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The Cauldron Awards 2022
With 1620 entries across 83 categories (2,247 before vetting), and 13,552 votes lodged by 116 voters, the 2022 Cauldron Awards showcase Cauldron's favorites of all the myriad fanworks that our fandom created throughout the year — as well as the many people, events, and moments within the Cauldron community that deserve a little honoring.
The 2022 Awards showcases 15 new categories, such as "Favorite Longform" and "Favorite Shortform Fic", a slew of character categories like "Favorite Protagonist" and "Most Novel Use of a Character", "Authors That Went The Extra Mile", and some new community categories such as "Favorite Commenter" and "Favorite Art Style" and many more — all thanks to some wonderful suggestions from the Awards channel on Discord!
Thanks to everyone for taking part in the nominations and voting process, and many congratulations to the winners, runners-up, and all the nominees. See you next year!
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Fanfiction
53 categories | 1285 entries | 9651 votes | 112 voters
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The cream of the crop: the best fics of 2022.It's Cold Out There Every Day
glowspider
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Desperate Times Call for Desperate Pleasures
R3N41SS4NC3
with 27 votes (27% of voters)
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Just One More Thing, Mr Anders...
Rukaio Alter
with 22 votes (22% of voters)
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The Underside of Gotham
ColossalMistake
with 20 votes (20% of voters)
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Another year, another thousand fics to read... eventually. What great fics began publication in 2022?Desperate Times Call for Desperate Pleasures
R3N41SS4NC3
with 27 votes (29% of voters)
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Just One More Thing, Mr Anders...
Rukaio Alter
with 23 votes (24% of voters)
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Janus
Ridtom
with 21 votes (22% of voters)
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Not many fics make it to the finish line. But of those that did in 2022, what's your favorite?Just One More Thing, Mr Anders...
Rukaio Alter
with 25 votes (27% of voters)
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Intercession
VigoGrimborne
with 24 votes (26% of voters)
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Trailblazer
3ndless
with 23 votes (25% of voters)
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Community-driven, semi-interactive stories.COLLECTION: META
The Brockton Games
Hopeful Penguin
with 24 votes (53% of voters)
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Hatching A Heist
RecursiveMontage
with 17 votes (37% of voters)
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Windows to the Soul
Zerrer
with 8 votes (18% of voters)
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Fanfiction is great, but everyone leaves the nest at some stage. Celebrate the original works of Cauldroners.COLLECTION: META
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One-off stories, to-the-point, short and sweet.The Danny Room
keighthundred
with 33 votes (47% of voters)
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ParaArchive of Our Own
6thfloormadness
with 15 votes (22% of voters)
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Spermfect: or, The Worm that Smote the Gourd
henghost
with 12 votes (17% of voters)
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Cauldron Awards 2022Favorite Oneshot or Snippet Compilation Thread
11 entries | 114 votes | 58 votersDescription & Tags
Compilation threads contain the flood of fic ideas that some writers are prone to. Who had the best offerings in 2022?COLLECTION: META
Ridtom Ward Snippets
Ridtom
with 21 votes (37% of voters)
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Chunks of Worm
VigoGrimborne
with 20 votes (35% of voters)
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Ten Times
Argentorum
with 16 votes (28% of voters)
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Some fics offer such interesting opportunites that they spawn more fics of themselves. Which were the best in 2022?COLLECTION: META
Soliloquy
keighthundred
Inspired by Chartic's Severed.
with 35 votes (53% of voters)
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That Sounds Like Taylor Costa-Brown
Pericardium
Inspired by Flabbyknight and Omega_93's That Sounds Like Work & Taylor Costa-Brown.
with 19 votes (29% of voters)
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Hostile Takeover
HowlingGuardian
Inspired by HowlingGuardian's Here Comes The New Boss (Nothing Like The Old Boss).
with 17 votes (26% of voters)
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Podcasts, interactive fanfic experiences, comics, animations, poetry, videos, music: any fanworks created in alternate mediums.COLLECTION: META
glory girl in wormfics be like
Pericardium
with 30 votes (47% of voters)
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The Brockton Games
Hopeful Penguin
with 26 votes (41% of voters)
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They Seem Like Good People
Pericardium
with 25 votes (40% of voters)
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First impressions matter, and titles are the foremost impression. Which 2022 fic had the best title?COLLECTION: META
Deansperate Times Call For Deansperate Pleasures
R31N41SS4NC3
with 32 votes (36% of voters)
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Just One More Thing, Mr Anders...
