Yes, it's true!
The wait is finally
over - the winners of FanFic 2000 have been decided!
After an extremely
strenuous six-months on behalf of the judging team, our six stunning winners
have finally been chosen by you, the Internet X-Files fans.
Out of 100+ amazing
submissions, our three judges chose their ten favourites.
The ten were
then thrown into the wilds of the Internet and into the hands of Fanfic-hungry
fans to vote for their most enjoyable story.
In all, our contest
pages had an amazing 8,000+ hits in just six months!! A staggering figure
for any website.
208 of you voted,
and the decision was close.
But a main winner
has been chosen, as well as five other winners who all receive fantastic
prizes.
As for the other
four stories who did not quite make it into the winning category, a huge
thank you for taking part, and as I have said, votes were close and there
was no more than 20 votes between the 6th and 10th place finalists.
And so, on with the
proceedings.
I am proud to announce
that the winner of FanFic 2000 was...
STORY
5:
"SIMPLE
GIFTS"
BY
J.P. FILIPTEK (aka LIVASNAPS)
Who wins the following
great prizes:
Limited Edition
Signed Comic Panel donated by X-Files actor Dean Haglund
'Fight The Future'
Action Figure pack featuring 'Scully' and 'Attack Alien'
Blank 'Alien'
journal and pen set
Pack of Special
Edition UK X-Files bookplates
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Livasnaps - congratulations
from everyone at The Project!
Your story was not
only the only story selected by all three judges for a place in the final,
it was voted favourite from our Internet poll!
A truly fantastic
story - if you have not read it yet, do
it now!
Livasnaps - we salute
you!
But that's not all!
The next five winners,
in winning order!
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2nd
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"30
Seconds" by Susan Frankovich (read)
wins...
2x 'Fight The Future' promo posters
(Green 'Fight' and Blue 'Future') donated by Kia Mira
Pack of special edition X-Files bookplates
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3rd
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"Black
Hole Season" by Penumbra (read)
wins...
Pack of special edition X-Files
bookplates
donated by The Project Store
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4th
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"Sticks
and Stones" by CindyET (read)
wins...
Pack of special edition X-Files
bookplates
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5th
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"Elegy"
by Angela C.J. Wettergren (read)
wins...
Pack of special edition X-Files
bookplates
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6th
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"Changes"
by Kate (read)
wins...
Pack of special edition X-Files
bookplates
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Congratulations
to all of our winners on some truly great stories.
We will e-mail you
shortly to arrange the distribution of prizes. If you don't hear from me
before the end of january, e-mail me here.
If we have learned
anything from FanFic 2000, it is that there are some great writers out
there. I hope this contest has given people the chance to write their own
stories, whether for the first time or even if you are an experienced writer.
Please, just
because the contest is over, don't stop now! And even if you did not win
here, post your fanfic on mailing lists, message boards, send it to websites,
get it noticed. I only wish I was able to give everyone a prize and publish
every story!
Thanks to everyone
who entered and made it such a success. I hope you enjoyed it as much as
we did!
And finally, I
would like to give the BIGGEST THANKS to Hillary, our mailing list manager,
and her friend Jessica, our two fabulous US judges who spent literally
hours reading your stories and deciding on the winners. Also extra special
thanks to Hillary, whose home is acting a temporarily post office for your
prizes!
Thanks both,
and if you would like to pass on your thanks to Jessica and Hillary, please
drop Hillary a note here and
she will read it and pass it on.
Thanks,
and congratulations to our winners!
Keep
on writing!