Bodice Ripper Awards

Nominees Round Six -- updated February 18, 2006

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 Site Featuring an ASHBLF
none yet

Best Fiction Site
WaTchers
Giles/Anya Fic - LJ Community

Best New Site
Giles/Anya Fic - LJ Community

Art Awards

Best Fanart
   A cozy moment (Trekker) - Giles/Willow
   Watcher in the Woods (Fanbot) * Adults Only *
   Giles art for the story "Obsession" (sueworld2003) - top graphic on the page * Adults Only *
   Spike's Bedside Picture (of Giles) (Liliaeth)* Adults Only *
   Ash_daily banner (littlekfru)
   The Dark Age (catzen)

Best Layout
Darker Giles banner (katekat)
Ash_daily banner (littlekfru)

Fanfic Awards

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

Best Romance Fic
   New Sun Rising (Maddogs) - Giles/Dawn * Adults Only *
   Not a Quick Study, Parts 1 & 2 (deborahmm) - Giles/Spike * Adults Only *
   Sleep While I Drive (mireille719) - Giles/Xander
   Obsession (sexymermaid) - Giles/Spike/Ethan * Adults Only *
   The Forgotten Fire of Other Days (altyronsmaker) - Giles/Ethan * Adults Only *
   Really Living (Gileswench) - Giles/Buffy * Adults Only *

Best Angst Fic
   Exchanges (Fanbot) - Giles/Spike * Adults Only *
   Voices in the Night (twilightofmagic) - Giles/Wesley * Adults Only *
   Not a Quick Study, Parts 1 & 2 (deborahmm) - Giles/Spike * Adults Only *
   All Set Down (Kristina) - no pairing * Mature Readers Only *
   Just Watching (vampirefever) - no pairing
   Dead for the Future (D M Evans) - no pairing
   Such Symphony and Song (MrTwistedWhispers) - Ripper/Dru * Mature Readers Only *
   Rough Replacements (August) - Giles/Buffy * Adults Only *

Best Humor Fic
   Chapel of Love (CN Winters) - Giles/Other
   Not a Quick Study, Parts 1 & 2 (deborahmm) - Giles/Spike * Adults Only *
   Best. Game. Ever. (mireille719) - Giles/Wes/Xander * Adults Only *
   Don't Warn the Tadpoles (Elisabeth) - Giles/Willow * Adults Only *

Best Plot
   Voices in the Night (twilightofmagic) - Giles/Wesley * Adults Only *
   Obsession (sexymermaid) - Giles/Spike/Ethan * Adults Only *
   Returns (HeadRush) - Giles/Anya * Mature Readers Only *
   Old Bronze (D M Evans) - Giles/Jenny
   Another Christmas Carol (Fairfax) - Giles/Buffy

Best Episode Rewrite, Added Scene, or Alternate Ending
   All Set Down (Kristina) - no pairing * Mature Readers Only *
   Don't Warn the Tadpoles (Elisabeth) - Giles/Willow * Adults Only *
   Too Unseemly (Eliza Shaw) - Giles/Spike * Adults Only *

Best Use of Magick in a Fic
   High Art (Zahir al-Daoud) - no pairing
   Voices in the Night (twilightofmagic) - Giles/Wesley * Adults Only *
   Obsession (sexymermaid) - Giles/Spike/Ethan * Adults Only *
   Dead for the Future (D M Evans) - no pairing

Best Crossover Fic
Nominees held over for round seven.

Best Series
   Breakup Series (bethynyc) - Giles/Wesley
   Voices in the Night (twilightofmagic) - Giles/Wesley * Adults Only *
   Sleep While I Drive (mireille719) - Giles/Xander
   Obsession (sexymermaid) - Giles/Spike/Ethan * Adults Only *

Best Pairing with an Original Character
Nominees held over for round seven.

Best Gen Fic
   All Set Down (Kristina) - no pairing * Mature Readers Only *
   Of Awkwardness (mosca) - no pairing-Giles, Anya friendship
   Dead for the Future (D M Evans) - no pairing

Best Het Pairing Fic
   Old Bronze (D M Evans) - Giles/Jenny
   Don't Warn the Tadpoles (Elisabeth) - Giles/Willow * Adults Only *
   chair os sang âme (biggrstaffbunch) - Giles/Dawn * Adults Only *
   Such Symphony and Song (MrTwistedWhispers) - Ripper/Dru * Mature Readers Only *
   Castaways (Gileswench) - Giles/Buffy * Adults Only *

Best Slash Pairing Fic
   School!Verse (bethynyc) - Giles/Wesley * Mature Readers Only *
   Not a Quick Study, Parts 1 & 2 (deborahmm) - Giles/Spike * Adults Only *
   Voices in the Night (twilightofmagic) - Giles/Wesley * Adults Only *
   Best. Game. Ever. (mireille719) - Giles/Wes/Xander * Adults Only *
   Exchanges (Fanbot) - Giles/Spike * Adults Only *
   Obsession (sexymermaid) - Giles/Spike/Ethan * Adults Only *

Best Drabble/Ficlet -- Fics under 500 words
   The Forgotten Fire of Other Days (altyronsmaker) - Giles/Ethan * Adults Only *
   Book (Glimmergirl) - Giles/Buffy * Mature Readers Only *
   Just Watching (vampirefever) - no pairing

Best Villain Fic
   Days of Wine and Roses (Fairfax) - Giles/Buffy
   Midnight in the Garden of Evil (Spikeskat & Spikesdeb) - Giles/Willow & Spike/Buffy * Adults Only *
   Not a Quick Study, Parts 1 & 2 (deborahmm) - Giles/Spike * Adults Only *
   Just Watching (vampirefever) - no pairing
   Dead for the Future (D M Evans) - no pairing
   Such Symphony and Song (MrTwistedWhispers) - Ripper/Dru * Mature Readers Only *
   More Than One Way To Skin a Slayer (Gileswench) - Genfic/Spike-centric * Mature Readers Only *

Best Challenge Response
Nominees held over for round seven.

Outstanding New Author
Nominees held over for round seven.

Outstanding Author
   New Sun Rising (Maddogs) - Giles/Dawn * Adults Only *
   Not a Quick Study, Parts 1 & 2 (deborahmm) - Giles/Spike * Adults Only *
   Voices in the Night (twilightofmagic) - Giles/Wesley * Adults Only *
   Castaways (Gileswench) - Giles/Buffy * Adults Only *