Rukaio Alter
with 30 votes (34% of voters)
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Desperate Times Call for Desperate Pleasures
R3N41SS4NC3
with 27 votes (31% of voters)
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What fic do you wish had updated in 2022, but didn't? Perhaps the next year will surprise you!COLLECTION: META
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There's little sadder than a dead fic, and little happier than a revival. What revived in 2022?The Artist Formerly Known As Bonesaw
Octobre
with 37 votes (41% of voters)
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Nemesis
BeaconHill
with 33 votes (36% of voters)
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Felix Fortuna
Chartic
with 27 votes (30% of voters)
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For every fic with a thousand views, there are two with only a dozen. What are some great fics not widely read?The Danny Room
keighthundred
with 19 votes (25% of voters)
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Her Strength Alone
HopefulPenguin
with 15 votes (20% of voters)
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Conquer This
Pericardium
with 13 votes (17% of voters)
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Cauldron Cup, GAFATs, and more: Cauldron's writing events run endlessly. Which fics created for 2022 events were the best?COLLECTION: META
You kicked their asses with butterflies
YseultNott
Written for the Give-a-Fic-a-Thon (Fic Valentines).
with 12 votes (50% of voters)
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Leave Panacea Alone!
evagrimm
Written for the Give-a-Fic-a-Thon (Fic Fools).
with 8 votes (34% of voters)
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Love Takes Many Forms
Distraktion
Written for the Give-a-Fic-a-Thon (Fic Valentines).
with 6 votes (25% of voters)
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What are your favorite fics to update or finish this year, with at least 150,000 words in total length?COLLECTION: META
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Administrative Mishap
OxfordOctopus
with 20 votes (25% of voters)
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Swallowtail
NotDis
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Intercession
VigoGrimborne
with 18 votes (23% of voters)
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Point Me At The Skyrim
Ridtom
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Inheritance
Pendragoon
with 17 votes (21% of voters)
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Worm fics tend to run long, but what fics finished this year at 50,000 words or fewer? Oneshots not included.COLLECTION: META
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It's Cold Out There Every Day
glowspider
with 32 votes (48% of voters)
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Just One More Thing, Mr Anders...
Rukaio Alter
with 31 votes (47% of voters)
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Conquer This
Pericardium
with 21 votes (32% of voters)
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Some authors were clearly bouncing off the walls when they wrote their fics. Which fics best deliver on their a wild premise?COLLECTION: META
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The Brockton Games
Hopeful Penguin
A seven week long PvP game with dozens of players split between twelve teams and pulled it off without almost a single problem.
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Just One More Thing, Mr Anders...
Rukaio Alter
Columbo (from the 60's TV series) investigates a murder committed by Max Anders.
with 28 votes (35% of voters)
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Desperate Times Call for Desperate Pleasures
R3N41SS4NC3
Taylor trying to fix Amy's incest crush using a Master power is only the beginning of this trainwreck you can't look away from.
with 26 votes (32% of voters)
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The Danny Room
keighthundred
Horror shitpost based off of the Hebert family's floor plans.
with 23 votes (29% of voters)
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Whether it's use of multimedia or unusual formatting or extra content like informational posts and maps, some authors go the extra mile. Which fics did that this year?COLLECTION: META
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The Brockton Games
HopefulPenguin
An entire discord server, with briefs, prompts, dice rolling, NPC interaction, GMing an entire game for multiple factions, all done in a timely manner.
with 29 votes (41% of voters)
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City of Salt
ApatheticTangerine
Commissioned art accompanies nearly every chapter.
with 23 votes (33% of voters)
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Swallowtail
NotDis
High effort map, and frequent mixed-media content and novel formatting techniques in chapters like the "Correspondence" interludes.
with 18 votes (26% of voters)
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Everyday life doesn't have to be boring. Slice-of-Life brings fun to the mundane.COLLECTION: GENRE
It's Cold Out There Every Day
glowspider
with 20 votes (29% of voters)
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Forward
keighthundred
with 19 votes (27% of voters)
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Desperate Times Call for Desperate Pleasures
R3N41SS4NC3
with 18 votes (26% of voters)
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You know something's good when it makes you cry. What tugged on your emotions this year?COLLECTION: GENRE
The Postdiluvian Road
Aleph (Immatrael)EarthScorpion
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It's Cold Out There Every Day
glowspider
with 24 votes (40% of voters)
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What Could Have Been
Ridtom
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Galatea
keighthundred
with 13 votes (22% of voters)
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Janus
Ridtom
with 10 votes (17% of voters)
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Kisses and canoodling galore. Romance and shipping are fanfic staples. Which fics did it best?COLLECTION: GENRE
It's Cold Out There Every Day
glowspider
with 27 votes (36% of voters)
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Desperate Times Call for Desperate Pleasures
R3N41SS4NC3
with 25 votes (33% of voters)
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The Postdiluvian Road
Aleph (Immatrael)EarthScorpion
with 19 votes (25% of voters)
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Whether it's crack or comedy, some fics are built for laughs. Which tickled you most?COLLECTION: GENRE
Conquer This
Pericardium
with 23 votes (30% of voters)
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Just One More Thing, Mr Anders...
