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24.5.2010 More updates (yeah I know it's a long time coming)  We've just got the top awards to finalize and I've started on the award templates already. Still on course for getting these posted before the end of the month. Also I'll be running some challenge ideas past co-judge Shona for the summer, so there'll be news on that too.

 15.5.2010 We're in the second phase of judging, the quality of the entries is making this round so difficult. Sorry it has taken so long but Andrea was held up due to a fan  Convention this month. Thanks for all your patience. The awards will be up before the end of the month.

9.4.2010 We've started watching the vids - It will take us a while so please bear with us. I've had a couple of requests for codes so I have made some new ones. If anyone else wants a particular show just tag. I leave the codes here and on the code page here

1.4.2010 And the round closes with a total of 49 submissions.  Thank you to everyone.  We will now start downloading the last of the entries and judging will begin.  It is going to take some time, as soon as I have some idea of when awards will be posted I will update.

23.3.2010 Another two nominees added.  We are in our final week for accepting nominations as the round closes 31st March - so if you are thinking of submitting,  please do!

16.3.2010 - Two more nominees posted. Thank you Rhoboat and Valika

12.3.2010 Four more nominations posted, sorry for the delay I was having issues with the website hosting.

4.3.2010 Again three more nominees posted, thanks to Strawberrybisque, Absrip and Aruna7.  If you're still undecided about entering,  then I should mention that the next normal round probably won't be open until Autumn this year. 

28.2.10 -Three more nominees added, thanks to Artanis, Sunnsea and Mazza.

22.2.2010.  More submissions posted.  If you sent one in and don't see it, please resubmit.

17.2.2010 - The first batch of submissions are now posted.  Thank you everyone,  good to see new vidders as well as our regulars.  The form is sporadically going into the spam filter (for reasons that escape me) so please continue to tag after submitting.  Just so you know, this round will close 31st March 2010.  Keep submitting folks!

15.2.2010 Round 15 is now open for submissions. We're still using the Freedback form so if everyone could tag when they submit then we can keep a check on any that may go astray. Remember  to read the rules. It's possible that a couple of viewer choice polls will be added to each round,  now that there are only two a year. I will update soon.

4.2.2010  New affiliate - why not check them out while you are waiting for the next round to open here ?   The layout will be updated shortly and details of the new  round will be posted.

7.1.10 A little later than I'd hoped (the awards got snowed in...) The Special Theme Round awards are now posted. Congratulations to everyone, we had fun watching these!.  Also please check out our new affiliate - Bound To Happen Awards.   And finally this years contest is open at The Fourth Wall, if you are looking to submit your best vid of 2009. 

Our next Normal round won't open until Mid February, so please don't submit until you see the announcement. ( Aurora I have your entry so I will hang on to that for this forthcoming round).  

23.12.09 Viewers Choice poll has now been added to the Special Theme Round page here. Please vote for your favourite. The Poll will close on 2.01.2010

20.12.09 The special Theme Round is now closed, thank you to everyone who sent in an entry. If you don't see your submission please let me know. I will try to get judges awards up before New Year - A poll for Viewers choice will be posted shortly.

30.11.09 The entries I have received so far are now updated. I hope we get more, so I shall be promoting the competition around the place. If you know any vidders who may be interested please point them this-away!

12.11.09 Although the form works for me, I'm not entirely convinced so I have temporarily set up a 'freedback' form to use.  Any problems please tag.  We've 3 submissions so far which I will update shortly - love to have more :)

9.11.09 Theme layout is up. I would appreciate a tag once you have submitted - I'm checking that the form is working,  - Please spread the news about the competition - You can use the codes below. If we get enough entries I'll make 'vote for' banners for the polls. 

8.11.09 - Special Theme round is Open!!   'Tis the Season'    Send in those Seasonal vids, full details here.  .  I shall be back to put up the new layout and also we have a new affiliate - Check out Destiny's site

23.10.09 I shall have more information on the special round for you all shortly, so please check back later.   To enable better understanding of how we arrive at our decisions check out the FAQ on judging criteria. They are pretty straightforward, if anyone feels they need further clarification on these,  I'll happily answer questions but use the contact email and not the tag board.  And would just like to state the following : The editing program used is irrelevant to us at AvA,  that's why we don't mention it in the rules/entry form  and after this comment won't again. It is the vid we are judging, in our time spent watching vids over the last 6 or 7 years, we've seen masterpieces created by the most basic of programs and disasters from the very sophisticated.   It is a tough competition here and you should carefully consider this when making your submission.   After the next Special Round the Art of Vidding Awards will move to just two normal rounds a year, in Spring and Autumn. More information on that nearer the time.

20.10.09 Finally the winners for Round 14 are announced. Once again the vids in this round were of a very high standard, narrowing these down to just the top two (and sometimes three) for each category  was difficult.  Increasingly we find submissions that may  have previously won a category, miss out even on the Special Awards of Merit. We hope you all feel that this quality of submissions makes the awards even more worth while, just  take  into consideration the intense competition and mind blowing  talent on show here in each round.   We (the judges) enjoy watching each and every entry we receive at the Art of Vidding Awards and hope you will continue to participate in future rounds.   And neatly segued into news about the next round... its a Special theme round  'Holiday Season'  (because it will include more than just Christmas or Yuletide/Hanukkah etc ).  I will be giving more details in the next day or two and just like the decorations going up early in the shops,  the layout at Art of Vidding Awards will be updated around Mid November ready for entries.    

19.10.09 Award banners are nearly finished - I would hope to have them posted tonight or tomorrow.

10.10.09 Finalizing the judging. I will be starting on the awards this weekend,  when I get close to posting them I'll let you all know. Please don't submit yet,  there's plans for a Special Round that I will tell you about when the awards are posted.

30.9.09 Just finished short listing the entries in this round. It's taking a long time but you only have yourselves to blame by submitting such excellent vids.  New award site affiliate, Always Holding On Awards run by Mariana.

19.09.09  Just to tell you about a new competition over at Vision in Video Awards - If you have a vid you think will fit then do submit.  Strawberrybisque is waiting for your vids!

