After an incredibly talented bunch of submissions to our Fanfiction and Fanart contests, we’ve finally decided on our winners. All of the work submitted was so awesome to see, and we enjoyed discussing your works immensely.
FanFiction First Place
Based on the work Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order + Survivor. The author says of their inspiration: “Ever wonder what happened between Jedi Fallen Order + Survivor? Three years after the events of Battle Scars and the splitting of the Mantis crew, Nightsister Merrin has wandered and seen the galaxy with her own eyes in her own healing journey since the traumatic events of the Massacre of Dathomir. Following her return to Dathomir, Merrin arrives at the busy planet of Kavros prepared for the galaxy’s new fates and the Empire’s ever-growing expansion. Dathomiri protagonists in Star Wars are awesome. I wanted to write more Merrin adventures, since the games follow Cal as the protagonist, and more Empire mentioning details because I would definitely take AP SW lore. I drew a lot of inspirations from SW novels! I’m pretty far from done and still really want to add Inquisitors, but the action scene took too long. I apologize for any alien terms and shenanigans. Enjoy!”
With an immersive beginning, this work truly pulls you in. The environment is so well done and the wording was well put. Our judges were raring to read the next chapter.
FanFiction Second Place
Every Brilliant Thing, by t3liloq!
Based on The Game Changers Series (namely Heated Rivalry and The Long Game). Of their inspiration, the author states, “Rachel Reid’s Game Changers series portrays stories of LGBTQ+ relationships and characters with refreshingly optimistic endings, centered around players from a fictionalized version of the National Hockey League. This fanfic in particular focuses on the characters from the second and sixth books (the same ones that recently blew up the internet after the release of the Crave show Heated Rivalry!), rival players in a years-long clandestine relationship coming to terms with their sexualities and feelings for each other.”
This fanfic was truly moving, and our judges admired how genuinely well written and immersive it was. The vignettes and the pacing were well done, and the concept was genuinely well presented.
FanFiction Third Place
Item #: SCP-1567-KO, by felon_aquaman!
Based on SCP Foundation and Welcome To Night Vale, the author explains that, “The SCP Foundation is a collection of online stories about entities or anomalies that are usually in a government file-type format. Welcome to Night Vale is a surrealist/horror fiction podcast about a strange town called Night Vale in the American Southwest.”
Our judges really admired the formatting, and the wonderful crossover between SCP and Welcome to Night Vale. It was a well thought out and original work.
FanArt First Place
Gachiakuta by Madeline P.
We thought that this work was wonderfully composed, with emotion so vividly depicted through the figures in the artwork. The use of color was impactful and well placed, and one of our judges likened it to a color page drawn by a professional mangaka.
FanArt Second Place
maki zenin my goat, by wonkler
The Fandom is “Jujutsu Kaisen,” which, as explained by the artist is about “a kid named yuji itadori eats a thousand year old finger and gets superpowers. also there is a very cool guy called gojo
maki zenin is a girl from the zenin clan. the zenin clan are big meanies and hate women. but maki is built different.”
Dynamic, beautiful, and visually striking, this work hails from Jujutsu Kaisen. The smears and the perspective brought this piece to a new level, and we really enjoyed the vivid colors.
FanArt Third Place
Synastry, by artimorans – fandom: Hannibal (TV)
A wonderfully abstract piece, the shading and the likening reminding one of our judges of The Fallen Angel by Alexandre Cabanel. The rendering was wonderfully done, and we loved it.
Thank you again to all the writers and artists who entered!
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