Rukaio Alter
with 22 votes (29% of voters)
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Desperate Times Call for Desperate Pleasures
R3N41SS4NC3
with 20 votes (26% of voters)
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Mixing different settings together is a hallmark of transformative fiction. Which fics merge universes the best?COLLECTION: GENRE
The Underside of Gotham
ColossalMistake
with 27 votes (33% of voters)
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Felix Fortuna
Chartic
with 20 votes (25% of voters)
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Hers Is The Fury
Ridtom
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Just One More Thing, Mr Anders...
Rukaio Alter
with 19 votes (24% of voters)
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Some tales twist the world around them, or even create worlds anew. Which AUs are the best?COLLECTION: GENRE
Swallowtail
NotDis
with 19 votes (27% of voters)
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The Brockton Games
HopefulPenguin
with 17 votes (24% of voters)
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Good People
Redcoat Officer
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City of Salt
ApatheticTangerine
with 14 votes (20% of voters)
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Changing Taylor's power is the bread and butter of Worm fic. What stories do the most with their altpowers?COLLECTION: GENRE
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Pleasures
R3N41SS4NC3
with 21 votes (31% of voters)
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Swallowtail
NotDis
with 20 votes (29% of voters)
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Janus
Ridtom
with 16 votes (24% of voters)
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You don't need superpowers to be a hero. What are the best fics following unpowered characters?COLLECTION: GENRE
Just One More Thing, Mr Anders...
Rukaio Alter
with 26 votes (39% of voters)
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Tilt
StoneAgeFantasy
with 17 votes (25% of voters)
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Denial
Nara'la
with 14 votes (21% of voters)
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A staple of fanfiction; self-inserts are numerous. Which were the best in 2022?COLLECTION: GENRE
Seer
ellfangor8
with 18 votes (50% of voters)
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Fatal Live Action Role-Playing
SatyaV
with 13 votes (37% of voters)
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Starfinder
Bowlerhat Guy
with 7 votes (20% of voters)
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Fics with original casts offer endless unique possibilities. Which OC fics are the most compelling?COLLECTION: GENRE
Redoubt
Plum Colored Blazer
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Hatching A Heist
RecursiveMontage
with 15 votes (24% of voters)
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Mixed Feelings
Kittius
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WORM: A Web-serial
henghost
with 14 votes (22% of voters)
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Luster
Eva Grimm
NSFW
with 12 votes (19% of voters)
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Brockton Bay might be the standard setting, but the world of Worm is wide. What are some great fics that explore outward?COLLECTION: GENRE
The Underside of Gotham
ColossalMistake
with 22 votes (33% of voters)
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Queen in Exile
Aridross
with 21 votes (32% of voters)
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The Postdiluvian Road
Aleph (Immatrael)EarthScorpion
with 17 votes (26% of voters)
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Most fics happen early, but the post-GM landscape allows many opportunities. What fics utilize them best? Ward fics excluded.COLLECTION: GENRE
Soliloquy
keighthundred
with 24 votes (35% of voters)
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Intercession
VigoGrimborne
with 21 votes (30% of voters)
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Forward
keighthundred
with 18 votes (26% of voters)
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Worm and Ward can overlap, but Breakthrough and Earth Gimel offer a rich landscape. What fics best use Ward's characters and settings?COLLECTION: GENRE
Janus
Ridtom
with 21 votes (41% of voters)
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Hers Is The Fury
Ridtom
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Soliloquy
keighthundred
with 19 votes (37% of voters)
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Slip
BrendanStealth
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Point Me At The Skyrim
Ridtom
with 16 votes (31% of voters)
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What fics make best use of Wildbow's other universes? Crossovers permitted.COLLECTION: GENRE
Peer
ManMagnificent
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Familiar
ManMagnificent
with 18 votes (53% of voters)
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To Skin a Cat
glowspider
with 8 votes (24% of voters)
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By Evil Overgrown
maroon_sweater
with 6 votes (18% of voters)