13.09.09 Still in the first phase of judging - this round will probably take a while. In the meantime please check out an new award site affiliate - 'Viva' Visions in Video  Awards - There's an Halloween Special Round currently open.

24.08.09 And Round 14 closes with the last two submissions. We have 36 to judge. I'll update on our progress shortly.

22.08.09 Back from my summer holiday and I have updated all the nominations received so far. If yours is not listed please let me know and also resubmit.  Round closes tomorrow night.

6.8.09 The first batch of nominations are posted - Fifteen so far and thank you to everyone who has sent one in, some interesting fandoms so it's looking good. I will not be updating now for two weeks at least - please tag to let me know if you have sent something in and if your entry is not listed now, please resubmit.  See you all soon.

4.8.09 Well events just conspired to delay the making of awards,  so apologies for the very long wait this round. They are now posted  - Congratulations to all , a very competitive round and a broad range of fandoms.  Round 14 is now open for submissions (read the rules please!) - I will be back in a couple of days to post submissions received so far and update the layout,  but then I will be away until 22nd August. This round will close on the 23rd August so it is best if you can get your entries in as soon as possible.  Please note from the last round -  Asharan that your vid download file appeared to be corrupted as it stopped midplay. Feel free to re-enter in the new round once you've fixed it as it was not judged.

 13.7.09 We've started making awards.  Won't be too long now.

4.7.09  We are in the 2nd phase of judging for this round.  Awards should be up before the end of the month, I'll update again once we start making the banners. Please hold submissions.

9.06.09 Currently downloading the vids for judging . All normal round awards from Rd1 through 6 have been taken offline. You can still see the results in the Archive section, but the award banners are not shown. If anyone has forgotten to save their copy just tag and I'll email it.  Also new Award Site Affiliate:

5.06.09 New Affiliate Lizzie's Award site. Thanks for the Tags Mariana & Lena.

2.06.09 Ok -Round Thirteen is closed with 39 Nominations, please hold further submissions. The last two nominations  are pending tags from Mariana and Lena. I will start download the entries and check for link back codes. We have lots of new vidders, some welcome familiar faces and a great diversity of TV and Movie fandoms -  Looks to be a great round. Thank you everyone for submitting.  Once we start judging we'll have a better idea of when we expect to post awards.

22.05.09 Added two more nominations. I will be away for a week so please keep sending in the vids - I will do the final update when I return so feel free to tag me but I may not be able to reply until then.  Remember the Round Closes on 1st June.

19.5.09 More nominations added (and one correction for Crystal) We're at 22, so that's a great start. Thank you.

17.05.09 - Thank you everyone. The first eighteen nominations are up. The round will close on the 1st June. Any questions please leave a tag.

16.05.09 - Round Thirteen is now open. The big change is that  the AvA's are now a Multi fandom Vidding contest. We will accept any fan vid with source from TV, Movie & Animation fandoms  (there is a note regarding one particular genre in the rules so please read) There have also been changes to the categories that may be awarded and check for the new  code phrase. New Codes for linking are also available and I will take code requests.  Please read the rules before submitting.

13.5.09 Finally they are posted! The Judged Awards for the Best of The Best (the return) Round are now up.  Over 60 awards in total. Extremely difficult to select winners and places. If you didn't get anything please don't feel bad  - you still were all winners. The next round will open shortly and there will be lots of changes, please wait until I post the new layout, rules and guidelines. Also please note that all award banners  from Round 1 through to 6 will be removed from the site in the next week, there will still be a list of the results, but no banners. Take the opportunity to save them, it's all part of a cleanup.

17.04.09   *drum roll*  The awards for the Viewers Choice Polls are posted. There's over fifty awards - some categories were very tight so there are ties and such. Remember to check both pages.   The judges are still deliberating over their decisions and as I am at a Convention  next weekend the final awards won't be up until after that. Once the BOTB is finished  there will then be an announcement about the Art of Vidding Awards. Please still hold submissions. Also new affiliate Maddy Awards

7.4.09  Polls are closed for the Viewers Choice Awards. Thank you to everyone who voted.

26.03.09 - Please continue to vote - polls will close on 6th April.  Also welcome to a new affiliate - Creative Junkyard Awards - Their first round is open so pop over and have a look.

6.3.09  Viewers Choice Voting starts.

5.3.09 - Ok so I have set up the polls ready for the 'Viewers Choice' voting. These will open on 6.3.09, that gives you a  day or so to post codes and generally encourage people to come here and vote for their favourites.  The polls will close on 6th April 09.  We will also be judging as the polls are underway.

27.02.09 Nominations for the Best of the Best round (the return) are finally posted - there's  a link above and also in the side bar to the left with FAQ's.   Briefly - there will be judged awards for each category and soon polls will open for 'Viewers Choice ' voting.  There are plenty of codes for you to use on your own sites, last time I made personalized vidder ones - if anyone wants one with their own name tag me please.  Also as before, there are some surprise wildcard selections - if you don't want your vid included or want to change your link please tag or contact me.  I will accept streaming links for this round.  Polls will open soon so grab your code and pass the word around. 

 7.02.09 Winners for Round 12 are posted!!  The overall standard was exceptionally high this round.  With such intense competition many vids that possibly would have gained category awards in previous rounds were pipped to the winning post. Please do not be discouraged, we enjoy all the submissions we see here and hope that everyone continues to participate. The Best of the Best Round (The return) starts now and in a day or so I will be uploading information on the entries, rules and polls. Hold all submissions please -  major changes to the competition at the Art of Vidding Awards will be announced after the Best of The Best. Finally a new affiliate - check out the site!

02.02.09 We are in the final stages of judging and I have started making awards. Thanks for being patient everyone. It's been a particularly tricky round -no easy decisions this time.  New affiliate award Site to announce - Kevin is looking for submissions over at Angel's Destiny Awards.

