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2025 Quill Nominees

         

Welcome to the 2025 Quills Nominee page, recognizing the best

The Quills do not claim and have never claimed to be the sole arbiter of quality work and service on WDC. The Quills are merely a substantial effort at recognizing and celebrating individual and community work on WDC throughout the year. It is a collection of extraordinary people and works, but not necessarily the only collection.

of WDC in 2025!

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Writing Awards
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Poetry

Best Short Poem, Structured

Best Short Poem, Free Verse

Best Medium-Length Poem, Structured

Best Medium-Length Poem, Free Verse

Best Long Poem, Structured

Best Long Poem, Free Verse

Best Poetry Collection

Fiction Prose

Best Micro Fiction

Best Flash Fiction

Best Short Fiction

Best Medium-Length Fiction

Best Long Fiction

Best Fiction Collection

Nonfiction Prose

Best Short Nonfiction

Best Medium-Length Nonfiction

Best Long Nonfiction

Best Non-Fiction Collection

Best Mixed Collection

Best Blog

Best Campfire / In & Out / Interactive

Best Newsletter

Best Mixed Collection

Community Awards
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Contests, Fundraisers, and Activities

Best Contest

Best New Contest

Best Fundraiser

Best New Fundraiser

Best Activity

Best New Activity

Groups

Best Group

Best New Group

Other

Best Forum

Best New Forum

Best Newsfeed Contributor

Best Review

Best Reviewer

Best Portfolio

Best New Portfolio

Best of the Rest

Overall Awards
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Best Overall Poem

Best Overall Fiction

Best Overall Non-Fiction

Best Overall Collection

Special Contributions to WDC
Nominations for this category are not published.


Lifetime Achievement
Nominations for this category are not published.



Genre Awards
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Direct nominations for genre categories are not accepted. Genres are sorted once the nomination period closes.

Best Action
Includes: Action/Adventure, War, Western

Best Arts / Entertainment
Includes: Arts, Entertainment, Fashion, Hobby/Craft, Music

Best Comedy
Includes: Comedy, Satire

Best Current Affairs
Includes: News, Politics

Best Cultural
Includes: Community, Cultural, Food/Cooking, Foreign, Holiday, Home/Garden, Regional, Sports, Travel

Best Drama
Includes: Drama, Gothic, Melodrama, Tragedy

Best Educational / Academic
Includes: Educational, History, Philosophy, Psychology, Reference, Research

Best Horror / Dark
Includes: Dark, Death, Horror/Scary

Best Identity / Relationship
Includes: LGBTQ+, Family, Friendship, Genealogy, Men's, Parenting, Relationship, Women's

Best Inspirational / Spiritual
Includes: Inspirational, Religious, Spiritual

Best Mythology / Legend
Includes: Folklore, Mythology

Best Mystery / Crime
Includes: Crime/Gangster, Detective, Mystery, Thriller/Suspense

Best Nature / Animals / Health
Includes: Animal, Environmental, Health, Nature, Pets

Best Personal
Includes: Biographical, Emotional, Experience, Nonsense, Opinion, Personal, Tribute

Best Professional / Technology
Includes: Business, Career, Computers, Finance, Internet/Web, Legal, Medical, Military, Scientific, Technology, Transportation

Best Romance / Erotica
Includes: Adult, Erotica, Romance/Love

Best Advice / Self Help
Includes: How-To/Advice, Self Help

Best Speculative Fiction
Includes: Fanfiction, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Steampunk

Best Supernatural
Includes: Ghost, Occult, Paranormal, Supernatural

Best Youth
Includes: Children's, Teen, Young Adult

The Quills do not award the following genres: Activity, Contest, Contest Entry, Other, Reviewing, Writing, Writing.Com. Those genres have their own categories and should be properly nominated as such.

Congratulations to our nominees! Nominate someone today! "Quill Nomination Form 2024 - CLOSED" 

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