Comic Book Fan-Fiction Awards

The Comic Book Fan-Fiction Awards, also known as CBFFAs, were a series of fan-voted awards for notable fanfiction in comics fandom. They ran for six years and the results were announced through a series of "awards shows" based in the Subreality Cafe.
== Introduction ==
The CBFFAs began in December 1997META: New! Fanfic Vote on CFAN - acff googlegroup, December 23, 1997, created by Kielle and hosted on her website CFAN, although there was discussion of a comics fanfiction award on acff as early as 19951st (?) Unofficial USENET Fan-Fic Achievement Awards (UUFFAA). The awards were created to recognise the best in comics fanfiction and honour the "classics" of fanfic through the Hall of Fame awards. The awards covered fanfic that was posted the previous year. Larger works that had sections posted over multiple years were therefore eligible for awards over multiple years. Voting was anonymous, with the award runner tallying votes and removing those which were blank or named a fic in the wrong category, or which had repeated votes from the same ISPs, to avoid "ballot stuffing". 
The results were presented during a round robin "award ceremony" set in the Subreality Cafe. Each award category was handled by a different writer, who wrote a short segment of the overall award ceremony. The awards were "presented" by fanwriters and fictives and the final stories were posted on either Alt.comics.fanfiction or the Outside The Lines mailing list, depending on the year. The Comic Fan-Fiction Authors' Network hosted five of the events, including the awards ceremonies/stories, the tallies and the winners.
==1998==
The CBFFA concept was created by and the inaugural awards were run by Kielle.
===WinnersIn the case where an author's full legal name was used, the first name or the surname has been replaced with an initial to avoid outing. Those authors whose surnames remain are 1) already known for their fannish work (by use of Google); 2) deceased; or 3) have an extremely common name(s) that are difficult to Google. If you are identified and wish to be removed, follow the steps outlined here: Fanlore:Identity Protection===
Best Serious: "Betrayal," by Valerie Jones
Best Humorous: "X-MST3k," by Kielle and Doc Nuke
Best Series (tie): "X-S," by Darqstar
Best Series (tie): "The Gestalt Arc," by Lori McDonald
Best Subgenre: "Subreality Cafe," by Kielle
Best Mature (tie): "Devil's Due," by Laersyn
Best Mature (tie): "In The Midnight Hour," by Melissa N
Best Excalibur: "Idylls of the Cat," by Luba Kmetyk 
Best GenX: "Generation Cat," by Dyce
Best New Mutants: "Kid Dynamo," by Connie H
Best X-Force: "It's Too %&^% Hot in Here!" by Desert Nomad
Best X-Men: "Devil's Due," by Laersyn
Best Non-Team: "The Gestalt Arc," by Lori McDonald
Best Serious Crossover: "Strange Encounter," by Valerie Jones
Best Humorous Crossover: "Of Mice and Mutants," by David W
Best New Female Character: Dawn Embers, by Tapestry
Best New Male Character: Remi Neramani, by Valerie Jones
Best Established Writer: Valerie Jones
Best New Writer: Dyce
Most Improved Writer: Me
Fanfic Hall of Fame:
* "Sometimes Even The Music Is Against You," by Denise K
* "Betrayal," by Valerie Jones
* "Kid Dynamo," by Connie H
Writer Hall of Fame:
* Kielle
* Lori McDonald
* Darqstar
Hawk's Talon (for for Outstanding Contribution to Fan-Fic Proliferation)CBFFA 1998: The Lost Chapter; ACFF googlegroup, Mar 15/98
* Hawk
* Kielle
===Award Ceremony===
Award-ceremony fic written by Kielle, Dex Farkin, Laersyn, Dyce, Celendra and Silvanis, Susan Crites Tapestry, Jelpy, Patrick S, Desert Nomad, Denise K, Falstaff, Abyss and Claymore
===Tally===
==1999==
This year the awards were run again by Kielle.
