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 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.)
Rules
- Voting is open from 10 September to 1 November, 2023 (11:59 p.m. EDT). You do not need to be a registered KiScon member in order to vote; voting is open to every K/S fan.
- In each category there will be a Gold (first place) and a Silver (second place) winner.
- The winners will be announced during KiScon 2023 (3-5 Nov). Each winner will receive a certificate and a small prize; we will contact the winners after the convention weekend.
- You need to be logged into your Google account in order to submit the voting form; this ensures that people do not vote multiple times for the same work. If we suspect sockpuppet activity, we will get in touch for clarification. We keep the voting process completely confidential! Only the KiScon concom will see the submitted forms.
- In each category you can pick one work.
- You can submit the form only once, but you can edit your responses if you need to add or change something (just follow the link in the email you receive after submitting the form). You cannot edit your responses after voting has closed, so make sure you have picked your favourite in all categories that are important to you.
- Yes, you *can* vote for your own work(s). We won't judge you. ;-)
You can fill in the voting sheet embedded below, or (if your device does not display it properly) you can find it at this link.