TWEEDY AWARD WINNING FICS

What are the Tweedy Awards? Well, they are monthly fiction awards given out on the tweedybookguy yahoo group. If you'd like to enter your fics then simply join the group. The only qualification is that the fic has to feature any Anthony Head character. That's it! Each month the fics submitted are passed to the judges (with the authors name omitted) and they select the winner. All fics here are copyright to their original authors.

For information on the ratings system used on this site then go to FANFICTION RATINGS GUIDELINES. Please note ALL FICS will open in a new window.


PLEASE NOTE: SOME OF THE FOLLOWING FICS ARE RATED FRAO - YOU MUST BE OVER 18 TO READ THESE FICS ... DON'T FORCE ME TO GET THE POWERTOOLS OUT ...

OCTOBER 2006: BREAKING GLASS by ANTENNAPEDIA RATING=FRAO
Character/Pairing: Giles/Ethan


SEPTEMBER 2006: ALL OF THAT AND MORE by LADYFORASH RATING=FRC
Character/Pairing: Giles/Buffy


AUGUST 2006: HERE FOR YOU by CYBERWULF RATING=FRT
Character: Giles


JULY 2006: MAGIC'S COST by KATHRYN PANTALEO RATING=FRT
Character: Giles
Judges comments: "Superb fic. Taking us back to the wonderful and almost innocent time of Season One...with Giles showing how far he would go to protect his Slayer."


MAY/JUNE 2006: FALLING FROM THE EDGE OF THE WORLD by VATWOMAN RATING=FRC
Character/Pairing: Giles/Jenny
Judges comments: "One word can sum up this fic. Beautiful."


MARCH/APRIL 2006: THE KNIGHTS AND THE DARKNESS by KATHRYN PANTALEO RATING=FRM
PART ONE | PART TWO | PART THREE | PART FOUR | PART FIVE | PART SIX | PART SEVEN | PART EIGHT | PART NINE |
Character: Giles
Judges comments: "You can't beat a well written fic with a good plot that stays true to the characters. This is it."


FEBRUARY 2006: GAME FACE by CYBERWULF RATING=FRC
Character: Giles
Judges comments: "good things come in small packages. An exquisite fic which proves that less is more."


JANUARY 2006: PLAYING DEAD by WICKEDFOX RATING=FRAO - very dark
PART ONE | PART TWO | PART THREE | PART FOUR | PART FIVE | PART SIX | PART SEVEN | PART EIGHT | PART NINE | PART TEN | PART ELEVEN | PART TWELVE | PART THIRTEEN | PART FOURTEEN | PART FIFTEEN | PART SIXTEEN |
Character/Pairing: Giles/Ethan
Judges comments: "a very dark and very well written fic. Once you start reading you just can't stop."


DECEMBER 2005: WHAT THE EVERLAST SAW by BJ RANDALL RATING=FRAO
Character: Giles
Judges Comments: "Oh dear Lord, as Giles would say. This has to be one of the best ABH's we've ever read."


NOVEMBER 2005: FORGIVE by WICKEDFOX RATING=FRAO
Character: Giles
Judges comments: "dark, disturbing yet wonderfully written. This fic will stay with you for quite some time."


OCTOBER 2005: We have two winners this month:

PASSAGE by HEADRUSH RATING=FRT
Character: Giles and Wesley

DEAD MAN WALKING by KATHRYN PANTALEO RATING=FRM
PART ONE | PART TWO | PART THREE |
Character: Peter Salter
Judges comments: "impossible to choose between these two fics. Totally different yet both with the same high quality of characterisation."


SEPTEMBER 2005: TURNING OF THE TIDE by KATHRYN PANTALEO RATING=FRAO
Character: Giles/Buffy
Judges comments: "great fic - thank goodness they had a blanket...sand rash is painful."


AUGUST 2005: MAN, PRETENDING by RUTH RATING=FRAO
Character: Giles/Olivia
Judges comments: "first person stories are notoriously difficult to write. Once in a while someone comes along with an utterly perfect first person story...this is it."


JULY 2005: REGARDING RUPERT by WICKEDFOX RATING=FRT
PART ONE | PART TWO | PART THREE | PART FOUR | PART FIVE | PART SIX | PART SEVEN | PART EIGHT | PART NINE | PART TEN | PART ELEVEN | PART TWELVE | PART THIRTEEN | PART FOURTEEN |
Character: Giles
Judges comments: "an extremely well written fic with quite superb characterisation."


JUNE 2005: WILLOW, AS SHE WEEPS by VATWOMAN RATING=FRC
Character: Giles
Judges comments: "the fic has a symmetry and poetry to it that is simply unique."


MAY 2005: A DAY AT THE HELLMOUTH by MALNPUDL RATING=FRC
Character: Giles
Judges comments: "Wonderful stuff - we're very glad we don't have 'normal' days like this."


