STIFfie/1997 Awards

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These are the winners as announced at the Annual STIFfies Ceremony held at MediaWest*Con over Memorial Day Weekend 1997.

Due South

• Best Poem/Filk: Snow, Falling Softly by Jeannie Marie (Twogether)
• Best Short Story: Good Enough by Mirielle (Dark Fantasies 5)
• Best Story: Here Be Dragonflies by Julien (Pure Maple Syrup 4)
• Best Novella: Often Ends In Love by Gillian Middleton (Fire and Ice)
• Best Novel: The Star of Palermo by Jeannie Marie (Victorian Secrets Press)
• Best Zine: Due Frisky 2 (Almost Foolproof Press)
• Best Art: Anja Gruber, Benny and Ray, The Star of Palermo

Miscellaneous Fandoms - Non-Science Fiction

• Best Short Story: Man From UNCLE: To Live In Interesting Times by Taliesin (Relative Secrecy)
• Best Story: Rawhide: Incident of the Pan Pipe by Mirna Cicioni (The Summer I Turned Frisky)
• Best Novella: Miami Vice: Mr. Saigon by Flamingo (Just Another Day at the Beach)
• Best Novel: The Fugitive: Fumbling Toward Ecstasy by HG & Cherlyn (Dog House Press)
• Best Zine: Man From UNCLE: Classified Affairs 3 (Marion McChesney)
• Best Info Zine: The Man from UNCLE: Z.I.N.E.S. (Lois Balzar)

Miscellaneous Fandoms - Science Fiction & Related Genre

• Best Poem/Filk: Blake's 7: Rebel by Ebony (Forbidden Star 2)
• Best Short Story: Blake's 7: Anniversary by Susan Cutter (Diverse Doings 1)
• Best Story: Highlander: Sarcophagus by Kitty Fisher (Walking Distance)
• Best Novel: Highlander: Lucifer Falling by Kitty Fisher (Kathy Resch)
• Best Zine: Star Wars: Elusive Lover 2 (Anoat Press)
• Best Art: Star Trek: Deep Space 9: TACS, Cover, A Plain and Simple Zine 10

Multimedia

• Best Story: Ghost In the Machine by Killashandra (Playfellows 10)
• Best Zine: Diverse Doings (Kathy Agel)
• Best Info Zine: Media Monitor (Plastic Cow Productions)
• Best Art: Chris Soto, P. 133, Playfellows 10

Quantum Leap

• Best Poem/Filk: Forever by Penelope Hill (Sundered Souls)
• Best Story: The Road Goes On Forever by Sue Walker (The Angel and the Dreamer 1)
• Best Novella: Wherever the Road Shall Take Thee by Doreen Tracy & Sue Walker (The Angel and the Dreamer 2)
• Best Zine: Sundered Souls (AAA Press)
• Best Info Zine: The Hand Link (Quantum Fire Press)
• Best Art: RAG, Cover, Footprints

Rat Patrol

• Best Poem/Filk: Panzer Captain In Love by A Jerry Becker (Diverse Doings 1)
• Best Short Story: Devil Wearing Wings by Debra Hicks (Diverse Doings 1)
• Best Story: And Only Duty Remains by Debra Hicks (Flanking Maneuvers 1)
• Best Zine: Flanking Maneuvers 1 (Lindbergh's Legacy Press)

The Sentinel

• Best Short Story: Last Request by Tiger Tyger (Primal Instincts 1)
• Best Story: To Have and To Hold by Candy Apple (Come To Your Senses 1)
• Best Novella: When Angels Weep by Tiger Tyger (Primal Instincts 2)
• Best Novel: Damage Control by Kim Gasper (Almost Foolproof Press)
• Best Zine: Primal Instincts 1 (Asbestos Press)
• Best Info Zine: The Sandburg Zone (Neon Rainbow Press)
• Best Art: Suzan Lovett, Cover, Primal Instincts 1

Star Trek: TOS - K/S

• Best Poem/Filk: Never and Always Lovers by Carolyn Spencer (T'hy'la #19)
• Best Short Story: A Doctor's Tale by Corey Fauer (First Time #46)
• Best Story: Untouched by Shelley Butler (First Time #46)
• Best Novella: "None So Blind" by Brianna Falken (KaleidoScope Issue #6 )
• Best Novel: First Light by Kate Sheridan
• Best Zine: T'hy'la #19 (Kathy Resch)
• Best Info Zine: The K/S Press (Jenna Sinclair & Shelley Butler)
• Best Art: Shelley Butler, The Pieta, First Time #46

Starsky & Hutch

• Best Poem/Filk: Down To the Wire by Isabel Ortiz (The Fix 17)
• Best Short Story: Drought by PFL (Cold Pizza and Butterfly Bones)
• Best Story: Talkin' Dirty Pool by Gloria R & Flamingo (Cold Pizza and Butterfly Bones)
• Best Novella: Crystal Blue Persuasion by Flamingo (Crystal Blue Persuasion)
• Best Novel: Risk byLinda McGee (Idiot Triplets Press)
• Best Zine: Crystal Blue Persuasions (Asbestos Press)
• Best Art: Suzan Lovett, Cover, Crystal Blue Persuasion

Wiseguy

• Best Short Story: Stay by April Valentine (Sanctuary)
• Best Story: Colors By Candle-light by Suzan Lovett (Sanctuary)
• Best Novella: Keeper of My Heart by April Valentine (Sanctuary)
• Best Novel: The Terranova Situation 15 by Dar F (Almost Foolproof Press)
• Best Zine: Sanctuary (In Person Press)
• Best Art: Suzan Lovett, Cover, Sanctuary

The X-Files

• Best Short Story: Secret by Kitty Fisher (X-Plicit Fantasies)
• Best Story: Extrophile by Cody Nelson (X-Plicit Fantasies)
• Best Novel: Il Traviato by Cody Nelson (Kathy Agel)
• Best Zine: X-Plicit Fantasies (Maverick Press)
• Best Art: Cody Nelson, Cover, Il Traviato

Outstanding Achievement

Recognition of work done in 1997.

• ARTIST OF THE YEAR - Suzan Lovett (other nominees: Brauna Ben-Shane, Linda Cody, KOZ, TACS)
• AUTHOR OF THE YEAR - Rosemary C (other nominees: Kitty Fisher, Flamingo, Charlotte Frost, Gloria R.-S.)
• POET/FILKER OF THE YEAR - Khylara (other nominees: Lynne Dhenson, Penelope Hill, D.A. Marsh, Isabel Ortiz)
• PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR - Kathy Resch (other nominees: Almost Foolproof Press, Asbestos Press, Idiot Triplets Press, In Person Press)