Category Definitions
All stories must be rated for essentially a general audience. No M ratings. (I can’t link to them on the Forum and I want to keep this to the broadest possible audience.)
Favorit Overall Fic
Long (50,000 + words)
May be single or multi-chapter, and address any topic. A series of stand alone stories combined into one multi-chapter/multi-volume set can be nominated as a single work in this category. Can be nominated in other categories.
Medium (Between 5,000 and 50,000 words)
Stories may be single or multi-chapter, and address any topic. Can be nominated in other categories.
Short (Up to 5,000 words)
Stories may be single or multi-chapter, and address any topic. Can be nominated in other categories.
The Pillars of Ship
Stories may be single or multi-chapter, of any length. Shiptionary definitions will be used as the basic guidelines for each category.
Angst
“One of the three pillars of shipdom. Gives its name to a cavern, rumoured to be a dark, scary (or comforting, depending on your point of view) place. Denizens of the Angst Cavern emerge occasionally, blinking at the light, before retreating to their home of pain and torment. Signs of angst include long (and longing) looks and quickly restrained attempts at touching. Mis- or lack of communication plays a large part.â€
Fluff
“The second of the three pillars of shipdom, giving its name to a cloud, where everything is happy and light and full of cake. Food for Fluff Cloud dwellers is rare outside of fanfic, sadly, but can be found if you look hard enough, and often include hugs and touchage. The sound of fluff is 'squee'.â€
Gutter
“The third pillar of shipdom, and a place in which to splash, either on occasion or with great frequency, depending on your tastes. A well-trained gutter dweller has the ability to 'gutterise' (see below) almost any situation by finding the potentially non-PG implications. Not to be confused with smut, which is what happens when the gutter turns into an abyss.â€
Specialties
Stories may be single or multi-chapter of any length.
Crossover
The placement of one or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a Sam/Jack story. Crossovers from any fandom, including Stargate spinoffs (SGA or SGU) will be accepted.
AU
Any story that does not fit within the current Stargate cannon (with no end of story reset). Any pre-Threads, Sam/Jack relationship (screw the regs) will be considered non-cannon; however, a Sam/Jack post-Threads relationship will be accepted as cannon (and therefore not necessarily AU). The published Stargate novels will not be considered cannon. The basics of the original movie (it gets murky when you look at the details) is cannon. Sam and Jack meeting (unless it is a brief encounter in passing) and having a relationship before Children of the Gods is not cannon.
Team Fic
Stories focus on team interaction and contain significant participation by all members of SG-1 (whichever incarnation being used) while still including important references to the Sam/Jack ship.
TAG
Must be based in or around a specific Stargate episode or movie. Can be set pre-, post-, or during referenced source material.
Holiday
Since many of our Ship celebrations take place around the holidays, we have many excellent holiday themed fics to choose from. Any holiday, including the more obscure choices (like Pi Day), will be accepted. The holiday must play a significant role in the story, mere reference to a holiday is not sufficient.
Eligibility
1. Any fic published (on any site) through 2010. (I’m leaving out 2011 in case we want to do this again for just new fics.)
a. Multi-chapter works of which any portion was published by December 31, 2010 may qualify, even if not completed until 2011 (must be marked complete before being nominated).
b. For multi-chapter/multi-volume works where the author has specified that each chapter/story stands alone, only those portions of the work which were published before January 1, 2011 qualify and each chapter will be treated as an individual story, except in the Overall Long Fic category where the entire work may be nominated as a single story. Please specify the volume/chapter when nominating and voting.
2. Must be pro-Sam/Jack Ship (happy ending not required, for the Angst lovers).
3. Must follow all category guidelines. Any questions or ambiguities will be resolved at the discretion of the Awards Committee (me).
4. Stories may be entered in multiple categories as long as all category guidelines are met.
5. Stories must be available for public reading on the internet. (If an author has taken a story down or the link is no longer available, even if you have a copy saved on your hard drive and it is the best Sam/Jack story ever written, it’s still not eligible.)
6. All stories must be in English. (Sorry to our non-English writers. I’m sure you have some great stories. Sadly, not enough of us can read them.)
The Process
Nominations
1. The nominations period will commence today and close on July 7.
2. Anyone may nominate as many stories as they would like by any author (including your own stories) during the nominations period.
a. Authors will not be contacted personally. All stories must be published on the web for public viewing and therefore discussion, sharing, critique and voting on those stories must be expected. (Be polite!)
b. Stories will, however, be removed from consideration if requested by the author.
3. Nominations must be posted to the Jack/Sam Fic Recs Thread by 11:59 pm U.S. EST of the closing date.
a. Must include the author, title, and a working link to the story.
b. Category or categories the story is being nominated for must be clearly specified.
4. After the end of the nominations period the Awards Committee (me) will make an extremely cursory review of all nominated stories for eligibility. All decisions of the Awards Committee (me) are final.
Voting
1. All nominations will be listed by category on the Sam/Jack Ship Appreciation Thread and the Jack/Sam Fic Recs Thread on July 10.
2. Voting will begin as soon as all nominations to all categories have been posted and the Awards Committee (me) states that voting is open.
3. Voting will close on July 25.
4. Votes will be accepted by PM to the Awards Committee (me) until 11:59 pm U.S. EST of the closing date. (I promise to clean out my inbox.)
5. One vote per person, per category. (Choose your favorite story.)
6. Votes must clearly state the category, story, and author.
7. Votes may be cast for an author’s own work. (Hey, if your own story is your favorite who am I to say otherwise?!)
8. All votes will be kept confidential.
9. In the case of a tie, the stories will be declared co-favorites. (We can have a run-off in November.)
Presentation
1. Presentations will be made during the July 28, 2011 Ship Day celebration on the Ship Day Thread.
2. All nominated works will be listed on the Ship Day Thread.
3. Favorites will be announced throughout the celebration.
Re: Jack/Sam Fic Recs
Originally Posted by canadianfolk
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Also, I understand that "R" rated fics are allowed?
What a shame, because they are truly magnificent and sex scenes included serve specific plot purpose, so it's not PWP 
Alas, I understand the rules. I'm just saying my work just got a lot more difficult, LOL. 
