Bodice Ripper Awards

Round One Nominees -- updated June 13, 2004

Nominees from all rounds are on these pages:
round 1, round 2, round 3, round 4, round 5, round 6, round 7, round 8, round 9, round 10, round 11, and round 12.

Site Awards

Best Giles Site
Of Demons & Destiny

Best ASH Site
Realm Of The Tweedy Book Guy
The Ripper Archive

Best Fiction Site
    VLC VS8
    Neena's Cabana
    BuffyGiles.com/efiction
    Attic Space
    Once More With Feeling
    No One Knows

Best New Site

Best Media Collection
    VLC VS8
    Green Sector
    Koala's Place

Best Overall Site
All site entries listed above are automatically entered into this category.

Judges Choice
All site entries listed above are automatically entered into this category.

Fanfic Awards

Warning: Some stories may be inappropriate for those under 18 years of age.

Best Romance Fic
    Single White Slayer (Gileswench) - B/G, W/T, X/Anya - PG-13
    All The Relatives (escargoat) - B/G - PG-13 [WIP]
    What the Pig Knows (Luisa) - B/G - PG
    Green Raven Shantey (Elisabeth) - G/W - NC-17
    How Many Licks? (Venus Blue) - B/G - NC-17
    Memento Mori (Meltha) - Jenny/Giles in memory - G
    Watching As You Sleep (Ragna) - Willow/Giles - PG
    The Bond: Reconstruction (beadtific) B/G - NC-17
    Lost (Gail Christison) - B/G - NC-17
    In Our Bed (FerretGirl) - Wes/Giles - PG
    Act of Nature (Janedavitt and Wesleysgirl) - Giles/Xander - NC-17
    Summer Rain (Savage) - Buffy/Giles - R
    Your Mountain Is Waiting (TKW) - Buffy/Giles - NC-17
    When You Least Expect It series (Ness) - Giles/Cordy - NC-17 eventually

Best Angst Fic
    One for Sorrow (D.M. Evans) - Giles/Jenny - PG-13
    Fear of Falling (Boo) - B/G - R
    Memento Mori (Meltha) - Jenny/Giles in memory - G
    Hardened, Jaded, Cynical (Ragna) - no pairing - PG
    Things (Kelly B) - B/G friendship - PG
    Scream of Consciousness (dodyskin) - Giles - PG-13
    Watchers and Slayers (missmorganpryce) - Giles/Wesley interaction, Wesley/faith, Giles/buffy - PG-13
    Fade to Black (PhenDog) - Buffy/Giles - PG-13
    As They Danced (WickedFox) - B/G, G/E, B/A - R
    Coming Home (FerretGirl) - Wes/Giles - NC-17
    Peace At Last (Ness) - no pairing - R
    An English Summer (Sandra) - Implied B/G - PG
    R.I.P. (Savage) - Buffy/Giles - R

Best Humor Fic
    Once More, With Giles (Gileswench & Joanna) - B/G - PG-13
    Once Upon a Time (Jessie) - B/G - PG-13
    What the Pig Knows (Luisa) - B/G - PG
    All The Relatives (escargoat) - B/G - PG-13 [WIP]
    How Many Licks? (Venus Blue) - B/G - NC-17
    The Tale of the Toasted Telephoner (Meltha) - no pairing - PG
    Thought He Liked Gauchos... (Ragna) - Spike/Giles - PG
    Ripper (Cyberwulf) - Giles - R
    In Our Bed (FerretGirl) - Wes/Giles - PG

Best Plot
    Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails (Gileswench) B/G - NC17
    A Different Life (Rari Coss) - B/G - R
    Buffy Summers's Journal (Tabby Kat) - B/G - PG-13 [WIP]
    All The Relatives (escargoat) - B/G - PG-13 [WIP]
    Found (Lady for ASH) - B/G - PG-13
    Need (Boo) - B/G - R
    Proposals   Pt 2   Pt 3 (Ragna) - Giles/Other plus other multiple couples - PG-13
    Paladin (KathyP) - Giles - PG-13
    Fade to Black (PhenDog) - Buffy/Giles - PG-13

Best Episode Rewrite, Added Scene, or Alternate Ending
    Paying the Price (D.M. Evans) - no pairing - PG-13
    The Bitterness of the One Who's Left Alone (Cyberwulf) - Giles - R
    As They Danced (WickedFox) - B/G, G/E, B/A - R
    Coming Home (FerretGirl) - Wes/Giles - NC-17
    Shhh (Lost Girl) - Giles/Spike - NC-17

Best Use of Magick in a Fic
    Once Upon a Time (Jessie) - B/G - PG-13
    Need (Boo) - B/G - R
    Proposals   Pt 2   Pt 3 (Ragna) - Giles/Other plus other multiple couples - PG-13
    Warlock (Vatwoman) - Giles/Jenny - NC-17

