CALL FOR JULY NOMINATIONS

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Nominations are now open for JULY. The special category this month is FAVORITE LUAU FIC, which will cover the first part of the lostsquee luau. Deadline for nominating in all categories is AUGUST 1, but nominations for the special category can only cover these dates: July 6 - 19. Any fics posted after today (that is, the second half of the luau, will be eligible for the August special Category. The date requirement only applies to the special category. Any Luau fic written before August 1 may be nommed in the regular categories.Make sense? I hope so!

Please comment with your nominations. Comments are screened.


REGULAR CATEGORIES

BEST GEN FIC - Generally, a fic that is canonical or genre-based, where romance is not the main focus of the story. G, PG, or R.

BEST HET FIC - A fic that features a het pairing. G, PG, or R (or equivalent rating).

BEST NC-17 HET FIC - A het fic that is rated NC-17.

BEST SLASH FIC - A fic that features a slash pairing. G, PG, or R.

BEST NC-17 SLASH FIC - A slash fic that is rated NC-17.

BEST FIC FEATURING AN UNUSUAL PAIRING -- A romantic fic that features characters who are not usually romantically linked in fic. Any rating.

BEST SERIES - A fic with multiple installments, or sequels. Any rating. You can now nominate sequential, related fics where one individual fic has already won an award. Entire series that have already won in any category cannot be nominated again.

BEST HUMOROUS FIC - A fic that is funny! Any rating.

OUTSTANDING FIRST FIC - Must be the author's first foray into Lost fandom. Any rating.

AUTHOR OF THE MONTH - No nominations accepted for this category. Results will be drawn statistically from the voting in all other categories.


ROTATING CATEGORIES
BEST AU FIC - A fic that takes place in an alternate universe. Any rating.

BEST FUTURE FIC -- A fic set in the future, on or off the island.

BEST CROSSOVER -- A fic that features characters or settings from one or more fandoms besides Lost. Any rating.


SPECIAL CATEGORY (MOD'S CHOICE) -- FAVORITE LUAU FIC -- Any fic written for the lostsquee luau that was written and posted between July 6 and July 19. Fics written after that date will be eligible for next month's special category.


General Nominating Guidelines:
1. You may nominate fics in all or just one category, but just one nomination per category per month.
2. All fics must relate to LOST. They may contain OCs or be AU, but must either have characters from LOST or be based on the concept of LOST.
3. Include fic title, author, and link to story when nominating and specify which category you are nominating in. Like so:
  BEST GEN FIC
  Fic Title by lj user
  LINK -- (just cut and pasted, please!)
4. Fics and authors do not have to be on LJ.
5. Fics can be new or old - as long as they have not previously won in any category. (Fics that have already won individually can be reconsidered if they are part of a series that has not already won *as* a series.) HERE is the list of previous winners. Fics that have been previously nominated but not won may be nominated again.
6. You do not have to join the comm to nominate or vote.
7. All nominations are done via screened comments to preserve anonymity.
8. Fics nominated in multiple categories will be considered in the category where the largest instance of nominations exist. In the instance of a tie, the moderators will read the fic and choose a category accordingly.
9. Please do not nominate fics that are f-locked. If you would like to nominate a locked fic, please ask the author first if they wouldn't mind unlocking it.
10. If you nominate one of your own fics, you must also nominate at least one fic by a different author in another category. This also applies to co-authored fics, if you want to nominate a fic you co-wrote, please also include a nomination by someone else in a different category.