 6.01.09 At last the Reviews from Round 10 and Round 11 are now posted. To be fair, Shona had written her Rd11 reviews a long time ago - I just wanted to post them all at the same time. Please remember not to submit right now. Once we've finished judging Rd12 - the next round is another BOTB.  Also a 'pimp' for this years Round over at Fourth Wall - Annual Vidding Award site run by  Obsessive24 and Bradcpu. Why not call in and submit your best work of 2008? 

And finally new affiliate to the AvA's - Amy's site  'A Delicate Flower Awards' - click the code below

. 2.12.08 Ok,  final submissions are posted and Round 12 is closed. Judging will probably start after Christmas. Please don't submit now as the next round will be the Best of The Best with viewers polls and judged awards.   In the meantime we hit our 2nd anniversary earlier this month at 'The Art Of Vidding Awards' so to celebrate we (Shona and me ) decided to look back at the years submissions and pick our favourites from all those.  Congratulations here are the Anniversary Awards !

15.12.08 Well that wasn't nice. My system has been rebuilt and we're back to normal. I've added three more submissions thanks and we're at 27 for this last round.  The surprises have also been delayed somewhat but I think there may be something appearing in a couple of days or so. Just a reminder that the round closes on the 20th (Saturday).

4.12.08 More submissions posted -we're up to 24 already.  Thank you everyone - this round is looking great.  Can you believe it? we've being going for 2 years at AvA.  I may be back in a couple of days with some Anniversary surprises.

1.12.08 Later that same day...... I've updated the submissions. Thanks to all those vidders. We have 15 so far but you know us We want more and it's the time of year to be generous so give us your vids!!  By the way if you have sent one in and don't see it listed then please tag.

 1.12.08 New layout is up for Round 12.  I have Shona's reviews for Round 11 but I won't post these until I have done mine. This round will close on 20th December but expect awards to be up sometime in January. I do have around 12 submissions so far to update, I may get these  added tonight if all goes well.  As this is the last normal round before the next BOTB you may want to take this chance to submit.

21.11.08 - Guess what?  Yes, it took a while - Winners are up. Please feel free to submit for Round 12. Check the rules though, the code phrase might have changed.   I'll be back in a day with reviews and of details of the last normal round before the Best of The Best (Anniversary) Round.

17.11.08 -I've started making awards - thanks to everyone for being patient.   New affiliate:

16.10.08  Judging is underway - this round is going to take some time.  It will be likely that the awards won't be up until November but we'll do our best. In the meantime if you want to submit in another multifandom awards site check out MMVA - Mjade is back from hiatus and taking entries now.  Go on, you know you want to.....

27.09.08 Final two submission are up (thanks to BuffyAnn and Maichan)  and the round is closed. This looks to be a great round everyone.  I'll be able to give you some idea of when to expect  Awards  once I've started the first phase of judging.

24.09.08 Another batch of submissions added. Please remember to check the rules before submitting! thanks.

19.09.08  A few more added. There might be a problem for some with the submission form so if you could tag after sending one in while I monitor it. Thanks.  Exactly one week left before the round closes.

17.09.08  Two more added - thank you.

14.09.08 More submissions added - we're at 17 now, just two weeks left to submit .......

9.9.08 Entries updated, thanks for those. Could do with some more of course.

5.09.08 - Oh look an update and a new layout. We've kicked off with 8 nominations. Thanks to everyone who has submitted so far, come on let's have some more!

 2.09.08 I hope you guys are all waiting for an announcement that the new round is open, otherwise I think this may be a very quick one to judge.  Please send in your submissions, the round will shut on 26.9.08 irrespective of number of entries. I will update the layout with the first batch of nominations.  New code word so please check the rules.

1.07.08 Winners  are announced! The standard of entries was excellent, making judging  difficult. As a result there are ties with some awards. Of the 33 nominations, 21 Vids were given an award of some kind.   Competition in the Character, Relationship and Editing  categories was particularly intense and, for the first time ever, we have a two Best Video Awards.  Both vids, I felt were  very different but equally deserving. Reviews will be along soon (quicker than the last ones hopefully). And onto some news  about Art of Vidding Awards.  We now begin our summer hiatus until the 1st September '08.  Please don't submit anything, it will be deleted.  Once we reopen in September there will be two more rounds before we have another Best of The Best Round. Hopefully in the same/similar  format as before with judging and choice polls.  After that I will have decided what changes I want to make the format of the competition,  mainly focusing on eligible fandoms and the frequency of the rounds.   I would like to continue in some form or other, but will be giving it serious consideration over the next few months.  Any comments on this or the awards please use the tag or contact email - I'm interested in what you all think.

29.06.08 -Don't all fall off your chairs. The reviews (sorry for their brevity) are now posted for Round 9. Also an extra something for Dragonchic, KiKi_Miserychic and Lsketch42 from Round 9 - the Best Character Awards that were not uploaded when the awards were first announced are now up! Sorry for the oversight, I don't think I missed any others. Still on course to post Round 10 awards tomorrow.....

27.06.08 -I'm just agonizing over the last few categories and started on the award making.  You certainly all made it difficult for me this month.  Another update soon.

21.6.08 First phase of judging is done.  I'm working solo this round - Hope to have awards up by the end of the month latest.

7.6.08 Round Ten is closed with 33 submissions - thanks everyone. Judging starts now, I'll keep you updated on our progress and when we hope to post awards.

1.6.08 - Nominations updated - we are now up to 29.  Remember the round closes this Friday 12am GMT.

20.05.08 Winners are posted for the Special Theme Round - We had just a few entries but all were great fun to watch, so thanks to those of you who took part. One more regular nomination added.  

18.05.08 - We're up to 20 Nominees so far. Round 10 will close 6th June.. 

14.05.08 More submissions added.   Amongst them 2 Sarah Connor Chronicles Vids which is great.  Thank you to everyone who has submitted!

12.05.08 Later that same night. There are more codes featuring the latest fandoms - Pushing Daisies, Chuck and Sarah Connor Chronicles. If you want to use them upload them to your own server please.

12.05.08 New Layout -  I felt like a spy theme so it's Chuck & Alias.  Reviews are half done (what a slacker I am) and the first batch of nominees are up. Bit of a slow start this round is everyone napping or just submitted out?

