====== 2013 Turtledove Awards Winners ====== The Turtledove Awards for 2012 were held in January and February 2013. They introduced several **new categories**, particularly the **Alternate History Features** and the **Robert P. Perkins Award for Outstanding Contributions to Alternate History** (intended as a Hall of Fame-style award). The latter was **set up in memoriam of [[offtopic:robertp6165]]**, who's untimely passing in early September 2012 shocked the AH.com community. ---- ====I. General Alternate History Timelines==== (Timelines from the Pre-1900 and Post-1900 forums.) ===A.) POD Before 1900=== **Best New Ancient Period (up to 449 AD) Timeline**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=226529|After Actium: Two Caesars Are Not Enough]]**// by [[offtopic: Velasco]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196895/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing Ancient Period (up to 449 AD) Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:Lands of Red and Gold]]**// by [[offtopic:Jared]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196897/|award plaque]] **Best New Medieval Period (450 AD-1399 AD) Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:A Khan in Constantinople]]**// by [[offtopic:Basileus444]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196899/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing Medieval Period (450 AD-1399 AD) Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:An Age of Miracles - The Revival of Rhomanion|An Age of Miracles: The Revival of Rhomanion]]**// by [[offtopic:Basileus444]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196901/|award plaque]] **Best New Renaissance and Reformation Period (1400 AD - 1699 AD) Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:The House of Palaiologos, Against the Tide]]**// by [[offtopic:Avitus]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196904/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing Renaissance and Reformation Period (1400 AD - 1699 AD) Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:The Bloody Man]]**// by [[offtopic:EdT]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196905/|award plaque]] **Best New 18th Century (1700-1799 AD) Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:The Last Eagle|The Last Eagle (Redux)]]**// by [[offtopic:King of Rome]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196907/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing 18th Century (1700-1799 AD) Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:Look to the West]]**// by [[offtopic:Thande]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196908/|award plaque]] **Best New 19th Century (1800 to 1899 AD) Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:Male Rising]]**// by [[offtopic:Jonathan Edelstein]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196909/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing 19th Century (1800 to 1899 AD) Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:Es Geloybte Aretz]]**// by [[offtopic:carlton bach]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196911/|award plaque]] ===B.) POD After 1900=== **Best New Early 20th Century (1900-1932 AD) Timeline**\\ //**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=230861|Franco-Japanese War]]**// by [[offtopic:sharlin]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196913/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing Early 20th Century (1900-1932 AD) Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:Reds - A Revolutionary Timeline|Reds ! : A Revolutionary Timeline]] Revisited**// by [[offtopic:Jello Biafra]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196914/|award plaque]] **Best New World War 2 (1933-1945 AD) Timeline**\\ No Winner **Best Continuing World War 2 (1933-1945 AD) Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:The Whale has Wings]]**// by [[offtopic:Astrodragon]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196916/|award plaque]] **Best New Cold War Period (1946-1991 AD) Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:Zhirinovsky’s Russian Empire]]**// by [[offtopic:Pellegrino Shots]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196917/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing Cold War Period (1946-1991 AD) Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:Rumsfeldia Fear and Loathing in the Decade of Tears|Rumsfeldia : Fear and Loathing in the Decade of Tears]]**// by [[offtopic:Drew]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196918/|award plaque]] **Best New Modern (1992 AD or later) Timeline**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=259295|Decision Points: The Presidency of Al Gore]]**// by [[offtopic:hcallega]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196919/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing Modern (1992 AD or later posted in After 1900) Timeline**\\ //**[[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/196921/|award plaque]] ---- ====II. Speculative/Fantastic Timelines==== (Timelines from the Future History and Alien Space Bats forums.) ===A.) Future History (posted in Future History Forum)=== **Best New Future**\\ //**[[timelines:The Day The Icecap Died]]**// by [[offtopic:Lycaon pictus]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196948/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing Future**\\ //**[[timelines:A Revised History of the Future]]**// by [[offtopic:Pkmatrix]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196949/|award plaque]] ===B.) ASB Timelines=== **Best New Speculative Fiction (Sci-Fi, geologic, evolutionary, etc.)Timeline**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=256869|The War of Martian Aggression]]**// by [[offtopic:rvbomally]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196950/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing Speculative Fiction (Sci-Fi, geologic, evolutionary, etc.) Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:Swarm on the Somme]]**// by [[offtopic:BlackWave]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196952/|award plaque]]\\ //**[[timelines:For All The Marbles]] Mk. II**// by [[offtopic:William Dellinger]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196964/|award plaque]]\\ **Best New Fantasy Timeline**\\ //**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=264625|Rise and Fall of Equestria]]**// by [[offtopic:Noravea]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196994/|award plaque]]\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=250890|Send in the Elvises]]**// by [[offtopic:Napoleon53]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196966/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Continuing Fantasy Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:Damsels and Dirigibles]]**// by Color-Copycat - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196469/|award plaque]] **Best New ISOT (people, places, or things ASB transported to other locations) Timeline**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=245856|Game On : Tricky Dick 1, the Domination 0]]**// by [[offtopic:Mad Missouri]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196958/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing ISOT (people, places, or things ASB transported to other locations) Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:United American Flight 817]] 2.0**// by [[offtopic:Jim Smitty]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196961/|award plaque]] ---- ====III. Alternate History Writer's Forum ==== (Generally narrative storytelling rather than chronicling events.)\\ **Best New Comedy/Satire Fiction**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=233376|A Thursday Night at Doctor What's Time and Relative Dimensional Space Bar and Grill]]**// by [[offtopic:Doctor What]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196986/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing Comedy/Satire Fiction**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=204603|Yugoslavia - And Nothing of Value Was Lost]]**// by [[offtopic:Angel Heart]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196471/|award plaque]] **Best New Science Fiction**\\ //**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=255043|Going Home]]**// by [[offtopic:Talwar]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196973/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing Science Fiction**\\ //**[[timelines:Ad Astra Per Aspera]]**// by [[offtopic:rvbomally]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196974/|award plaque]] **Best New Fantasy Fiction**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=251657|Leonardo's Last Machine]]**// by [[offtopic:Doctor What]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196982/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing Fantasy Fiction**\\ //**[[timelines:The Time of Crows]]**// by [[offtopic:Othyrsyde]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196891/|award plaque]] **Best New Historical Fiction**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=252453|And Darkness Fell]]**// by [[offtopic:William Dellinger]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196472/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing Historical Fiction**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=262199|Nulli Secundus In Oriente (v. 3.0)]]**// by [[offtopic:marcus aurelius]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196972/|award plaque]] **Best New FanFic**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=256347|The Young Wolf Victorious: An ASOIAF Starkwank]]**// by [[offtopic:StevenAttewell]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196983/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing FanFic**\\ //**[[timelines:TL-191 After the End|TL-191 : After the End]]**// by [[offtopic:David Bar Elias]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196984/|award plaque]] **Best New Series**\\ //**[[stories:Reimagined Enterprise]]**// by [[offtopic:BlackWave]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196473/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing Series**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=264798|The Seba Quadrilogy]]**// by [[offtopic:Doctor What]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196987/|award plaque]] ---- ====IV. Shared Worlds Games==== **Best New Map Game**\\ //**[[shared_worlds:countries_of_an_alternate_world_two_asterisks|Countries of an Alternate World 2*]]**// by [[offtopic:Muwatalli']] et al. - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196988/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing Map Game**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=213529|Fictional ISOT Map Game II]]**// by [[offtopic:Alternatehistorybuff5341]] et al. - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196479/|award plaque]] **Best New Nation-based Game (includes Mosaic Earth, Nation Games, Map Games)**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261738|ASB7- Stranger Islands in Time]]**// by [[offtopic:Nobodez]] et al. - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196477/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing Nation-based Game (includes Mosaic Earth, Nation Games, Map Games)**\\ //**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=220246|Fallen: A Balkanized US Nation Game]]**// by [[offtopic:FGenLuke]], [[offtopic:Bob the Great]], [[offtopic:Wiiguy]] et al. - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196989/|award plaque]] **Best New RPG/Other Games (includes RPG, DBWI, etc.)