ANNOUNCEMENT: The 2003 Pickled Toad Awards

[Haggridd]

The polls have closed and the fans have shown their will.  The 
winners of the first annual Pickled Toad awards for their categories 
are as follows.  There will be a new poll running until July 15th on 
OT Chatter including all the category winners to pick the Best Filk 
of the Year.

1.  Best filk of a song from a musical, or a showtune:
    "Dark Defense Tutorial", by Pippin

2.  Best filk of a song from a movie or television  
    soundtrack:
    "If you'd just Let Me Explain", by Pippin

3.  Best filk of a "Tin Pan Alley" song:
    "That's Why Ol' Snapey Is a Vamp", by Pippin

4.  Best filk of a Gilbert & Sullivan song:
    "I Am the Very Model Of an Anti-Hero Archetype", by Mariner

5.  Best filk of a song by the Beatles or an indivdual Beatle:
    "The Dobby Road Album", by Gail, Pippin and Lilac

6.  Best filk of a Rock & Roll song written before 1980:
    "Mr. Black, You Made a Fine Marauder" by Tann

7.  Best filk of a Rock & Roll song written 1980 or later:
    "Immaterial Girl", by CMC

8.  Best filk of a tune not known to the listener:
    TIE!
    "The Rat That Got Away", by CMC  and
    "Cruel, Cruel Incredulous Men", by Haggridd

9.  Best filk of a song nominated by its author, Author's choice:
    "The Ballad of Harry Potter", by Gail

10. Best filk, best choice of vehicle:
    TIE!
    "Azkaban", by CMC  and
    "Harry Potter and the Declaration Of Independence: Songs From the 
    Musical 1776", by Haggridd

11. Best filk of a Christmas song:
    "The Nativity Filks", by Melody and Pip

12. Best filk of a Disney song:
    Superbureaucraticmagicaladministration", by CMC

13. Best filk of a Tom lehrer song:
    "Torturing Muggles In the Dark", by Mariner

14. Best filk of a song that relates to HP fandom:
    TIE!
    "It's a Book", by Marina  and
    "Let's hold the Fanfic Off", by Pippin

15. Best dramatization of a scene from canon in a serious fashion:
    "Cedric Diggory Guy", by Stefan

16. Best dramatization of a scene from canon in a humorous fashion:
    TIE!
    "If You'd Just Let me Explain", by Pippin and
    "One More Handshake", by Mariner

Congratulations to all the category winners.  They will all be 
contacted shortly by e-mail to determine whether they will be at 
Nimbus 2003 to receive your Pickled Toad award in person, or, if not, 
how they wish to have their awards sent.

Please everybody vote for the best filk of the year on the new poll 
of all the category winners.  This poll will only run for two weeks, 
in order to have a Best Filk of the Year in time for Nimbus 2003.

Thank you all for your participation in making the Pickled toad 
awards a reality.

Haggridd