The 2006 Quicksilver Quill Awards - Winners

This thread was accidentally deleted, and a few people have been looking for it. Here it is!

Congratulations to all the winners, runner-ups, and nominees! There were many fantastic stories to choose from, and I can assure you the process was very long, and the decisions were hard to make. However, here they are! We hope there will be one next year and hope to see more participants!

Best General Story
Winner - Oblivious by Pallas
Runner-up - A Road of Shattered Glass by Ennalee

Best Dark/Angsty Story
Winner - Take My Heart Away by Hatusu
Runner-up - Everybody Does It by Grimmrook

Best Humor Story
Winner - Tom Riddle and the Half Blood Prince by Zetera
Runner-up - Practical Joking for Dummies by Hermiones_revenge

Best Romance - Canon Story
Winner - Daddy by blondebouncingferret
Runner-up - Senses by Gryffinpuff

Best Romance - Non-canon Story
Winner - Avenged Sevenfold by SecretKeeper
Runner-up - It's Witchcraft by Nicole_Riddle

Best Romance - Original Character Story
Winner - The Grey Lady's Love by wishiwereaweasley
Runner-up - Highly Improbable by Vocalion

Best Alternate Universe Story
Winner - The Violin Teacher by stardust
Runner-up - Marie-Antoinette by Tinn Tam

Best Poetry
Winner - The Raconteur by The Half Blood Prince
Runner-up - Ode to Odo by Erik
Runner-up - A Ghost Story by mcclure_512

Best Marauders' Era Story
Winner - Symphony of a Quartet by Tinn Tam
Runner-up - Between Now and Then by erikthephantom

Best Post-Hogwarts Story
Winner - Spirits in the Future by JessicaH
Runner-up - Not Only a Granger by ferporcel

Best Same-Sex Pairing Story
Winner - A Few Moments Granted by cor_leonis
Runner-up - Reconciliation by Kedavra

Best History/Mystery Story
Winner - Fate by Liisa
Runner-up - Lemon Drops by Hero London

Best Beta Reader
Winner - Lurid

Best Artist
Winner - Coppercurls
Runner-up - believerofmagick
Runner-up - avada_kedavra_this

Best Male Original Character
Winner - Ariel Sachs of Ariel and the Triwizard Cup by Purplemage

Best Female Original Character
Winner - Tia Spencer of The Upside of Being Down by Kimberley

Best Reviewer
Winner - Periwinkle

Again, give a big round of applause for these winners! Take some time out and read or visit these amazing authors and their fantastic stories! Also, on behalf of the MuggleNet Fan Fiction staff, I would like to give a huge thank-you to the following people for helping out with the judging:
Khrys
ms_weasley
xCheerstotheEnd
Scarlet
Lurid
Periwinkle
Joanna
Gmariam
The Half-Blood Prince
Roxy Black
Blossomlily
silver_tears
Gryffinpuff
mspadfoot89
butterflykisses
Fly to Dawn
moonymaniac
Rob Matthews
Astrofire
Morwen
anAnachronism
Lily_greeneyes
lily_evans34
LadyAlesha
Cheslin
MrTibbles
Hermionedancr
cherryandphoenixfeather
Insecurity
Cruciatus Love
Fantasium
pandafan81
RedheadedWeasley
Sekhmet
StaceyLC
Purplemage
Oppungo
lolita
TheBird
Dean Thomas
avada_kedavra_this

Moderators who made this possible
ElectronicQuillster
Eponine
Marauder by Midnight
Asphyxiated
Magical Maeve
TheVanishingAct
deanine
Potterphile
Little_kitty

Again, a big thank-you to all those involved and congratulations to all winners!Also, click here to visit the Duelling Club where you can ask all these authors and more about their writing! Note that you must be a registered and Sorted forum user to access the Duelling Club.

NOTE: Those who participated in the judging only judged in categories where they either forfeited the possibility of winning or they had no stories in the area. So all the judging was as unbiased as possible.