Hello everyone, friendly neighborhood disc jockey kaktus here with an exciting announcement. With the help of the SCPDeclassified community and several well respected authors, artists, and other contributors, we have decided to host the…

1st Annual Foundation Awards Hosted by TheVolgun Sponsored by djkakt.us and SCPDeclassified

The goal of these awards are to showcase some of the finest pieces of writing on the wiki in the last calendar year, and heap adulation onto them. Our organization (heretofore named the Academy of SCP Sciences) has created a list of categories that we want you, the community, to contribute nominations for.

Once we have a list of nominations, our group of judges will prune that list down to five finalists, which will be voted upon by our panel of contributors and esteemed community members. The winners will be announced in a presentation at the end of December, and will be awarded a "Foundie" for their category. This will be a star-studded event, and we don't want you to miss out.

Before we get to the categories, I know there will be questions - so I want to head those off beforehand.

Q: Are these awards official?

A: No. The Academy of SCP Sciences is not affiliated with the SCP Foundation Wiki or its staff, and these awards are not "official", they're just awesome.

Q: Who are the members of the Academy?

A: We're not planning on posting a public list, though individual members are free to announce their involvement if they want to.

Q: How are we supposed to trust who's judging these categories?

A: You'll have to trust me. These guys are legit.

Q: How does judging work, anyway?

A: Each member of the community is allowed to nominate ONE entry per category. Once all nominations are in, the Academy will select the top entrees in each category, usually five total, which will then be voted on by our elite judging panel. Notably - members of the Academy may nominate their own works (since nominations are anonymous), but cannot vote for their own work. If it becomes a problem, judges will be disallowed from voting in categories in which one of their own works is nominated.

With that all said, we're on to the categories for awards. Remember, everybody is allowed to nominate ONE entry per category, and you are allowed to nominate something you wrote. Just because you nominate something, doesn't mean that it will be a finalist — but it definitely won't be a finalist if you don't nominate it. Each category will have 5 finalists except for Best Overall, which will have 10.





Overall Awards

- — - Best Overall

The best page in any category contributed to the wiki in 2018. Best SCP

The best SCP contributed to the wiki in 2018. Includes -J articles. Best GOI Format

Best GOI format page contributed to the wiki in 2018. Best Tale

Best tale contributed to the wiki in 2018. Best Author

Best overall body of work in 2018.



Achievement Awards

- — - Best Technical Achievement

Best achievement in the formatting of a page on the wiki in 2018. Best Visual Presentation

Best achievement in the visual presentation of a page on the wiki in 2018. Achievement in Horror

Best page in the horror genre in 2018. Achievement in Sci-Fi

Best page in the sci-fi genre in 2018. Achievement in Comedy

Best page in the comedy genre in 2018. Achievement in Fantasy

Best page in the fantasy genre in 2018. Achievement in Short Form Work

Best short form work in 2018. Achievement in Long Form Work

Best long form work in 2018.



Miscellaneous Awards

- — - Best Single Line

Best excerpt from any page on the wiki in 2018. Maximum of three complete sentences. Best Collaborative Effort

Best collaborative effort, project or page, in 2018. People’s Choice Award

Freeform award voted on by the community at large in 2018. Best Introductory Article

Best first page contributed by an author in 2018. Best Character Moment

Best expression of a character, unique or otherwise, from any page contributed to the wiki in 2018.



Additional Awards

- — - Lifetime Achievement Award

An award presented to a single author for their contributions to the wiki over its entire lifetime. This award will be presented by the Academy of SCP Sciences, and cannot be nominated. Community Write-In Award

An award to be determined by the community! Write-in your choice for most unique, funny, absurd, or scathing award to be voted on by the Academy judges.

The link to vote is at the bottom of this post. Voting will be open through the end of November. REMEMBER! Only pages that were contributed between 1/1/2018 and 30/11/2018 can be nominated. When we do this again next year, we'll include contributions from December of 2018 in that year's voting.

Not sure where to choose articles from? Start with the Highest Rated for each month and go from there! There are plenty of gems even further down those lists, so don't be afraid to get creative with your nominations. Who knows - your nominee might even walk away with a soon-to-be-coveted Foundie!

Have any other questions? Post them in the thread below and I'll try and get to them as soon as possible.







