The Golden Toad Awards

The Golden Toad Awards, or the Golden Toads, were Harry Potter fanfiction awards run by Flourish and Firebolt.
==History==
There was a session of the Golden Toad Awards in Spring 2000, and there may have been a round the previous year.pisces_2004 wrote on 16 October 2000 that the awards "come out twice a year," and "you can view last spring's awards ceremony [on the website] under 'Previous Winners'" (Re: If You Think I'm Stupid, Don't Tell at Harry Potter for Teenage Witches).narripatters wrote on 15 November 2000 regarding the number of nominations a work needed before it became an official nominee: "[is it 2] or is it 3? It was 2 last year, and I thought Flourish had changed it back to 2 now..." (Re: golden toad awards at Harry Potter for Teenage Witches). The Fall 2000 round of the awards ran from October 2000 through January 2001.
Flourish and Firebolt announced in early 2001 that there would not be a Spring/Summer 2001
Golden Toads session as was originally planned, but that there were plans for a Fall 2001
session (to run c. September 2001 – January 2002).The Golden Toads letter to its visitors from the The Golden Toad Awards Admin at www.geocities.com/amphibawards/choose.html. Archived 15 June 2001 by the Wayback Machine.
In early 2001, the Golden Toads website moved to an "Amphibawards" site, where there were plans for them to be joined by a "sister awards" called The Silver Frogs.Notice at www.geocities.com/toadawards: "The Golden Toad Awards have MOVED to http://www.geocities.com/amphibawards, where we are joined by our sister awards the Silver Frogs." Archived 06 June 2001 by the Wayback Machine. Both sites were hosted by GeoCities and are now offline.
==Fall 2000 Timeline==
From the Golden Toads website during Fall 2000:
* Nominations opened in October 2000
* Voting for nominees ended circa the first week of November 2000
* Voting started in December 2000
* Winners of the Fall 2000 session were to receive their awards in JuneNominations for the Golden Toads were announced on 15 October 2000 on ParadigmOfUncertainty (Golden Toads, posted by Katie&Virgo) and on Harry Potter for Teenage Witches (GOLDEN TOAD TIME, posted by Cassandra Claire). Heidi reported on 05 December 2000 that voting had started (Re: Crossposting: Golden Toad Voting at ParadigmOfUncertainty).
==How to Vote==
Katie&Virgo described the voting process for Fall 2000 to the ParadigmOfUncertainty list as follows:
==Winners==
* Narri (Someone the First) and Alicia/Sue Spinnet won the Golden Toad for Best Unfinished Fic (tie) (Spring 2000?)Narri commented on 04 October 2000:
:"Yeah, I won a Golden Toad. Alicia won the same one, too. Best Unfinished Fic. (And I STILL think you were the actual winner, Alicia. LoL) Funny thing is, both of 'em are finished now. Thank SQUASH (don't ask). 'Digging' was such a PAIN. LoL" (Re: I am an Anti-HP FF Awards Activist at Harry Potter for Teenage Witches).
She also wrote on 12 September 2000: "I'm still wondering how I won that Golden Toad. I think Flourish just loved my angst and decided to boost my votes up to Alicia Spinnet's." (Re: Harry as an animagus).
* Cassandra Claire won the Golden Toad for Best Romance (Fall 2000)Cassandra Claire at ParadigmOfUncertainty, Golden Toads, posted 16 January 2001 at ParadigmOfUncertainty.
* Lori won the Golden Toad for Best Long Series (Fall 2000)
* Narri (Someone the First) won the Golden Toad for Best One-ShotNarriPatters at Harry Potter for Teenage Witches, Re: R/H and Golden Toads, posted 16 January 2001.
* Alicia/Sue Spinnet won the Golden Toad for Best Humor and for Best Original Character (Fall 2000)See conversation at Harry Potter for Teenage Witches on 16 January 2001: R/H and Golden Toads, posted by Cassandra Claire, and reply 1 and reply 2, posted by Alicia/Sue. In EDS and Golden Toads, posted 17 January 2001, Cassandra Claire confirmed that she, Narri, and Sue won Golden Toads.
==Nominees==
===Nominations: October 2000===
As of October 20, 2000, the list of nominated fanworks were as follows.Golden Toads!!!, posted by pisces_2004 at Harry Potter for Teenage Witches, 20 October 2000. "Nominees for the Golden Toad Awards as of 10:53 CST, Friday, October 20, 2000." The same list was also posted on 21 October 2000 at ParadigmOfUncertainty: the golden toad awards, posted by elkamber. Note that several of theses original categories may have been eliminate from final voting if there were not enough stories nominated for the category.Rave commented 16 January 2001: "i think i won the GT for best cliche. by default. because only one other person was nominated, so the category wasn't open for vote." (Re: [[ParadigmOfUncertainty] Golden Toads] at ParadigmOfUncertainty).
