====== 2018 Turtledove Awards Winners ======

The Turtledove Awards for 2017 were held in February and March 2018. 

[[offtopic:SargentHawk]] introduced new designs this year, retroactively applying them to the 2017 awards as well.

A new ASB category was introduced, for the many derivative timelines and other AH-fics of the //A Song of Ice and Fire// book series. This was done due to the large number of ASB timelines based on that particular piece of fiction in the preceding years. While ASOIAF-fic popularity lasts in the "based on fiction" writing projects, the category will serve to collect those and avoid cluttering the ASB category for "based on fiction" works.

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==== I. General Alternate History Timelines ====

(Timelines from the Pre-1900 and Post-1900 forums.)

**Best Ancient Timeline** ("Before 1900" Forum)\\
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**Best Medieval Timeline** ("Before 1900" Forum)\\
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**Best Early Modern Timeline** ("Before 1900" Forum)\\
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**Best Colonialism and Revolutions Era Timeline** ("Before 1900" Forum)\\
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**Best Early 20th Century Timeline** ("After 1900" Forum)\\
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**Best Cold War Timeline** ("After 1900" Forum)\\
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**Best Finished Timeline** ("Finished Timelines & Scenarios" Forum)\\
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==== II. Future History/Science Fiction/Fantastical Timelines ====

(Timelines from the Future History and Alien Space Bats forums.) 

**Best Future History Timeline**\\
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**Best Original Alien Space Bats Timeline (The SergeantHeretic Award)**\\
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**Best Based on Fiction Alien Space Bats Timeline**\\
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==== III. Stories, Short Timelines and Flash Timelines ====

(Stories from the Writer's Forum and short-format timelines from various forums.) 

**Writer's Forum Story**\\
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**[[timelines:tliad|TLIA*]] (TLIAD/TLIAW/TLIAF/TLIAM)**\\
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**[[timelines:Vignettes]]**\\
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==== IV. Shared Worlds Games ====

(Projects from the Shared Worlds forum.) 

**Best Shared Worlds Map Game**\\
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**Best Shared Worlds Nation and Modded Game (The Kaiser K Award)**\\
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**Best Shared Worlds Election Game**\\
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**Best Shared Worlds RPG**\\
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==== V. Alternate History Artwork ====

**Best Flag**\\
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**Best Map**\\
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**Best Graphic/Artwork**\\ 
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==== VI. Alternate History Features ====

**Best Featured Character**\\
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**Best Quote**\\
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**Best POD**\\
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==== VIII. Personal Awards ====

**The Newcomer Award**\\ 
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**Robert P. Perkins Award for Outstanding Contributions to Alternate History**\\ 
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==== Links ====

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/2018-turtledove-awards-introduction.437820/|2018 Turtledove Awards Introduction]]** - A general look at the minor changes and additions effective from this contest year onward.

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/2018-turtledoves-chat-and-rule-clarification-thread-the-lounge.437905/|2018 Turtledove Awards Chat and Clarification (The Lounge)]]** - The main discussion thread for the awards. Do not post nominations, seconds or corrections of the previous two things in this thread. There are separate threads for that (see below).

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/2018-turtledove-awards-directories.440094/|2018 Turtledove Awards Nominations Directory]]** - Rather than a single nomination thread, this contest year introduces several nomination threads, all linked to from this single directory (similar to the voting thread directory that comes later).

**[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/2018-turtledove-awards-directories.440094/#post-16749676|2018 Turtledove Awards Poll Directory]]** - Single directory collecting all voting polls.

**[[|2018 Turtledove Awards Winner Announcements, Acceptances, & Congratulations]]** - The general thread for the results of this year's awards.

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==== See Also ====

**[[turtledove winners by year|Turtledove Award Winners by Year]]**

**[[alternate_history:2017_winners|Previous Award Year]]** | **[[alternate_history:2019_winners|Next Award Year]]** 

**[[turtledove winners by category|Turtledove Award Winners by Category]]**

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