text: ###Attention: **The Nomination and Voting schedule has changed! The Nomination Phase has been extended until Monday, January 10th, at 11:59pm EST. See the Schedule section of this post for a link to the countdown and the dates for Voting. Be sure to get those nominations in by the new deadline!** #Hello r/ShortStories! : warm mugs of cocoa, holiday movies, and...Reddit’s Annual Best Of Awards! This year, we will also be participating in the lovely tradition. It’s been a long year, but we’ve had some amazing content to help us get through it. 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 new 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 2021, most of which will correspond with our subreddit tags. In the comments below, you will find a comment for each category, made by me. When you are ready to make nominations, reply to the corresponding comment with a link to your nomination. You can view on r/WritingPrompts, for an idea of what it should look like. Each user may nominate up to **three** stories 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: - **Serial Sunday Submission** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **Micro Monday Submission** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / ###Tagged Story Submission Categories: - **[SF] Science Fiction Stories** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **[FN] Fantasy Stories** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **[HR] Horror Stories** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **[MS] Mystery & Suspense Stories** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **[RF] Realistic Fiction Stories** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **[HF] Historical Fiction Stories** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **[AA] Action & Adventure Stories** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **[HM] Humour Stories** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **[RO] Romance Stories** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **[SP] Speculative Fiction Stories** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **[TH] Thriller Stories** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **[UR] Urban Stories** - &restrict_sr=1&sr_nsfw=) / - **[MF] Misc Fiction Stories** - / *** #Schedule - **Announcement Post:** December 20th - **Nomination Phase:** December 20th - January 10th at - **Voting Phase:** January 17th until January 27th 11:59pm EST - After the Voting Phase ends, results will be recorded and awards will be handed out. Winners will be announced in a post. *** #Nomination & Voting Rules - Nominations must be made in the correct category, as a reply to that comment. Misplaced nominations will not be recorded. - No more than 3 nominations per user, per category. Users may not nominate themselves. - Ties in the voting process will be broken by an anonymous member of the mod team. - Nominated stories cannot be posted by banned or deleted accounts. - Nominated stories must be posted originally after January 1st, 2021 at 12:00am EST - Attempts to game the system for or against any nomination will result in appropriate punishment for those involved. - No off-topic conversation in the nomination areas. Use the off-topic stickied comment if you have questions or comments. 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 - Don’t forget to stop by and on r/WritingPrompts! - Try your hand at serial writing with or test your micro fiction skills with - You can now post serials to r/Shortstories, outside of Serial Sunday.