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The best worldbuilding, for those deep dives into the unknown fringes of a fictional universe.COLLECTION: CONTENT
Administrative Mishap
OxfordOctopus
with 16 votes (24% of voters)
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Swallowtail
NotDis
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Trailblazer
3ndless
with 15 votes (23% of voters)
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Good People
Redcoat Officer
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City of Salt
ApatheticTangerine
with 14 votes (21% of voters)
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Worm's supporting cast is full of unique and interesting characters. Which fics made the best use of them?COLLECTION: CONTENT
The Underside of Gotham
ColossalMistake
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The Great Escape
ColossalMistake
with 17 votes (26% of voters)
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The Brockton Games
HopefulPenguin
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It's Cold Out There Every Day
glowspider
with 16 votes (24% of voters)
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Desperate Times Call for Desperate Pleasures
R3N41SS4NC3
with 14 votes (21% of voters)
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Some authors just have a way with words. What fics can turn a phrase like no other?COLLECTION: CONTENT
It's Cold Out There Every Day
glowspider
with 19 votes (33% of voters)
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Conquer This
Pericardium
with 15 votes (26% of voters)
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Spermfect: or, The Worm that Smote the Gourd
henghost
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The Artist Formerly Known As Bonesaw
Octobre
with 11 votes (19% of voters)
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Superheroes and supervillains alike love their aliases. Which characters had the best cape names this year?COLLECTION: CHARACTER
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Viscera
in ApatheticTangerine's
City of Salt
with 19 votes (34% of voters)
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Elytra
in Ridtom's
Janus
with 18 votes (33% of voters)
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Swallowtail
in NotDis's
Swallowtail
with 11 votes (20% of voters)
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How compelling and interesting a protagonist is can make or break a fic. What fics had the best protagonists this year?COLLECTION: CHARACTER
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Panacea / Amy Dallon
in R3N41SS4NC3's
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Pleasures
with 20 votes (28% of voters)
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Addy Queen / Queen Administrator
in OxfordOctopus's
Administrative Mishap
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Bonesaw / Riley
in Octobre's
The Artist Formerly Known As Bonesaw
with 15 votes (21% of voters)
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Missy Biron
in glowspider's
It's Cold Out There Every Day
with 14 votes (19% of voters)
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A good antagonist can really help a story shine. What fics had the best antagonists this year?COLLECTION: CHARACTER
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Columbo
in Rukaio Alter's
Just One More Thing, Mr Anders...
with 39 votes (68% of voters)
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Dumbledore
in VigoGrimborne's
Intercession
with 17 votes (30% of voters)
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Splat
in RecursiveMontage's
Hatching A Heist
with 9 votes (16% of voters)
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Every protagonist needs a sidekick or love interest, and every antagonist a henchwoman or right-hand-man. What were the best supporting characters from this year?COLLECTION: CHARACTER
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Veda
in 3ndless's
Trailblazer
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Sirius Black
in VigoGrimborne's
Intercession
with 16 votes (30% of voters)
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Romp
in keighthundred's
Ballast
with 10 votes (19% of voters)
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Cheryl Blossom
in glowspider's
BROCKTON
with 9 votes (17% of voters)
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Which fics made use of a member of Worm's canon cast in the most original, unique, and/or creative way this year?COLLECTION: CHARACTER
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Vista
in ApatheticTangerine's
City of Salt
She's the Butcher!
with 21 votes (33% of voters)
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Danny Hebert
in keighthundred's
The Danny Room
He’s a horror monster clone that lives in *The Danny Room*.
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Coil's Body Double
in ApatheticTangerine's
City of Salt
PoV character, maintaining the facade after Coil's death.
with 17 votes (27% of voters)
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Charlotte
in ccstat's
Augment
Has powers that often make her as much a bystander as her canon counterpart.