Best Angst:
* "An Excercise in Cruelty" by Firecross 
* "Project City" by Flourish
Best Cliche:
* "The Britney Spears Cliche" by DameChina
* "A Pathetic Satire" by Elizabeth Notrab
Best Deus Ex Machina:
* "The Paradigm of Uncertainty" by Lori
* "Draco Dormiens" by Cassandra Claire
Best Humor:
* "Draco Dormiens" by Cassandra Claire
Best New Look:
* Draco Malfoy from Cassandra Claire's "Draco Dormiens"
Best Original Character:
* Lamia, from WolfieTwins' "Call of the Wild"
* Allegra, from Lori's "Paradigm of Uncertainty"
Best Poetry:
* "Baby Brighteyes" by Nyx
Best Series:
* "A Second Chance" by Blaise
* "Salsa, Storage Closets, and Something Else" by Alicia Spinnet
Best Long Series:
* "Call of the Wild" by WolfieTwins
* "The Paradigm of Uncertainty" by Lori Summers
* "Draco Dormiens" by Cassandra Claire
Best Romance:
* "The Paradigm of Uncertainty" by Lori Summers
* "Draco Dormiens" by Cassandra Claire
* "A Sirius Affair" by Penny and Carole
Best Slash:
* "Boys' Own Camping Adventure" by GrimSlasher
===Finalists: January 2001===
Best Angst/Darkfic:Whoa! Golden Toads update!, posted by pisces_2004 at Harry Potter for Teenage Witches, 02 January 2001. Post includes vote tallies, "current as of 3:46 CST 01-01-01". Voting was still open at the time.
* The "Alternity" series by various authors
* The "Wands" series by masoumi
* "An Exercise in Cruelty" by Firecross
* "A Single Moment" by Midnight Star and Dragonfire
* "Project City" by Flourish
* "Sweet Sixteen" by Kathleen
Best Humor:
* "Salsa, Storage Closets and Something Else" by Alicia Spinnet
* "The Fic that Must Not Be Named" by Moon and Hyphen
* "Now Talking in #Gryffindor" by CobraGirl
* "Son of Scabbers" by Scabbers
* "N.K. Stouffer's Secret" by Colin
Best Original Character:
* Linda Potter from "An Unlikely Coven" by Alicia Spinnet
* Eliza Diawna Snape from the "Eliza" series by Eliza Diawna Snape
* Lamia from "Call of the Wild" by the WolfieTwins
* Lorna Doors from "The Insanity of Hogwarts" and "Vacations from the Nut Hut" by Spamwarrior
* Polaris Black from "Northern Lights" by CobraGirl
* Violet from "CAWW" by Cactus Blossom
Best Filk:
* "American Pie Parody (Fred, Stay Alive)" by Trapezoid
* "I Think I Fell for the Guy in T.B." by PikaCheeka
* "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" by Colin
* "Behind the Door" by Meagan
Best One-Shot:
* "Paradox" by Someone the First
* "To Hell and Back" by Madd Spammer
* "Glittering Lights" by Firebolt
* "Anne" by Meagan
Best Series:
* "A Second Chance" by Blaise
* "Salsa, Storage Closets and Something Else" by Alicia Spinnet
* "Wedding March" by Samantha
* "CAWW" by Cactus Blossom
Best Long Series:
* "Harry Potter and the Paradigm of Uncertainty" by Lori
* "Call of the Wild" by the WolfieTwins
* "Jewel in the Darkness" by Midnight Star and Dragonfire
* "Harry Potter and the Mirror's Gift" by Kim
* "Harry Potter and the Dagger of Death" by Xanthia Morgan
* "This Is Falling" by thing1
* "A Sirius Affair" by Penny and Carole
Best Romance:
* "Draco Dormiens" by Cassandra Claire
* "The Farther Shore" by Blaise
* "Harry Potter and the Paradigm of Uncertainty" by Lori
* "This Is Falling" by thing1
* "Harry Potter and the Mirror's Gift" by Kim
* "A Sirius Affair" by Penny and Carole 
==References==
Category:Harry Potter Awards
Category:2000 Awards 
Category:2001 Awards