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Here we are, with another Inkys season in the books (pun intended)! Before we get to the winners in each category, a huge thank-you to everyone who so thoughtfully nominated and voted. The best part of the Inkys is seeing so many members of the FFT community celebrating one another’s work.

Thanks to you, 51 separate stories (and series) by 28 FFT authors were recognized as finalists in this year’s categories. Of those 51 works that advanced to voting, 9 are original fiction, and the rest span 9 different fandoms!

Congratulations to all finalists! You may — if you so choose — proudly display this 2023 Inkys finalist graphic on your fics. A complete list of finalists across all categories can be found under the spoiler:

 

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And now to the winners of the 2023 Golden Ink Awards!

Of the various fandoms represented among the finalists, 6 fandoms (plus OF) appear among the winners and runners-up. Works of original fiction placed as winners and/or runners-up in 3 categories besides Best Original Fiction.

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Best Long-Form Story

by blood by @blackballet

runner-up: No Wands, Please - We're Muggles by @PinsandKneazles

     

finalists: The Snake Within (felpata_lupin); The Crofter and the Snake (Oregonian); Loyalties Undefined (Predictable Chaos)

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Best Short-Form Story

Not Quite a Honeymoon by @Felpata_Lupin

runner-up: Call It What You Want by @RogueSlytherin

     

finalists: All You Need Is Positivity (Ineke); To Know Your Heart (prideofprewett); Can I Handle the Seasons of My Life? (tinyporcelainehorses)

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Best One-Shot

ace of spades by @grumpy cat

runner-up: Yellow by @Pixileanin

     

finalists: take me anywhere (lostinthelightss); I Told You So (owlpost68); absent. (TidalDragon)

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Best Drabble/ Flash Fiction

Days That End In Y, ch 21 (AUDREY: Thursday) by @RonsGirlFriday

runner-up: Hero of Troy by @Chelts-rhj

     

finalists: (in his soul there burns) too fierce a fire, ch 2: what gold gleams in the eye (Aphoride); gold rush, ch 1: be careful making wishes in the dark (something wicked)

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Best Poem

I rowed so long through silent seas by @just.a.willow.tree

runner-up: Percy, Perceived, book 6 (6.349) by @RonsGirlFriday

     

finalists: a bot wrote these, ch 1: 3.29.2022 (down-in-flames); Like the Weary (Chelts-rhj)

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Best Series/ Universe - tie!

Jasmine and Tea Leaves by @crimson quill

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Jimmy Portman's Universe by @Felpata_Lupin

runner-up: tie! - Perfectly Imperfect Percy by @RonsGirlFriday AND Toadopolis by @Lost_Robin

     

     

finalist: Sanctum Beach Series (dreamshadow)

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Best Original Fiction

Everything Might Have Been by @RogueSlytherin

runner-up: A Season for Wallflowers by @prideofprewett

     

finalists: Anathema (MrsDarcy); blood moon (something wicked)

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Funniest Story

The Pride of Burrough House by @RonsGirlFriday

runner-up: Voldemort and the Story About Nothing by @Cassius Alcindor

     

finalist: saturday night (and we in the spot) (clairevergreen)

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Best Dark

blood moon by @something wicked

runner-up: 3-way tie! - even the iron still fears the rot by @grumpy cat AND Loyalties Undefined by @Predictable Chaos AND How the Ghosts (Almost) Stole Christmas by @RonsGirlFriday

     

     

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Best Angst

In This Darkness by @quill2parchment

runner-up: Her Name Is Britt-Marie by @prideofprewett

     

finalists: Yellow (pixileanin); In Light of You (quill2parchment)

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Best Slow-Burn Romance

by blood by @blackballet

runner-up: No Wands, Please - We're Muggles by @PinsandKneazles

     

finalists: Fish For Pearls (Aphoride); ace of spades (grumpy cat); Here's to Looking At You... Again (prideofprewett)

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Best Raging Fire Romance - tie!

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

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Inaudible by @RonsGirlFriday

runner-up: you crawled inside my head and set a fire there instead by @grumpy cat

     

finalist: (in his soul there burns) too fierce a fire (Aphoride)

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Favorite Lead Character

Percy Weasley (Days That End In Y) by @RonsGirlFriday

runner-up: 3-way tie! - Lily Evans (and all the pieces fall) by @down-in-flames AND Five (How to Retire in Regency England, A Handbook) by @Pixileanin AND Katarina Bagshot (Loyalties Undefined) by @Predictable Chaos

     

     

finalists: Lan Wangji (Fish For Pearls) (Aphoride); Xander Vandenburg (In This Darkness) (quill2parchment)

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Favorite Supporting Character

Portrait Regulus Black (by blood) by @blackballet

runner-up: John Murphy (cruel summer) by @dreamshadow

     

finalists: Pansy Black/ Parkinson (The Seventh Gate) (Ameripuff); Emmeline Vance (The Snake Within) (felpata_lupin); Remy Chadwick-Esposito (Days That End In Y) (RonsGirlFriday)

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Favorite Lead Pairing

Sunita Chandrakumar / Al Potter (No Wands, Please - We're Muggles) by @PinsandKneazles

runner-up: Jaime Lannister / Lyanna Stark (you crawled inside my head and set a fire there instead) by @grumpy cat

     

finalists: Emma Rhodes/ John Murphy (cruel summer) (dreamshadow); Maria Wynstone/ Arthur Colbourne (A Season for Wallflowers) (prideofprewett); Emmeline Vance/ Rose Jorkins (What Others Dream Of) (prideofprewett)

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Best Villain

Tom Riddle (Iugulare) by @Aphoride

runner-up: John Elder (The Seventh Gate) by @Ameripuff

     

finalist: Rhaegar Targaryen (you crawled inside my head and set a fire there instead) (grumpy cat)

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Best Cast/ Ensemble

Days That End In Y by @RonsGirlFriday

runner-up: No Wands, Please - We're Muggles by @PinsandKneazles

     

finalists: The Prophecy (Ameripuff); cruel summer (dreamshadow); The Snake Within (felpata_lupin)

 

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In total, 20 different FFT authors created the works that received these awards. Congratulations to you all!
 

Awards graphics were made by yours truly.  As always, please re-host and credit when using graphics.

Until next time, FFT, keep that golden ink flowing!

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