welcome to the the golden ink awards blog! 

firstly, a huge thank you to the community for making these awards possible, everyone who nominated and voted. congratulations to everyone who received their well deserved nominations and we are very excited to announce the winners and give out the graphics to our brilliant winners.

we're very proud of the quality on the archives this year and the increasing diversity in fandoms which have been read and nominated this year.  

categories with 5+ nominations will have graphics for 1st, 2nd, 3rd while categories with less will receive 1st and 2nd graphics.

 

long-formed story 

 1st place: How to Retire in Regency England, a Handbook by @Pixileanin

 2nd place: the crofter and the snake by @Oregonian

3rd place: in this darkness by @quill2parchment

3rd place: after destiny by @CambAngst

 

favourite lead pairing 

1st: severus snape and ted tonks in more than words by @inmyownlittlecorner

2nd: emma rhodes and john murphy in as the lights went out by @dreamshadow

3rd: ginny weasley and harry potter in in light of you by @quill2parchment

3rd: chrissy cunningham and eddie munson in (i think) you taste like rock candy by @grumpy cat

 

 

most creative story

1st place: this is falling, falling in love (but not actually falling because we don't do that here, al) by @belgian quaffle

2nd place: the pride of burrough house by @belgian quaffle

2nd place: don't quit your day job by @Goatspeed

 

best friendship 

1st place: howard & joel in the crofter and the snake by @Oregonian

2nd place: lavender & seamus in blue skies by @crimson quill

2nd place: the crows in the best of times, the worst of crimes by clevernotbrilliant

2nd place: harry & ron in the pride of burrough house  by @RonsGirlFriday

 

best universe/series

1st place: the moonlight quartet by @inmyownlittlecorner

2nd place: all roads lead to you by @dreamshadow

 

best short form story

1st place: paper rings by @RonsGirlFriday

2nd place: to know your heart by @prideofprewett

 

funniest story

1st place: days that end in y by @RonsGirlFriday

2nd place: best of times, worst of crimes by clevernotbrilliant 

 

best page turner

1st place: the outsider by @Pixileanin

2nd place: call it what you want by @RogueSlytherin

2nd place: in this darkness by @quill2parchment

 

best dialogue

1st place: by blood by @blackballet

2nd place: kairos in retrograde by @inmyownlittlecorner

 

Best Description

1st place: pink porcelain by @Aphoride

2nd place: mircocosm by @VaguelyCreativeName

 

favourite lead character

1st place: lavender brown in blue skies by @crimson quill

2nd place: josephine adaire in lying josephine by @WriteYourHeartOut

 

best raging fire romance

1st place: call it what you want by @RogueSlytherin

2nd place: a language all their own by @prideofprewett

2nd place: what a wonderful night this is  by @Ineke

 

best original fiction 

1st place: a season for wallflowers by @prideofprewett

2nd place: a mourning in january by @blackballet

 

best one shot

1st place: friends don't by @RogueSlytherin

1st place: mouse by @WriteYourHeartOut

2nd place: run, run, run away my darlings by @Aphoride

2nd place: three summers ago by @crimson quill

 

best angst

1st place: lying josephine by @WriteYourHeartOut

2nd place: the outsider by @Pixileanin

3rd place:  the heart is hard to translate by @prideofprewett

 

best drabble/flash fiction

1st place: limitless by @RonsGirlFriday

2nd place: in light of you: chapter 1: the boy who lived

 

slow burn romance

1st place: blue skies by @crimson quill

1st place: witchful thinking by @PinsandKneazles

2nd place: fishing for pearls by @Aphoride

2nd place: the pride of burrough house by @RonsGirlFriday

 

favourite supporting character

1st place: fred weasley in lying josephine by @WriteYourHeartOut

1st place: daniel knapp in how to retire in regency england, a handbook by @Pixileanin

2nd place: remy chadwick-esposito in days that end in y  by @RonsGirlFriday

 

and to all our wonderful finalists:

@Lost_Robin @singmetothesun @Predictable Chaos @Owlpost68 @MegGonagall

 

a final congratulations to everyone who was a finalist.

we can't wait to see the wonderful stories that we'll be celebrating in 2025.

look out for: every winner of a inky award will be getting their own dedicated blog throughout the year to further celebrate their achievements.