hqfeels: transformativeworks:AO3 won the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Related Work! Here’s the s
hqfeels: transformativeworks: AO3 won the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Related Work! Here’s the speech given by Naomi Novik when the award was accepted: All fanwork, from fanfic to vids to fanart to podfic, centers the idea that art happens not in isolation but in community. And that is true of the AO3 itself. We’re up here accepting, but only on behalf of literally thousands of volunteers and millions of users, all of whom have come together and built this thriving home for fandom, a nonprofit and non-commercial community space built entirely by volunteer labor and user donations, on the principle that we needed a place of our own that was not out to exploit its users but to serve them. Even if I listed every founder, every builder, every tireless support staff member and translator and tag wrangler, if I named every last donor, all our hard work and contributions would mean nothing without the work of the fan creators who share their work freely with other fans, and the fans who read their stories and view their art and comment and share bookmarks and give kudos to encourage them and nourish the community in their turn. This Hugo will be joining the traveling exhibition that goes to each Worldcon, because it belongs to all of us. I would like to ask that we raise the lights and for all of you who feel a part of our community stand up for a moment and share in this with us. AO3 WON A HUGO!!!!!!!!!!! The best way I can think of fandom to celebrate is to go and find a fic, (particularly older ones that might not have seen much love lately) and comment! Some prompts for easy comment generation:-Emoticons. Seriously, just copy and pasting hearts can be a really nice form of feedback, much less joyous ascii faces!-“Extra kudos” or “chapter kudos”-“Thank you for writing and sharing!”-The good old copy and paste of lines you particularly enjoyed- Add your reaction to those lines-What made you click into the fic in the first place-A keyboard smash of ALL THE FEELINGS the fic inspired in you-The scene or scenes that stick out in your memory the most at the end-Any scenes in canon that the fic made you think of / general loving shrieking about aspects of canon that the fic explored-Aspects of the characters/world you think the writer got exactly right-Aspects of the characters/world that you think the writer took in new or interesting directions-Did the fic have an unusual structure or writing style? Especially good plotting or action scenes or world building? Or was it just a really well executed example of a form of writing you enjoy? Comment on it! -Did you read the fic more than once? Let’s comment!!!!!!!!!!! -- source link