Can I get a BOOYAH? That's right folks, it's that time again, time for the Third Annual Fannie Awards! This time, we are looking at the best of the best for the year 2007, and there are quite a few to choose from this year. With the new season, we saw an influx of new authors and new ideas, giving us over 1,000 new stories this year. So many tales to choose from, so little time.

So let's get to what this is all about! You, the people, are the ones that decide who wins each and every award! Make your selections on the handy list I'm providing below. Any story written or contributed to in the year is eligible to win, with one exception. Those stories and writers who won previously in a category can not win again this year, though the awards for Best Writer and Best Series can be the previous winners again after 2 years. This is to help open up the field for everyone to have a chance. See the list below for all the details.

1st Annual Fannie Award winners!

· Best Writer - MrDrP (MrDrP is eligible again at the 4th Annual Fannie Awards)
· Best New Writer (started in last 6 months for this year's, starting August 1st) - StarvingLunatic
· Best Story Overall – David Clark Allan, Shego Rocks!
· Best Series Overall – Allaine, Unacceptable Sitch series (This series, if still being written then, is eligible again at the 4th Annual Fannie Awards)
· Best One-shot Overall – Nate Grey, Chronic
· Best Novel-sized Story Overall (100,000 words or more) - Hobnob-rev, Kim Possible: Mind, Body, and Soul
· Best Comedy – Cid Gregor, Mind Games: Redux
· Best Romance – Immo, A Few New Tricks
· Best Action/Adventure – CaptainKodak1, The Lotus Bloom
· Best Drama – Apoptosis, A Road Not Taken
· Best Songfic – Zaratan, Something More
· Best Crossover/Fusion – MrDrP, Kim Possible: The Next Generation
· Best K/R Story – CaptainKodak1, The Lotus Bloom
· Best Kigo Story – Hobnob-rev, Kim Possible: Mind, Body, and Soul
· Best Alternative Pairing Story (Ron/Bon, Kim/Drakken, etc.) – Zaratan, Life Changes
· Best Original Character – Hobnob-rev, Kara Fang
· Best Minor Character (From show, but expanded upon. ie. Yori, Tara, etc.) – Zaratan, Bonnie, and Mattb3671, Nooni (TIE)

2nd Annual Fannie Award winners!

- Best Writer - Commander Argus (Commander Argus is eligible again at the 5th Annual Fannie Awards)
- Best New Writer (2006) - (tie) King in Yellow & Cpneb
Most Voted Writer - Starving Lunatic
- Best Story Overall – Alone Together - Failte200
- Best Series Overall – The Trinity Sitch - Commander Argus (This series, if still being written then, is eligible again at the 5th Annual Fannie Awards)
- Best One-shot Overall – Zorpox and the Cheerleader - MrDrP
- Best Novel-sized Story Overall (100,000 words or more) - The Gods Must Be Laughing - Starving Lunatic
- Best Comedy – It's Addictive - Spectre666
- Best Romance – Another Time, Another Place - Starving Lunatic
- Best Action/Adventure – Maternal Instinct - Blackbird
- Best Drama – The Darkness Within - GWA (G-Go, MrDrP, CaptainKodak1, Mattb3671, WesUAH, Commander Argus, Zaratan)
- Best Crossover/Fusion – The Batman - Classic Cowboy
- Best AU - Middlewood - Yvj
- Best K/R Story – The Ronless Factor - Scoutcraft Piratess/Zaratan
- Best Kigo Story – Alone Together - Failte200
- Best Alternative Pairing Story (Ron/Bon, Kim/Drakken, etc.) – In the Middle - Starving Lunatic
- Best Original Character – Isabel Gooding - Walking the Line - Starving Lunatic
- Best Minor Character (From show, but expanded upon. ie. Yori, Tara, etc.) – Bonnie - In the Middle - Starving Lunatic
- Best Original Character Name - Kasy and Sheki - Kasy/Sheki series - NoDrogs
- Best Villain - Kara Fang - Kim Possible : Mind, Body, and Soul - Hobnob-rev
- Best Single Line - Starving Lunatic - One in a Billion - Shego - "What the? Where have you been these past few years? When the woman says she's on a plane, chances are she's actually in a cab on the way to the house! I don't want to get caught by her!"

This year, one category has been removedby the decision of the Fannie Awards Committee. Best Single Line has been removed. We have added 3 new categories though, thanks to the votes of the Fannie Awards Committee. These include Best Young Author, Best Short Story, and Best Writing Team. Finally, we have one returning category, Best Songfic, which was voted back unanimously by everyone. All 4 new and returning categories were voted on by the Committee, and I hope you will embrace them as well.

This year, there will be a slightly different format. There will be 2 rounds of voting this time. Voting for the first round will end at 11:59 pm EST on January 31st, 2008. These ballots will be done as normal, by the ballot form provided below and submitting them to me by PM or by email at zaratan4@hotmail.com .

The second round will start immeadiately after that, and will include the top 5 vote getting stories and writers in each category in a secret poll format hosted on my forum on fanfiction.net ([link]) . For those without an FF.net account, you can email your response to me, and I will add it to the final count. This round will run for anouther 2 weeks, until 11:59 pm, February 14th, 2008.

The awards show will then start Saturday, February 23rd, 2008, after all votes have been tabulated, award winner speeches submitted and added, and all the details are finalized.

Also, be sure to check out our great website, developed and maintained by the inestimable Commander Argus.

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On a final note, I would like to thank those helping me with putting this event together this year. Commander Argus, webmaster supreme, and the members of the Fannie Awards Committee, Triaxx, King in Yellow, and CaptainKodak, not to mention all the little things so many others do. This is made possible thanks to their assistance.

So there you have it folks. Place your votes, and get ready for the party! This should be a blast!

3rd Annual Fannie Awards Categories!

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Best K/R Story -
Best Kigo Story -
Best Alternative Pairing Story (Ron/Bon, Kim/Drakken, Shego/Barkin etc.) -
Best Original Character –
Best Minor Character (From show, but expanded upon. ie. Yori, Tara, etc.) -
Best AU Story –
Best Original Character Name (Following the KP naming scheme) –
Best Villain –
Best Songfic -
Best Young Author (eligible to authors 19 years of age and younger as of December 31, 2007)-
Best Short Story (multi-chapter short stories with a maximum of 15,000 words) -
Best Writing Team (stories posted in current year, eligible to those in which 2 or more writers collaborate on the WRITING of a story. Betas not eligible) -