Readers Choice Awards Winners 2012

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Winners of the 2012 Reader’s Choice Awards

The Steampunk Chronicle is pleased to announces the winners of the 2012 Reader’s Choice Awards

The competition was intense and closely watched. The editors of The Steampunk Chronicle want to thank ALL of the readers who took the time to nominate and to vote this year, and to all the nominees and winners for being SUCH good sports.

Without further ado, the winners:

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WINNERS LIST:
Best Artist/Illustrator	Joe Benitez
Best Short Story	“Dust on the Davenport” by O. M. Grey Published by Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences
Best Fiction	Avalon Revisited by O. M. Grey -- Published by Blue MOOSE Press	Acceptance Message
Best Non- fiction	The Steampunk Bible Written by Jeff Vaddermeer and S.J. Chambers Publisher: Abrams Image	Acceptance Message
Best Blog	Beyond Victoriana
Best Photographer	Dim Horizon Studios
Best Character/Persona	Lady Clankington
Best Personality (real person)	Lady Elsie	Acceptance Message AN ACCEPTANCE message from Lady Elsie "I am absolutely staggered that the good readers of the Steampunk Chronicle have chosen to honour me in this way. I have never sought to be a steampunk personality and certainly do not try to promote myself as such. In line with the rest of the VSS we simply strive to facilitate steampunk as best we can and the fact that The Asylum has met with similar approval shows that we may be on the right track. I am extremely grateful to everyone who has voted for me and hope that I can continue to amuse and entertain steampunks at events and gatherings in the UK and indeed further afield. Thank you Steampunk Chronicle."
Best Short Film	Blur Studio's "Gentlemen's Duel"
Best Feature Length Film	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Best Music Video	"Just Glue Some Gears on It (and Call It Steampunk)" by Reginald Pikedevant
Best Solo Musician	Professor Elemental	Acceptance Message AN ACCEPTANCE message from Professor Elemental Thank you friends in the colonies for your extraordinarily delightful award. Geoffery was beside himself with joy when we heard, and is wearing his finest frock for the occasion. (He has already given the postman quite a scare when he came downstairs to receive your telegram. I told him he was wearing too much lipstick, but apes rarely listen to matters of fashion.) I’d like to thank my mother, my other mother, my mother of invention, my gardener, my hedge trimmer, my tree hugger, my horse whisperer, my donkey fluffer, the badgermingo, dear sweet Geoffery, the chap at the ape butlering agency and of course -- Every single one of you. I hope to see you in person for a cuddle next year.'
Song of the Year	“Brass Goggles” by Steam Powered Giraffe	Acceptance Message Doctor Peter Walter VI Caretaker of the robots from Steam Powered GiraffeDearest Chronicle, My robots and I from the band Steam Powered Giraffe express our deepest gratitude for receiving the honor of these awards. It has been a family tradition of sorts to tour my ancestors' antique robots around the world, and I'm happy my efforts have not gone unnoticed! I wish we could have been invited to your lovely gathering, but apparently our invitation got lost in the mail. I understand you're working with steam technology, and I'm sure whatever courier airship that had our letter ran into a building spire and sputtered off into a spiraling demise like a popped balloon. Either way, we are blessed with your recognition and please let all of your guests know we love them dearly and appreciate their support. But do not tell them about this rash on my thigh that I'm writing about right now. If you're reading this out loud you're being inconsiderate and good god man stop reading this outloud! Yours Truly, Doctor Peter Walter VI
Best Band	Abney Park	Acceptance Message
Best Album of the Year	Steam Powered Giraffe Live at the Globe of Yesterday's
