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PHILON AWARDS 2025



KiScon is honoured to once again host the Philon Awards. Originally established by Jenna Sinclair and Shelley Butler in 1997, this annual event’s purpose is to honour outstanding authors and artists in K/S fandom.

Important dates:
Nominations: 1 June – 31 July, 2025.
Voting: 10 August – 10 October, 2025.
Eligibility (works created & published): 1 September 2024 – 31 July 2025.

There are 11 categories:
Ficlet (word count under 1K)
Short fic (word count 1K–5K)
Medium-length fic (word count 5K–10K)
Long fic (word count 10K–20K)
Novella (word count 20K–50K)
Novel (word count over 50K)
Podfic
Traditional Art
Digital Art
Poetry
Zines

Rules for Voting:
  • Voting is open from 10 August to 10 October, 2025. You do not need to be a registered KiScon member in order to vote; voting is open to every K/S fan.
  • In each category there will be a Gold (first place) and a Silver (second place) winner.
  • The winners will be announced on the last day of KiScon 2025 (2 Nov). Each winner will receive a certificate and a small prize.
  • It bears repeating: One person —> one submission of the voting ballot. Please do not attempt to game the system by using multiple accounts; we see this and it makes us question the future of the Philon Awards.
  • Just like nominating, voting also takes place via Google Forms, and you need to be logged in with a Google account, and enter either your AO3 or your Discord name on the form in order to submit the voting ballot; this ensures that people do not vote multiple times for the same work. If we suspect sockpuppet activity, we will get in touch for clarification. We keep the nomination and voting process completely confidential! Only the KiScon concom will see the submitted forms.
  • In each category you can pick one work.
  • While *we* won't talk about who nominated or voted for what, *you* can still discuss your faves and promote them, if you feel comfortable doing so. Making fellow fans aware of great works and sharing why you love them, is encouraged.
  • You can submit the voting form only once, but you can edit your response if you need to add or change something (just follow the link in the email you receive after submitting the form). Please make sure to vote in all fanwork categories that are important to you. You cannot edit your responses after voting has closed (10 October 2025, end of day, timezone: Anywhere on Earth, i.e. UTC -12).
  • To answer a question we receive frequently: yes, you *can* vote for your own work(s). We won't judge you. ;-)

Last but not least: these awards are meant to be fun and a celebration of the K/S fandom. The shortlist doubles as lovely rec list! We get to talk about our faves and let the creators know that we love their works.

You can fill in the voting form embedded at the end of this webpage, or (if your device does not display it properly) you can find it at this link: https://forms.gle/6qBjpvhQu7QnWHk28.

Philon Awards 2025 Shortlist

(in alphabetical order of the title; shortlist based on the results of the nominations phase that was open from 1 June to 31 July, 2025)

Ficlet (word count under 1K):
Short Fic (word count 1K–5K):
Medium-Length Fic (word count 5K–10K):
Long Fic (word count 10K–20K):
Novella (word count 20K–50K):
Novel (word count over 50K):
Podfic:
Poetry:
Traditional Art:
Digital Art:
Zines:
  • KiScon Zine 2024 by 1lostone and Alice West (editors) – Note: As no other zine was nominated in this category, it is the winner and won't be on the voting ballot.

You can also see the shortlist on this Google spreadsheet. Make a copy to have your own spreadsheet to keep track of what you've already read and how you liked it.

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