===Winners===
Best Serious: "Maturity in B Minor," by Dyce
Best Humorous: "The Adventures of God," by Poi Lass and Kaylee
Best Series: "Idylls Of The Cat," by Luba Kmetyk
Best Genre: "Subreality Cafe," by Kielle
Best Mature: "Chopsticks And Moonlight," by Dex Farkin
Best Excalibur: "Now or Forever," by Indigo
Best Generation X: "Maturity in B Minor," by Dyce
Best New Mutants: "Class Reunion," by Leary
Best X-Force: "Just Lucky, I Guess," by DuAnn
Best X-Men: "Crimes of the Heart," by Indigo
Best Non-Team: "Orphans," by Dex
Best Serious Crossover: "All My Mutants," by Denise K
Best Humorous Crossover: "Sailor Hellblazer," by Rod M. and David Tai
Best New Female Character: Kai, by Kaylee
Best New Male Character: Will "Archetype" Riley, by James McBriarty
Best Image/Wild Storm: "The Doomed Generation," by Skyrocket
Best Established Writer: Luba Kmetyk
Best New Writer: Kaylee
Most Improved: Raven Adams
Fanfic Hall Of Fame:
* "Jean And Me," by David J W
* "Neon Hearts," by Susan Crites
* "Vertigo: No Way Up," by Kielle
Writer Hall of Fame:
* Dex
* Amanda Sichter
* Abyss
===Award Ceremony===
Award-ceremony fic written by Kielle, Dex Farkin, Celendra, Kaylee (KayJay), Laersyn, Dyce, Diamonde, Jaya Mitai, Susan Crites Seraph, Trisha Lynn, DarkRiver, Frito, Nute, Suzene C, Twiller, Patrick S, Desert Nomad, Indigo, D. Amaya and Abyss.
===Tally===
==2000==
This year the awards were run by Nute.
===Winners===
Best Serious: "First, Do No Harm" by Poi Lass
Best Humorous: "The Shi'ar Coffee Story," by Alicia McKenzie
Best Fic Series: "Mooks," by Kaylee
Best Mature: "Any Kinda Breath," by Kaylee
Best GenX: "Maturity in B Minor," by Dyce
Best X-Force: "Just Lucky, I Guess," by DuAnn
Best X-Force: "Broken," by Alicia McKenzie
Best X-Men: "First, Do No Harm" by Poi Lass
Best Marvel: "Old Glory," by Nute
Best DC: "Superman And Man," by DarkMark
Best Solo Nightwing: "Water And Stone," by Nute
Best Other: "Til the Midnight Hour," by Indigo
Best Serious Crossover: "Double-Team" by D. Amaya
Best Humorous Crossover: "Sailor Hellblazer," by David Tai and Rod M.
Best Humorous Crossover: "The Midnighter Vs. Everyone," by Indigo and Redhawk
Best Original Female Character: Charlotte Ashcroft from the Careless Moment Series, by Kerri G
Best Original Male Character: Draco, by Kaylee
Writer Of The Year: Alicia McKenzie
Best New Writer: Em-Spider
Most Improved: Em-Spider
Fanfic Hall of Fame:
* "The Dawn Arc": Tapestry
* "Five Minutes Longer," by Nute
* "Idylls of The Cat," by Luba Kmetyk
* "Just Lucky, I Guess," by DuAnn
* "Pale Reign Over Geshem," by Abyss
Writer Hall of Fame:
* Alicia McKenzie
* Indigo
* Kaylee
Note: There was no CBFFA Awards Show for the year 2000 and the tally wasn't provided for archiving.
==2001==
This year the awards were run by Dex Farkin.