8.05.08 - Normal Round 10 is open for submissions.  I won't put up nominations until I have a new layout  & reviews done. This will take a couple of days but you can still send in your entries in the meantime.  Don't forget to read the rules.

1.05.08 Special Theme Round Is now closed!  It will probably take a couple of weeks for judging and award making.  Normal Round 10 will open on Tuesday 6th May and I will be back just after that  with a new layout, the extremely late reviews for Rd 9  and any other updates. Also a new fandom has been added to the list - Sarah Connor Chronicles.

30.04.08 - Another special theme entry added - Thanks Dragonchic!   Round closes tomorrow 1.5.08.

24.04.08 Another theme entry added - Thanks to Obsessive24.  Just a week to get them in!  When this closes I will announce the start date of the next normal round.

18.04.08  One more entry added to the theme Round, thanks to Victoria -  This round closes end of the month and we would love more entries please!

3.04.08 The first few nominations for our Special Theme Round are posted. Thanks to those vidders who have submitted.  We would love more :)

1.04.08  Phew - Awards posted!  Last minute deliberations but they are done.  Congratulations to the winners and well done to everyone who took part this round, making it extremely difficult for the judges.  Reviews will appear some time very soon.  We have a few nominations for the Special Theme Round to post too but  would love to get some more.  The next normal round will not open until we have closed the nominations for the Special Theme - a new layout will hopefully appear and we may update the fandom list too.

31.03.08 The top two awards are left to make - can't see them being done by tonight - I'm old and beauty sleep is needed. Come back tomorrow and they should all be up then :)

30.03.08 Award Making is in progress.  Hopefully posted late tomorrow night and reviews a little later.  Also we would love some Theme Nominations!

25.3.08 We're kind of in the final phase of judging right now, it's not right to rush it with so many excellent nominations in this round.  So whilst you're all out there twiddling your thumbs I thought I would start another Special Theme Round, we've not had one of those since 'forever' ?. Anything animated (non live) TV or movies. For more information click the banner below.

17.03.08 Yes - It's taken us all this time just to do the first cuts this round.  Did we mention difficult? Anyhow hoping to still get done by the end of the Month. Details of the next special round will be announced Easter Time.

02.03.08 Round 9 is now closed with 45 nominations. We've started on the first phase of judging and our initial impressions are that it's going to be another truly excellent round. With that in mind we aren't  going to be able to get awards out much before the end of March. Will keep you all posted on our progress though and our next round will be another special theme one - it's been a while since we had one of those.

26.02.08 More nominations added. Don't forget we close Saturday 1st March Midnight GMT.

19.02.08 Five more nominations added. Please remember this rounds 'rule' phrase, and don't forget when linking back, to upload the code to your own server- thanks

11.02.08 More nominees added. We're up to 34 now which is great, thank you.

7.02.08 Nominees are updated. Again thanks everyone, including those new vidders entering for the first time, looks like another great round in making. Closing Date for this round will be 1st March.

3.02.08 Sorry for the ridiculously long wait but reviews for the Best Video, RU & Judges choice are now up here.  The first batch of nominations are posted too, thanks for all those submissions!  And finally a new affiliate  that you all should check out - Obsessive24 & Bradcpu's Annual Awards Site - The 4th Wall.

1.02.08 Round Nine is open!.  Check the rules, you'll see why and then send in those nominations. This round's Banner is Firefly meets Deadwood  so you get  Firewood or Deadfly take your pick.  I am a slacker with the reviews - they will be posted before the first batch of nominations, promise! New Award Site affiliate Hopeless Romantic Awards see image and check it out.

4.1.08 - Winners are announced!  So we get to the end of another wonderful round at the Art of Vidding Awards.  We've been going now for a year and the quality of nominations has improved with every round. Thank you to all   who have regularly submitted your work throughout the year - I really appreciate your support of this Award site, and welcome to all the new vidders in these last few rounds. A tightly matched contest this time so there are a few joint awards, shared amongst sixteen vids.  I will not be opening the next round until 1st February as I have some vid bunnies of my own that need taking round the back to be shot, and I may get the chance to do some other fandom things too . Of course, if I get twitchy and decide to open earlier, you will all be the first to hear about it. Please don't send in submissions, they'll be deleted. Reviews will be up in a couple of days (or sooner).

1.1.08 Happy New Year everyone! Well, you made judging tough for me again, some superb, entertaining vids in this round so there will be joint placings  in some categories. I am now working on awards so allow a few days as I'd like them to be real 'purty'.

30.12.07 Well I think we can safely say the end of the year was overly optimistic.... The first phase of judging is done though, so please don't despair. Real life was a lot busier than I expected so it has pushed things out a little.  First week of January I hope for the awards. I'll keep you all informed. Happy New Year to you all!  (I'll get back to it right away)

15.12.07  Final nomination has been added and the round is now closed for judging.  I hope to have awards posted before the end of the year, I will of course keep you all updated. Please, no submissions until I announce the next round.

12.12.07 Two more nominations added - please remember the rules!   Two more days to go before the round closes....

2.12.07 Three more nominations added.

26.11.07 More nominations added to the list.  Thanks everyone. I am considering bringing forward the closing date. If anyone is actually making a video for this round and is counting on the 14th please tag or contact me.  I'll keep you all informed.

20.11.07 Three more nominations added. Nice to see some of the latest fandoms being entered  and  new vidders taking part too.

14.11.07 - New layout up and nominations updated.  It's rather bright and cheery and I will do some more codes for the new fandoms soon.

13.11.07 The Reviews for the Best Video, Video RU & Judges Choices are up.  Sorry it took so long. I have also added some more nominations. It's shaping up to be another corker of a round.  New layout is in progress (well I am thinking about what to do....) so you'll see that sooner rather than later I would hope.

10.11.07 Nominees updated. Reviews are still due, I haven't forgotten. Back soon with a new layout, please note this round will close 14th December.

