The 2023 Moonshine Awards are officially over. Thank you to everyone for nominating, voting, and most of all, creating and consuming so much beautiful art that keeps our wonderful ship alive. We will see you next year for The Moonshine Awards 2024!
It's time to celebrate the most romantic, sweetest, sexiest day of the year with some Bethyl fics! Thank you to those who contributed!
Love Letters:
Can You See Right Through Me? by @mistressheroine
Beth and Daryl come across a white wooden house nestled in the woods while looking for shelter from an oncoming storm and a herd of agitated walkers. With Alexandria too far to reach before nightfall, they decide to stay the night. Inside they find a wooden box containing a stack of old love letters with a note saying they hope the story contained within will help them to realise just how powerful hope and love truly are. Beth convinces Daryl to read them with her and they find more than just an old love story hidden within the pages. Could this be the thing that will finally bring them together?
Written for the Bethyl Holiday Fest 2023 Valentine's Day prompt 'Love Letters'.
Silent Valentine by olpie09 (@olpie)
After their New Year's Eve kiss, Daryl and Beth begin to exchange notes and their relationship grows into something more.
Inspired by Bethyl Holidays Fest 2023 prompt: Love Letters
My drawing tablet stopped working properly for a while and after reading like 500 forums and help pages I finally figured out how to fix it. Been thinking about sad Daryl ;;
Here are the rules for nominating fics and fanart, which are the same as last year:
There is no limit to how many fics can be nominated per category.
Most categories have one for Completed works and one for In Progress works. Completed works must have been completed between January 1st, 2023 and December 31st, 2023. Works In Progress must have been updated at least once between January 1st, 2023 and December 31st, 2023.
If there is only one category, nominated fics can be either Complete or WIP.
Fics can be nominated in multiple categories.
First Place winners of previous years’ categories are ineligible for nomination. Second and Third Place winners are still eligible.
Yearly “Exclusive” categories are open for fics from any year, regardless of previous wins.
Authors are limited to ONE fic nominated per category, so choose wisely.
Please nominate a specific piece of fan art for the Fan Art/Cover Art/Classic Art categories, preferably with a link to the source. We will NOT count general artist nominations for any category except Artist of the Year. AI generated art is ineligible for ALL art categories.
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Nominations will close at 11:59pm PST on January 15th, 2024.
We have two more Bethyl NYE fics to welcome us into the new year!
Silent Night on New Year's Eve by Olpie09
After their Christmas Eve kiss, Daryl would love nothing more than to kiss Beth again. He just don't know how to go about it.
Inspired by the Bethyl Holidays Fest 2023 prompt of Do Over.
I Want Your Midnights by @mistressheroine
Beth Greene and Dary Dixon have danced around their feelings for each other for years. Now it's New Year's Eve and the Grimes' are having a party? Could this be the momentnt they've both been waiting for?
Written as part of UBFL Bethyl Holidays Fest 2023 for the NYE prompt 'Glitter'.
The prompts for our Very Bethyl Valentine's Day this year are:
Blind Date
Confessions
Love Letters
These prompts can be interpreted however you wish. Post your fics, fanart, manips, etc. with the tag #bhf23 and we'll include your creation in a spotlight post for Valentine's Day!
(We know it's 2024 now, but who says the 2023 Bethyl Holidays Fest has to end so soon?)
If you post to AO3, don't forget we have a Bethyl Holidays Fest Collection that you can add your work to!
Happy New Year, beautiful Bethylers! Here are some Bethyl New Year's Eve works to enjoy!
The Accidental Christmas: New Year's Eve by @gneebee
Thank you all so much. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. Let's find out how Beth's Christmas is going, and if there are any New Year's Eve plans.
Daryl and Beth: Muse by @boltthrutheheart
Wishing everyone in the Bethyl fandom a Happy New Year!
I hope that each and every one of you has a beautiful year! Find your muse, manifest beautiful and wonderful things in your life, love yourself and love those around you, and appreciate the small wonders and beautiful moments we so often take for granted.
Here are the rules for nominating fics and fanart, which are the same as last year:
There is no limit to how many fics can be nominated per category.
Most categories have one for Completed works and one for In Progress works. Completed works must have been completed between January 1st, 2023 and December 31st, 2023. Works In Progress must have been updated at least once between January 1st, 2023 and December 31st, 2023.
If there is only one category, nominated fics can be either Complete or WIP.
Fics can be nominated in multiple categories.
First Place winners of previous years’ categories are ineligible for nomination. Second and Third Place winners are still eligible.
Yearly “Exclusive” categories are open for fics from any year, regardless of previous wins.
Authors are limited to ONE fic nominated per category, so choose wisely.
Please nominate a specific piece of fan art for the Fan Art/Cover Art/Classic Art categories, preferably with a link to the source. We will NOT count general artist nominations for any category except Artist of the Year.
CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE!
Nominations will close at 11:59pm PST on January 15th, 2024.
Wishing everyone in the Bethyl fandom a Happy New Year!
I hope that each and every one of you has a beautiful year! Find your muse, manifest beautiful and wonderful things in your life, love yourself and love those around you, and appreciate the small wonders and beautiful moments we so often take for granted.