• ALL fiction sent via the application for nomination form will be screened to ensure that it fits the following criteria before being accepted into the nominations process.
    • Fiction must be relatively free of grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors and must be generally well written and formatted. In order to achieve this, we suggest that you thoroughly check your fiction before submitting it for nomination, OR have your fiction proofed/beta read by someone who is not you.
    • Fiction must fit into the category in which it is being nominated. For example if your fic is an AU based on Xander being an astronaut say, and you nominate it as a crossover for Star Trek, unless members of the cast of Star Trek are presented (and in a believable manner) your fic will not be accepted into the crossover category. Naming a fiction a crossover simply because Xander becomes an astronaut/is an astronaut is not enough for it to be an actual crossover.
  • Fiction must be in the fandoms of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and/or Angel the Series. Crossover fiction must feature either both fandoms, or one of these fandoms with another fandom (eg Smallville/Harry Potter etc)
  • You can nominate your own fiction or someone elses, however if you nominate someone elses you must put both their contact details and your contact details on the form, or your nomination will not be entered. Nominations for fiction not by yourself MUST be received by the date stated on the entry page.
  • A valid url for your fiction must be supplied. The url must point either directly to the fiction, or to an index page with a link to the piece. If you do not have a url for your fiction, please email it to us as an attachment along with your nomination details, and we will host it for you.
  • If your fiction is moved, please notify us. If we are not notified and cannot access your fiction it will be removed from the nominations.
  • If fiction cannot be accessed during the judging period, fiction will be disqualified.
  • Please do not supply urls for fiction hosted on groups such as msn /yahoo etc.. Not all judges have access to these facilities, and nominations that supply urls to such groups will be rejected. You are more than welcome to send the fiction as an attachment with your nomination, and we will host it for you
  • Fiction MUST be rated correctly. Using the American movie guidelines as a template, most fanfic can be rated as follows:

    G: Good clean fun for all ages.
    PG: Mild implied sexual innuendo, mild bad words, or violence or serious (though not quite mature) topics.
    PG-13: Some violence, moderate bad language (b**ch, sh*t, cr*p etc), obvious sexual innuendo, implied sexual relations. Also may include some mature topics such as suicide, homosexuality, drug/alcohol advocacy, rape aftermath, details of childbirth, etc. depending on the mores of the fandom involved.
    R: Just-short-of-explicit sex, graphic torture or violence, rape. Excessive bad language (f**k, w**k, c**t, bas***d etc). Not recommended for minors.
    NC-17: explicit erotica, excessively gory violence. Often illegal for underage readers.

  • Fiction containing NC17/rape/bdsm/non con/tortue etc... must be labelled as such
  • Please make sure you read the category requirements. If your fiction does not fit the requirements for the entered category, it will be disqualified.
  • Work in progress fictions are accepted in certain categories, however, please ensure you read the requirements for each category before nominating. WIP's must be marked as such when nominated
  • Each author can submit only 3 pieces of fiction
  • Each piece of fiction may be nominated in only 5 categories
  • Please DO NOT nominate your fictions against each other For example: don't put two of your fictions in the same category - you will actually be competing against your own work if you do this. It doesnt make sense!
  • If your piece of fiction wins the category it is nominated in, you may not submit that fiction into that category again. However, you can nominate the winning fiction in a different category, or a different piece of fiction in the winning category
  • No incestuous fiction will be accepted e.g. Angel/Connor, Buffy/Joyce etc
  • Fiction with racist content will not be accepted
  • All winning fiction will be archived at S & D Archive
  • Under no circumstances will you be given information about the judges. If you harass for such information, your nomination will be withdrawn from the awards
  • Decisions are made based on how well your fiction fits the category into which it has been entered. General writing ability and the readability of the fiction are also taken into consideration, as well as general enjoyment of the piece
  • The judges decision is final
  • Awards will be sent out within one week of winners being announced
  • When filling out the nomination form,and asked if you have read the rules, please replace "Please" with "Kill Me Dead ".

    If the field is left blank, or the wrong information is entered, your nomination will not be included. You will not be informed that you have given the wrong information, I will just hit the delete button.