6.11.07 Winners for Round Seven are posted.  What an astonishing round, are we still judging the 'best of'?  It certainly felt like it.  If you didn't win an award this time please don't be discouraged, the competition was very fierce - some categories unbelievably so,  as a result there are joint placings again.   Reviews should be up very soon.  The new round is now open and you will see I have added a few more shows to the Fandom list.  Any submissions made before the round opened have been zapped so you'll need to read the rules & resubmit!

5.11.07 - Award Making/ Review Writing  in progress

29.10.07 First phase of judging is done. The nominations in this round are of such a high standard that we will really be taking our time during the judging period.  I think it is fair to say that awards should be up first week November. I'll keep you all informed.

20.10.07. Round 7 is now closed with one final nomination added. Aiming for the end of the month for awards,  please do not submit until the new round is open - any I get will be deleted. Judging will now start. New affiliate 'Spotted Cat Awards' added see the affiliates page.

17.10.07 This round will close at Midnight (GMT) Friday 19th October. Time to get those last minute submissions in.....

9.10.07Nominations updated. We're at 45 - thank you everyone. Ten more days and then the round is closed.

3.10.07 Later that evening - LadyM4ryjane - I've now found your submission. It's been added!

3.10.07 Five more nominations added, thanks to everyone.  Great to see the new fandoms and new Vidders taking part.

29.09.07 Nominees updated. Room for more......

26.09.07 - Viewers Choice Banners & results are now posted.  Shona has done an amazing job on the awards click here to see how the votes were cast .... Also a new Award Site Affiliate

25.09.07 More nominees added. We're up to 33 now - wonderful and keep them coming. This round will close on October 19th.

24.09.07 The first batch of nominations are up for Round 7- We're off to a great start with 26 and I do have another 7 to add later tonight.

19.09.07 - The new round is now open and look NEW FANDOMS! - They are marked in CYAN above (so they are easier to spot) and codes for these are available here. We're very excited about adding these and can't wait to see what you all come up with.  Please all read the rules and FAQ's there have been lots of changes.  Viewers Choice Awards are taking a little longer than we hoped but we are aiming for this weekend. New affiliate to Art of Vidding Awards is Nikki's site - 'Mouth of Madness' do go check it out.  

 11.09.07 Awards for the Best of The Best Round are now up!  We still have the Viewers Choice Poll results to announce along with those award banners, so there more goodies are on their way.  Congratulations to all and check back soon for the results from the Polls.  In a couple of days I shall be updating rules, fandoms and submission form ready for the next round.

31.08.07 Polls are now closed. Thank you to everyone who voted. Look for awards and results sometime next week.

27.08.07 The Polls close on Friday 31st 12.00pm GMT - So far over 136 different voters have sent in their choices - All I can say is some of the results are incredibly close.  Shona & I are on our 2nd phase of judging,  as a rule we think alike and I put that down to us both having great minds. At the moment I still see us being able to get the results in and awards posted in the first week of September.  Then there will be amendments to the rules & fandoms and we start all over again.  I will keep you informed. 

3.08.07 Finally I hear you say! -  Special Theme Round Four Winners are now posted. A fantastic range of movies amongst our 24 nominations.  Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all who took part. I will be back sometime soon with an update on the polls for our Best of Round.  Remember to keep promoting your vids and get those votes in.

17.07.07 I had hoped to have the Special Theme Round awards posted before I go away.  But we are still deliberating so, instead of rushing the award process I will get them done on my return. They will definitely be up by the beginning of August. Thanks for your patience everyone.  And please, no submissions until the Best of Round is complete.

14.07.07 - The Polls for the 'Best of the Best' Round are now open.  Please only vote once - there are instructions on the page.  They will stay open until 31st August, so you have plenty of time to watch the vids and then make your decisions.  Use the banners here to promote this round or the personalized ones which you should have all received by now (Buanann & Wolfpup your emails may have bounced please tag me & I will resend your banners) .  If all goes well awards and results will be announced 1st week September and then we will start it  all over  again (yay!)   

09.07.07 The Best of the Best Nominees are now posted! To find out about voting, nominees and prizes please go here.   More reviews posted for Winners & RU from Rd6 by Shona & myself.  I have disabled the submit page - we won't be taking normal submissions until this 'Best of' round is complete, all the rules and categories will be changing anyway. 

3.07.07 My reviews for Rd6 category winners are posted. Shona's will follow shortly. I hope to be able to post the list of nominees in the Best of The Best Round very soon.

2.07.07 Two more last minute submissions to the Special Theme Round which is now CLOSED!!  Thanks everyone. Dayln please send us  your email addy  thanks. At the moment the best guess is that awards will be up before 19th July, but I will keep you posted on progress.  Reviews for Category winners in Normal Rd 6 are nearly done - check tomorrow for those.  If you are looking for somewhere to submit whilst we are running our 'Best of' round can I recommend 'Friendly Neighbourhood Video Awards' - run by the talented Dragonchic - she has a great tournament lined up for her anniversary round, go and check it out! 

30.06.07 Later that same day.....  Round Six Winners announced! Seriously one of the tightest rounds yet here at AvA's - So much that in the Editing & Hunter Categories there were five contenders at the very last stage of judging.  Some wonderful vids this round, many fandoms well represented and it meant that a wapping  58 awards of various kinds have been given to 27 entries. We have joint awards in six categories and extra judge's choices. Reviews follow shortly.   The next round will be 'best of the best' - taking winners from all previous six rounds and some deserving wild card entries. There will be some judging and also we hope a couple of polls. More on that in a couple of days when we update everything.  After this it's all change and there will be a new format to judging and categories will be altered. So no submission to normal rounds please until further notice. 

30.06.07 Two more Theme Nominations added. I will check my inbox tomorrow morning and after that the Special Theme Round will be closed.  Back later today with more updates..... Also welcome to new affiliate. Villainous Imagination Awards.

