Hourglass Awards
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The original Hourglass Awards were created in order to recognize and reward outstanding works of Harry Potter fanfiction from all different genres of prose. When the Awards were started, there were hardly any exclusively Harry Potter fanfiction awards sites available on the internet. Those that did exist were based on the whims of their managers--the fics that they'd heard of and enjoyed were nominated, "judged", and crowned winners. There were very little criteria for what made a good fic and how fics should be judged against each other. The Hourglass Awards were created as an alternative to this type of judging and have been in the works ever since.
The Hourglass Awards were originally MWPP-era only to stem the tidal wave of nominations, but now that they have officially found a home on UR.org, they are open to all eras of HP-fic. The Unknowable Room is proud to call the Hourglass Awards their own.
Fics can be nominated for different categories by all members of UR.org during a specified period each year. After nominations are in, the fics are evaluated by a panel of judges. Every member of UR.org can join the judging pool.
ChristyCorr and Everblue3 were the admins in charge of the Hourglass Awards edition of 2007. The 2008 edition is currently running, admins in charge are ChristyCorr, Oxymoron and afterthree. Nominations closed on March 31 and judging continues until May 10. The winners will be announced shortly afterwards.
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Winners of the First Round (2007)
Winners are more than welcome to grab the banners in this page, made by our awesome Juli, and use them anywhere.
Best Angst Fic
First place: "To Live Nobly", by vea
Second place: "" Counting to Five Thousand", by Rhetor
Third place: "Gum Wrappers", by Imari
Best Comedy Fic
First place: "The Six Degrees of Drunkenness", by Beedaily
Second place: "The Diggory Papers", by MachiavelliJr
Third place: "The Not-So-Secret and Completely Manly Diary of James Potter", by newyorkcitycop
Best Drama Fic
First place: "Three", by ChristyCorr
Second place: "A 12-Step Program", by FalseEeyelashes
Third place: "Silence Between Leaves", by Sarinileni
Best NC-17 Fic
First place: "Lust or Love", by Sarinileni
Second place: "Rush", by Infinitesimal
Third place: "After the Game", by Mynuet
Best Parody Fic
First place: "Snogwarts", by Oy_Angelina
Second place: "The Small Green Bottles of Doom", by Triskelion
Third place: "Peter Pettigrew and the Forbidden Donut", by SchlongsAndPadfood
Best Romance Fic
First place: "The Beautiful Game", by Koonelli
Second place: "A Keen Observer", by DeepDownSlytherin
Third place: "Hopelessly Addicted", by ChristyCorr
Best Drabble or Drabble Collection
First place: "The Two-Step of Death", by Lady_Game
Second place: "Whisper in my Ear", by WinglessFlight
Third place: "The Insecurity of the Wicked", by carondelet
Best One-Shot
First place: "Twice as Bright", by thirty2flavors
Second place: "Valedictory", by thirty2flavors
Third place: "To Love a Hero", by Pantz
Best Novel-Length Fic
First place: "Commentarius", by Beedaily
Second place: "My Deliverance", by twinsuns
Third place: "After the End", by Arabella and Zsenya
Best Overall Fic
First place: "The Shoebox Project", by ladyjaida and dorkorific.
Second place: "Be All My Secrets Remembered", by La Reine Noire
Third place: "Inability to Act", by ghostofbambi.