APRIL 2005: HOLD ME by SUSAN MD RATING=FRT
PART ONE | PART TWO |
Character: Giles
Judges comments: "If only this had happened. It would have been intriguing to see how the rest of the series would have shaped up afterwards."


MARCH 2005: SPOOKS ABH SERIES by VATWOMAN RATING=FRT
PART ONE - THIS MASK TO HIDE MY SCARS |
PART TWO - (REMEMBERING) SOMETHING I FORGOT |
Character/Pairing: Peter Salter/You
Judges comments: "masterful...simply masterful. Beautifully written with perfect characterisation. What more can we say?"


FEBRUARY 2005: THURSDAY'S CHILD by KATHRYN PANTALEO RATING=FRM
PART ONE | PART TWO | PART THREE |
Character: Giles
Judges comments: "a marvellous glimpse into the past - and a candid exploration of the fallout following the Eyghon affair."


JANUARY 2005: FREE WILL by HEAD RUSH RATING=FRT
Character: Giles
Judges comments: "very moving and, as to the character of Giles, it was absolutely spot-on."


DECEMBER 2004: WATCHER'S KEEPER by WICKEDFOX RATING=FRAO
PART ONE | PART TWO | PART THREE | PART FOUR | PART FIVE | PART SIX | PART SEVEN | PART EIGHT |
Character and Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Judges comments: "a great post-Chosen fic which shows that not only did Giles survive, but so did his principles."


NOVEMBER 2004: TUMBLEWEEDS by KIMMERWOMAN RATING=FRT
Character and Pairing: Giles/Anya
Judges comments: "an excellent, very believable fic with characterisations that are spot-on"


OCTOBER 2004: VIRTUAL ENCOUNTERS by SHELLEY RATING=FRAO
PART ONE | PART TWO |
Character and Pairing: Oliver/Sydney
Judges comments: "a brilliant "missing scene" that captures the characters, explains a few discrepancies and ensures that you will set the shower to "cold" when you finish reading..."


SEPTEMBER 2004: THIS TIME AROUND by RAINNE RATING=FRAO
PART ONE | PART TWO | PART THREE | PART FOUR | PART FIVE | PART SIX | PART SEVEN | PART EIGHT | PART NINE | PART TEN | PART ELEVEN | PART TWELVE | PART THIRTEEN |
Character and Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Judges comments: "Great fic ... another one we really wish had been filmed."


AUGUST 2004: POWER by HEAD RUSH RATING=FRT
Character and Pairing: Giles/Anya
Judges comments: "Wonderful writing; perfect characterisation; great fic."


JULY 2004: DESTINIES - GILES by KAREN JEPHSON RATING=FRC
Character: Giles
Judges comments: "A brilliantly written fic that shows just how little choice Giles ever had."


JUNE 2004: REBUILD by CYBERWULF RATING=FRC
Character: Giles - with B/G subtext
Judges comments: "The things that Giles has suffered can't be shaken off easily - this fic shows that. An extremely well-written fic that highlights the imperfections in an imperfect world."


MAY 2004: AS THEY DANCED by WICKEDFOX RATING=FRM
Character and Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Judges comments: "Take a glass of fine wine, seat yourself at your computer...and then cry your way through a box of tissues - superb fic"


APRIL 2004: BETRAYAL AND DEFIANCE by PHENDOG AKA PHOENIX THE FIREBIRD RATING=FRT
Character: Giles
Judges comments: "very intriguing glimpse into Giles past"


MARCH 2004: THE CRIME IN "PASSION" by KATHRYN PANTALEO RATING=FRT
PART ONE PART TWO PART THREE
Character: Giles
Judges comments: "brilliant characterisation, not just of the known characters but some very real original characters"


FEBRUARY 2004: HOLDING ON by HEAD RUSH RATING=FRT
Character & Pairing: Giles/Anya
Judges comments: "extremely well-written with perfect characterisation"


JANUARY 2004: PALADIN by KATHRYN PANTALEO RATING=FRT
PART ONE | PART TWO | PART THREE | PART FOUR | PART FIVE | PART SIX | PART SEVEN |
Character: Giles
Judges comments: "Very impressed with the interweaving of fantasy elements"


DECEMBER 2003: SIERRA HIGH by GAIL CHRISTISON RATING=FRAO
PART ONE PART TWO
Character & Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Judges Comments: "One of the most entertaining and well written fics we've ever read"


NOVEMBER 2003: REMEMBRANCE by KAREN JEPHSON RATING=FRM
Character: Rupert Giles (B/G moment)
Judges comments: "an incredibly moving fic"


OCTOBER 2003: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? by KATHRYN PANTALEO RATING=FRT
Character: Rupert Giles
Judges comments: "impressed with the descriptive passages...this fic speaks with Giles voice"


SEPTEMBER 2003: I'M A WHAT?! by COAST2COAST RATING=FRM
Character: Rupert Giles
Judges comments: "A wonderfully comedic fic ... guaranteed to cheer you up"


AUGUST 2003: IMPASSIONED by TWEED EMPRESS RATING=FRT
PART ONE | PART TWO | PART THREE | PART FOUR | PART FIVE | PART SIX |
Character & Pairing: Giles/Jenny
Judges comments: "AU from 'Passion'...a superb 'what if' that causes you to think 'if only'"


JULY 2003: THINE OWN HEART by ATHENAE RATING=FRM
Character: Rupert Giles
Judges comments: "Wonderfully written ... and can we keep a copy of this?"


