The Golden Ink Awards 2022 Winners

Thank you all for your patience as we ultimately did not end up having the time/bandwidth to create the fancy animated winner cards for the inky winners this year. Without further ado though, here are your winners of the 2022 Golden Ink Awards!

 

best dialogue

big reputations by @down-in-flames

notes from the ravenclaw bulletin board 2: hbp edition by @Lost_Robin

 

funniest story

bad education by @magicspacehole

hogwarts staff meeting by @suzy turquoise blue

 

best series/universe

shenanigans by @abhorsen.

jimmy portman's universe by @Felpata_Lupin

 

best worldbuilding

hardened hearts (say unimaginable things) by @prideofprewett

you are a minute of quiet (in a loud, loud world) by @shadowycorner

 

most original character

alida selwyn - by blood by @blackballet

audrey greene - irrational by @RonsGirlFriday

 

best raging fire romance

your name sounds better when it's whispered low by @grumpy cat

dancin' in the dark in the pale moonlight by @something wicked

we're half awake in a fake empire by @grumpy cat

 

best slow burn romance

hardened hearts (say unimaginable things) by @prideofprewett

all the waves resounded by @BookDinosaur

and all the pieces fall by @down-in-flames

irrational by @RonsGirlFriday

warpaint by @crimson quill

 

best one shot

hogwarts staff meeting by @suzy turquoise blue

wherever the stars take you by @crowsb4bros

 

best long-form story

the pride of burrough house by @RonsGirlFriday

by blood by @blackballet

 

best original fiction

three acts of grace by @prideofprewett

fairies and forests by @magemadi

residential by @roisin

under the lightning sky by @something wicked

 

best cast/ensemble

the pride of burrough house by @RonsGirlFriday

big reputations by @down-in-flames

 

most thrilling

kingdom keys by @lostinthelightss

the color of violets by @kuusi palaa

you are a minute of quiet (in a loud, loud world) by @shadowycorner

 

best description

fish for pearls by @Aphoride

the cycle of the year: seasons at the castle by @Oregonian

 

best short-form story

freedom ain't nothing but missing you by @prideofprewett

kingdom keys by @lostinthelightss

 

best dark

by blood by @blackballet

kingdom keys by @lostinthelightss

 

best angst

a madness most discreet by @RogueSlytherin

and all the pieces fall by @down-in-flames

 

best poem

your arsonist touch by @grumpy cat

the cycle of the year: seasons at the castle by @Oregonian

 

Congratulations to all of our winners and runners up, and to everyone who was nominated! Thank you to those who nominated stories and authors, and who voted for our lovely finalists! Keep your eyes peeled for our 2023 reviewing event in the coming weeks...it may be closer than it appears