PHILON AWARDS

KiScon is honoured to host the Philon Awards. Established by Jenna Sinclair and Shelley Butler in 1997, they were an annual event organised by The K/S Press to honour outstanding authors and artists in K/S fandom. With the permission and support of Jenna and Shelley, KiScon is resuming this beautiful tradition.

Philon Awards 2023 Winners
(officially announced on 5 Nov 2023, at KiScon)

Short fic (word count under 10K):
🏆 Gold: Spock 🖖 by vaksur & WerewolvesAreReal 🏆
Silver: One In A Myriad of Little Dwelling Places by CampySpaceSlime

Long fic (word count 10K-50K):
🏆 Gold: Red is by spirkme 🏆 (ex aequo)
🏆 Gold: Rain Dogs by gunstreet 🏆 (ex aequo)
🏆 Gold: Milk and Honey by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin) 🏆 (ex aequo)
Silver: Untouched by SButler

Novella/novel (word count over 50K):
🏆 Gold: First, Best Destiny, Part Two by Ophelia_j 🏆
Silver: Time After Time by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin)

Podfic:
🏆 Gold: Communicators Can’t Scan (or, how Jim Kirk learned to stop worrying and love the Vulcanese) by 1lostone 🏆 (ex aequo)
🏆 Gold: Injured by 1lostone 🏆 (ex aequo)
Silver: Interior Harmony by 1lostone

Traditional art:
🏆 Gold: Marooned? Honeymoon? Honeymarooned? by subterraneanna 🏆
Silver: Spock by the Pool by SButler

Digital art:
🏆 Gold: The Meddling Captain (Comic) by lorvee 🏆
Silver: Heaven… when I held you again. How could we ever just be friends? by BataSann

Poetry:
🏆 Gold: The Mountains I Climb by USS_Queertastic 🏆
Silver: Come Home With Me by ForFucksSakeJim

Zines:
🏆 Gold: The AOS Renaissance Zine 🏆
Silver: Legends #10 by Dovya Blacque (Ed.)




Philon Awards 2023 Shortlist
(in alphabetical order of the title; shortlist based on the results of the nominations phase)

Short fic (word count under 10K):

• An old earth custom by pkrosche
• Can We Always Be This Close? by ForFucksSakeJim
• Fatal Vision by ikoliholic
• I [43M] wish to tell my friend [40M] that it’d be logical for us to get married by Smile_Edgeworth
• One In A Myriad of Little Dwelling Places by CampySpaceSlime
• Spock 🖖 by vaksur & WerewolvesAreReal
• The Tropiest of Tropes by Spirkme

Long fic (word count 10K-50K):

• already, and always by flipthebits
• Catspaw of Another Kind by Borealisblue
• Distance of Time by yassifiedjimkirk
• Home in a Mug by Lizzy0305
• Milk and Honey by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin)
• Rain Dogs by gunstreet
• Red is by spirkme
• Reservations — A Sequel to Desire/Reserve by Herself_nyc
• Social Graces by gunstreet
• The Prince and The Vulcan by TonightNoPoetryWillServe
• Untouched by SButler
• Variations on a bitter theme by OrpheaAria

Novella/novel (word count over 50K):

• First, Best Destiny, Part Two by Ophelia_j
• The Promised Land by gunstreet
• This Must Be the Place by gunstreet
• Time After Time by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin)
• to assess the equation of you by uhuraprime

Podfic:

• Communicators Can’t Scan (or, how Jim Kirk learned to stop worrying and love the Vulcanese) by 1lostone
• For the Greater Good by cookiemom6067
• Injured by 1lostone
• Interior Harmony by 1lostone
• Mistletoe Kisses by 1lostone

Traditional art:

• AOS Spock Portrait by Nic
• Blooming Kiss by Purple_Enma
• Marooned? Honeymoon? Honeymarooned? by subterraneanna
• Spock by the Pool by SButler
• Spock's Lyre by lorvee
• The Golden Couple by Purple_Enma

Digital art:

• A little sweet, a little spicy: k/s gingerbread cookies by PageofWands
• Heaven… when I held you again. How could we ever just be friends? by BataSann
• The Honeymoon Postcard by lorvee
• The Meddling Captain (Comic) by lorvee
• TOS Kirk/Spock in SNW Dress Uniforms by BataSann

Poetry:

• Asleep by alainanmccoy
• Come Home With Me by ForFucksSakeJim
• Diamonds for You by Orabla
• I’m the X (Reprise) by eigenvectrix
• The Mountains I Climb by USS_Queertastic

Zines:

• The AOS Renaissance Zine 
• Legends #10 by Dovya Blacque (Ed.)