2013 Golden Acorn Awards

The 2013 Golden Acorn Awards ceremonies took place in Equestria on February 28, 2014.

This ceremony was marked with naming of The Most Prolific Rangerphile nomination after Mark Morgan aka Bubbles' Big Brother, who passed in 2013 to great regret and grief of the whole Rangerphile community.

The list of nominations as a whole transformed significantly due to many traditional nominations being viewed as outdated. Also this year saw introduction of an 'off-topic award', Best Non-Ranger Artwork, the purpose of which was to reward members of the community for their creative efforts in other fandoms.

Artwork Awards

Best Black and White Image: CrMaReLi - Doodling 5 [1]

Other nominees:

• CrMaReLi - Doodling 3 [2]

Best Color Image: Moz87 – Adventure [3]

Other nominees:

• CrMaReLi - Dale Superhero [4]
• Tellyweb – Danger Mouse/Rescue Rangers Hour [5]
• HawkeyeNFO - CDRR/Star Wars Crossover Comic[6]
• cdrrunderground - The Tense Debate (illustration for 'Owl Play' by Gyrotank) [7]
• kriolin - Chip and Dale during Prohibition [8]
• Drommy Lightyear - Big Fish [9]

Best Non-Ranger Artwork: Saraggle91 – Flutterbat [10]

Other nominees:

• CrMaReLi – No Pink Fun Here [11]
• Saraggle91 – The Box [12]
• Saraggle91 – Space-Buds [13]

Best Artwork: flutterguy317 - Theory and Practice (vectored) [14]

Other nominees:

• CrMaReLi - Dale Superhero [15]
• Tellyweb – Danger Mouse/Rescue Rangers Hour [16]
• HawkeyeNFO - CDRR/Star Wars Crossover Comic [17]
• kriolin - Chip and Dale during Prohibition [18]
• Moz87 – Adventure [19]

Best Artist: Saraggle91

Other nominees:

• CrMaReLi
• Tellyweb
• HawkeyeNFO
• Winston
• Moz87
• kriolin
• cdrrunderground

Artwork Contest Winner: nutsforbrains - Bowl Bound [20]

Finalist:

• Pupspals - 'A Little TARDIS' [21]

Written Work Awards

Best Song Parody: Mayhem - One Night in Chattage

Other nomines:

• Gwendolyn_Katsche - Rescue Rangers
• ModernTimes and t.s. – Chip and Dale Drunken Rangers

Best Short Story: L. Cranston – Everything Changes

Other nomines:

• Gwendolyn_Katsche - The Marked Rangers
• Piotr – Five Miles Out

Most Improved Author: Tie between Nathair_Sionnach and Piotr

Best Russian Story: Gyrotank - For a Nickel or a Crime

Other nomines:

• Nick - Flecks of Dusk
• PengWin - Autumn Comes Again

Best Story: Tie between Piotr – Five Miles Out, Gyrotank - For a Nickel or a Crime, and L. Cranston – Everything Changes

Other nomines:

• Nathair_Sionnach - Broken Hearts, Broken Lives
• IceBerg & t.s. – An Exercise in Futility

Best Author: Tie between L. Cranston and t.s.

Other nomines:

• Zaptiftun

Writing Contest Winners: Iceberg210 - Vapor Trails and nutsforbrains - Resolutions as a Double-Edged Sword

Other finalists:

• ModernTimes – State of Disunion
• L. Cranston – Fat Cat’s Thing

Rangerphile Awards

The Desert Mouse Most Helpful Rangerphile: Wiggles

Other nominees:

• Lane83ky
• t.s.

The Greyhound Bus Best Nutcase: Wiggles

Other nominees:

• The Kaiser
• CD
• t.s.
• Racebest

The Mark Morgan Most Prolific Rangerphile: Tie between CrMaReLi and Crashburn

Other nominees:

• L. Cranston
• nutsforbrains
• Wiggles

Best Caption: Caption #10 Winner – Lane83ky

Other nominees:

• Caption #1 Winner – Wiggles
• Caption #2 Winner – L. Cranston
• Caption #3 Winner – Lane83ky
• Caption #4 Winner – The Kaiser
• Caption #5 Winner – Piotr
• Caption #6 Winner – Foxx
• Caption #7 Winner – LT
• Caption #8 Winner – Pupspals
• Caption #9 Winner – Nyperold

Special Mention: Wiggles for making everyone banners

Other nominees:

• Nathair_Sionnach for getting married despite outrageous odds stacked against him and still being married despite their continued presence
• HawkeyeNFO for his Star Wars/CDRR comic

Special Recognition Awards

2013 Rookie of the Year: Ramdale

Other nominees:

• GeorgiaBelle
• TadStrange24
• Kuri

2013 Natasha Kashefipour Lifetime Achievement Award: Mayhem and nutsforbrains

Other nominees:

• t.s.
• Saraggle91

Special Prize: pupspals

External Links

• 2013 GA Awards - Story Break Intro and Emcee's Comments... [22]
• 2013 GA Awards - Best B&W Image thru The Artwork Contest... [23]
• 2013 GA Awards - Story Break Pt 2 thru The Writing Contest.. [24]
• 2013 GA Awards - Most Helpful to Special Mention... [25]
• 2013 GA Awards - Story Break 4 to Lifetime Achievement... [26]
• 2013 GA Awards - Special Prize and Big Finale... [27]