On request of one of our members here's a little post about the fanfiction awards this year.
I introduced the FF awards in 2012, back when a lot of people asked for the category to be included in the yearly awards. There were a ton of submissions and people were really excited to have their fanfics rated for the first time. The submissions have been dwindling down ever since though, and last year I believe there were just 7 submissions by 6 members, one of which didn't receive any votes at all. This disappointing turnout, in combination with the work it takes to set up these awards (going through every fanfic submission to see if it is within our guidelines, making sure all the votes are tallied and they are all legit, making several different banners for everyone, etc.) it really isn't worth it for me to keep them running.
Now perhaps I'm wrong, and perhaps the FF section has sprouted back into life over the past year. So I'd like to know how many people would be interested in running the FF awards. That is, not just to submit your own fanfiction, but also to rate other people's work... That part is probably the most important! If there are over 5 people truly interested in both submitting and voting, I'm willing to give it another shot. But you have to know that I'm extremely busy and that things might not be done as quickly as they were in 2012 and 2013. I'm currently going towards my last year in uni and it requires a lot of preparation. Thanks for your understanding!