The Genesis Awards
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| What it is | A fanfiction award system. |
| Website | GenesisAwards.net |
| Administrators | Woodster |
| ShinRa Executives | Sylla |
| Fandoms | Final Fantasy VII | Final Fantasy X |
The Genesis Awards is a series of awards for fanfiction authors in the Final Fantasy VII fandom. The awards are for pieces of fiction that “show a certain standard of grammar and formatting, relevance to canon and characterisation.” [1] Although primarily created for Final Fantasy VII fanfiction, as of the 2009-2010 season, they are also accepting nominations from within the Final Fantasy X fandom.
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[edit] Origin of 'Genesis'
The name 'Genesis Awards' was coined by Stradivari some time in 2006, taken from a biblical reference:
- “Genesis: (noun) Meaning the 'start', the 'origin', also the first book in the Old Testament that tells of the Creation.[2]
The name does not, as is popular belief, relate to the Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII character, Genesis.
[edit] History
The awards were originally devised by Stradivari, who based them on awards of a similar system, the Artemis Fowl fandom's Orion Awards.
The Genesis Awards have existed in one form or another since 2006. The first set of awards began in 2006, with Stradivari as the administrator, at the forums first incarnation on fanfiction.net [3]. At the end of 2006 when Stradivari left, adminship was handed over to Lily Silver, who ran the first set of awards from 2006 to 2008. In March 2007, during Lily Silver's administration, the forums were moved to a new home on ProBoards.com. [4]
In July 2008, the second set of awards began and were partially run by Pied Flycatcher, to whom Lily Silver handed her adminship on her leave of the awards in June of that year. Pied Flycatcher left the Genesis Awards in January 2009 and, after a brief contemplating period, handed her adminship to Woodster and Strange and Intoxicating -rsa-. At the same time, two other staff members, Lady Valtaya and Marilena, also left the awards. Two judges, Bianka-chan and T. Costa were chosen to take their places, and along with their fellow Shinra Executive, Sylla, assisted Woodster and Strange and Intoxicating -rsa- in running the awards. However, due to this unforseen loss of multiple judges, the awards deadline was pushed back to June for the 2008-2009 season.
After the three administrators left the awards, a reshuffling and restructuring took place. Among those was the design of a website, a move to a more secure forums server (launched in April 2009), and the introduction of a podcast, the Shinra News Network. These changes were spearheaded by the new administration.
The third set of awards began in June 2009, with two sets of awards: Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy X. The Final Fantasy VII awards winners are due to be announced in June 2010 However, due to the lack of nominations and judge applications for the Final Fantasy X awards, nominations have been reopened until February 2010. This is to allow for additional judges to apply.
[edit] Staff
The awards and forums are run by a number of members who do so voluntarily.
[edit] Shinra Executives
Shinra Executives run both the awards and the forum.
- Co-admin and Public Relations and Advertising Officer
- Co-admin and Judging Coordinator
- Judging Coordinator
- Site Content Coordinator
- Head of Urban Development (Site Maintenance)
[edit] Turks
The Turks are the moderators of the Genesis Awards, and keep order in the main forum. The Turks report to the Senior Turks with any problems, and the Senior Turks report to the Shinra Executives.
- Kisara Strife (Senior Turk)
- Mintbanana (Senior Turk)
- GoldenShinyWireofHope
- Mr. Ite
- Renolvr
- Remnant of VII
- Quietncryptic
[edit] RP Barmaids
The RP Barmaids run the RP Palooza, creating roleplays and writing games that encourage members to improve imagination, characterisation and writing skills.
- FearandLoathingILV (formerly known as CultivateYourHunger)
- Zarazia
[edit] Recruiting Officer
The Recruiting Officer helps run the Genesis Awards external sites, such as the fanfiction.net account.
[edit] Awards
There have been three award seasons to date. Each award set starts with the nomination process, followed by preliminary reading. This screens the nominations for bad spelling and grammar. Once passing the preliminary reading, the remaining nominations are then judged by the a team of judges, who mark the nominations by a number of factors, including characterisation and canon consistency. The highest marked nominations from each category are then shortlisted, and discussion between the judges decides the winners.
[edit] Judges
MAIN ARTICLE: Judges of the Genesis Awards
Judges have the most important job on the forum – judging fanfiction. The current judges for the 2009-2010 season:
- Bianka-chan
- FearandLoathingILV (formerly known as CultivateYourHunger)
- Kaj-Nrig
- Kisara Strife
- Miss Informed
- Moiranne Rose
- quietncryptic
- Strange and Intoxicating -rsa-
- Sylla
- S.Zix
- T. Costa
- VulcanElf
- Woodster
- Zarazia
[edit] Award Winners
[edit] 2009-2010 Awards
The '09-'10 awards season is currently in progress. This season consists of two sets of awards: Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy X. Nominations for the Final Fantasy VII awards closed 31st December 2009, and winners are due to be announced 15th May 2010. Nominations for the Final Fantasy X awards will close 28th February 2010, and the winners are due to be announced July 2010.
[edit] External links
Shinra News Network - The Genesis Awards Podcast
