We apologise for our late revealing, but the decisions this year have been unbelievably difficult. Each person nominated has contributed so much to the site, and these Quicksilver Quill awards recognize the top MuggleNet members in each category. Please give your congratulations, a round of applause, and perhaps a kind review to each of the winners and runner-ups. Winners and runner-ups, please check your inbox for your award! Email me 'bethany [at] fanfiction [dot] mugglenet [dot] com' if you did not receive your award or need a correction made.
Please note that some of these links link to stories rated 6th-7th Years and Professors while others lead to our beta forums which may or may not be accessible to one without an account there.
Best General Story
Winner - Where Light and Shadow Meet by Ennalee
Runner-up - Mum, Dad, It’s Me…Harry by Mudblood428
Best Dark/Angsty Story
Winner - When Saints Die, The World Stops Spinning by forsakenphoenix
Runner-up – Counting to Five Thousand by Rhetor
Best Humor Story
Winner - 101 Ways to Woo Hermione Granger by katdiva
Runner-up - The Dark Lord’s Blog by Schmerg_The_Impaler
Best Canon Romance Story
Winner - The Wedding Ring by KASK
Runner-up - Wednesday Dates by belladonna_tb
Best Non-Canon Romance Story
Winner - Clair De Lune by Astrid Skywalker
Runner-up - All At Once by electronicquillster
Best Original Character Romance Story
Winner - Sins of the Father by TheVault
Runner-up - Do Be My Enemy For Friendship’s Sake by ByMerlinsBeard
Honourable Mention - Child of the Hunt by Snapes_secret
Best Same Sex Romance Story
Winner - Amanda by Purplemage
Runner-up - Pride vs. Prejudice by bittersweet_lullaby
Runner-up - Hollow by wicked angel
Best Alternate Universe Story
Winner - Curse of the Reapers by deanine
Best Poem
Winner - Escape by BlackClaude
Runner-up - Let Sleeping Wolves Lie by Foxy Wolf
Best Marauder Era Story
Winner - More Than a Feeling by Kerichi
Runner-up - The Upside of Being Down by Kimberley
Best Post-Hogwarts Story
Winner - Through Fields of Gold by Seren
Runner-up - When Darkness Did Surround Us by MagEd
Best History/Mystery Story
Winner - The Portrait Painter by coppercurls
Runner-up - One Last Golden Day by Gryffinpuff
Best Beta Reader
Winner - Colores
Runner-up - ms weasley
Best Reviewer
Winner - GreyLady
Runner-up – LadyAlesha
Best Performance by a Male Original Character
Winner – Lucas Malory in Vacillation and Volition by Fantasium
Runner-up – Patrick Thatcher in Patrick Thatcher and the Colonist’s Compass by Dean Thomas
Best Performance by a Female Original Character
Winner – Miriam Daniels in Fool Me Once by Crickette
Runner-up – Camilla Snape in Innocence Found by Accio_Brain
Best Fan Artist
Winner - A Cappella
Runner-up - Toasty
Again, a tremendous round of applause for these fantastic winners! Please be sure you visit some of these links and give them a review and a pat on the back!
We would now like to take the time to thank the individuals involved in the judging process. Without them, this project would not have been possible.
Beautiful Dreamer07
Pandafan81
Astrid Skywalker
Gringottsvault711
NYSuperstarz
Tyrannolaurus
Laceymoibella
wendelin the weird
Electronic Quillster
Sly Severus
butterfly kisses
GreyLady
ms weasley
miss padfoot
BlackHairedWeasley
FenrirG
sayiansirius
Nyruserra
bittersweet_lullaby
Lurid
The Half Blood Prince
BloodRayne
padfoot_returns
LadyAlesha
Ennalee
crazy_purple_hp_freak
Sarakime
Joybelle423
radishearrings3
solemnlyswear_x
hansolohpfrk
phily
mugglegurl
Snape's Talon
babekitty_92
Pepper Imp
tc015
dragonwings
LucillaJoanna
Phoenix5225
Cheslin
CMwinters
Red and Gold
Mugglemathdork
Oppungo
MorganRay
Hatusu
helgaandgodric
Ravensgryff
WhittyLeah
Loralie
nikkiolapotter
Gmariam
Just Beyond The Veil
Hokey
Hermione_Rocks.
In addition to these committee members, we’d also like to thank the heads of the committees who helped guide discussions and decision processes.
Fantasium
Roxy Black
Ravensgryff
myownmuggle
Phoenix5225
Magical Maeve
Marauder by Midnight
rita_skeeter
lily_evans34
Potterphile12
dory_the_fishie
Last but certainly not least, thank you to everyone who participated in some way, shape, or form. We look forward to working with all of you next year for the third annual Quicksilver Quill Awards!
Remember, you can always visit the Duelling Club at the beta forums to ask all these authors and more about their writing! Note that you must be a registered and Sorted forum user to access the Duelling Club.
NOTE: Those who participated in the judging only judged in categories where they either forfeited the possibility of winning or had no stories on the database in the area. All judging was done as unbiased as possible.
Woot! Good job everybody!!
congrats everyone! Y'all deserved it! *Does happy dance for schmergo* *starts singing 'Pass the Butterbeer'*
Thanks, Ali! Oh gosh, I remember the Pass the Butterbeer song!
Wow, I really think that we got some excellent winners here. Congratulations to all!
I remember the Pass the Butterbeer song too! Congrats everyone! *dances* ~Princess Leia :)
Congratulations!!!! Glad to see some of the stories up there are on my favorites list already :]
CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS!!!!!!! You guys did a great job!!!!
Yay Schmergo! I squealed when I saw she had won runner up!!!!! Congrats to all the other fics, I read the age appropriate ones, and they rocked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Cheers*
Congratulations, especially to Schmergo, considering The Dark Lord's Blog is one of the few fics I have read on here, since I just joined.
You are all very talented. Keep up the good work!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
I am so happy for everyone that won!
I am especially happy for Accio_Brain--the author of Innocece Found! That is one of my all time favourite stories and I love both Camilla and Severus! Congrats on your story winning a Quicksilver!!!
Congratulations, everyone! *throws confetti and cake and things*
Hooray again! I have a question that I can't remember the answer to. Can the runners up win next year? I know the actual winners can't, but I didn't know about the runners up....
Helios Sol - The story that won runner-up cannot win in the same category. They can, however, win in another category. The author of the story can win in the same category for a different story.
Congrats everyone! I can't wait to read them all!
Hey congrats everyone! I read some of the stories, including my favourite story, Mum, Dad, it's Me Harry. I'd read it before. I'm really emotional; so I cried my eyes out, well I cried a lot put it that way. Anyway, great job!
Wow, great job everyone! The only people there I actually recognise are Schmerg, A Capella, Talon and... that's about it. But I know those three are fantastic authors (Schmerg, whenever I feel upset I read your stories and they pick me up every single time! SO funny!) so I know they'll be well-deserved. And I will know the rest are well-deserved when I get around to reading them!
Congrats all!
Love Phia
Are they going to announce the winners of the contest any time soon? (The contest with 'New Beginnings', 'The Next Great Adventure', 'Telling the Truth', and 'The Epilogue'.)
You are very welcome, schmergo. It gives me something to shoot for in next years QSQs!
Nevilles_Girl-- they are posted on the forums!
Congrats to everyone who won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *throws confetti* Weee!
-Susan