===Winners===
Best Serious Fanfic: "X-Manson" by Dr. Benway
Best Humorous Fanfic: "The Super Uncanny Adventures Of Bobby Drake And His Amazing X-Girlfriends" by Kerri S
Best Serious Crossover: "The Chosen Few" by Ana Lyssie Cotton
Best Humorous Crossover: "The Getting Of Wisdom" by Amanda Sichter
Best Fanfic Series (tie): The Alchemy Arc by Dandelion & The Gauguin Series by queenB
Best Mature Fanfic: "X-Manson" by Dr. Benway
Best Adult Fanfic (tie): "Friendly Wager" by DarkRiver & "X-Manson" by Dr. Benway
Best Original Character: Annie from Dyce's "The Godless Among Them" and "Slavery, Deliverance, And Faith"
Best Original Genre: Shadowlands -- concept by Alicia McKenzie
Best X-Men Story/Series: The Alchemy Arc by Dandelion
Best X-Force/Cable Story/Series: "Crusade" by Alicia McKenzie
Best Other Mutants Story/Series(tie): The Personal Religion Series by WGSarah & The Song Title Series by Dyce-Elihara
Best Marvel Story/Series: "Next Best Thing" by Jim Smith
Best DC/Vertigo Story/Series: "Suffer The Children" by Rossi
Best Image/Wildstorm Story/Series: "Antibodies" by DuAnn
Best Story/Series From Another Company (tie): "Cold Fire" (Rising Stars) by Paradoqz, "Everybody's Gotta Leave Sometime" (Peanuts) by DarkMark, "If You're Gone" (The Adventures of Tintin) by Maelstrom
Best Non-Team Story/Series (tie): "Maggie" by DarkMark & "Unstoppable" by Nute
Most Improved Writer (tie): JB McDragon & Joan M
Best New Writer: Andraste
Writer Of The Year: DarkMark
Fanfic Hall Of Fame: 
* "X-Manson" by Dr. Benway, 
* "Maturity in B Minor" by Dyce
* "Drawn To The Lodestone Rock" by Dandelion
* "Collective Mutants" by Rossi
* "Orphans" by Dex
Writer Hall Of Fame: 
* Dyce
* Dr. Benway
* Nute
* Rossi
* Award Ceremony
Award-ceremony fic written by Kielle, Dex Farkin, Paradoqz, Andraste, queenB, DarkMark, DarkRiver, Dyce, DuAnn, Denise K, Dandelion, Diamonde, Jim Smith, Lyssie, Red Monster, Frito, Seraph, Jaya Mitai, Indigo, Nute and Abyss.
===Tally===
==2002==
This year the awards were run by Dex Farkin.
===Winners===
Best X-Men: "The Sum Of Zero," by Dex
Best Movieverse: "Land of Blood And Honey," by Dyce
Best Alternate X: "The Golden Goose Series," by Minisinoo et al.
Best X-Other: "Future Pluperfect," by Domenika Marzione
Best Marvel: "The Steel Handshake," by DarkMark
Best Gotham: "In The Blood," by Dr. Benway
Best DC/Vertigo: "A Day No Pigs Would Die," by Dannell Lites
Best Non-Team Fanfic: "Starlight And Moondust," by Jaya Mitai
Best Other: "The Last Fast Blast Of The Bouncing Beatnik," by DarkMark (Astro City)
Best Story In Original Genre: "Renere" by Lise (genre - Shadowlands, created by Alicia McKenzie)
Best New Character (tie): Annie Peckenpaugh, by Mice; Grace Kills-His-Horse, by Minisinoo
Best Adult/Mature Fanfic (tie): "Shadow Over Westchester," by Kerri S.; "Climb The Wind," by Minisinoo
Best Erotic Fanfic (tie): "Lightning Over Elk River," by Minisinoo; "Surrender," by Paxnirvana
Best Humorous Crossover: "Beer And Bunnyslippers II," by Abyss
Best Serious Crossover: "Shadow Over Westchester," by Kerri S
Best Series: "Shadowlands: Oasis," by Lise and Alicia McKenzie
Best Series: "Growing Up A Superhero," by JB McDragon
Best Humorous: "Hooray, Hooray, The TO Has Gone Away," by Alicia McKenzie
Best Serious (tie): "The Sum Of Zero," by Dex; "Suffer The Children," by Rossi; "Climb The Wind," by Minisinoo
Fanfic Hall of Fame:
* "Devil's Due," by Laersyn
* "First, Do No Harm," by Poi Lass
* "'Til Christmas," by Kaylee
* "Dreamweaver," by Alicia McKenzie
Writer Hall of Fame:
* Alara Rogers
* queenB
* Luba Kmetyk
* Minisinoo
* Dyce
* Victoria P.
Most Improved: Paxnirvana
Best New Writer: Minisinoo
Writer of The Year: Dex and Minisinoo
===Award Ceremony===
Award-ceremony fic written by Dex Farkin, Paxnirvana, Paradoqz, DarkMark, Seraph, Xander DIG, Lyssie, DarkRiver, Domenika Marzione, Amanda Sichter, Dyce, Cherry Ice, Denise K, Jim Smith, JB McDragon, Mice, Diamonde, Indigo, Red Monster, Nute, Alara Rogers, Andraste and Rossi.
No voting tally was provided for archiving.
==2003==
This year's awards were run by Mike Smith and Nute. The categories were amended to reflect changes in the fandom. No record of the winners exists, but the nominations (taken from the top six nominations per each category) were as follows. Winners noted where the information is available.
