PHILON AWARDS 2024
After last year's successful relaunch of this beautiful celebration of fannish creativity, KiScon is honoured to once again host the Philon Awards. Established by Jenna Sinclair and Shelley Butler in 1997, they originally 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 happy to continue this tradition.
Rules
- Voting is open from 10 September to 27 October, 2024 (11:59 p.m. PDT). 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 2024 (1-3 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. ;-)
- While *we* never talk about who voted for what, *you* can still discuss your faves and promote them, if you feel comfortable doing so. Sharing the shortlist and making fellow fans aware of great works is encouraged.
You can fill in the voting sheet embedded underneath the shortlist, or (if your device does not display it properly) you can find it at this link. Voting will open on the 10th of September! Watch out for the announcement here and on Discord/FB/Tumblr.
Philon Awards 2024 Shortlist
(in alphabetical order of the title; shortlist based on the results of the nominations phase)Short fic (word count under 10K):
- And Filled With Tomorrows by Android_And_Ale
- A Perfect Fit by ThereBeWhalesHere
- Cherubim by vanilla_extract
- Engineering a Fantasy by CampySpaceSlime
- Fly Over My Grave Again by gunstreet
- Harrekh t'Harrekhi by CampySpaceSlime
- How to Win Plants and Influence Lizards by indeedcaptain
- Seeing, Unseeing by Jenna Hilary Sinclair (JennaHilary)
- The Mess Hall Incident (or why Bones really wants to eat his salad alone, thank you) by discorporating
- The Sight of a Touch, or the Scent of a Sound by Moreta1848
Long fic (word count 10K-50K):
- All Things Fall and Are Built Again by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin)
- DESK JOBS by WerewolvesAreReal
- How Do I Know He's Mine by HDDrabble
- Hurt by ThereBeWhalesHere
- Please Don't Take Him Just Because You Can by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin)
- Space age country girl, stone cold miracle by thembonesthembones
- the fine print, and other things james t. kirk doesn't read by onlyafterhours
- the yeomen of the garden (and laundry) by cicak
- Way from Within by gunstreet
Novella/novel (word count over 50K):
- Bodyguard by BurningAmber
- Grief as a four-dimensional figure by Moreta1848
- I Shall Do Neither by onwhatcaptain
- It's Not An Illusion by Borealisblue
- mol-kur by uhuraprime
- Quell the Cosmic Tides by Plus3Charisma
- Regulatory Relations by indeedcaptain
- The Exiles by Moreta1848
- The rebel and the nerd by Moreta1848
- The recitation of names by Moreta1848
Podfic:
- Blood Fever (written by T'Lara) by 1lostone
- I must confess (written by USS_Queertastic) by 1lostone
- milk and honey (written by spaceisgay) by foundbyjohndoe
- milk and honey (written by spaceisgay) by cookiemom6067
- The 1,000 Hour Sleep (written by spqr) by cookiemom6067
Traditional art:
- Alright mr Spock by knezidon
- kiss by vanilla-phantoms
- Parading with Pride by Purple_Enma
- Spock's Tattoo by SButler (Shelley Butler)
- Tender Hands by Purple_Enma (Tumblr post)
- The Ritual by Purple_Enma (Tumblr post)
Digital art:
- (untitled Spock nude) by spirk-my-love (Florian Gray)
- By the Fireplace by lorvee
- Captains' Gambit (comic) by lorvee (Tumblr post)
- Commission for BurningAmber's fic "Bodyguard" by asyncamestel
- Harrekh t'Harrekhi by Purple_Enma (Tumblr post)
- Mess by eldar_of_zemlya
- Morning Sex by nightcrawler1
- TALKING TO GHOSTS by emilinqa
- Vulcan's Forge by CelestialVoyeur (Tumblr post)
Poetry:
- all of me, unguarded by indeedcaptain
- blanket me by USS_Queertastic (BoldlyQueertastic)
- Shared Space by CelestialVoyeur (poem is chapter 6 in a collection of poems)
- The Curious Case of Captain Kirk by CelestialVoyeur (poem is chapter 5 in a collection of poems)
- to have and to hold by CateAdams
Zines:
- KiScon 2023 Official Zine (editor: 1lostone) (download link)
- Wild Heart – A NSFW AOS Spirk zine (editors: borbtrek, remylebae, nicbutnasty) (download link)
You can also see the shortlist on this Google spreadsheet. Make a copy to have your own spreadsheet to keep track of what you've already read and how you liked it.