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

Sameena

Thursday's Child

at Ponnyexpressen and Writers Ranch

Debbie
Someone named Hickok is killed but it isn't Jimmy. He goes back to his express family with a chip on his shoulder the size of Nebraska Territory. He gets on everyone's wrong side but it takes a beautiful woman and her daughter to make him start coming around to become the Jimmy we know and love. But think he can just fall in love? Nooo! There's one thing after another happening to Jimmy and Abby in the course of finding true love and her daughter Claudia wraps him easily around her finger. Just when I thought I had things figured out and saw some happiness coming to these three, Sameena would throw a curveball in that was totally unexpected. Great job!

Laney

Happily Ever After

at Ponnyexpressen

*bright
It broke my heart and still made me smile at the end. This must be one of the hadest subject matters to try your hand at and Laney mastered it skilfully without losing pace.