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Queen Administrator
in OxfordOctopus's
Administrative Mishap
Forced to pilot, and eventually internalise, Taylor's body as her own.
with 16 votes (25% of voters)
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Cauldron Awards 2022Favorite Characterization of a Crossover Character
21 entries | 128 votes | 57 votersDescription & Tags
Crossover and fusion fics abound in the Worm fandom. Which fics do the most justice to (or have the most interesting take on) one of their crossover characters?COLLECTION: CHARACTER
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Columbo
in Rukaio Alter's
Just One More Thing, Mr Anders...
with 19 votes (34% of voters)
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Sylvester
in ManMagnificent's
Peer
with 14 votes (25% of voters)
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Cersei Lannister
in Ridtom's
Hers Is The Fury
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Stephanie Brown
in ColossalMistake's
The Underside of Gotham
with 12 votes (22% of voters)
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Whether it was prose, narration, or dialogue, which fic gave us the best line or quote this year?COLLECTION: CONTENT
From Chapter 5
in glowspider's
It's Cold Out There Every Day
The only thing keeping Missy Biron here was Missy Biron herself.
with 25 votes (41% of voters)
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From Chapter 1 - Blood is Thicker
in Pericardium's
Proud Flesh
Taylor could identify Amy Dallon through lice alone.
with 24 votes (40% of voters)
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From Part I: So False, Worstie
in Pericardium's
Conquer This
"I'm Dean," Dean said.
with 21 votes (35% of voters)
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Taylor outranks all as the most common protagonist in Worm fic. Which 2022 fic had the best take on her?COLLECTION: CHARACTER
Butcher 15, Weaver
in Pendragoon's
Inheritance
with 15 votes (22% of voters)
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Unnamed Slaughterhouse 9000 Skitter Clone
in Redcoat Officer's
Semblance
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Taylor Hebert
in VigoGrimborne's
Intercession
with 14 votes (21% of voters)
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Swallowtail / Taylor Hebert
in NotDis's
Swallowtail
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Taylor Hebert
in Miss Peacecraft's
TWNY
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Weaver / Skitter
in keighthundred's
Soliloquy
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Taylor Hebert
in keighthundred's
Forward
with 13 votes (19% of voters)
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Cauldron Awards 2022Favorite Characterization of a Canon Character
60 entries | 332 votes | 74 votersDescription & Tags
We read a lot about canon characters, but which fic does the most justice to one specific character, or has the most novel take? Taylor excluded.COLLECTION: CHARACTER
Bonesaw / Riley
in Octobre's
The Artist Formerly Known As Bonesaw
with 21 votes (29% of voters)
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Eidolon
in ColossalMistake's
The Great Escape
with 20 votes (28% of voters)
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Panacea / Amy Dallon
in R3N41SS4NC3's
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Pleasures
with 18 votes (25% of voters)
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Lots of fics feature original characters, as heroes, villains, and supporting cast. Which of these characters were the best this year?COLLECTION: CHARACTER
Veda
in 3ndless's
Trailblazer
with 15 votes (26% of voters)
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'Thomas Calvert'
in ApatheticTangerine's
City of Salt
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Tool / Whitney
in RecursiveMontage's
Hatching A Heist
with 11 votes (19% of voters)
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Amp
in ColossalMistake's
The Great Escape
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Taylor Schechter
in henghost's
WORM: A Web-serial
with 10 votes (18% of voters)
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Romance is as much a staple of fanfic as it is of life, but which romantic relationships from this year made you squee the most?COLLECTION: CONTENT
Amy Dallon x Taylor Hebert
in R3N41SS4NC3's
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Pleasures
with 22 votes (36% of voters)
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Missy Biron x Aisha Laborn
in glowspider's
It's Cold Out There Every Day
with 21 votes (34% of voters)
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Taylor x Victoria x Dean
in Ridtom's
What Could Have Been
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Taylor x Lisa
in Aleph (Immatrael)EarthScorpion's
The Postdiluvian Road
with 15 votes (25% of voters)
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No character survives in a vacuum. Which characters had the best friendships, rivalries, and family bonds this year?COLLECTION: CONTENT
Taylor Herbert & Harry Potter
in VigoGrimborne's
Intercession
with 21 votes (40% of voters)
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Taylor & Victoria
in Ridtom's
Janus
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Weaver & Skitter
in keighthundred's
Soliloquy
with 15 votes (29% of voters)
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The Peer Group
in ManMagnificent's
Peer
with 13 votes (25% of voters)
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Punch, kick, wham, bam; there's fight scenes aplenty in Worm fics, but which fic had the best fight this year?COLLECTION: CONTENT
Everybody vs. Echidna & Clones
in Hopeful Penguin's
The Brockton Games
from Brockton Games: Echidna Brief
with 15 votes (30% of voters)
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Riley vs. Jack thinker battle
in Octobre's
The Artist Formerly Known As Bonesaw
from chapters 1 to 7
with 12 votes (24% of voters)
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Everyone vs. the Simurgh
in 3ndless's
Trailblazer
from A Waken 18.4
with 10 votes (20% of voters)
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Worm fics see an endless glut of new powers, but which fics had the most creative and Wormy?COLLECTION: CONTENT
T-Bone
in RecursiveMontage's
Hatching A Heist
Contact-limited teleportation. Block his jab and he's suddenly connecting with a clean uppercut; a tap on the ankle becomes a roundhouse kick to the back of the head.
with 13 votes (28% of voters)
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Redoubt
in Plum Colored Blazer's
Redoubt
Barrier Tinker. Escalate from conventional defensive barrier to using the rapid displacement of barriers as an offensive tool and repulsing time.
