Tuesday, January 19, 2016

2015 View From Valehaven Awards

ART


Best View Article:
Runner up: "If It Were Easy" by Aaron Metzger
Winner: "On Squireship and Knighthood" by Jason Rosa

Best View Series:
Runner up: Ask Syruss
Winner: An Atypical View

Best View Poem/fiction:
Runner up: "The Charge of Mestoph’s Appetite" (Alex Newbold)
Winner: "Dinosaurs of Saurabia" (Michael Zajac)

Best View Photo:
Runner Up: "Gau Dring Big Game Hunt" by Dustin Mack
Winner: "Rhiassa Advances" by Robyn Nielsen

Best Craftsperson:
Runner up: Jana Greene
Winner: Carol Eddy

Best Photographer:
Runner up: Matt Norris
Winner: Jesse Gifford

Best Artist:
Runner up: Carol Eddy
Winner: Maryanne Betie

Best Bard:
Runner up: Effa
Winner: Swoop





FOOD
Best Service/Kitchen staff:
Runner up: Elyse Covello
Winner: Jeremy Grayson


Best Dish (tie for 2nd):
Runners up: Breadbowls (Feast of Leviathan)
Buffalo Mac n Cheese (Ashenbounty)
Winner: Apple Bacon Pizza (Feast of Blackwood)


Best Food at a Non-Feast Event: 
Runner upBlack and White
Winner: A Very Merry Yule at Crazy Uncle Cecils Tavern 2


Best Feast:
Runner up: Feast of Highbridge
Winner: Feast of Leviathan


Best Feast-o-crat:
Runner up: Kelly Bonci
Winner: Lani Grayson


IMMERSION


Best Special Effects:  
Runner up: Feast of Blackwood
Winner: The Event Which Must Not Be Named


Best Props and Costumes:  
Runner up: Good Old Fashioned Enterpenurial Recovery
Winner: The Event Which Must Not Be Named


Best Group to NPC:  
Runner up: Invictus
Winner: Ashenmark
Best Grunt NPC (tie for 2nd):  
Runners up: Jason Rosa, Illiana Golden
Winner: Mike Doherty


Best Dressed:  
Runner up: Carol Eddy
Winner: Kelly Bonci


Best Roleplaying of a Single NPC:  
Runner up: Jason Rosa “Fred the Octopus”
Winner: JB as “Amaden”


Best Roleplaying of Magic by Spellcaster:  
Runner up: Josh Fitzgerald/ Lako
Winner: Conrad Barnes/ Garharz


Best Roleplaying by a PC:  
Runner up: Conrad Barnes/ Garharz
Winner: The Spider/Tom Gallagher


Best Plot:   
Runner up: Echos of Ragnarok
Winner: Hell Plot (Folkestone)


EVENTS

Best Nightquest: Runner up: The Event Which Must Not Be Named Winner: Folkestone Questing ‘A Dash of the Quill’  
Best One-Day: Runner up: Good Old Fashioned Entrepreneurial Recovery Winner: North/South  
Best Weekend Event: Runner up: The Event Which Must Not Be Named Winner: Folkestone Questing ‘A Dash of the Quill’  
Best Tournament Event: Runner up: Order of the List Invitational 5 Winner: Queen of Hearts 2

Best Quest:  
Runner up: Good Old Fashioned Entrepreneurial Recovery
Winner: Folkestone Questing ‘A Dash of the Quill’



PARAGONS


Up and Coming Group:  
Runner up: Invictus
Winner: Gau Dring


Best Trainer:  
Runner up: Henry Giasson
Winner: Josh Learned


Best Combat Marshall:  
Runner up: Josh Learned
Winner: Jeremy Grayson


Best Magic Marshal:  
Runner up: Matt Butler
Winner: Jason Grey


Best Newbie:  
Runner up: Rae Nistler/ Artoria
Winner: Ethan Goldman/ Jean Baptise


Best Mentor:
Runner up: Jeremy Grayson
Winner: Angela Earle Gray


Most Dependable Person to Help EH:
Runner up: Pat Bobell
Winner: Jeremy Grayson


Best Role Model:  
Runner up: Jason Gray
Winner: Jeremy Grayson


Greatest Contributor to the Realms:
Runner up: Jeremy Grayson
Winner: Jason Rosa