From our Picassos to our ✨spicy✨ writers, the Jiara fandom is blessed with so much talent. In the words of DJ Khalid, “all I do is win.” Thank you so much to all those who participated, and congratulations to everyone whose work was highlighted! Now, based on your votes, here are the 2022 Jiara Award winners!
FIC
1. Best fluff
Winner: tossin’ rocks at your window by @alphinias
Runners Up: I’m Just Curious (Is It Serious?) by @pakfiction and if this is a romcom, kill the director by @smileymikey
2. Best angst
Winner: The Pogue Lyfe T-Shirt Company by @yellowlaboratory
Runners Up: rip current by @mishellejones and law of the jungle by @rae-of-fricking-sunshine
3. Best smut
Winner: baptise in your thighs til it hurts by @ghostiewriter
Runner Up: the benefits of being under the influence(r) by @kiekiecarrera
4. Best hurt/comfort
Winner: Cause It's You by @pakfiction
Runner Up: home (where your heart is set in stone) by @homebody-nobody
5. Best humour
Winner: hot off the press by @rae-of-fricking-sunshine and @yellowlaboratory
Runner Up: if this is a romcom, kill the director by @smileymikey
6. Best future fic
Winner: law of the jungle by @rae-of-fricking-sunshine
Runner Up: am i in your head (half as often as you're on my mind?) by @whitetrashjj
7. Best AU (oneshot)
Winner: couch crashin’ by @alphinias
Runner Up: hot girl bummer by @yellowlaboratory
8. Best AU (multichap)
Winner: the benefits of being under the influence(r) by @kiekiecarrera
Runner Up: if I'm honest, it feels like love by @homebody-nobody
9. Best multichap (WIP)
Winner: Cause It's You by @pakfiction
Runners Up: monkshood and wolfsbane by @alphinias and suspended like spirits over speeding cars by @smileymikey
10. Best multichap (complete)
Winner: The Pogue Lyfe T-Shirt Company by @yellowlaboratory
Runner Up: spinning in circles (hoping one day i face you) by @jjmaybank
11. Best pre-canon speculation
Winner: Best Friends & Bad Ideas by @k-carreras
Runner Up: every bad decision I haven't made yet by @yellowlaboratory
12. Best post-canon speculation
Winner: around the world by @rae-of-fricking-sunshine
Runner Up: no place i’d rather be (than with you on these seven seas) by lemon_drizzle_cake and @yellowlaboratory
13. Best confession
Winner: around the world, Chapter 12 by @rae-of-fricking-sunshine
“Just to check,” he props himself up on his other elbow, looks at her. “Do you like me? Like me, like me? As in want to ravish my innocent body and hold my hand and shit? Like that?”
Kiara wants to prefix it with unfortunately but there’s something in the faint blue of his eyes that she can see. Something vulnerable. “Yes. I like, like you. Take you round the world and then to my parents for dinner like you. Please don’t sleep with anyone else like you. Please can I sleep in your bed wherever possible because it makes me calm like you.”
Runner Up: I’m just curious (is it serious?), Chapter 6 by @pakfiction
“I don’t know a whole lot about love either, or maybe I just don’t really know what it means,” he finally continued, his words falling from his lips fast and rushed, “but for what it’s worth, when I hear the word, I think about you.”
14. Best kiss
Winner: tossin' rocks at your window by @alphinias
She hadn’t realized she’d moved; all she knew was that she was stomping towards JJ, up to her ankles in ocean water, and that she’d thrown her hands on either side of his face, cutting him off in mid sentence.
Her lips smothered his words, whatever shit he was going to say fading into her.
JJ went went slack, lips still as stone and chapped as she brushed them against hers. One, two, three seconds passed, the hammering of Kiara’s heart ticking from exhilaration towards horror.
But then his hands were moving. One splayed out against her hip, and the other slunk up her back, sinking into the curls at the nape of her neck and dragging her closer. Closer. Closer.
The movement caught her enough by surprise (or maybe it was relief) that she let out a little breath against him. JJ didn’t miss the opportunity to slip his tongue between her lips, coaxing something like a moan from deep in the back of her throat.
Runner Up: rip current, Chapter 2 by @mishellejones
She nods. “You won’t look at me, J. You won’t sit with me or sling your arm around my shoulder. You avoid being alone in the same room with me for too long… It hurts.” Her hand curls into a fist at her side, voice rising slightly. “So yes. I told you I miss you. Because I did. Do. Because you’re too fucking stubborn to—“
She doesn’t even see him move. One second he’s there in front of her, as angry and desperate as she is, and the next his lips are on hers.
JJ’s kissing her.