===Nominees===
Best Humorous
* "Charles Xavier, Barbarian Sex God" by Alara Rogers
* "Full Disclosure" by Andraste
* "In The Vernacular: Jailbait" by Skittlekicks
* "Oh, Tiberius!" by Dr. Benway
* "Rubber Ducky" by Paradoqz and JB McDragon
* "Too Much of a Good Thing" by Stormfreak - WinnerStormfreak's Hall O' Shiny JPEGs
Best Serious
* "As You Were" by Alicia McKenzie
* "In the Eye of the Storm" by Wolverine6Claws
* "Jus Ad Bellum" by Jenn
* "The Karma Downs" by Cherry Ice
* "Xavier's Orphanage" by Stormfreak - Winner
Best Adventure
* "Future Pluperfect" by Domenika Marzione
* "Highway Summer" by Paradoqz
* "Next Best Thing" by Jim Smith
* "SCPD: The Case of the Comatose Writer" by Rossi & Dex
Best Romance
* "An Accidental Interception of Fate" by Minisinoo - WinnerMedicine Wheel - Awards
* "Earth, Wind and Fire" by Wolverine6Claws
* "Eros on Trial" by Minisinoo
* "No Time Like the Right Time" by Silverblade
* "Walkin' On the Wild Side" by Wolverine6Claws
Best Adult:
* "Earth, Wind and Fire" by Wolverine6Claws
* "In a Hotel Six on Highway Five, After the Forty-Nines" by Minisinoo - Winner
* "Kiss of the Vampire" by Silverblade
* "Outside My Window" by Stormfreak - Winner
* "The River and the Highway" by Twinkylady
* "Walkin' On the Wild Side" by Wolverine6Claws
Best Series
* "Everyone Says I Love You" by Mice
* "The Pantheon Series" by Alicia McKenzie
* "Special: The Genesis of Cyclops" by Minisinoo - Winner
* "Wings and Dreams" by Jaya Mitai
* "Zaynah's Story" by Stormfreak
Best Short Subject
* "New Shoes" by Andraste
* "Room 102" by Dr. Benway
* "Softly Kiss Goodnight" by Silverblade
Best Crossover
* "Destiny" by Dr. Benway
* "Heels Britannia" by Dex [BtVS/Hellblazer/Invisibles]
* "Highway Summer" by Paradoqz (Shadowlands)
* "The Inhuman Condition" by Mike Smith (Superman/Tenchi)
* "Jack and the Yamainu" by Ciro (Wolverine/Samurai Jack)
* "Shadow Dancing" by Syl F (Nightwing/Angel)
Best X-Men
* "Dasyatidae" by Domenika Marzione
* "Future Pluperfect" by Domenika Marzione
* "The Karma Downs" by Cherry Ice
* "Outside My Window" by Stormfreak
* "Snow People" by Loki's Rose
Best X-Men Media
* "An Accidental Interception of Fate" by Minisinoo
* "Between the Walls" by Post
* "Daddy's Girl" by Stormfreak
* "The Evolution of Jubilee" by Mara Greengrass
* "Golden" by Andraste
* "help is bright green" by Sascha
* "Jus Ad Bellum" by Jenn
* "Razor" by Dex
* "Splinter Me Filter" by Diebin
* "Sympathy Pains" by Epona Harper
Best Marvel
* "Business As Usual" [MV1: USAgent #6] by Scott Chamberlain
* "An Ending" by DarkMark
* "The End is Near" [Alternate Marvel: New Warriors #97-100] by Liam Gibbs
* "Everyday Hero" by Nute
* "The Everything Engine" [MV1: All God's Children #50] by Mark Bosquet
* "Fanfic X" by Wyzeguy
* "FIRE!" by DarkMark
* "Justice, Like Lightning" by Mike Smith
* "Loners" by Wyzeguy
* "A Prize for Three Empires" by DarkMark
Best DC:
* "Hanging the Drapes" by Persephone Kore
* "The Inhuman Condition" by Mike Smith
* "One Ring" by Dr. Benway
* "Recollection" by Mike Smith
Best Vertigo:
* "The Dark Passion of Cheerleader Dildonics" by Simon F (Transmetropolitan)
* "Death and the Art of Pyramid Selling" by Rossi (Hellblazer)
* "God Slave, the Queen" by Dex (The Invisibles)
* "Heels Britannia" by Dex (The Invisibles/Hellblazer)
* "*nvisibles" by Lise & Kate Bolin (The Invisibles/ NSYNC)
* "Muscle and Bone and Feathers" by Gunbunny (The Authority)
* "Sacrificial Angels" by Amanda Sichter (Preacher/Margaret Atwood)
* "Ye May Yet Believe" by Suzene C (Fables)
Best Independent:
* "Cigarettes" by Gen X (Darkminds)
* "Down in the Mouth" by Liz Barr (Archie Comics)