JUNE 2003: LEADING BY EXAMPLE by SHELLEY BARNARD RATING=FRM
Character: Rupert Giles
Judges comments: "boy, why couldn't this have happened in the show?"


MAY 2003: LAST WORDS by NESS RATING=FRT
Character: Rupert Giles
Judges comments: "a very touching, very moving and very well-written fic."


APRIL 2003: FOR THE CHILDREN by NORIA RATING=FRC
Character: Rupert Giles
Judges comments: "brilliant characterisation - this fic IS Giles"


MARCH 2003: THE FIRST TIME by LIZ RATING=FRAO
PART ONE | PART TWO | PART THREE | PART FOUR | PART FIVE | PART SIX | PART SEVEN | PART EIGHT | PART NINE |
Character & Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Judges comments: "rare to find such well-written, rounded characterisation."


FEBRUARY 2003: MANCHILD ABH: FRUIT BASKETS by MELINDA COCKRAN RATING=FRM
Character & Pairing: James and "you"
Judges comments: "an extremely well-written fic that captures James perfectly"


JANUARY 2003: ONCE UPON A WATCHER by GAIL CHRISTISON RATING=FRT
PART ONE | PART TWO | PART THREE | PART FOUR |
Character & Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Judges comments: "This fic skillfully interweaves one fantasy element with another


DECEMBER 2002: EVERYTHING IN IT'S PLACE by RUTH RATING=FRAO
PART ONE | PART TWO | PART THREE | PART FOUR | PART FIVE | PART SIX | PART SEVEN | PART EIGHT |
Character & Pairing: Giles/Original Female Character
Judges comments: "This fic reverberated believability - and once you start reading you're going to get sucked in."


NOVEMBER 2002: We have two winners this month:

THE LAST LETTER by JADEDRAGON RATING=FRC
Character: Giles/Buffy


WHO, WHAT, WHY, WHERE, WHEN? by HAGGIS RATING=FRAO
ONE | TWO | THREE | FOUR | FIVE | SIX | SEVEN | EIGHT | NINE | TEN | ELEVEN | TWELVE | THIRTEEN | FOURTEEN | FIFTEEN | SIXTEEN | SEVENTEEN | EIGHTEEN | NINETEEN | TWENTY | TWENTY-ONE | TWENTY-TWO | TWENTY-THREE | TWENTY-FOUR | TWENTY-FIVE | TWENTY-SIX | TWENTY-SEVEN
Character: Giles/Willow

Judges comments on these two fics: Two brilliantly written stories - there was no way we could choose between them


OCTOBER 2002: LOOSE ENDS by HEAD RUSH RATING=FRM
Character: Giles
Judges comments: "Great fic - really shows how deep Willow's magic runs ... and how much Giles, Buffy and the others care about one another."
To read the first two fics in this series then go to OF DEMONS AND DESTINY


SEPTEMBER 2002: THE WATCHER: 127 FOUNTAIN STREET by VATWOMAN RATING=FRT
PART ONE PART TWO PART THREE
Character: Giles
Judges comments: "if the Ripper spin-off turns out half as good as this then we are in for a treat"
To read the first story in Vatwoman's Watcher Series go to: ASHADMIRR'S ARENA - Ghost Story


AUGUST 2002: A BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR GILES by SUSAN RATING=FRM
PART ONE PART TWO
Character & Pairing: Giles/Buffy
Judges comments: "A wonderful fic that will be looked back on in years to come as a true classic."


JULY 2002: WANDERLUST by PRINCESS TWILITE RATING=FRAO
Character & Pairing: Giles/Anya.
Judges comments: "This incredible story made a ship we'd never really thought about remarkably believable."


JUNE 2002: WARLOCK by VATWOMAN RATING=FRAO
PART ONE PART TWO PART THREE PART FOUR
Character & Pairing: Giles/Jenny
Judges comments: "Stunning ...truly stunning. Incredibly well-written and powerful."


MAY 2002: (A TEDIOUS SPEECH ABOUT) RESPONSIBILITY AND SACRIFICE by RUTH RATING=FRAO
Character & Pairing: Giles/Olivia.
Judges comments: "Good to see a Giles/Olivia fic with the characters so well-written. Both Giles and Olivia are captured perfectly - no easy task as Olivia wasn't on-screen for a huge amount of time."


APRIL 2002: THE NO WORDS SERIES by DONNA LANG RATING=FRAO
Character: James from Manchild.
Judges comments: "I really wished they'd filmed this!" and "This is one of the best ABH's I've read."





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