#moonshine20

First Place: Sunlit Skies by Persefata

Second Place: Find me lost in memories past by cc5

Third Place (tied):

the difference between living and surviving by sheriffandsteel

Come Home to Me by gneebee

First Place: Wasn’t Born an Angel by Aireabella

Second Place: What Signs Remain by lindentree

Third Place: no red thread but a bowstring by wandering_gypsy_feet

First Place: risk it all by SquishyCool

Second Place: Unknown Girl by Piper1016

Third Place: Bruises by LemonStar

First Place: In My Blood by Courtneyshortney82

Second Place: The Stranger Upstairs by gneebee

Third Place: Don’t Make Me Haunt You by SquishyCool

First Place (tied):

where the cool grass grows by lindentree

The Long Way Home by Piper1016

Second Place: Just This Once by gneebee

Third Place: All the Way Home by Schwoozie

First Place: Unknown Girl by Piper1016

Second Place: Bruises by LemonStar

Third Place: Keep Your Hands Off The Waitress by wallflow3r

First Place: I Will Follow You Into the Dark by Aireabella

Second Place: What Signs Remain by lindentree

Third Place: The In Between by Piper1016

First Place: no red thread but a bowstring by wandering_gypsy_feet

Second Place: baby, give me some by gutsforgarters and kattyshack

Third Place: The Four Times Daryl Dixon Fed Bethany Greene by PixieShips

First Place: the difference between living and surviving by sheriffandsteel

Second Place: Come Home to Me by gneebee

Third Place: Find me lost in memories past by cc5

First Place: Wasn’t Born an Angel by Aireabella

Second Place: Anastasis by lindentree

Third Place: Magnolia by galadrieljones

First Place: Unknown Girl by Piper1016

Second Place: Bruises by LemonStar

Third Place: Love on The Line by gneebee

First Place: Doo Wah Diddy Diddy by gutsforgarters

Second Place: love alive by lindentree

Third Place: It’s About Time by Courtneyshortney82

First Place: Breaking the Law by Courtneyshortney82

Second Place: it’s bloody and raw, but I swear it is sweet by gutsforgarters

Third Place: risk it all by SquishyCool

First Place: What Signs Remain by lindentree

Second Place: Marlboro Man by gutsforgarters

Third Place: lost in the sauce by SquishyCool

First Place: Fix by thedevilyouknow106

Second Place: Fifty Four Days by LemonStar

Third Place: Wild Things (The Moonshine Poet) by Abelina

First Place: Let the Good Times Roll by gutsforgarters

Second Place: It Only Hurts When I Breathe by Aireabella

Third Place (tied):

some of them are here on earth by lindentree

Fix by thedevilyouknow106

First Place: Caught by the Light by @boltthrutheheart

Second Place: Lazy Weekend Sketching by @nikitajobson

Third Place: Good by @gala-art

Winner: lindentree

Runner-Up: gneebee

Winner: wandering_gypsy_feet

Runner-Up: galadrieljones

Winner: @boltthrutheheart

Runner-Up: wallflow3r ( @neversleepingever​ )

Congratulations to everyone, and thank you all for voting!

Congratulations to all the authors and artists who were nominated this year! We are incredibly proud of the turnout.

Voting is officially open! You can only vote once per category (and once per IP address). Polls will close at 11:59pm PST on January 26th, 2021.

Nominations: January 4th - January 18th Voting: January 19th - January 26th Winners Announced: February 1st

Here are the rules for this year’s Moonshine Awards:

There is no limit to how many fics can be nominated per category.

Most categories have one for Completed works and one for In-Progress works. Completed works must have been completed between January 1st, 2020 and December 31st, 2020. Works In Progress must have been updated at least once between January 1st, 2020 and December 31st, 2020.

If there is only one category, nominated fics can be either Complete or WIP.

Fics can be nominated in multiple categories.

Authors are limited to one fic nominated per category so choose wisely.

Category-specific rules this year:

Best Classic: we will not be accepting nominations for fics that have previously won an award for this category.

