====== 2012 Turtledove Awards Winners ====== The 2012 Turtledove Awards were the first year of the competition to see [[http://i.imgur.com/Y8oCE.png|a major change in the award plaque artwork]]. ---- ==== I. General Alternate History Timelines ==== ===A.) POD Before 1900=== **Best New Prehistoric Timeline (up to 3500 BC)**\\ //**[[timelines:Neanderthals in the Americas]]**// by [[offtopic:Domoviye]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165155/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing Prehistoric Timeline (up to 3500 BC)**\\ //**[[timelines:Lands of Red and Gold]]**// by [[offtopic: Jared]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165156/|award plaque]]\\ **Best New Ancient Period Timeline (3500 BC-450 AD)**\\ //**[[timelines:The Realm of Millions of Years - The World of an Atenist Egypt|The Realm of Millions of Years : The World of an Atenist Egypt]]**// by [[offtopic:NikoZnate]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165158/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing Ancient Period Timeline (3500 BC-450 AD)**\\ //**[[timelines:The Weighted Scales - The World of an Aborted Rome|The Weighted Scales : The World of an Aborted Rome]]**// by [[offtopic:Errnge]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165159/|award plaque]]\\ **Best New Medieval Period Timeline (450-1399 AD)**\\ //**[[timelines:Lands of Ice and Mice|Lands of Ice and Mice: An Alternate History of Thule]]**// by [[offtopic:DirtyCommie]] and [[offtopic:DValdron]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165160/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing Medieval Period Timeline (450-1399 AD)**\\ //**[[timelines:Isaac's Empire]] 2.0**// by [[offtopic: Basileus Giorgios]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165161/|award plaque]]\\ **Best New Renaissance and Reformation Period Timeline (1400-1699 AD)**\\ //**[[timelines:The Bloody Man]]**// by [[offtopic:EdT]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165162/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing Renaissance and Reformation Period Timeline (1400-1699 AD)**\\ //**[[timelines:Anahuatlacanco - The Land Between the Waters, Land of the Nahuatlaca|Anahuatlacanco : The Land Between the Waters, Land of the Nahuatlaca]]**// by [[offtopic:sa_id_mohammed|Cuauhtemoc]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165164/|award plaque]]\\ **Best New 18th Century Timeline (1700-1799 AD, includes American War of Independence)**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=208286|The Hero of Saratoga - The Presidency of Benedict Arnold]]**// by [[offtopic:IchBinDieKaiser]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165165/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing 18th Century Timeline (1700-1799 AD, includes American War of Independence)**\\ //**[[timelines:Dominion of Southern America]]**// by [[offtopic:Glen]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165166/|award plaque]]\\ **Best New 19th Century (1800-1899 AD)**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=189058|The Stars at Night - A Texas Timeline]]**// by [[offtopic:Sicarius]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165167/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing 19th Century (1800-1899 AD)**\\ //**[[timelines:Union and Liberty]]**// by [[offtopic:wilcoxchar]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165168/|award plaque]]\\ ===B.) POD After 1900=== **Best New Early 20th Century Timeline (1900-1932 AD)**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=185434|What If Finland Had Been Prepared for the Winter War ?]]**// by [[offtopic:CanKiwi]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165171/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing Early 20th Century Timeline (1900-1932 AD)**\\ //**[[timelines:A Shift in Priorities]]**// by [[offtopic:rast]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165172/|award plaque]]\\ **Best New World War II Timeline (1933-1945 AD)**\\ //**[[timelines:Happy and Glorious]]**// by [[offtopic:Devolved]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165173/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing World War II Timeline (1933-1945 AD)**\\ //**[[timelines:Anglo-American - Nazi War]]**// by [[offtopic:CalBear]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165174/|award plaque]]\\ **Best New Cold War Period (1946-1991 AD)**\\ //**[[timelines:The Land of Flatwater]]**// by [[offtopic:Chipperback]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165175/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing Cold War Period (1946-1991 AD)**\\ //**[[timelines:Protect and Survive]]**// by [[offtopic:Macragge1]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165176/|award plaque]]\\ ===C.) Future History=== **Best New Modern/Future History (POD 1992 or later)**\\ //**[[timelines:A Giant Sucking Sound - A President Perot Timeline|A Giant Sucking Sound : A President Perot Timeline]]**// by [[offtopic:MaskedPickle]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165178/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing Modern/Future History (POD 1992 or later)**\\ //**[[timelines:a_revised_history_of_the_future|A Revised History of the Future (2001-2050)]]**// by [[offtopic:Pkmatrix]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165179/|award plaque]]\\ ---- ==== II. Timelines based on Published Fiction ==== (Includes fiction based on the Draka, Tarrantry Naval Fiction, //Peshawar Lancers//, //Timeline 191//, comic books, films, etc.) **Best New Timeline Based On Published Fiction**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=207332|One Man's Worth. A Marvel AU]]**// by [[offtopic:Fenrir_Angerboda]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165212/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing Timeline Based On Published Fiction**\\ //**[[timelines:Hogwarts Exposed]]**// by [[offtopic:acgoldis]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165214/|award plaque]]\\ ---- ====III. ASB/ISOT/Cross-Time/or other Magical/Fantastic Timelines==== **Best New Geographic/Evolutionary Timeline**\\ No winner. **Best Continuing Geographic/Evolutionary Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:Green Antarctica|Green Antarctica - The Last Continent]]**// by [[offtopic:DValdron]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165215/|award plaque]]\\ **Best New Alien Contact Timeline**\\ //**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=195667|Falling Towards Earth ("This is why I hate first contacts.")]]**// by [[offtopic:Rogue Shadows]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165929/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing Alien Contact Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:Swarm on the Somme]]**// by [[offtopic:BlackWave]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165216/|award plaque]]\\ **Best New Magical**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=208282|President Obama Possessed by Col. H. Stinkmeaner]]**// by [[offtopic:modelcitizen]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165217/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing Magical**\\ No winner. **Best New ISOT/Other ASB**\\ //**[[timelines:Ad Astra per Aspera]]**// by [[offtopic:rvbomally]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165218/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing ISOT/Other ASB**\\ //**[[timelines:United American Flight 817]]**// - Version 2.0 by [[offtopic:Jim Smitty]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165219/|award plaque]]\\ ---- ==== IV. Alternate History Writer's Forum ==== **Best New Comedy/Satire**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=210873|Buddy Holly Needs Our Help - Oh Boy!]]