22.06.07 Not only gnashing of teeth but rending of garments, and all kinds of angst in the judging process this month.  We are kind of into the second phase of our judging process and I think it's fair to say this is the tightest and toughest round yet . The standard of all the entries is such that there will no doubt be ties and extra awards this month. More codes  added to include the new fandoms and they can now be found on a new page. Theme nominations updated  

17.06.07 Well done everyone - we have 45 nominations and Round Six is closed. There has already been  gnashing of teeth at having to choose from the awesome selection this month, and lots of new vidders too which always makes for an interesting round.  It's gonna be a real 'doosie'. Hopefully the awards will be posted at the end of the month.  The Movie nominations are still coming in too and I am very excited about watching those - the special round will close on 30th June.   Please do not send in any more normal round nominations. It's the 'Best of' next and we will let you know soon about the finalists, polls, banners and real prizes! .

11.06.07 More nominations added - thanks folks - keep them coming in. 

9.06.07 Normal Round and Theme nominations now updated. And welcome  new affiliate - Black Widow Awards!

07.06.07 NEW LAYOUT BANNER - Thanks Sho another great one! Special Theme Round 4 is Now open. Its a broad theme so I think it will give everyone a chance to enter something. I will advise the closing date for the Special Round very soon.

05.06.07 Reviews are now posted - sorry for the delay and I have also added a few more nominations, please keep sending them in.  More tomorrow and hopefully a new layout soonish. 

03.06.07 First batch of nominations are posted. This round will close 17th June. I hope to get some reviews up shortly along with a new layout, remember this is the last round where you can pick your categories. Also the code phrase has changed. Please continue to submit.  I may also have a brief Special Theme Round opening in a couple of days so check back.

24.05.07 Phew ! Both ends of the candle and all the midnight oil burnt and the awards are done! Of the 40 entries 18 won an award of some kind, no entries will be carried over.   Round Six will be the last round before our 'Best of the Best' and also  the final round where you choose your categories, we will let you know about the changes in judging and the new categories in which awards will be given after the Best of The Best round.  I hope to publish reviews after June 3rd.  Two new fandoms added BSG - (Season One only at the moment) and Alias.  ROUND SIX IS NOW OPEN - Please submit but note there will be no updates until after 3rd June as I am away. Finally welcome to two new Award Site Affiliates -

 19.05.07 Just an update with judging progress, stage one is done - we've done a fair bit of category shuffling  this round. We will probably finalise places this weekend and the plan is to have awards posted before Thursday 24th May. That's the plan and you know what they say about the best laid plans.  Once awards are posted then the next round will open.

5.05.07 Round Five is now closed - 40 entries altogether.  Judging starts & I will confirm shortly when I  are expect to post awards.

1.05.07 Two more nominations. Just three more days before the round closes, so get your submissions in!  Haven't yet decided a theme for the next Special Round but will announce something after Rd5 closes.

29.04.07 Special Theme Round 3 Winners are posted!  Not a huge number of entries but some real excellent vids and all enjoyable. Hope you like the awards. Some more nominations added to the normal round.

25.04.07 Two more normal round nominees added - Please continue to submit !   I have also added a few more codes, some more on their way. Make sure you upload these to your own server, thanks

21.04.07  New Layout and Banner for Round 5 - Thanks to Shona who made this one, shiny ain't it?  3 more nominations added to the normal round 5  and  a new affiliate 'Driver Picks the Music Video Awards'  run by Brighette and Wolfpup so go check them out.  Special Theme Round awards should be up by the 30th April latest - we are still judging.

17.04.07 Special Theme Round 3 is now closed.  Judging will begin. I'll update shortly giving you all some idea of when Awards will be posted. Please continue to submit for the normal round.

15.04.07 Two more nominations added. The theme round will also close tonight so you have a last chance to submit there.

9.04.07 Updated nominations. Three more for the normal round and another one for the Special Theme.

5.04.07 First batch of nominations are now up. Including the carried forwards we have 24 - Also one more added to the theme round.  If you don't see your submission please tag or email me.  New layout/banner soon.

31.03.07 Winners of Round Four are announced!  A high calibre of fanvids with an exceptional Best Video Winner. We had a chance to meet up at a Firefly convention to do our final stage of judging, (thanks to Shona & her laptop) into the small hours of the morning - so much more fun than doing the Macarena we can assure you.  We also had the chance to discuss the competition, it's range of fandoms, rules and frequency and have come up with some changes. The main rounds will now have no limit on the number of entries but will run over a period of eight weeks. A cut off date will be announced early on so that everyone is aware of when submissions must be made.  The categories you select will be seen as 'suggestions' and we will be moving vids around much more, it's possible that next round will see more changes to the categories. We have decided for the time being to continue with selected fandoms only, however as soon as S1 of 'Heroes' has broadcast in full  in the UK we shall be adding that fandom.    The judges were Andrea & Shona , Andrea made the awards with Shona pitching in to help with the animations - thanks again Sho .   One more theme nomination has also been added.  Please read the rules before submitting on the 1st April.

26.03.07 Two more theme Nominations added. Thanks to Elion & SpikeJem. We've plenty of time so please keep them coming in.  And just a reminder to everyone - Please upload Awards and Codes to your own server and don't link directly to the images here, thanks.

22.03.07 One more Theme Nomination added. There is still time to submit so pleased keep sending them in -  this round will close April 15th.  Judging for Normal Round Four is just about finished.  Welcome to a new affiliate BuffyAnn - 'Path of The Heart Awards' check out her link below.

15.03.07 Two more Special Theme nominations added, thanks - Just one LoTR entry?  I thought there'd be more. Please keep them coming in. We've into the first stage of judging,, Andrea & Shona are the judges this round.

11.03.07 Nominees in both Special & Normal Rounds have been updated.  Judging on the normal round will now begin.

10.03.07 - I have just received the last Normal Round submission so that is now closed. Normal Round 5 will open hopefully on 1st April.  I will update the nominations page  later today. The Special Theme Round is still open, of course.

09.03.07 Just one more place in Normal Round 4 please submit so I can close the round and start watching all those vids!.  Four entries kick off the  Special Theme Round - I am sure there are some vidders out there who have something magical they can submit.

05.03.07 Special Theme Round Three is open!!!   Any TV fandom or Movie where there are Wizards, Witches and magic. So that means LoTR trilogy, Harry Potter, Hex, Charmed, Bewitched etc etc you get the idea. If you are not sure if your vid fits then tag or send us an email.  Also Normal Round Four has only 3 spaces left. Strictly first come first served. Please note the next  update will be on  Friday. 

