Update on the LIWAwards! (Literary-Inspired Webseries Awards)
We won 8 out of the 10 awards, and were nominated for nine of them.
Pearl Kennedy for best supporting actress (oh-isthatso)
NMTD for best costume/set design
EVERYONE for best ensemble cast
The Candle Wasters for the honorary award
NMTD for best book adaptation script
Jake McGregor for best actor in a leading role (awkward-manatea)
Harriett Maire for best actress in a leading role (harriettstella)
NMTD for best literary inspired webseries
Wow. This is incredible! Thank you so much! We can't believe it, and honestly it's just so cool to know that so many people enjoy watching NMTD. We worked really hard on the show and it’s lovely to be acknowledged for that.
We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone involved in putting together the LIWAwards. It’s fantastic to be part of such a positive community of fans and creators.
We would also like to take this opportunity to give a big shout out to the other amazing webseries’ (and creators) out there:
Yulin Kuang (yulinisworking) is a star. We cannot get enough of her work, and recommend her videos pretty much daily to our family and friends.
‘The Autobiography of Jane Eyre’ (kalama-tea) is a classic webseries adaptation. Tea, socks, great adaptational choices - what more could you want?
‘Classic Alice’ (classic-alice) has really interesting story-telling with the way it shows Alice’s life, and its adaptations of texts are never ones you would expect so there’s always an element of surprise.
‘Emma Approved’ (pemberleydigital) is fab. I think we can all agree that there was some real heart in this series. A marvelous retelling of Jane Austen’s novel.
‘From Mansfield, With Love’ (from-mansfield-with-love) - It's really genius, the acting is lovely, and you feel so at home watching their videos.
‘Green Gables Fables’ (officialggf) is absolutely lovely. It's a gorgeous retelling of 'Anne of Green Gables' and it really does the original story justice. We are also rather fond of fairy lights.
‘In Earnest’ is a bubble of joy. They've taken a well-loved play and really done something wonderful with it. Not to mention their great use of transmedia and on point fashion sense.
‘The March Family Letters’ (themarchfamilyletters) has been doing really neat stuff with the March sisters. A female-led cast? We think you mean "watch this now".
‘Much Ado About A Webseries’ (muchadowebseries), is a really interesting adaptation of MAAN and you should check it out.
‘The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy’ (newpeterwendy) has an aesthetic you really can't look past. Everyone involved seems brilliant, and we’re keen beans for series two.
In the world of online content we're all just lil’ fishies, and with these awards we got to see everyone come together. It's amazing that everybody has spent so much time, often unpaid, to create these works of art. The literary inspired webseries genre is still a new thing, and most of the cast and crew are very young. You know what that means? That means everyone involved in creating a LIW(A) is gonna keep doing awesome things with their lives. We hope you never look back on this time with regret and you all feel amazingly proud of the work you have done. You're all bloody brilliant.
Thank you again,
The Candle Wasters
Claris, Elsie, Minnie, and Sally
