Hello everyone and welcome to The Seventh Bughead Fanfiction Awards! The eternal hiatus may be upon us, but our fanon creators have been generous in their offerings, supplying fandom with a much needed fix of our favorite characters (and some quality escapism). We are excited to give our thanks and celebrate some of the best authors, fanfics, and overall creators in our community. This round, the awards are being brought to you by @theheavycrown, @smugheadjonesthethird, & @bettycooper with clutch assistance from @arsenicpanda. Now, on with the show!
To promote variety in nominations, a fic & author may only be nominated for a maximum of 2 categories each. If either is nominated for more than 2 categories, the final categories will be decided based on how many votes each category received, and only the top 2 will be selected.
Likewise, each nominated fic or author may only win 1 award each during the voting round. Whichever category receives the most votes will win the award - subsequent category wins will go to the runner-up.
All fics must have an initial publish date between January 1, 2020 and June 30, 2020.
If a fic has been nominated, or won, in any previous Bughead Fanfiction Awards, it will not be eligible for nomination this round. The full, updated list of past winners can be found here.
Nominations through our inboxes or replying to this post will not count. Please use the Google Form only.
Each fic/content creator only needs to be nominated once to continue onto the voting round.
If you bribe your readers for votes in exchange for “prizes,” eg. faster updates, you will be disqualified.
July 8 - NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN
July 17 - Nominations will close at 6pm EST / 11pm GMT / 9am AEST (12 July)
July 29 - Nominations are announced!
August 4 - Voting will open at 6pm EST / 11pm GMT / 9am AEST (30 July)
August 11 - Voting will close at 6pm EST / 11pm GMT / 9am AEST (6 Aug)
August 15 - Award winners will be announced (Time TBD)
Multi-Chapter Overall: Complete - fav completed multichapter
Multi-Chapter Overall: WIP - fav work in progress multichapter
Fluff - fav fluffy sweet multichapter
Angst or Hurt/Comfort - fav angsty or hurt/comfort multichapter
Fantasy/Sci-Fi - fav multichapter with fantasy/sci-fi elements
Oneshot Overall - fav oneshot
Fluff - fav fluffy sweet oneshot
Angst or Hurt/Comfort- fav angsty or hurt/comfort oneshot
Canon Missing Moment - fav oneshot that fills in scenes/post episodes
Fantasy/Sci-Fi - fav oneshot with fantasy/sci-fi elements
SPECIFICS - Multichapter or Oneshot
Favorite Betty or Jughead - fav Betty OR Jughead in a fic
Between the Sheets - favorite smut fic
Favorite Under the Radar - fav fic which has under 150 kudos
Tropefest - enemies-to-lovers, friends-to-lovers, fake dating, roommates, bed sharing, domestic goodness, etc
Supporting Cast - fav use of supporting characters featured in a fic
Favorite Series - fav fic series with a story added within the eligible dates
Author Overall - fav writer
Newbie - started writing during this nomination period
Angst or Hurt/Comfort - fav angst or hurt/comfort writer
Fantasy/Sci-Fi - fav writer of fics with fantasy or sci-fi elements
Creative - most creative writer
Favorite Other Ships Fanfic - fav fic of other ships, ot3s eligible
Favorite Other Ships Author - fav writer of other ships, ot3s eligible
Favorite Beta Reader - fav fic editor
Favorite Commenter - fav commenter either on your fics or the fics of others
Favorite Bughead edit or Gif Maker - fav edit or gif maker for Bughead
Favorite Riverdale Gif Maker - fav gif maker whose content is primarily non-Bughead
Favorite Fan Artist - fav artist for Bughead
The Seventh Bughead Fanfiction Awards nomination form can be found HERE! Please nominate as soon as possible at our Google Form!
To help with preparing your nominations, a printable doc version can be found HERE, and a pdf version can be created going to file->download->PDF document in the doc! Thank you for helping us celebrate our talented community! If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to send us an ask or reach out to our team, @theheavycrown, @smugheadjonesthethird, or @bettycooper. We’d be happy to help.