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Pronto Award- Ray Cenric
1) Fiction in this category must be centered around the character of Ray Brannen/ Pronto.
2) Other Characters are welcome, but Ray must be the focus of the story
3) WIPs are welcome in this category

Shady Lane Award- Lily Centric
1) Fiction in this category must be centered around the character of Lily Randall/ Shady Lane.
2) Other Characters are welcome, but Lily must be the focus of the story
3) WIPs are welcome in this category

Smog Award- Travis Centric
1) Fiction in this category must be centered around the character of Travis Strong/ Smog.
2) Other Characters are welcome, but Travis must be the focus of the story
3) WIPs are welcome in this category

Question Mark Award- Robbie Centric
1) Fiction in this category must be centered around the character of Robbie McGrath/ Question Mark.
2) Other Characters are welcome, but Robbie must be the focus of the story
3) WIPs are welcome in this category

Line 2 Award- Minor Character centric
1) Fiction in this category must be centered around the characters of Radio
Free Roscoe who aren't RFR DJs ( Kim Carlisle, Principle Waller, Ed, Ted, Mickey, etc.)
2) WIPs are welcome in this category
3) OC's who are the Narrator/POV/Focus of the story are also eligible

Paper Moon Award- Best Conventional Romance
1)Any pairing mentioned in canon qualifies (this means only: Lily/Ray, Lily/Travis, Ray/ Ronnie, and Robbie/Kim
2) WIPs are NOT eligible
3) Stories with OCs as romantic interests are not eligible

Un-Paper Moon Award- Best Unconventional Romance
1)Any pairing not mentioned in canon qualifies (any pairing not listed above qualifies, this includes slash)
2) WIPs are NOT eligible
3) Stories with OCs as romantic interests are eligible

1st Noble Tenant of Buddhism Award- Best Angst
1) Any character/ pairing is eligible (except OCs)
2) Must be a tear jerker or at least evoke heartfelt emotions. If it doesn't, then it's not angst.
3) WIPs are not eligible

So and So's Cousin Award- Best Original Character
1) Fics with original characters that are likable and believable are eligible for this category
2) WIPs are welcome in this category
3) No Mary-Sues please
4) If your story borrows an OC from another author, it is not eligible

This Just In Award- Best Short Fiction
1) This Award is for fics under 12000 words.
2) One Shots under 1200 words or chapter fics where one chapter is less than 1200 words and can be read as a stand alone are eligible (in this case only that chapter will be read)
3)  WIPs are not eligible

"Changed the Rules Around" Award- Best Song Fic
1) The best incorporation of a song/songs into the framework of the fiction.
2) any character/ pairing is eligible
3) WIPs are not eligible

Pocket Rocket Award- Best Long Fiction
1) Fiction in this category must be longer than 1200 words.
2) Both long one shots and chapter fics over 1200 words are eligible
3) WIPs are not eligible
4) Any character/ pairing is eligible

Real Subtle Award- Best Slash Fiction
1) Fiction in this category must contain either a slash pairing or slash themes in it.
2) Any pairing is welcome (this includes OCs as long as it's same sex)
3) WIPs are eligible

UnCougar Radio- Most Original Plot
1) Fiction in this category must be new and original.
2) WIPs are eligible in this category
3) Any character/ pairing is welcome (except OCs)
4) If you submit a Mary Sue to this category... I'll kill you (j/k )

Power of Radio Award- Best Episode Related Fiction
1) Fiction that deals with specific episodes of RFR are eligible for this category ( this includes episode tags (codas), P.O.V. and even episode
fixes (how it should have happened))
2) Any character/ pairing is eligible (except OCs )
3) WIPs are not eligible

Wax Poetic- Best Poem/ Song
1) Poetry inspired by Radio Free Roscoe is eligible for this category
2) Fan Songs are also eligible

Happy People, Happy Planet Award- Best Humor Fic
1) Fiction in this category must be exceptionally humorous.
2) Parodies are welcome here though not all humor fic is a parody, if your fic tells a legitimate story in a funny way, it's considered humor.

Almost There Award- Best WIP
1) Fiction in this category can not be finished at time of nomination, and should not be finished at time of judging (points will be taken off for this)
2) Any character/ pairing is eligible (including OCs)

Mickey's Open Mic Award- Judges Choice
1) These awards will be given out by the judges to that fic each individual judge deems to be the best that they read overall.
2) The number of Judges Choice Awards will equal the number of judges
3) All fiction is automatically entered in this category

Tuned In Award- Outstanding Author
1) This is the Holy Grail of RFR fanfic awards, this goes to the author that
ALL the judges deem to be the most talented author in the fandom.
2) All fics are automatically entered in this category