His hands are cupping her cheeks and he’s yanking her against him and he’s kissing her. It’s sudden and it’s exhilarating and it’s lightning that she can feel zip clear down to the tips of her toes.
15. Best joke
Winner: all my friends are bad kids by @kiekiecarrera
“Yeah.” She looks down at her lap. “I feel like I’ve fucked things up for real this time, though.” “You didn’t.” “You pulled away.” “You were high.” She wants to protest, but he speaks before she does. “And you know… no Pogue-on-Pogue macking.” She can’t contain her snort. “It’s safe to say I’ve butchered that rule.” JJ pushes his knee against her thigh. Downs the last of his orange juice. “What? Just because you’ve collected all the Pokémons?” She bursts out laughing, shoves him away again. “Hey, fuck you!”
Runner Up: bare necessities by @rae-of-fricking-sunshine
Kiara scrambles out the way as JJ approaches, the hand outstretched. “JJ Maybank – no – take your pee hand away from me.” “I mean, technically it’s your pee hand-” “Is it not enough that I provided the pee? If you don’t stop, urine trouble.” JJ says ayyy in appreciation and stops chasing her around the deck.
16. Best quote from fic
Winner: around the world by @rae-of-fricking-sunshine
The branch she’s sitting on bows as JJ sits next to her. “Your mom loves you,” his voice is quiet, but firm. “And she’s great. Really hot, too, actually,” Kiara swats at his shoulder and he shrugs her off. “But she – she says some fucked up things, I think. And that’s her issue, not yours. Because it doesn’t matter what you look like because – you’re really into sea turtles and the ocean and you’re like, really fucking good with engines and boats and you can sing and play that stupid ukulele and you can look after people and make friends literally anywhere you go. You’re the cleverest person I know.” She’s staring at the side of his face but he’s got his gaze focused ahead, over the snow dusted trees and the expanse of water. “And all that,” he continues, and he still hasn’t looked at her. “All that is worth more than the size of your clothes.” She wants to push him off the branch and she wants to scream wildly, until her throat’s sore and she can get rid of the ache in her chest and in her stomach and the voice in her head that is unrelenting and harsh. Instead, she lays her head on his shoulder and he wraps his arm around her waist. And she eats the damn sandwich. “I’d still mack you if you were the size of a house,” he says after a long pause. Kiara sighs and pushes him off the branch.
Runner Up: I’m Just Curious (Is It Serious?) by @pakfiction
“I don’t know a whole lot about love either, or maybe I just don’t really know what it means,” he finally continued, his words falling from his lips fast and rushed, “but for what it’s worth, when I hear the word, I think about you.”
17. Best scene from fic
Winner: The Pogue Lyfe T-Shirt Company by @yellowlaboratory
Scene: JJ and Kiara find his old bracelets in a box. “I mean,” Kiara looks around the room before her gaze settles back on JJ, “if you tie them on, I probably won’t be able to get them off.”
JJ tilts his head slightly to the side. “That’s kind of the point of friendship bracelets, right?” he says, ignoring the fact that previously, they both royally fucked that up.
Runner Up: the benefits of being under the influence(r) by @kiekiecarrera
Scene: the Pogues freak out over JJ and Kie “You might be pretty annoying, but you have a good radar for assholes, I’ll give you that.”
Kiara tries to contain the smile that curls her lips, but is rather not very successful.
She feels almost high on relief, something light and happy coursing through her veins. She’ll blame her lack of filter on that, and the way she very unsubtly eyes JJ up and down, on that. “Clearly, I don’t.”
‘From the corner of her eye, she sees Pope squirm. “They’re flirting.”
JJ rolls his eyes, looking more than slightly annoyed. “We’re not flirting.”