Best Crossover Fic
    Older Men, Far Away (Gileswench) - B/G, W/James, C/Patrick, Anya/Terry - NC17
    Grandad (Cyberwulf) - Manchild/B:tVS - R
    The Sunnydale 3 (Goddess Michele) - Giles/Mulder - NC-17

Best Series
    VLC VS8 (VLC Lunatics) - B/G - PG-13
    Acting One's (New) Age (Ragna & Gileswench) - Buffy/Giles - PG
    The Transformations Quartet (Kris Walhberg) - B/G - NC-17
    Behind Closed Doors (Jane Davitt) - Giles/Spike - NC-17
    The Surrogate (Jacqui) - Buffy/Giles - PG-13
    Everything in Its Place series (Ruth) - G/OC - NC-17
    The Key's Watcher (Tara Keezer) - no pairing - PG-13

Best Pairing with an Original Character

Proposals Pt 2 Pt 3 (Ragna) - Giles/Other plus other multiple couples - PG-13
Absolution pt 1 - 'Til You Loved Me (Vatwoman) - Giles/OC - NC-17

Best Gen Fic
    And In The End... (Gileswench) - no pairing - PG-13
    Paying the Price (D.M. Evans) - no pairing - PG-13
    Betrayal and Defiance (PhenDog) - no pairing - PG
    Hardened, Jaded, Cynical (Ragna) - no pairing - PG
    Leading By Example (Shelley Barnard) - Giles - R
    The Summoning (Sandra Pascoe) - Giles - PG
    Rupert Giles Tells Lies (Ruth) - Giles - G

Best Het Pairing Fic
    A Mile In His Moccasins (Gileswench) - B/G - NC17
    What the Pig Knows (Luisa) - B/G - PG
    Green Raven Shantey (Elisabeth) - G/W - NC-17
    At The Mexican Border (Ragna) - G/W - PG
    Fluking (Saint Buffy) - B/G - NC-17
    Enchantment (Gail Christison) - Buffy/Giles - NC-17

Best Slash Pairing Fic
    Of Old Mystics (Wolfling and Magpie) - G/E - NC-17
    Thought He Liked Gauchos... (Ragna) - Spike/Giles - PG
    Mumukshutva (Magpie) - Giles/Ethan - NC-17
    Coming Home (FerretGirl) - Wes/Giles - NC-17
    Dismantle the Sun (KindKit) - Giles/Oz - PG-13
    Behind Closed Doors (Jane Davitt) - Giles/Spike - NC-17
    Welcome to my Own Personal Version of Hell (Janet Lynn) - A/G - NC-17
    Love Lessons (Scarlet) - Giles/Xander - NC-17

Best Work in Progress
    Buffy Summers's Journal (Tabby Kat) - B/G - PG-13 [WIP]
    All The Relatives (escargoat) - B/G - PG-13 [WIP]
    Destiny's Soulmates--Heartfelt Gifts (phen-dog) - B/G - R [WIP]
    Tumblin' Down (Elisabeth) - G/W - NC-17 [WIP]
    Forgiven, Not Forgotten (D M Evans) - Giles/OC - PG-13 [WIP]
    The Watcher Series (Vatwoman) - Giles/OC - NC-17 [WIP]
    Sick 'Em, Ripper! (Jacqui) - Buffy/Giles - G [WIP]
    New Light (Lost Girl) - G/Wes - NC-17 [WIP]
    Last Resort (Neena) - G/nearly everyone - NC-17 [WIP]
    And All Shall Be Well (Tara Keezer) - no pairing - PG-13 [WIP]

Best Challenge
    The Super-Giles Challenge (Ragna)
    The Nine Month Series Challenge (Trish)
    Nightmares Challenge (Susie Carter)
    Tabula Rasa Challenge (Shelley)

Best Challenge Response
    One for Sorrow (D.M. Evans) - Giles/Jenny - PG-13
    Sometimes When It Rains (PhenDog) - G/B, G/OC - G
    How Many Licks? (Venus Blue) - B/G - NC-17
    Patience Is A Virtue (Ragna) - Buffy/Spike (though it's Giles POV) - PG
    Seasons in Rhyme (Giles Fan) - No pairing - PG-13
    The Bond: Reconstruction (beadtific) B/G - NC-17
    Grave Doubts (Neena) - No pairing - PG

Best New Author
    beadtific for the stories
           The Bond: Reconstruction - B/G - NC-17
           The Bond: Recommital - B/G - NC-17
    Laura for the story
           Laura Giles Story - B/G, S/OC - PG-13
    malnpudl for the stories
           Inside Her Eyes - ABH - G
           Hurt/Comfort - No pairing - G
           Welcome Back - B/G - R

Judges Choice
All fanfiction entries listed above are automatically entered into this category.