Holmsies Voting is Open

[vulgarweed]

Voting is open for The Holmsies.

These are Sherlock fanfic awards meant to recognize lesser-known stories in particular - to be eligible, a story must have fewer than 25,000 hits and/or fewer than 250 reviews/comments anywhere else.

It looks like a lot of work went into this - there were thousands of fics submitted, and there are dozens of categories. I've read some of these stories, but only a few, and I'm going to be using this as a rec list until voting closes on September 1.


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Therein ends the impartial description part of this post.

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OMG OMG HOLY SHIT "THE BONE FIDDLE" IS A NOMINEE FOR 'BEST ORIGINAL AU!'
[insert squee audible from space!]

Comments

[azriona.livejournal.com]

Which surprises me - not because it isn't good, because it's so good - but that it qualifies at all because HOW THE HELL DOES BONE FIDDLE NOT HAVE MORE THAN 25k HITS????? It's probably the best original AU I've seen in the fandom!

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Slightly less than 20k hits, as of now. That doesn't really surprise me - it's an oddball premise with limited appeal. Best original AU you've seen - wow, thank you!

And congrats to you on your nominations, plural! Well-deserved!

[azriona.livejournal.com]

Easily. And yes - it's a strange premise, but that's what makes it so wonderful, because it's so believable, without a single wrong note.

Thanks. I'm usually the author everyone forgets about, so it was a nice surprise.