAQ page, Archived version accessed 12 January 2010.
- ^ LMFA Announcement: End of An Era, Archived version, posted to the LJ comm ts_news on 12 January 2010. Accessed 6 January 2023.
- ^ Light My Fire Awards: Categories, Archived version, accessed 12 January 2010.