Congratulations to everyone who won an award (including runners-up) and thank you to everyone who voted!
(No matter who was nominated, I really liked seeing everyone’s choices for each category, and their explanations for why they felt those members deserved their respective awards.) I, for one, greatly enjoyed participating (I was actually a little sad when the voting closed before I could place nominations for two of the categories). I am excitedly anticipating voting again next year.
And I feel almost obliged to say this: I can’t believe I won two awards.
Ironically, though I’ve always tried to be helpful, and never originally planned that giving fanart and fanfiction feedback would become my fortÈ (it just sort of happened that way), it’s the Helpful Member Award that came as a real surprise to me. In the year I’ve spent as an active member of the GOF, I’ve done my best to be useful and contributive, regardless of whether or not I would get an award for it. I had no idea that I made such an impact, or that so many members thought highly enough of me that they would nominate me for an award. I can’t describe my gratitude; not that all who voted for me helped me win the awards (well, that too, I suppose, but it’s comparatively minor
), but that you essentially validated that I had made a positive difference in the forum. Thank you all, a million times over.
