THE VOTES HAVE BEEN TABULATED, THE BANNERS HAVE BEEN SLAVED OVER (SO YOU BETTER LOVE THEM HAHA) AND FINALLY THE MOMENT HAS ARRIVED.

But before we get to the first award, we have to have the opening monologue right? And I just want to firstly say, OMG HOW AWESOME IS OUR FANDOM? ARE WE SEXY OR WHAT? I originally was not going to make so many award banners but because of the amount of talent in the nominations, I thought everyone deserved a little something something. So there's First Place and Runner-Up banners, plus Nomination banners for each category. Because you guys rock. XDXDXD

Secondly, speaking of banner making, not even with the power of 100 AWZ cracky dream sequences would the SEXY RESULTS be remotely ready if it weren't for graspthethorn's help. She showed up in the nick of time and saved my ass. <3333333333

Thirdly, please, please, please, please, for the love of all things Essen, save your banners and upload them to your own servers. Do not max out my photobucket account, bitte! <3

OKAY, OKAY, I'LL SHUP NOW AND GET TO WHAT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR...

( HERE ARE YOUR SEXY WINNERS! )

OMG SO THAT'S IT! THE END OF THE 2ND ANNUAL SEXYS! ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES ARE ENCOURAGED IN THE COMMENTS AND ALSO IF I SCREWED ANYTHING UP, LET ME KNOW SO I CAN FIX IT.

<3333333333 UNTIL NEXT SPRING, LOVELIES!

YES, YES, YES. I RECYCLED A NOMINATION BANNER SHAMELESSLY, BUT THE THREAT OF BABY!PLOT WORKED SO WELL BEFORE! MPREG MUST SURELY INCITE THE SAME FEAR.

OK OK, HAVE ANOTHER:



BETTER?

IT ALL AMOUNTS TO THE SAME THING; THE SEXYS NEED YOUR VOTES! HERE IS A HANDY DANDY GUIDE TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE STILL STUMBLING ALONG IN THE PROCESS:

1. GO TO THIS POST CONTAINING LINKS TO MUCH FABULOUSNESS
2. PICK OUT YOUR FAVORITES IN EACH CATEGORY. THIS IS WHERE IT CAN GET TRICKY. I RECOMMEND "INI MINI MINY MOE" OR RANDOM.ORG FOR THE REALLY HARD CHOICES.
3. OPEN UP A NEW EMAIL
4. C&P YOUR PICKS IN THE BODY OF THE EMAIL.
5. PRESS SEND.
6. PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK FOR GETTING THROUGH THE TOUGHEST DECISION YOU'VE FACED SINCE DENNIS AND IGOR WERE BOTH UP FOR THE SEXIEST SOAP STAR.
7. TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW THAT YOU BELIEVE IN THE CLEAN PURE LOVE OF THE SEXYS AND IF THEY DO TOO, THEY NEED TO VOTE. OR ELSE IT MIGHT BE IRONING TIME.

GOT IT? GOOD!

ALSO, IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME THAT THE SEXY DUE DATE IS ON A FRIDAY AND ALL YOU PEOPLE WITH NORMAL 9-5 JOBS (WHAT IS THAT? IDEK) MIGHT APPRECIATE HAVING ANOTHER WEEKEND TO FRET OVER THE VOTING. I AM TOO LAZY TO DO A POLL THIS TIME, BUT COMMENT IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO PUSH THE DUE DATE BACK TO MONDAY. THE BANNER/REVEAL/AWARDS CEREMONY WILL DEFINITELY BE DELAYED IF SO, BUT I WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE TIME TO VOTE. AND I UNDERSTAND PROCRASTINATION. I'M HONESTLY A NICE GIRL. REALLY. DON'T LAUGH.

IF YOU DON'T HEAR FURTHER THO, THE DUE DATE IS FRIDAY, MIDNIGHT, EDT. SO GET TO VOTING!

JUST A FRIENDLY REMINDER FROM YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SEXY PUSHER. YES, YES, MIKE IS RIGHT. SHELLY COMMANDS YOU: VOTE VOTE VOTE! VOTES ARE DUE MAY 14TH MIDNIGHT EDT. YOU WILL CRY IF YOU DON'T VOTE. TRUST ME.

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IT'S STILL MAY 1ST IN MY TIME ZONE SO I AM NOT LATE. YES?



HAI! The day you probably never thought would come is finally here. I barely made my own deadline, but I've finally gotten everything together for your SEXY voting pleasure. Before the nominations are revealed tho, let's go over the rules. Y'all know I'm a pretty relaxed gal, but rules are necessary so I don't tear my hair out, 'kay? XD

RULES AND STUFF
VOTE ONLY ONCE PER CATEGORY. I know, I know. Picking between some of these choices is like picking a favorite child (uh oh baby!plot) but you have to, OKAY. There will be no exceptions. If you send in two votes for the same category, I'll ignore both of them. SOZ.

DO NOT VOTE FOR YOURSELF. You will be mocked. I will mock you. Last year, Rose was too nice to mock in public. I have no such qualms! (Also, it won't count anyway, so just don't do it, okay?)

SEND ALL VOTES AT ONCE. Sending in Noms as you thought of them was fine, but for the voting period, fill out everything you want to vote for before you send them in to me. This will srsly help my brain and I will love you for it.

IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH NOMINATIONS I don't want to hear it. For real. I didn't censor anyone's nomination choices* (which is why one vid is nominated for canon and AU *g*) and if you don't agree, just don't vote for it. It's easy!

*Please note: There were a couple nominations for Best One-shot that were under 1000 words and Best Drabble/Ficlet that were over 1000 words, so I did switch those around to fit requirements. So if you nominated something and notice its not there, check the word count. :D

EMAIL YOUR VOTES to me at shellydkitty [at] gmail [dot] com. Don't reply to this post with your votes, please. Also, if you could put SEXY VOTING or something similar in the subject line that would be awesome. Also also, if you could sign your email with your nickname or YT handle or anything like that to help me if your email address doesn't make it obvious who you are, that would be awesome as well.

USE THE FULL TITLE OR INCLUDE A LINK when you vote so I can be sure exactly what you are voting for. I don't have time to clarify votes if it's confusing, so please please please do your best to make it easy on me. Otherwise I will use my best judgment. EXAMPLE VOTING:

BEST FICTIONAL MADE-UP STORY: Essen Boys Do It Best by Marhad (http://thisisanawesomestory.com/awesomestory.html)

IF THERE ARE MISTAKES IN THE NOMS, links or something I missed (it's possible, I am human *g*) drop me a comment here and I'll fix it ASAP. (Comments are screened for this reason, but still don't vote here!) It might be a good idea just to wait a couple of days before you start voting just in case. ;)

VOTING BALLOTS ARE DUE MAY 14TH! That gives you 2 weeks to pour through the noms and bathe in some awesome AWZ fanworks before you absolutely have to make a decision.

OKAY OKAY, I'LL SHUP NOW AND GET TO THE VOTING!

( FIC NOMS )

( VID NOMS )

( GRAPHICS/FAN ART NOMS )

WHEW. That should make for some fun! QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ALL THAT JAZZ? Drop a comment or send me an email. Most of you know I have some personal family things going on right now, so it might take me a little bit to get back to you, but I'll do my best. HAVE FUN. SOAK IN SPARKLE. BEHOLD THE WONDER AND THE AWESOME THAT IS OUR FANDOM. THEN SHILL FAR AND WIDE! AND REMEMBER, ANY BANNERS MADE TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD COULD BE NOM'D FOR NEXT YEAR'S SEXYS! ~*INCENTIVE*~

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