text: #Hello r/ShortStories! : gift shopping, hanging the lights, warm mugs of hot cocoa, and... Reddit’s Annual Best Of Awards! We will, of course, be participating in this lovely tradition once again. 2022 has been quite a year (seriously, how is it December already?!), so let’s take some time to look back on some of the great stories that were posted to the subreddit. Winners will receive our **Community “Best Of” award**, which will give the recipient **one month of Reddit Premium**! And of course, . *** #How Does This Work? There are **several categories** in which you can **nominate your favorite stories** from 2022. In the comments below, you will find a comment for each category, made by a moderator. When you are ready to make nominations, **reply to the corresponding comment with a link to your nomination**. You can view for an idea of what it should look like. Each user may **nominate one story for each category**. When the nomination phase is finished, voting will begin on a separate thread, with all the nominations. **Note: THIS IS NOT THE VOTING THREAD.** Be sure to **read the entire post for categories, rules, and deadlines**. Should any changes be made to the schedule, they will be edited into the post, so stay updated! *** #The Following Categories Are Up for Nomination ###Weekly Feature Categories - **Best SERIAL SUNDAY Submission** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **Best MICRO MONDAY Submission** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / ###Tagged Story Submission Categories: - **Best [SF] SCIENCE FICTION Story** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **Best [FN] FANTASY Story** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **Best [HR] HORROR Story** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **Best [MS] MYSTERY & SUSPENSE Story** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **Best [RF] REALISTIC FICTION Story** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **Best [HF] HISTORICAL FICTION Story** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **Best [AA] ACTION & ADVENTURE Story** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **Best [HM] HUMOUR Story** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **Best [RO] ROMANCE Story** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **Best [SP] SPECULATIVE FICTION Story** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **Best [TH] THRILLER Story** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **Best [UR] URBAN Story** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **Best [MF] MISC FICTION Story** - / *** #Schedule - **Announcement:** December 21th - **Nomination Period:** December 21th - - **Voting Period:** January 6th until January 17th 11:59pm EST - After the Voting Period ends, results will be recorded and awards will be handed out. Winners will be announced in a post. *** #Nomination & Voting Rules - **Nomination comments should be placed in the appropriate categories.** Misplaced nominations will not be recorded. - **EDIT: Each user may nominate up to 3 stories per category.** Users may not nominate themselves. - **Nominated stories cannot be posted by banned or deleted accounts.** - **Nominated stories must be posted originally after January 1st, 2022 at 12:00am EST.** - **In the event of a tie at the end of the voting period, it will be broken by an anonymous member of the mod team.** - **Attempts to game the system for or against any nomination will result in appropriate punishment for those involved.** Do not downvote any of the nominations. - **Category comments are for nominations only.** Please use the off-topic stickied comment if you have questions or comments, or for any off-topic conversation. **Good luck, and have fun! If you do have any questions, feel free to ask in the provided Off Topic Comment or send us a modmail!** *** ###Subreddit News - Join to chat with prompters, authors, and readers! - Serialize your story with or test your micro fiction skills with . - Try collaborative writing over on r/WritingPrompts with ! - Looking for critiques and feedback for your story? Check out our crit sub .