Best Fandom Supporter: this can be anyone on AO3, FFN, or Tumblr who you believe supports fanwork creators in such a positive way that they deserve to be recognized. This person has to have been active in the fandom in some way or another within the last year.

Breakthrough New Author: this person has to have posted their first fic between January 1st, 2020 and December 31st, 2020.

Author of The Year: this person has to have updated or posted at least one fic between January 1st, 2020 and December 31st, 2020. The winner of this category cannot be the same as Breakthrough New Author.

Best Bromance: This category is exclusive to this year and we will accept nominations for any and all fics completed or in-progress from any time period. This includes any bromance featured in the fic.

Best Fan Art: We condensed fan art into a single category this year and welcome both SFW and NSFW nominations. When you nominate, please include a link to the artist’s direct post, whether it be Flickr or DeviantArt or Tumblr or any other site. The only stipulation is that it must contain Bethyl (obviously). Nominations from any and all years will be included for this year’s award. (Please nominate a specific piece of fan art for the Best Fan Art category, preferably with a link to the source. We will not count general artist nominations.)

Please note: Best Series and Best Collab categories were omitted this year due to a low volume of eligible posted fics. We are very hopeful that we can bring both categories back next year!

CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE

Feel free to nominate as many fics and art as often as you’d like. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to us. Stay tuned for voting!

To celebrate winning Breakthrough New Author 2020, we asked @raginglittlehurricane​ for a hand-picked list of their feature fics.

Congratulations, wandering_gypsy_feet!

these hands don’t fix, they break

no red thread but a bowstring

it’s going to take you people years to recover from all the damage

A Little Jailbreak with the Little Jailbait

Fic Rec List:

Call Me Friend But Keep Me Closer by pietromavximoff

Linger by deerntheheadlights

Just Play Along… Please by Tigervetky

When I See You Again by burningupasun

My Ghost, where’d you go? by onborrowedwings

Notorious by StrawberryLane

She’s Just Gone by DomesticatedTendencies

cross my heart, pretty darlin’, over you by kattyshack

‘til we soothe our souls by kattyshack

Almost Fine by Schwoozie

Doo Wah Diddy Diddy by gutsforgarters

Art Rec List:

Magnolia by gala-art

Good by gala-art

Beth Greene didn’t die for the WORLDS SMALLEST SCISSORS by literalnobody

Beth lives by unbadger

taking a nap, seriously there’s only one way to do that by nikitajobson

To celebrate winning Author of The Year 2020, we asked @littlelindentree for a hand-picked list of their feature fics.

Congratulations, lindentree!

Anastasis

What Signs Remain

where the cool grass grows

some of them are here on earth

As part of winning Best Fandom Supporter 2020, we asked @boltthrutheheart​​ for a (short) rec list of their own choosing.

Congratulations, boltthrutheheart!

“Surfacing” by nikitajobson

“She Has Your Eyes” by doeroseq

“We’ll Be Good” by ittybittytower

“Starry Sky” by 00sakon00

“Good” by gala-art

“Dancing in the Dark in the Pale Moonlight” by dixonangel

“Bethyl Reunion” by arniearns16

“Wait For Me” by blurryobjects

“remember that time Beth survived” by unbadger

Only 2 days left to nominate! Make sure all your favorite fanworks and creators from 2020 get the recognition they deserve!

CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE

It’s that time of year again, Bethylers! The 2020 Moonshine Awards officially begin tomorrow.

Nominations: January 4th - January 18th Voting: January 19th - January 26th Winners Announced: February 1st

This year, we have all the same categories, save for a few exceptions:

Best Series and Best Collab have been omitted due to a low volume of eligible posted fic. We hope to bring it back next year!

Best SFW Fan Art and Best NSFW Fan Art have been condensed into a single category for Best Fan Art.

Best Bromance is exclusive to this year and we will accept nominations for any and all fics completed or in-progress from any time period. This includes any bromance featured in the fic.