* "Lucy's Drowning" by Amanda Sichter (Lazarus Churchyard) 
* "A Summer of Wendy" by DarkMark
* "these walls are paper thin" by Liberty Ginger (Dilbert)
* "Trick" by WGSarah (Powers)
Best Original Character:
* Dane Summers from "As You Were" by Alicia McKenzie
* Eve Francis from "All About Eve" by Alara Rogers
* Peggy Summers from the "Pegasus Flight" Series by Andrea13
* Zaynah Bishop from Zaynah's Story by Stormfreak - Winner
Best New Author:
* Bounce - Winner
* Kravitzkid
* Randirogue
* Silverblade
* Wolverine6Claws
Writer Of the Year:
* Andraste
* Cherry Ice
* Court
* Domenika Marzione
* Persephone Kore
* Randirogue
* Stormfreak - Winner
* Wolverine6Claws
Fanfic Hall Of Fame:
* "The Body Snatcher" by Alara Rogers
* "Climb the Wind" by Minisinoo - Winner
* "Future Pluperfect" by Domenika Marzione
* "Ghosts of the Past" by Morgana
* "God... er, Dog" by Mice
* "In the Eye of the Storm" by Wolverine6Claws
* "Losing You to Those Before" by Court
* "Next Best Thing" by Jim Smith
* "The Sum of Zero" by Dex
Writer Hall of Fame:
* Court
* DuAnn Cowart
* DarkMark
* Diebin
* Domenika Marzione
* Mice
* Stormfreak - Winner
* Wolverine6Claws
===Awards Ceremony===
The awards-ceremony fic was posted to Outside The Lines, however it does not appear to have been archived. The following fragment was found on a personal hard-drive.
Best Independent Fanfic - award segment by Rossi
==2003 and Beyond==
Out of the 2002 CBFFAs came a certain amount of controversy. Attempts to incorporate the new movieverse X-Men fanfiction fandom into the awards were seen as too little, too latePosts from the Desert - CBFFAs, comment by musesfool, October 27, 2002 and it was feltPosts from the Desert - CBFFAs - dexfarkin, October 27, 2002. that the fandom had become too fractured to justify a global set of awards. There was additional drama in the form of accusations of ballot stuffing - Dex Farkin had mentioned the need to remove a number of votes stemming from the same ISP which pertained to a number of fics by one particular nominee, which was then picked up by members of comics fandom as evidence of a deliberate attempt to skew the vote and which was responded to heatedly by the individual and their friends. A message board was set up in October 2002 to discuss the future of the awardsDiscussion of CBFFAs - The NEW Scratching Post, Matt Nute, Oct 28, 2002 - unfortunately, no record of that discussion was captured by the Wayback Machine, but it seems the vote was to continue the awards into 2003, this time with Mike Smith at the helm and Matt Nute providing technical support. 
Nominations for the 2003 CBFFAs opened around February 2003, based on several "fic I wrote that's eligible" posts from fanwriters on Livejournal at that timeDex's 2002 Fanfic, With Two Olives, - Dex Farkin's Livejournal, Feb 7, 2003 CBFFAs 2003: The bit where I indulge in shameless self-promotion... - Rossi's Livejournal, Feb 8/2003 and an announcement on The Scratching PostThe CBFFAs for 2003 are open! - The Scratching Post, Feb 6, 2003 message board; with the voting being hosted on Fanficnetwork.comCBFFA 2003 - Fanficnetwork.com, 2003, closing on May 7, 2003. The awards ceremony was posted to Outside The Lines and X-Fiction beginning May 20, 2003It's time to start the music, it's time to dress up right... Rossi's Livejournal, May 20, 2003, however it does not appear to have been saved outside of these mailing lists and is inaccessible. 
These were the last CBFFAs to be awarded. 
==Additional Reading ==
The CBFFAs - 1998 to 2002
==References ==
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