18. Best collab
Winner: hot off the press by @rae-of-fricking-sunshine and @yellowlaboratory
Runner Up: rebel without a claus by @rae-of-fricking-sunshine and @yellowlaboratory
AUTHORS
1. Best JJ
Winner: raeoffrickingsunshine | @rae-of-fricking-sunshine
Runner Up: PAKfiction | @pakfiction
2. Best Kiara
Winner: yellowlaboratory | @yellowlaboratory
Runner Up: PAKfiction | @pakfiction
3. Best Jiara
Winner: raeoffrickingsunshine | @rae-of-fricking-sunshine
Runner Up: alphinia | @alphinias
4. Best Pogues
Winner: yellowlaboratory | @yellowlaboratory
Runner Up: smileymikey | @smileymikey
5. Best supporting character
Winner: smileymikey | @smileymikey | Himbo John B
Runner Up: theystayalive | @hmspogue | Wheezie Cameron
6. Best banter/dialogue
Winner: alphinia | @alphinias
Runner Up: smileymikey | @smileymikey
READERS
1. Best commenter
Winner: lemon_drizzle_cake
Runner Up: pennedbylynn | @brizzlovesyou
2. Best beta
Winner: alphinia | @alphinias
Runners Up: lemon_drizzle_cake and yellowlaboratory | @yellowlaboratory
GIFFERS
1. Best JJ set
Winner: jj + his red hat (rip) by @jackpearcsn
Runner Up: You know what helps me figure shit out? Smokin’ beers and drinkin’ weed. - JJ MAYBANK in Outer Banks SEASON 2 by @jjmaybanks
2. Best Kie set
Winner: kiara + emojis except it’s just her being sus of whatever the boys are saying by @obxhub
Runner Up: MADISON BAILEY as KIARA CARRERA by @lydiaas
3. Best Jiara set
Winner: jiara + looks by @kiekiecarrera
Runner Up: JIARA WEEK 2021 [day 6 touch] ➥ every touch by @whitetrashjj
4. Best Pogues set
Winner: outer banks + favourite dynamics by @aimeegbbs
Runner Up: THE POGUES + platonic love by @johnbroutledge
5. Best lyrics set
Winner: and they were all yellow. by @kiekiecarrera
Runner Up: jiara + folklore - seven by @whitetrashjj
6. Best colouring set
Winner: jiara in every episode - 2x05 ‘the darkest hour’ by @jiarasource
Runners Up: JIARA WEEK 2021 ● DAY 7: COLOUR by @lydiaas and JIARA WEEK DAY 7 - COLOUR. - JJ and Kiara + MBTI personality types by @signedupforthis
7. Best blending set
Winner: It’s a no-brainer. You’re picking Kie. by @kiekiecarrera
Runners Up: DAY ONE: PARALLELS ↳ jiara + getaway cars by @onlyhereforangst and DAY FOUR: ’TIS THE DAMN SEASON AU - ↳ we could call it even, even though i’m leaving…and i’ll be yours for the weekend by @onlyhereforangst
8. Best general set
Winner: OUTER BANKS + tumblr’s banned words by @kiekiecarrera
Runner Up: jiara + jiara fic ao3 tags by @whitetrashjj
9. Most unique/creative set
Winners: outer banks + favourite dynamics by @aimeegbbs and JIARA WEEK - DAY 4: au jj and kie facetiming the pogues during their surf trip by @albadoll
Runner Up: DAY SEVEN: COLOR ↳ i can’t stop you putting roots in my dreamland by @onlyhereforangst
10. Best gif series
Winner: jiara fic appreciation series by @kiekiecarrera
Runner Up: JJ and Kie looking like the hottest couple in the OBX by @whitetrashjj
VIDDERS
Insta/twitter
1. Best JJ
Winner: jj edit by alphinias
Runners Up: Do you have any idea how special your son is? by aestiqvl and jj edit by vpmpires
2. Best Kie
Winner: no thoughts just kiara putting men in their by placestvlenc
Runner Up: yes, i was born to praise her. by softlykie
3. Best Pogues
Winners: if you wanted to run away you know I’d open the door by falseungoldlyhours and the pogues finger gun entirely to much to be straight by shielclmaiden
Runner Up: obxerotonin is real btw by romqnces and I have 99 problems and being a pogue would solve 100 by sanncess
4. Best happy Jiara
Winner: himbo x serious gf you will always be famous! by pircmids
Runner Up: the actual married couple of this season by sxftbelova
5. Best sad Jiara
Winner: Run away to Yucatán together pls by alphinias
Runner Up: as long as i am here no one can hurt you by pircmids
6. Best Jiara
Winner: cruel summer (jiara’s version) by romqnces
Runner Up: I really miss them can they bring me their S2 angst already 💔 by alphinias
YouTube
1. Best JJ
Winner: happier than ever by theystayalive
Runner Up: golden by dbanjeezeez
2. Best Kie
Winner: sweater weather by oO bear nick oO
Runner Up: no scrubs by holy wolf
3. Best Pogues
Winner: someone to you by theystayalive
Runner Up: live while we're young by archiekins
4. Best happy Jiara
Winner: true love by juli grisel
Runner Up: about love by tilltheworldendsx3
5. Best sad Jiara
Winner: together by Juli Grisel
Runner Up: when the party's over by BaLuhh and friends by breezybree
6. Best Jiara
Winner: try to remember by theystayalive
Runner Up: sweater weather by redbery
FANART
Best Jiara illustration
Winner: I once believed love would be burning red ✨But it’s golden ✨ by @goingfullpogue
Runner Up: rain kiss by @yucasl0ve