**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=258765|Race to the Center of the Earth]]**// by [[offtopic:Pseudonym Sam]] et al. - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196991/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing RPG/Other Games (includes RPG, DBWI, etc.)**\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=195052|GIW Futurewar Tactics Redux]]**// by [[offtopic:BlackWave]] et al. - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196993/|award plaque]] ---- ====V. Alternate History Artwork==== **Best Map**\\ **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7032969|Map of New-York]]** by [[offtopic:Noravea]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196969/|award plaque]] **Best Flag**\\ **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6653534|Arabic Lion Flag]]** by [[offtopic:sa_id_mohammed|Cuāuhtemōc]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196967/|award plaque]] **Best Other Artwork**\\ **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-6123586|Plate 15. Pre-Houtmanian Aururia and Aotearoa]]** by [[offtopic:Kaiphranos]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196970/|award plaque]] ---- ====VI. Alternate History Features==== **Best POD**\\ "A **single mutation in a species of yam** sparks the birth of native Australian agriculture and civilization." from //**[[timelines:Lands of Red and Gold]]**// by [[offtopic:Jared]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196997/|award plaque]] **Best New Character in Alternate History**\\ **Paulo Abacar** from //**[[timelines:Malê Rising]]**// by [[offtopic:Jonathan Edelstein]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/197001/|award plaque]] **Best Continuing Character in Alternate History**\\ **Thomas Totney** aka **The Prophet Theaurau John** from //**[[timelines:The Bloody Man]]**// by [[offtopic:EdT]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/197002/|award plaque]] **Best Quote in Alternate History**\\ "//With the most victories so far, we're forced to ask the question, is Ron Paul the frontrunner ?//" from //**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=261349|Black This Out : A Ron Paul 2012 Timeline]]**// by [[offtopic:Zacoftheaxes]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/196998/|award plaque]] ---- ====VII. Superlative Awards==== **Best Overall Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:Malê Rising]]**// by [[offtopic:Jonathan Edelstein]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/197515/|award plaque]] **Best Overall ASB Timeline**\\ //**[[timelines:Swarm on the Somme]]**// by [[offtopic:BlackWave]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/197504/|award plaque]]\\ //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=245856|Game On : Tricky Dick 1, the Domination 0]]**// by [[offtopic:Mad Missouri]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/197513/|award plaque]]\\ **Best Overall Artwork**\\ **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1/post-7032969|Map of New-York]]** by [[offtopic:Noravea]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/197509/|award plaque]] **Best Overall Story**\\ //**[[timelines:Ad Astra Per Aspera]]**// by [[offtopic:rvbomally]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/197506/|award plaque]] **Best Overall Shared Worlds Game**\\ //**[[http://alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=220246|Fallen: A Balkanized US Nation Game]]**// by [[offtopic:FGenLuke]], [[offtopic:Bob the Great]], [[offtopic:Wiiguy]] et al. - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/197510/|award plaque]] **Best Overall Feature**\\ **Thomas Totney** aka **The Prophet Theaurau John** from //**[[timelines:The Bloody Man]]**// by [[offtopic:EdT]] - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/197511/|award plaque]] **Robert P. Perkins Award for Outstanding Contributions to Alternate History**\\ [[offtopic:robertp6165]] (in memoriam) - [[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/attachments/197499/|award plaque]]\\ ---- ==== Links ==== **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=265640|2013 Turtledove Awards Staff Recruitment]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=265514|2013 Turtledove Awards Chat]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=265511|2013 Turtledove Awards Nominations]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=267592|2013 Turtledove Awards Poll Directory]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=269253|2013 Turtledove Superlative Poll Directory]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=268610|2013 Turtledove Awards Hall of Victory]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=267650|Robert P. 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