 
The 18th Annual Quill Awards Nomination Form
Recognizing the best of Writing.Com in 2025!
Any registered WDC user can nominate another member
Quilli ☕   can be nominated in any category, but is ineligible to win. Judges and Admin are eligible to win, but are disqualified from choosing the winner of categories they are nominated in. |
| To prevent self-nominations, nominations from secondary accounts are not allowed. |
2025 Nominees
Full Quill Rules " The Quills Rulebook" 
Previous Years' Winners " 2023 Quill Nominees and Winners"
Donations & Sponsorships " The Quills"
Item alias for this page {item:quillnominate}
Determine what category you are nominating
| Please ensure the item you are nominating was created/reasonably active in 2025. |
These are the awards open to nominations. The full list of categories is available in " The Quills Rulebook" .
Reminder: You may NOT nominate yourself.
Writing Awards
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Poetry ▼
Best Short Poem, Structured
| Criteria: must be 15 lines or less |
| Criteria: must be 15 lines or less |
| Criteria: must be 16 to 30 lines |
| Criteria: must be 16 to 30 lines |
| Criteria: must be 31 lines or more |
| Criteria: must be 31 lines or more |
Criteria: at least 12 pieces created this year and contained in a book or folder.
Additional criteria
 Subfolders can be used to organize contents, but must only contain poetry.
Only items written in the current year will be eligible for judging.
Individual items in a collection may also be nominated in other applicable categories.
If the book or folder contains items other than poetry, try 'best-mixed collection'. |
Fiction Prose ▼
Best Flash Fiction
| Criteria: must be 1,000 words or less |
| Criteria: must be 1,001 to 2,500 words |
| Criteria: must be 1,001 to 3,000 words |
| Criteria: must be 2,501 to 7,500 words |
Criteria: must be between 7,501 and 17,500 words; may be in static, book, or folder format.
All book entries or contents in a folder must be created this year. |
Criteria: must be 17,501 words or more; may be in static, book, or folder format.
All book entries or contents in a folder must be created this year. |
Criteria: at least 10 short stories created this year and contained in a book or folder.
Additional criteria
Subfolders can be used to organize contents, but must only contain short stories.
Only items written in the current year will be eligible for judging.
Individual items in a collection may also be nominated in other applicable categories.
If the book or folder contains items other than short story fiction, try 'best-mixed collection'. |
Nonfiction Prose ▼
Best Short Nonfiction
| Criteria: must be 2,500 words or less. |
| Criteria: must be 2,501 to 7,500 words. |
Criteria: must be 7,501 words or more; may be in static, book, or folder format.
All book entries or contents in a folder must be created this year. |
Criteria: at least 7 pieces created this year and contained in a book or folder.
Additional criteria
Subfolders can be used to organize contents, but must only contain nonfiction.
Only items written in the current year will be eligible for judging.
Individual items in a collection may also be nominated in other applicable categories.
If the book or folder contains items other than nonfiction, try 'best mixed collection'.
Blogs are not eligible in the non-fiction category, but can be nominated for "Best Blog". |
Other Prose ▼
Best Blog
| Criteria: must have at least 20 entries this year |
| Criteria: must have been created and active this year; must have at least five (5) entries from each participant |
| Criteria: must have been created and active this year; must have at least 15 chapters |
| Criteria: both official and unofficial newsletters are eligible; must have be published this year |
Criteria: at least 10 pieces created this year and contained in a book or folder.
Additional criteria
Subfolders can be used to organize contents, but must only contain nonfiction.
Only items written in the current year will be eligible for judging.
Individual items in a collection may also be nominated in other applicable categories.
If the book or folder contains items other a single type of writing (poetry, short story, etc) please pick the appropriate category.. |
Community Awards
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Contests, Fundraisers, and Activities ▼
Best Contest
| Criteria: requires entries that are judged with declared winners |
| Criteria: requires entries that are judged with declared winners; must be newly-created this year |
| Criteria: for activities that primarily raise funds (auctions, raffles, etc.) for specific purposes |
| Criteria: for activities that primarily raise funds (auctions, raffles, etc.) for specific purposes; must be newly-created this year |
| Criteria: for any activities/challenges that aren't otherwise contests, fundraisers or covered by another award (forums, groups, etc.) |
| Criteria: for any activities/challenges that aren't otherwise contests, fundraisers or covered by another award (forums, groups, etc.); must be newly-created this year |
| Criteria: must have been reasonably active this year |
| Criteria: must have been created and active this year |
Other Community Awards ▼
Best Forum
| Criteria: must have been reasonably active this year; contests and activities not eligible for this award. |
Criteria: eligible for both posts and comments; must provide substantial value to the community.
Ongoing advertisements for a nominee's own activities will not be evaluated. Advertising one's own activities is a necessary part of owning contests and activities. The contribution, in this case, would be the contest/activity itself, and it can be nominated in those categories. |
| Criteria: nominee must have completed at least 20 quality public reviews and the nominated review from this year |
| Criteria: nominee must have completed at least 20 quality public reviews this year. |
| Criteria: nominated item must be created within the award year. Items are evaluated on layout and design, as well as easy-to-understand instruction/information; applicable to contests, raffles/auctions, and activities only. |
| Criteria: nominated item must be fairly active within the current award year. Items are evaluated on layout and design, as well as easy-to-understand instruction/information; applicable to contests, raffles/auctions, and activities only. |
| Criteria: must have been created this year; eligible item types include: audio, crosswords, in & outs, madlibs, photo albums, polls, quizzes, surveys, word searches, images, and shops. |
Overall Awards
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Click the arrow to open the subcategories; hover over each category for criteria.
Portfolio Awards ▼
Best Portfolio
Criteria: nominee's port must have been reasonably active, with a minimum combination of 15 new or active items.
Addition Considerations:
Portfolios should include at least some detail in Bioblocks and other information tabs.
Judging will include overall portfolio appearance and organization.
A member is ineligible to win Best Portfolio until 2 (two) full years has passed after receiving the award. They are eligible in the third awards cycle following their win. |
Criteria: nominee's port must have been reasonably active, with a minimum combination of 15 new or active items; member must have created their account this year
Addition Considerations:
Portfolios should include at least some detail in Bioblocks and other information tabs.
Judging will include overall portfolio appearance and organization. |
Special Contribution & Lifetime Achievement ▼
Special Contribution
Criteria: nominee must have made a unique, specific, and merit-based overall contribution to the site that isn't covered by any other Quill category
For the sake of clarity, just being a generally positive, generous, supportive, etc. member of the community does not qualify for a Spec Con award; however, these attributes may round out unique, specific, and merit-based overall contributions to the site.
Addition Considerations:
A member cannot win Special Contribution for two (2) full years after receiving the award. They are eligible in the fourth awards cycle following their win.
Depending on nominations and eligibility, the Special Contribution award may not be awarded in a given year.
Where Special Contribution is awarded, there is typically one (1) award per year. Judges may add additional awards at their discretion. |
Criteria: nominee must have been a member for ten (10) years, with a diverse body of work and merit-based contributions to the site.
For the sake of clarity, long-term membership is not an automatic qualification for eligibility. Being positive, generous, supportive, etc. can round out the overall nomination, but contributions should be specific and merit-based.
Addition Considerations:
A member can only win lifetime achievement once, but is still eligible for special contribution in subsequent years, provided they meet the eligibility requirements.
Depending on nominations and eligibility, the Lifetime Achievement award may not be awarded in a given year.
Where Lifetime Achievement is awarded, there is typically one (1) award per year. Judges may add additional awards at their discretion. |
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