This award is for the best, most intriguing, sense making, imaginative, credible...anything that makes you think "what a great plot!" Thank you Nesciri for suggesting this category!
The story must be done, unfinished stories will be rewarded next year!

And the nominees are:

Author and story
Nominator and motivation

Kathleen

When Shadows Fade

at Riders Coming! and FanFiction.Net


 

*Bright
I gotta admit, when Nesciri suggested this category I got me to thinking - I am not too bright he he. Then it hit me like a ton of bricks! And I knew that I had to nominate this story.
Kathleen draws a multi-layered storyline, it involves the riders' past history, their current lives and the bonds that were formed are now tested. Their relationships are weighed in face of the hard times that this story describes - the tension is followed through to the end, never faltering. There is not one hole in this plot. And it leaves me wondering at the last scene, not serving me all the answers. Just like I like it.

Kirsten

Shadow of Intrigue

at The Young Riders Saddlin' Station

Aimee
Wow, this story goes back a really long time. I remember the first time I met Kirsten, I was staying at her house for a couple days, and we got to talking about our fan fic, and she told me she was planning this story. I was excited about it from the very first moment, and I've loved seeing how she's carried out her original idea (even if it did take three years!) Kirst took such an original idea and carried it out perfectly.

Laney

Prodigal Sons

at PonnyExpressen

*Bright
Laney had me doubting and eating my nails, suffering and thinking - how how how? Then she brings it home perfectly. Bravo!

Kim R

Home Fires

at PonnyExpressen

*Bright
Balances perfectly on the rim of utter despair - without ever going over and becoming too hard to handle. It is a story you read with trepidation - never quite sure how the story will turn, or how much more pain you can take. And that's what makes it the perfect plot - one that keeps you glued to the screen. Needing more, needing to know.

Charla
Like a military march, this fanfic moves at a steady pace,
yet keeps the fearful beat of a soldier's heart and
the anxious worry of a wife at home in the reader's
mind. The story turns and twists, often unexpectedly,
but brings the reader to a definite and satisfying
end.

Alison
Absolutely loved this story. Thought Kim did a fantastic job bringing the Civil War to light. I was so inspired I have bought books regarding the Americal Civil War to learn more.

RedEye

Danger on the Overland Trail

at Home Station

*Bright
This is a classic build of a western story. And the humor spices it up perfectly.