The 7th Annual Quill Awards Ceremony

There were two honourable mentions in this category: Mandy and ~A.J. Lyle~ (PatrickB )

And the Quill for Best Reviewing goes to ... (PatrickB )

Amalie Cantor - We Got This! (PatrickB )

Congratulations, Amalie! You earned this! (PatrickB )

Congratulations Amalie! (Andrew )

Okay, I think I might die . Must thank Hannah ♫♥♫ and PatrickB for all their mentorship. You guys rock! (Amalie Cantor - We Got This! )

Moving on, the finalists for Best Newsletter Editing are: (Andrew )

"What's the Holdup?"  by Jay's debut novel is out now! "Not available"  by A Guest Visitor "Using Poetic Devices"  by Vivian "Invalid Item"   [] by A Guest Visitor "Secrets of Psychological Horror"  by LJPC - the tortoise and "Invalid Entry"  by {suser_id:}, Mandy , and ~A.J. Lyle~ (Andrew )

An honorable mention goes to "Invalid Item"  (Andrew )

And the winner is.... (Andrew )

"Invalid Entry"  by {suser_id:}, Mandy , and ~A.J. Lyle~ (Andrew )

Congratulations! (Andrew )

It takes an incredible amount of work to fill a well-organized and comprehensive portfolio on this site, and the feat is made more impressive by the following nominees, who have had only a short time do it. (Andrew )

On behalf of the entire staff, I want to thank everyone who voted. (PatrickB )

The nominees for Best New Portfolio are: Marci Missing Everyone Rhonda 💙 Carly: poems & novel Sanita PandaPaws Licensed VetTech Samberine Everose and Solivagus (Andrew )

An honorable mention goes to Marci Missing Everyone ! (Andrew )

And the Quill goes to.... (Andrew )

http://instantrimshot.com/?sound=drumroll (Andrew )

Rhonda (Andrew )

Congratulations! (Andrew )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYvpBsLhVlI (Andrew )

Our penultimate award and final Special Contributions to WDC Award is presented to a member whose generosity and kindness know no bounds. She has been instrumental in welcoming hundreds of members to WDC. (Andrew )

She is well-loved on this site, and for good reason. We are proud to present the Special Contributions to WDC Award to Hannah ♫♥♫ for developing new members and promoting writing through PDG and Shadows Express. (Andrew )

I am stunned, and so blessed by so many on WDC! Thank you so much! (Hannah ♫♥♫ )

Hannah will receive a 100K GP cash prize plus a Quill MB. PDG will receive an additional 150K GPs for program development. (Andrew )

Before we present the last award, I'd like to take a moment to thank a few people. (Andrew )

First, to Jay's debut novel is out now! for designing tons of images for use in the Quills, including signatures, headers, and the beautiful banner gracing the top of this page. (Andrew )

Wow, I can't believe it! Thank-you all so very much. I am so proud and honoured to win this award! (Rhonda )

A huge thanks to our sponsors, listed above, and donors, listed at "The Quills" , for making the Quills financially possible. (Andrew )

To the moderators and staff of WDC for making this site the incredible place it is. (Andrew )

A huge thanks to the panel of expert judges and logisticians without whom this event would be impossible. Please head over to "Invalid Item"  to check them all out and thank them! (Andrew )

(That would be "The Quills Group" ) (Andrew )

And of course, to all of you, the members of the site! Without your hard work, the Quills could not happen, and I am humbled every time I run this event and see the incredible talent that permeates WDC. (Andrew )

Thank you to everyone, whether or not you were nominated or awarded; you're all winners and I'm absolutely honored to be in your company! (Andrew )

And now, the finalists for the 2013 Quill Award for Best Portfolio are: (Andrew )

Jeff (Andrew )

Brooke is sleepy (Andrew )

kiyasama (Andrew )

Hannah ♫♥♫ (Andrew )

Fi (Andrew )

Ghostranch (Andrew )

PatrickB (Andrew )

blainecindy (Andrew )

And finally, Mandy (Andrew )

The Honorable Mention goes to.... (Andrew )

PatrickB ! (Andrew )

And the 2013 Quill Award for Best Portfolio goes to... (Andrew )

*opens envelope* (Andrew )

Jeff (Andrew )

Congratulations Jeff, and congratulations to all the winners! (Andrew )

Thank you to everyone who came! The full list of nominees can be found here: "Invalid Item"  and will be updated with winners in the next hour or so. Awards will be distributed by two weeks from today. (Andrew )

Ladies and gentlemen, the 7th Annual Quill Awards! (Andrew )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2yjV58NBxk (Andrew )

(This item is now open for general posting. Feel free to write in your comments and/or congratulations!) (Andrew )

Great job Andrew I don't know how you did it for 4 HOURS. Just my one category of presenting awards was NERVE RACKING. Well done! (Angels in my Ear )

CONGRATS TO ALL OF THE QUILL AWARD WINNERS AND HONORABLE MENTIONS, FINALISTS AND NOMINEES!!!! (A*Monaing*Faith )

Congratulations to everyone who was nominated, shortlisted, mentioned honourably, and won! (Matt Bird MSci (Hons) AMRSC )

Mega super duper thanks to Andrew for creating the QUILL AWARDS!!!! (A*Monaing*Faith )

Congratulations to all the winners! (Elle )

Congratulations to all the Quill winners! (ruwth )

Congrats to all the winners! And Jeff - you got your best portfolio...yayyyyy (Fyn )

Thank you to Andrew and everyone involved. If you were nominated and want to see your name along with all the other nominees, then watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_7cZ19W_dQ (Matt Bird MSci (Hons) AMRSC )

Many thanks to Andrew and to everyone who helped make this year's ceremony so awesome, and many congratulations to all the winners! You all rock! (Amalie Cantor - We Got This! )

Second to Matt's link! It's a super cool video, be sure to check it out! (Andrew )

Here's to the best community ever. So glad to be part of the awesomeness of this site. We all Rock!! Way to go, everyone. (💙 Carly: poems & novel )

Congratulations, everyone! "P.E.N.C.I.L."  is grateful for the win and offers congratulations to all the other winners. Well done! (Fi )

Now I think we should all offer Andrew a big round of applause for all of his hard work organizing the Quills! (Fi )

*bows* (Andrew )

clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap (Matt Bird MSci (Hons) AMRSC )

*applause* (Elle )

***wolf whistle***(that I can only achieve online) (Angels in my Ear )

Congratulation to all nominated and the winners in each category. Thanks to Andrew for an amazing activity and ceremony. (Diane )

Aww, thanks Diane ! (Andrew )

So sorry I wasn't at the ceremony. Thank you very much for my Quill -- this has made my day! A big congratulations to all the nominees and winners. Well done Andrew and the judges for doing such a fantastic job, as always. (Ghostranch )

Congratulations to ALL the WINNERS! ♡ (ruwth )

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