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Black Rose / Taylor Hebert
in Shadelight's
Realignment
Semi-accurate, temporary emulation and combination of touched powers' effects through sharp, telekinesis-controlled constructs.
with 10 votes (22% of voters)
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Gallant
in Xiysp's
Ever Gallant
Second trigger Gallant. Ability to see much further and through physical objects in a disaster aftermath makes heroism a compulsion. Creative use of more powerful but less finesse blasts to rocket around, create a barrier, and fly.
with 8 votes (18% of voters)
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The joy of AUs lies in the boundless room for creativity. What fic had the coolest or most creative detail or element?COLLECTION: CONTENT
Coil as Protectorate hero 'Second Chance'
in NotDis's
Swallowtail
Thomas Calvert on the side of the good guys, but still operates and behaves like a stereotypical Bond villain.
with 21 votes (42% of voters)
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Behemoth strikes Brockton instead of Leviathan, and does a much better job of destroying things
in ApatheticTangerine's
City of Salt
Lots of interesting changes as a result of the heroes being even more on the back foot. Clone shenanigans that spill over into an entirely different fic.
with 18 votes (36% of voters)
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Mark, Crystal, and Eric of New Wave all being trans.
in R3N41SS4NC3's
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Pleasures
Mark being trans twists the usual understanding of Vicky’s parentage. everyone knows and Carol probably pressured him into allowing it. And New Wave having multiple trans members adds a unique flavor to their history with E88.
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The snapshots of how things are getting worse in the Leviathan-destroyed ruins of Brockton Bay, conveyed by news reports and rumours that hint at Echidna
in Aleph (Immatrael)EarthScorpion's
The Postdiluvian Road
It is an indication of a world that keeps moving while the main character's street level and very personal story is happening elsewhere
with 16 votes (32% of voters)
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Whether it's another city, another Earth, or a whole new world that we've been transported into, which fics had the best original settings?COLLECTION: CONTENT
Shadowrun Brockton Bay
in Redcoat Officer's
Good People
with 14 votes (34% of voters)
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Los Angeles
in henghost's
WORM: A Web-serial
with 12 votes (29% of voters)
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The Troubled Lands
in Aku-dono's
I Woke Up As a Dungeon, Now What?
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Hatchworks
in RecursiveMontage's
Hatching A Heist
with 10 votes (24% of voters)
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Some fics travel far beyond the pale with original concepts. Which go the most wild, and how?COLLECTION: CONTENT
The Brockton Games
HopefulPenguin
A seven week long PvP game with dozens of players split between twelve teams and pulled it off without almost a single problem
with 32 votes (46% of voters)
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The Danny Room
keighthundred
A typo on a piece of worldbuilding spun out into a great horror oneshot.
with 21 votes (30% of voters)
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Just One More Thing, Mr Anders...
Rukaio Alter
Columbo
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It's Cold Out There Every Day
glowspider
Two characters living a timeloop together.
with 20 votes (29% of voters)
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Some fics do things the fandom has never seen before. Which fics broke new ground this year?COLLECTION: CONTENT
The Brockton Games
HopefulPenguin
A seven week long PvP game with dozens of players split between twelve teams and pulled it off without almost a single problem
with 33 votes (48% of voters)
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Bitter But Sweet: The Worm Coffeeshop AU
keighthundred
It’s literally the first coffeeshop AU in the entire fandom despite it being a staple trope of fanfiction.
