#msa25

The 10th Annual Moonshine Awards are officially over and the winners have been posted.

Thank you to all of the wonderful creators in our fandom for sharing your work with us, and thank you to everyone who participated in the awards by nominating, voting, and spreading the Bethyl love.

We will see you next year for the 2026 Moonshine Awards!

Voting is NOW OPEN for the 2025 Moonshine Awards!

Every individual is allowed one vote per week. Voting will commence for 2 full weeks.

Polls close at 11:59pm PST on February 2nd, 2026. Winners will be announced February 9th, 2026.

Nominations for the 10th Annual Moonshine Awards are NOW OPEN!

Nominations close at 11:59pm PST on January 18th. Eligible nominations will be announced and voting will begin on January 19th.

Click here to nominate your favorite fics and fanart from 2025!

Please be sure to read the rules before nominating:

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, 2025 and December 31st, 2025. Works In Progress must have been updated at least once between January 1st, 2025 and December 31st, 2025.

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

Fics can be nominated in multiple categories.

First Place winners of previous years’ categories are ineligible for nomination. Second and Third Place winners are still eligible.

Yearly “Exclusive” categories are open for fics from any year, regardless of previous wins.

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

Please nominate a specific piece of fan art for the Fan Art categories, preferably with a link to the source. We will NOT count general artist nominations for any category except Artist of the Year.

Please do not spam the same nomination in any categories - even a single nomination means the fic/author will be listed in the poll for voting.

Addendums to the rules this year:

The yearly exclusive category for 2025, as voted by you, is Best First Kiss. This category is for any fic that you think had the best first kiss between Beth and Daryl. Fics from all years are eligible.

We have once again included categories for nominations of Best Fan Art ZA and Best Fan Art AU, as well as Artist of The Year. However, if there are not at least 2 (two) different nominations for each category, they will be omitted once voting commences. Last year, there was only a single nomination in each fan art category, therefore the categories were excluded altogether. If there are too few nominations to keep the ZA and AU categories separate, they will be consolidated into one general category for Best Fan Art and all nominees will be listed for voting. The same applies for Artist of The Year.

If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us. And remember: you can nominate as many and as often as you want!

The polls for the 2025 Moonshine Awards are officially closed!

Thank you to everyone who participated!