thank you all for your patience!

we're going to announce the winners at the top of the blog, but this year i decided to get kind of extra and make personalized awards for every finalist as well as our winners, so rather than include them throughout, i've just put them at the bottom of the post, organized alphabetically by username. y'all are incredible.

best action adventure: planetary boundaries by @lilypadi project azkaban by @Unwritten Curse the fifth house by @Ameripuff

best angst: but did you provoke him? by @FrogFactFriday a dream you can touch by @something wicked physical fatality by @grumpy cat

best cast/ensemble: the seventh annual weasley white erumpet gift exchange by @FrogFactFriday literal chaos fire by @maraudertimes & simple minds by @FrogFactFriday

best crime/mystery: memory dust by @shadowycorner high stakes by @page thirteen. & rozar by @frogballet & the color of violets by @kuusi pollywog

best dark: wine stained by @something wicked you're ripped at every edge but you're a masterpiece how to find the missing by @victoria_anne

best description: hardened hearts (say unimaginable things) by @prideofprewett you're ripped at every edge but you're a masterpiece by @grumpy cat golden hour by @Aphoride

best dialogue: this calls for a toast so pour the champagne by @tinyporcelainefrogs & witch slap by @tatapb more than enough by @prideofprewett

best drabble: pianoforte by @Felpata_Lupin wonderland by @Felpata_Lupin xenophobia by @RogueSlytherin

best long-form story: periphery by @firewhiskey_ginger & woven together by @prideofprewett after destiny by @CambAngst & must be one of arthur's boys by @FrogFactFriday

best original fiction: a (really) cold case by @juls & planetary boundaries by @lilypadi & reflections on solitude by @Felpata_Lupin

best plot twist: the depths by @Renacerá the silver stag by @shadowycorner an exercise in absolution by @poppunkpadfoot

best poem: two bad girls by @grumpy cat & when i was young by @chelts-rhibbit radiant nightmare by @grumpy cat

best quote: "The guilty are doomed to walk through fire, but only some of us will burn." by @RogueSlytherin "The purple of the violet blossoms was vibrant against their damp leaves, like clusters of amethyst hearts sitting atop green clouds." by @kuusi pollywog “Freddledod,” Scorp replied, waving a hand dismissively at her. “Canderonalsty ne panflakes?”

best romance:  memory dust by @shadowycorner all the waves resounded by @BookDinosaur & ten thousand summer nights by @belgian quaffle

best writing style: @grumpy cat @FrogFactFriday @down-in-flames & @prideofprewett

funniest story: the seventh annual weasley white erumpet gift exchange by @FrogFactFriday dungeons, dragons, & dumbledore's army by @tinyporcelainefrogs & let's keep it casual by @down-in-flames

most creative story: tiramisu by @Oregonian stranger things by @frogballet & tiny kisses by @just.a.willow.tree

most original character: cedrella black from hardened hearts (say unimaginable things) by @prideofprewett emma rhodes from crash into you by @dreamshadow victoire weasley from shenanigans by @abhorsen plague doctor.

congratulations to the winners and finalists of this year's golden ink awards! if i made any typos or somehow forgot a card, please shoot me a pm so i can correct it - i've double checked but also there are 76 cards so i may have missed something. if anyone has a different picture they'd prefer for an award or would like your finalist card separated into one card per story, please lmk! i'm totally happy to do it and it's no trouble at all if you give me the pictures.

thank you to everyone who nominated/voted, and congratulations, @abhorsen plague doctor., @Ameripuff, @Aphoride, @apondinabluebox, @aurevoir, @belgian quaffle, @BellaLeBullfrog, @frogballet, @BookDinosaur, @CambAngst, @chelts-rhibbit, @down-in-flames, @dreamshadow, @Felpata_Lupin, @firewhiskey_ginger, @grumpy cat, @Frogsquill, @juls, @just.a.willow.tree, @kuusi pollywog , @la_topolina, @lilypadi, @maraudertimes, @melian, @melonknee, @mydearfoxy, @mymischiefmanaged, @Oregonian, @page thirteen., @poppunkpadfoot, @prideofprewett, @Renacerá, @RogueSlytherin, @FrogFactFriday, @shadowycorner, @sibilant, @something wicked, @tatapb, @TidalDragon, @tinyporcelainefrogs, @Unwritten Curse, @VaguelyCreativeName, and @victoria_anne!