with 18 votes (27% of voters)
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Administrative Mishap
OxfordOctopus
Massive large-scale combat with shard mechanics
with 14 votes (21% of voters)
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Artwork
11 categories | 178 entries | 2357 votes | 81 voters
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What were the best pieces of fanart from 2022?Bone removal hours at the end of the world
Abyranss
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with 34 votes (46% of voters)
Worm Title Card
seathing
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with 25 votes (34% of voters)
Things to Never Say to Someone Who Just Came Out
Pericardium
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with 22 votes (30% of voters)
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Which pieces of fanart best portrayed a scene from canon? Worm and Ward permitted.Sveta and Limerick
Wervty
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SPOILER
with 29 votes (58% of voters)
The End of Ward
Hali
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SPOILER
with 26 votes (52% of voters)
I think Taylor and Brian were pretty neat actually
Lizard
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with 17 votes (34% of voters)
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Which artworks best showcased Wildbow's other settings, characters, and moments?PREDESTINATION
glowspider
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SPOILER
with 18 votes (47% of voters)
[PACT] Get You a Man Who's Both Hallmark Christmas Tree Farmer and Christmas Tree
ishdaj
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with 15 votes (39% of voters)
[PACT] Blake
halizumab
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SPOILER
with 14 votes (36% of voters)
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Which pieces of fanart best portrayed our favorite characters in 2022? OCs excluded.[WARD] ur honor im worried about her
bug4932
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with 24 votes (37% of voters)
shes the jonker babeee
sweater regrets
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with 19 votes (30% of voters)
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Some fanart is made for fanfics instead of canon. Which honor their fics the best? OCs permitted.Behemoth waddling out of the Brockton Bay's bay
Joe Duncan
For City of Salt by ApatheticTangerine (or Plato).
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with 25 votes (41% of voters)
Alternative Faultline's Crew
JoeDuncan
For Swallowtail by NotDis.
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It's Cold Out There Every Day
glowspider
For It's Cold Out There Every Day by glowspider.
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with 22 votes (37% of voters)
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Some art pieces aren't complete on their own. Collections, comics, sequences; all consist of multiple images. Which were the best in 2022?Why You Always Keep a Safe Timeline
Pericardium
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with 29 votes (55% of voters)
Things to Never Say to Someone Who Just Came Out
Pericardium
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with 23 votes (44% of voters)
Her Turn to Pick the Movie
Pericardium
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with 21 votes (40% of voters)
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Some artists try their hand at animated sequences. What were the best in 2022? Videos permitted, if lacking audio component.Worm Title Card
seathing
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with 28 votes (50% of voters)
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Video and audio present new possibilities. What voice recordings, dramatic readings, and video clips were the best of 2022?Description & Tags
Which art pieces made us laugh and smile the most in 2022? Memes and macros excluded.Bone removal hours at the end of the world
Abyranss
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with 33 votes (53% of voters)
Things to Never Say to Someone Who Just Came Out
Pericardium
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Why You Always Keep a Safe Timeline
Pericardium
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with 23 votes (37% of voters)
And You Should See the Guns on Her Forcefield
Pericardium
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with 19 votes (31% of voters)
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Worm fans meme endlessly; hence the subreddit. Which memes and image macros were the best of 2022?Every Operational Briefing in Worm
Pericardium
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with 27 votes (42% of voters)
Any Questions?
Pericardium
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with 24 votes (37% of voters)
Ah, eto... Bleh
LordXamon
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with 21 votes (33% of voters)
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Echidnas, Inktober, and more: Cauldron's art events give us plenty to admire. Which artworks created for 2022 events were the best?NEW CATEGORY
Why You Always Keep a Safe Timeline
Pericardium
Drawn for the Give-a-Fic-a-Thon (Fic Valentines).
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with 32 votes (77% of voters)
Inktober Day 7: Trip
glowspider
Drawn for Inktober.
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with 15 votes (36% of voters)
Community
19 categories | 157 entries | 1544 votes | 83 voters
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Whether they were the most productive or just had the best fics, the criteria is up to you. Must have been active in 2022.COLLECTION: PEOPLE
Ridtom
with 30 votes (46% of voters)
K800
Works
Some of K800's works include...
Forward
The Danny Room
Soliloquy
with 23 votes (35% of voters)
Colossal Mistake
with 21 votes (32% of voters)
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Maybe they had the most output, or maybe just the coolest style. The criteria is up to you. Must have been active in 2022.COLLECTION: PEOPLE
Pericardium
Works
Some of Pericardium's works include...
with 41 votes (72% of voters)
Joe Duncan
Works
Some of Joe Duncan's works include...
with 23 votes (41% of voters)
glowspider
Works
Some of glowspider's works include...
with 22 votes (39% of voters)
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Another year, another wave of new authors and artists alike. Who were the best fandom creators to debut in 2022?COLLECTION: PEOPLE
Plato
Works
Some of Plato's works include...
City of Salt
Trouble in Taylor Town
The Great Faultlie
Brewsterion
Works
Some of Brewsterion's works include...
