PHILON AWARDS 2025
Philon Awards 2025 Winners
(officially announced on 2 Nov 2025, at KiScon)🏆 Gold: ...in relief by a_most_beloved_fool 🏆
Silver: Dig it in There, Captain Kirk by mazarinememories
Short Fic (word count 1K–5K):
🏆 Gold: HOWL by indeedcaptain 🏆
Silver: summer comes, winter fades by InkDropMemories
Medium-Length Fic (word count 5K–10K):
🏆 Gold: Lessons in Seduction, Presented by S'chn T'gai Spock by Phoenix_Rose 🏆
Silver: A Little Human Emotionality by Moreta1848
Long Fic (word count 10K–20K):
🏆 Gold: thrum: a sonata in three movements by selfmadepurgatories 🏆
Silver: on a crooked little trajectory by tothewillofthepeople
Novella (word count 20K–50K):
🏆 Gold: long you live and high you fly by pinkgrapefloyd 🏆
Silver: Too Lonely a Place by Illegalpaladin (kellysaur)
Novel (word count over 50K):
🏆 Gold: No Dawn, No Day by xiaq 🏆
Silver: Silent Star by Moreta1848
Podfic:
🏆 Gold: The Exiles (written by Moreta1848) by cookiemom6067 🏆
Silver: Time After Time (written by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin)) by cookiemom6067
Poetry:
🏆 Gold: HR Violations on the USS Enterprise by indeedcaptain 🏆
Silver: Opportunity Knocks by gunstreet
Traditional Art:
🏆 Gold: “Because the word love isn’t written in your book” by strawberry-sweets (Bluesky post) 🏆
Silver: Love in Bloom by PageofWands
Digital Art:
🏆 Gold: HURT (comic) by beloved-icarus 🏆
Silver: Irrational Numbers (comic) by sidetrek (link to full download)
Zines:
🏆 Gold: KiScon Zine 2024 by 1lostone and Alice West (editors) 🏆
(Note: As no other zine was nominated in this category, it is the winner and was not included on the voting ballot.)
Philon Awards 2025 Shortlist
(in alphabetical order of the title; shortlist based on the results of the nominations phase that was open from 1 June to 31 July, 2025)Ficlet (word count under 1K):
- ...in relief by a_most_beloved_fool
- Cruelty by Phoenix_Rose
- devoted by Sir_Bedevere
- Dig it in There, Captain Kirk by mazarinememories
- spirk picnic by Illegalpaladin (kellysaur)
- At the End of Time by a_most_beloved_fool
- HOWL by indeedcaptain
- summer comes, winter fades by InkDropMemories
- The Scientist by Spock Lovemail (OneHitWondersAnonymous)
- Too Little, Too Late by StuckIn85
- Vulcan That Was by dogpoet
- A Little Human Emotionality by Moreta1848
- Lessons in Seduction, Presented by S'chn T'gai Spock by Phoenix_Rose
- My Friends by Jenna Hilary Sinclair
- secrets the flowers keep by a_most_beloved_fool
- The Appointed Place by CampySpaceSlime
- The spear-carrier's captain by Moreta1848
- Vivarium by RookSacrifice
- A System of Touch by gunstreet
- Chess Night by CampySpaceSlime
- Love is a Four-Letter Farewell by selfmadepurgatories
- on a crooked little trajectory by tothewillofthepeople
- Parted From Me and Never Parted by gangstabilbo
- space for air by selfmadepurgatories
- Starfleet, et alia by indeedcaptain
- thrum: a sonata in three movements by selfmadepurgatories
- to be far from the stars by tothewillofthepeople
- What Wonder Have We Wrought Here by remylebae
- And in the Fields the Cervidae by infernalia
- And Then, Excuse From Pain by unbearable_lightness_of_ink
- home is just another word for you by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin)
- long you live and high you fly by pinkgrapefloyd
- My Hand to Yours by Spock Lovemail (OneHitWondersAnonymous)
- Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal by aprettysmalldose
- second hand news by cicak
- sordida speculi by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin)
- The First by gunstreet
- The Royal We by indeedcaptain
- Too Lonely a Place by Illegalpaladin (kellysaur)
- A Compatible Match by CelestialVoyeur
- A tall ship and a star to steer her by by Moreta1848
- Help Me Not To Be (Extended Version) by ForFucksSakeJim
- No Dawn, No Day by xiaq
- Silent Star by Moreta1848
- Supermoon by gunstreet
- The Survivor's Guide to Hungry Ghosts by Zelda_Bird
- This First Sharp Taste by s0ymilk
- Fly Over My Grave Again (written by gunstreet) by foundbyjohndoe
- No Troubles as Tribbles (written by ForFucksSakeJim) by 1lostone
- The Exiles (written by Moreta1848) by cookiemom6067
- Time After Time (written by spaceisgay (ChancellorGriffin)) by cookiemom6067
- HR Violations on the USS Enterprise by indeedcaptain
- Infinity by Spock Lovemail (OneHitWondersAnonymous)
- Opportunity Knocks by gunstreet
- prompt: fist fight by indeedcaptain
- Saul on the Road to Damascus by Campy SpaceSlime
- The Lovers by Spock Lovemail (OneHitWondersAnonymous)
- “Because the word love isn’t written in your book” by strawberry-sweets (Bluesky post)
- Art Nouveau Spock by PageofWands
- Bad Things Come in Threes by lichqueenlibrarian
- Cosmic Love by Purple_Enma
- Love in Bloom by PageofWands
- Meld by the--nightcrawler
- Our selves, blurred by Faal (Tumblr post)
- Silent Star by lichqueenlibrarian (Tumblr post)
- the search for spock by andruillus
- WINGS by SButler
- A post-TVH commission for @honestlysecretjellyfish by sidetrek
- All the Stars and Spaces in Between (comic) by lorvee
- Happy birthday Spock! (Archons Screencap Redraw) by mr--spock
- HURT (comic) by beloved-icarus
- Into You by AmIsRic
- Irrational Numbers (comic) by sidetrek (link to full download)
- One Second to Midnight by Florian_Gray
- The heart of the cave by CelestialVoyeur
- untitled (trio) by calmao666
- KiScon Zine 2024 by 1lostone and Alice West (editors) – Note: As no other zine was nominated in this category, it is the winner and won't be on the voting ballot.