03.03.07 More nominations added we are now at 27 - just another 8 to close the round.

02.03.07 I love that I am busy adding nominations - Thanks and keep them coming. 

1.03.07 Goodness!  We are up to 14 entries already - thanks to everyone.  Fiareynne & Eleni - I have sent you emails about your entries. The wonderful banner was made by Destiny  who will hopefully make the awards this round too, now that's got to be an incentive to submit, as her graphic art is definitely worth having. And look,  we have added NEW FANDOMS to the regular round list.  Now you can also submit, Tru Calling, Dark Angel and Due South Vids.   We have a theme subject decided and I will announce that in a few days.

28.02.07 Round Three Winners are posted, along with Best Video, RU & Judge's Choice reviews. Judges were Shona & Andrea this round. We found that many of the categories were extremely tough this month, however some had sufficient entries to warrant a Winner only. There are no entries to carry forward to next round so we start with a clean slate.  The Best Character category has joint winners & of the 37 nominations, 20 picked up an award of some kind, which we feel reflects the overall high quality of the vids this time.    There is no 'Other Fandom' award as we had enough to give Zeppo, Hunter, Neptune, Tardis  & Browncoat Awards.. Round Four is now open - can I just suggest you look at your categories choices carefully - the Music Use and Drama are always very popular making competition intense in those categories. If you are not sure of the 'fit' in that category just add a note in the comments and we will take a look for you. anyway enough of that, check for a new code phrase & submit away!!

26.02.07 Very final stages of judging are underway.  Some heavily subscribed categories are intensely competitive, and we have shuffled a couple of entries in the category selections. It's probably been the longest judging session to date. Award making is in progress and we should have winners up on 28th Feb. New normal round will commence 1st March.  I haven't decided on the theme round as yet.

14.02.07   Happy Valentine's Day - Special Theme Round 2 Awards are now up. Fantastic vids everyone, it was hard to choose and I hope you like the awards. The next Special Theme Round will not open until Mid March - I will announce the theme nearer the time.  Normal Round Three is now closed - thanks for those last two nominations.

13.02.07 We have completed judging on the Special Theme Round 2 and awards will be up tomorrow. Two more normal nominations added - just 2 to go so I can close the round. I don't know if it's the time of year but we are light on the humour this month - so if you have a humorous vid and where thinking of entering, now is a good time.

10.02.07 Updated again leaving room for just 4 more in this round.  I think it's going to be another awesome selection. I'm mulling over ideas for the next Special Theme which will probably open mid March. We are at the final stages of judging for the 'Love' Round.

08.02.07 Just six more spots left in Normal Round Three. I'd love to be able to close the round soon and start watching all the vids, so if you were thinking of sending something in please go right ahead. I've been 'ooohing, aaahing' and generally snuffling into tissues whilst watching all the smoochie Love vids - it is going to be difficult to short list from such great entries.     

 07.02.07 Special Theme Round Two is now closed with 21 nominations! Thank you everyone - we will begin judging and may be back in time for Valentines Day. I'll keep you posted about that.  I have also updated the normal nominations too. Welcome to a new affiliate 'With Silence & Tears Awards'  now off of hiatus and looking for entries-  it's a multifandom video  award site so hop on over.

05.02.07 Shona's reviews have now been posted. Also a special award for someone - We may decide to do this from time to time when we come across extraordinary vids.  Keep the entries coming in!

04.02.07  Ooh look new layout - hope you like it, this one is by Andrea. Nominations for Round 3 now stands at 25! Some new vidders too which is always great to see.  I have decided to close the Special Theme round at 12am 6th February. If you are currently making a vid for this round and we working towards 7th let me know.  Welcome to a new affiliate 'Flip Side Awards' run by the talented Shoopdancer. It's a multifandom award site so shuffle over and check it out. And also 'Love Like Winter' an Arts Award site run by Destiny - please check out the links below.

02.02.07 More nominations updated. I have even fixed the submission form to include the new categories (oops)  My reviews for Judge's Choice & Best Video are now up. Shona will be posting hers soon.  And last and most importantly,  we are delighted to welcome Destiny to our team of judges here at Art of Vidding Awards. Rachael (aka Destiny)  is a talented vidder and fan artist and I would recommend that you all check out her site No Stray Frames and just drool over all the beautiful work.

01.02.07 Later Still ..... I had hoped to have reviews up today but it's running late and we don't want to rush. However I have updated the Round 3 and Special Theme Round Nominations. We're off to a flying start. Thanks everyone - and don't forget if you want to re-assess those categories just tag or email me.

01.02.07  Round 3 is open !! We have also added three more categories, you may still only choose three per submission but it gives you more options. If you have already submitted and wish to alter your chosen categories please email us.  Reviews and first batch of nominations will be posted later today.

31.01.07 Later that same day......    Winners for  Round Two are posted! A huge thank you to Shona for making them this time.   Another tough round again, but dominated in some categories by two exceptional vids . There were insufficient entries for Episodic, so two are carried forward.  The new round opens tomorrow, so if you didn't win this round please try again. Please read the notes on the winners page about categories and we will keep you updated on what we decide. Reviews will posted tomorrow.  Special Theme Round Nominations are also updated.

31.01.07 We are now at 15 Special Theme Nominations. Nikita - let me know about your entry please. Sorry I haven't updated for a couple of days but I am having system issues.  All things being equal we should still get the Normal Round 2 Awards up by tonight.  Reviews for Best Vid & Judge's Choices may be tomorrow. 

25.01.07 More Theme Round nominations updated - Now at 10 entries - nice mix of Fandoms so far - let's have some more, remember this theme closes 7th February.

21.01.07 More Special Theme Round nominations posted.  Thanks to everyone who has sent these in, we want more of course and remember there is no fandom restriction.  We are at stage 2 of judging in the normal round, so it looks as if the Rd 2 awards will be on course for the end of the month.  Nikki's entry has moved to Special Theme Round 2 and MJade's will now be in Round 3.  I have added a couple of notes about Special Theme Rounds to the Rules - they are in bold.