Best Web Series	The League of S.T.E.A.M.	Acceptance Message The League of STEAM is humbly thrilled to receive these awards from the Readers of 'The Steampunk Chronicle'. Our biggest thanks goes out to the fans of our web series! We've had unending support from the steampunk community; many of you donated to our Kickstarter campaign. Season Two of 'The Adventures of The League of STEAM' never would've happened without your generosity. THANK YOU! We'd also like to thank our fans who've played wonderful cameos in our web series. We consider you all friends & family! Thank you to Donna Ricci & Clockwork Couture, for generously providing wardrobe for our special guest stars: Doug Jones, Robin Thorsen, Grant Imahara & Brian Kesinger. We'd also like to thank our new friends in the East Coast steampunk community. Thank you to The Uprising, the fine people at STEAMFest, DR. Q & M. Gabriel Colbaugh and the wonderful people of Dragon*Con's Alternate History Track! We appreciate you all being so welcoming. We'd also like to congratulate our friends at Clockwork Couture, Abney Park, Thomas Willeford, Veronique, the Uprising, Steam Powered Giraffe, World Steam Expo, The Edison and Jeff Vandermeer for also receiving awards. We love steampunk! We love the community! And we love our friends & fans! Our Sincerest Thanks! The League of STEAM Family (www.leagueofsteam.com)
Best Website	Doctor Fantastique's Show of Wonders
Best Podcast	The Clockwork Cabaret
Best Game	Airship Pirates RPG by Abney Park	Acceptance Message
Worst use of Steampunk in mainstream media	Justin Bieber, "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
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Best Goggles	Rabbit from Steam Powered Giraffe
Best Maker-Group	Leage of S.T.E.A.M.
Best Maker-Individual	Thomas Willeford
Best Mod –Weaponry	Lady Clankington's Little Death Ray
Best Non-goggle Accessory	Thomas Willeford's Superior Replacement Arm (worn by Nathan Fillion on "Castle")
Fashion
Best Clothing Designer	Clockwork Couture
Best Costume –Group	Nerfpunk by the Uprising and the League of Steam
Best Costume -Individual Original	Thomas Willeford's Clockwork Girl Outfit (worn by Lady Clankington)
Best Dressed -Female	Veronique Chevalier
Best Dressed –Male	Thomas Willeford
Best Hats	Lady Bird's Hatberdashery
Best Place to Shop Online	Gentleman's Emporium
Most Influential or Inspirational	Datamancer (Richard Nagy)
Events
Best Convention for Parties	Dragon*Con, Atlanta, Georgia
Best Convention for Performances	World Steam Expo, Dearborn, Michigan
Best Overall Convention	Dragon*Con, Atlanta, Georgia
Best international Convention	The Asylum, City of Lincoln, UK
Best regional convention - West Coast–	SteamCon, Seattle, Washington
Best regional convention -New England	Steampunk World's Fair, Somerset, New Jersey
Best regional convention -The Deep South	Dragon*con, Atlanta, Georgia
Best regional convention -The Great Plains/MidWest	TeslaCon, Madison, Wisconsin	Acceptance Message
Best Steampunk Event (non-convention)	The Clockwork Ball @ Davenport & Winkleperry, Pittsboro, North Carolina
SteamLife
Best City for Steampunk	Seattle
Best Themed Cafe or Bar	The Edison – Los Angeles California
Most Steampunk Drink	GIN
Steam-Hunk	Captain Robert Brown of Abney Park	Acceptance Message
Steampunk Pinup Girl	Kato of Steampunk Couture Clothing
Steampunk Person to Watch in 2012	Doctor Q
Best Multicultural Steampunk	Diana M.Pho, a.k.a. Ay-Leen the Peacemaker, founding editor of multicultural Steampunk blog Beyond Victoriana.

A Special BEST OF STEAMPUNK Award is given this year to Diana M.Pho, a.k.a. Ay-leen the Peacemaker She was the most nominated person in the SeamLife Category as was uncontested in the areas of Feminist Steampunk and Most Politically Minded Steampunk. We congratulate her on the great strides she has made in the areas of Multiculturalism and Fashion. Look for a two-part series on Diana Pho in upcoming editions of Steampunk Chronicle.

Winners of the 2012 Reader’s Choice Awards

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