**// by [[offtopic: Doctor What]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165186/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing Comedy/Satire**\\ No winner. **Best New Fantasy/Sci-fi Fiction**\\ //**[[timelines:For All the Marbles]]**// by [[offtopic:William Dellinger]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165187/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing Fantasy/Sci-fi Fiction**\\ //**[[shared worlds:Great Interstellar War]]**// mini-comic by [[offtopic:BlackWave]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165188/|award plaque]]\\ **Best New Historical Fiction**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=198386|The American Invasion of Libya, 2011 (dry run)]]**// by [[offtopic:MacCaulay]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165189/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing Historical Fiction**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=148943|The Revolution Will Be Live - A Prose TL]]**// by [[offtopic:The Vulture]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165190/|award plaque]]\\ **Best New FanFic**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=225200|Nike - The Arrival]]**// by [[offtopic:Glen]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165192/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing FanFic**\\ //**[[timelines:The Farthest Ones From Home|The Farthest Ones From Home : A Battlestar Galactica and Space Above and Beyond Crossover Story]]**// by [[offtopic:robertp6165]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165204/|award plaque]]\\ **Best New Series**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=195146|Untold Stories from the Thande]]**// by various authors - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165220/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing Series**\\ No winner. ---- ==== V. Shared Worlds/Collaborative Timelines ==== **Best New Alternate History Game**\\ //**[[shared_worlds:Great Interstellar War|GIW Futurewar Tactics REDUX]]**// by [[offtopic: BlackWave]] et al - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165222/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing Alternate History Game**\\ No winner. **Best New Collaborative Project**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=180801|Progress, Decline, and Hope: A Collaborative Timeline]]**// by [[offtopic:Aero]], [[offtopic:Ganesha]] et al - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165224/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing Collaborative Project**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=177539|The One Millionth "People from Alternative Universes" Thread]]**// by various authors - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165226/|award plaque]]\\ **Best New DBWI/FBWI Game**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=225484|WI Hamlet II had directly succeeded his father ?]]**// by [[offtopic:Meadow]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165221/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing DBWI/FBWI Game**\\ No winner. ---- ====VI. Alternate History Artwork==== **Maps**\\ **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-4044571|United States and the Nations of North America]]** by [[offtopic:Eigenwelt]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165180/|award plaque]]\\ **Flags**\\ **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5088797|Communist Scotland]]** by [[offtopic:Cazaril]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165181/|award plaque]]\\ **Photos**\\ **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5438309|Alternate Manhattan]]** by Color-Copycat - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165184/|award plaque]]\\ **Other**\\ **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5347091|Empire of Bryton Family Tree]]** by [[offtopic:Pischinovski]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165185/|award plaque]]\\ ---- ====VII. AH.com Wiki==== **Best Wiki Page**\\ No winner. ---- ==== VIII. Superlative Awards ==== **Best Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:Lands of Red and Gold]]**// by [[offtopic: Jared]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165936/|award plaque]]\\ **Best ASB Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:Swarm on the Somme]]**// by [[offtopic:BlackWave]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/166565/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Story**\\ //**[[timelines:For All the Marbles]]**// by [[offtopic:William Dellinger]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165940/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Shared Worlds Project**\\ //**[[shared_worlds:Great Interstellar War|GIW Futurewar Tactics REDUX]]**// by [[offtopic: BlackWave]] et al - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165939/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Artwork**\\ **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-5578419|United States and the Nations of North America]]** by [[offtopic:Eigenwelt]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/165938/|award plaque]]\\ **Special Achievement Award**\\ //**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=206336|Those Magnificent Men and their Atomic Machines]]**// by [[offtopic:Asnys]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/166566/|award plaque]]\\ ---- ==== Links ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=224712|2012 Turtledove Awards Nominations]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=224725|2012 Turtledove Awards Chat Thread]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=226969|2012 Turtledove Awards Poll Directory]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=228781|2012 Turtledove Awards Superlative Polls Directory]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=228714|2012 Turtledove Awards Hall of Victory]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=226812|2012 Turtledove Awards Winners Acceptance Speech/Congratulations Thread]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=227995|2012 Turtledove Awards Proposed Reforms of Categories for 2013]]** ---- ==== See Also ==== **[[turtledove winners by year|Turtledove Award Winners by Year]]** **[[alternate_history:2011_winners|Previous Award Year]]** | **[[alternate_history:2013_winners|Next Award Year]]** **[[turtledove winners by category|Turtledove Award Winners by Category]]** ---- ==== Navigation ==== **[[Turtledove Awards]]** **[[alternate history:alternate history|Alternate History Topics Section Main Directory]]**