18.1.07 The first batch of Theme nominations are up - Thanks to Katie, Aruna7 and Kelly, and I forgot to add here about theme nominations  Please do not submit any vids that are already included in the current Normal Round nominations.  If your fanvid was in the previous normal round then it is ok to re-enter, but not in the current round that is pending judging and awards.  I will brush up the rules section so that's a little clearer.

 16.1.07 Special Theme Round 1 - Winners Announced!  We had some fantastic vids entered in our first Theme round and it was immense fun to watch them all. Mara Sho has come up with the next Theme, in time we hope for Valentine's Day, - 'Love, Romance & Lust' . This will be open to ANY FANDOM - TV or Movie - looking for fan vids dealing with relationships between two people, Male/Female or Male/Male or Female/Female. Just two people so that kind of rules out love triangles or orgies and the like. As there is no fandom restriction I hope to receive lots of submissions  so the closing date will be 7th February.   If you are not sure that your vid fits then just contact us or tag.    As the for Main Round Two - judging is underway, awards scheduled for the end of January.

14.1.07 Special Theme Round One - Comic Book Heroes is now closed. Thanks to everyone who submitted. The awards for these will be posted soon. I will be able to give you more idea of when and the Theme of the next special round tomorrow.

12.1.07 - Thanks to Amy, MartoufMarty and ElishaMarie for the last submissions to Round Two. This round is now CLOSED, please refrain from submitting until Round Three opens on 1st February. Also thanks to Dragonchic for her submission into the theme round. This Special Round will close tonight. A new Affiliate to the Art of Vidding Awards ' Black Key Sugar'd Locket Awards' - check out the code below. And if you are disappointed that you missed this round and can't wait head over to 'Sunnydale Stories Awards' where Bones and Slayerverse vids are accepted.

9.1.07 One more normal round and  another Special Theme nomination added -  Thanks to Mjade and Charmax for their submissions.  That just leaves two more spots for the normal round. As for the Special Theme Round there is no limit, just whatever comes in before end of Friday Midnight GMT.

 8.1.07 Added some more nominees - please remember to read the rules for the password. We have just three more spots left for this round so get in quick. A don't forget that the Special Theme Round closes Friday 12th.

6.1.07 Fantastic response! - More nominees added.

5.1.07 More nominees added!   Thanks to everyone, we now have 21 new submissions. We're greedy though so keep them coming!  Nikki -  I need you to confirm which vid you are entering so I can add you too.

3.1.07 New scheme and lovely banner again by Mara-Sho.  Round Two nominees updated - 15 new ones and two carried over from the last round - Thanks to everyone!!  Also one more nomination in the Special Theme Round which will now close on 12.1.07 - so don't forget to submit!

1.1.07 ROUND TWO IS OPEN - Check the rules for the phrase.......

31.12.06 Winners are announced!  I know you have all seen this said before but, considering the number of entries, there were so many videos of such a high calibre that we used all our time reviewing ,watching and judging the entries right up to the last and awards were only finished late last night. Thank you to everyone who submitted - please don't feel disheartened if you have not won an award this Round - it was extremely difficult to choose and I hope you all decide to enter more vids in the Special Theme Contest and Round 2 which opens on 1st January.  

28.12.06  Another two theme nominations added, thanks Kamyar & Mysterya - please keep them coming in!!  We have now finished the judging and I have begun to make the awards.  Still expecting to have these up for the end of the Month so check back then.

19.12.06  - Two more Theme nominations added to the Special Round, can't believe there are no Batman or Spiderman vids as yet, but we live in hope.   Judging is  nearly complete  - my goodness, you don't make it easy for us. We are delighted by the very high standard of entries in this round, awesome viewing but big decision headaches.  We should still be on course for posting Awards by the end of the year.

13.12.06 - Updated more theme nominations - we are up to 5 right now, would love to see more so keep them coming.  Two new affiliates to AVA - 'Dream's a Luv Awards' and 'Twisting The Hellmouth Cross Over Awards'. Links below.

11.12.06 - Kitty's nomination has now been added to the Normal Round so the final count is 37 entries. Thanks to Elion too for our first nomination in the Special Theme Round.

10.12.06  Round One is now closed with 36 nominees - (Kitty, please let me know if you still wish to enter this round and I will update your details).  A huge thanks to everyone who submitted. Round 2 will begin on the 1st January. Awards for the normal round will be posted at the end of this month.   I would like to add that our FIRST THEME ROUND is also open - 'Comic Book Heroes'  So that is any film or TV show whose origins were in Comic Books.  For the movies and shows we think this covers click the link above . To enter the Theme Round, use the existing submission form - just tick the Special Contest box only, instead of choosing categories.   I hope you all go for it.  Welcome to the new Affiliates to Art of Vidding Awards = Beautiful Lie Awards and Evil Hand Issues Awards.

7.12.06  Two more nominees added - that just leaves 4 more spots for this first ever round of the AvA's.

5.12.06 Just Six more spots left for this round!  Once we have all 35 entries, I will close the round then begin downloading entries and checking for link back codes. Some more new affiliates to welcome - Effulgent Reflections, Supernatural Awards and Army Awards. The very first theme round will begin on Sunday 10th December - watch the updates for details!

4.12.06 - More affiliates added, Welcome to Buffy Fanatic, MysticMovie Video Awards, Poetry In Motion, Friendly Neighbourhood Video Awards, No Frontiers Video Awards and Angels Destiny Awards.  Eight more nominees added to the Round, please remember we cannot accept YouTube hosted vids. Don't forget the rules 'phrase'!

  3.12.06  Just added 10 nominees - thank you everyone for such a quick response!  Also affiliates have been updated - welcome to Sunnydale Stories, Bad Bad Man Awards, Breakaway Gallery Productions Music Video Awards, Endless Passion Music Video Awards, Poisoned Kiss Video Awards.  

1.12.06 - We're open for round One so please, check out the rules and submit.