- The Knife Trick Is Just Something He Can Kinda Do
- Keep Me In The Loop
Heart To Heart Vs. Heart
Shadelight
Works
Some of Shadelight's works include...
Realignment
In Weave and Woe
with 12 votes (35% of voters)
Quisant
Works
Some of Quisant's works include...
Mens Nebula
with 7 votes (20% of voters)
DatMoonGamer
TunTun
Works
Some of TunTun's works include...
with 5 votes (15% of voters)
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Every artist has a unique style. Which artists active this year had your personal favorite?COLLECTION: PEOPLE
NEW CATEGORY
despite
with 14 votes (35% of voters)
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Critics and analysts deserve some recognition too! What were the year's best reviews and essays about the fandom and its fanworks?Interested in branching out? Here are some more web serials to sink your teeth into.
Redcoat_Officer
with 21 votes (66% of voters)
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What were your favourite liveblogs run on Cauldron in 2022?Description & Tags
What were your favourite events hosted on Cauldron in 2022?Cauldron Awards
with 23 votes (70% of voters)
Give-a-Fic-a-Thon
with 10 votes (31% of voters)
Inktober
with 9 votes (28% of voters)
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Of Cauldron's various resource channels on offer, where did you spend the most time, and which benefitted you the most?#fact-checking
with 9 votes (35% of voters)
#chargen
#art
with 7 votes (27% of voters)
#feedback
with 5 votes (20% of voters)
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Cauldron has myriad community channels; which were your favorite hangout and chat spaces this year?#bestseller-list
with 15 votes (46% of voters)
#worm-fanfiction
with 14 votes (43% of voters)
#art-gallery
with 9 votes (28% of voters)
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The most approachable and friendly of Cauldron members.COLLECTION: PEOPLE
Ridtom
with 22 votes (47% of voters)
Chartic
with 19 votes (41% of voters)
Pericardium
with 16 votes (35% of voters)
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Those who have helped the most with the generation of Wormy powers.COLLECTION: PEOPLE
Mayapapaya
with 12 votes (71% of voters)
IronistCoal
with 9 votes (53% of voters)
Twei
with 6 votes (36% of voters)
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Those who have helped the most with your stories, snips, and other writing projects.COLLECTION: PEOPLE
Juff
with 18 votes (75% of voters)
Pericardium
with 14 votes (59% of voters)
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Those who have helped the most with all manners prose, characters, and plot.COLLECTION: PEOPLE
Pericardium
with 12 votes (67% of voters)
tmthesaurus
with 11 votes (62% of voters)
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Those who have helped the most with keeping canon canonical and fanon... fanonical.COLLECTION: PEOPLE
Kyakan
with 20 votes (65% of voters)
Juff
with 19 votes (62% of voters)
Ridtom
with 18 votes (59% of voters)
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Which members of the fandom — whether through their fics, comments, or chat messages — provided the most quotable lines this year?COLLECTION: PEOPLE
NEW CATEGORY
Chartic
with 24 votes (69% of voters)
Pericardium
with 13 votes (38% of voters)
K800
with 9 votes (26% of voters)
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Which members of the fandom spawned the most memes or the best memes, or otherwise proved themselves to be the biggest memelords?COLLECTION: PEOPLE
NEW CATEGORY
Pericardium
with 25 votes (60% of voters)
Chartic
with 15 votes (36% of voters)
Quisant
with 12 votes (29% of voters)
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Which members of the fandom left the most kind, thoughtful, insightful, entertaining, useful, or otherwise the best comments?COLLECTION: PEOPLE
NEW CATEGORY
TheSleepingKnight
with 16 votes (40% of voters)
Chartic
with 14 votes (35% of voters)
NotDis
Ridtom
with 12 votes (30% of voters)
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If you think a Cauldron member deserves recognition for something not covered by another Award, nominate them here!Everything
All of you!
Thanks for being a part of Cauldron, participating in events, chatting in all the channels, helping out your fellows in the resource channels, lodging all your Awards nominations, and so on, so forth! 👋
with 28 votes (50% of voters)
Reacting with ❤️ on most mentions of Colin.
Dragon
They have good taste.
Vetting your nominations
The Mods
It's a bunch of unpaid manual labour and research work. (Which is why I get them to do most of it for me. 🤫)
with 25 votes (45% of voters)
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Who's the coolest cat? (or dog, or fish, or bird, or..)Castiel
Pericardium
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with 30 votes (59% of voters)
Pip & Tessa
maroon_sweater
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with 28 votes (55% of voters)
Ollie
Angush
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