BEST OVERALL WRITER
The writer you look forward to more from. The writer whose stories you've read multiple times. The writer that consistently captures our show and it's characters, writing them with great style and grammer.NOTE: For this category, nominees will not be listed until voting begins.
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BEST MYSTERY
The best Psych mystery that you have read. Definition of a Mystery: a story whose plot involves a crime or other event that remains puzzlingly unsettled until the very end.
Keeper by windscryer
Runaway by LittleFairy
It Isn't the Murder That Kills You, It's the Therapy
by dragonnan
Closer by GBFreak1
You Have The Right To Remain... Dead?
by MusicalLuna, centipede
Confined Space by GBFreak1
Sins of the Father by Raych
Catch Me If You Can by LittleFairy
High Tide by LittleFairy
Dead Man's Float by MusicalLuna
Skeptics and True Believers by Jenn1984
Waves of Disaster by Elyse
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BEST ROMANCE
The best Psych romance that you have read. I think you all know what a romance is so I'll leave the description to no more than that.
Confusion to Clarity by MusicalLuna
Those Spaces Inside by s_c
Worth the Wait by LittleFairy
Empty Shoes by centipede
Mushy Moments by MusicalLuna
Chemistry of a Car Crash by Jenn1984, MusicalLuna
Holding On To Words by infatuation
Waves of Disaster by Elyse
Stop! In the Name of... Love?? by Collegekid06
To Be Bored Or Not To Be by sas
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BEST ANGST
The best Psych angst that you have read. Definition of a Angst: A feeling of anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression.
A Moment Too Late by MusicalLuna
Midnight Run by LittleFairy
Trials and Tribulations by JessicaRae
Memory by windscryer
At the Edge of the Glass by centipede
A Whisper to the Living by Xparrot
Fractures by Vampkira
Past Mistakes by LittleFairy
I Asked to Go to Dinner, and You Thought I Said Torture
by dragonnan
Yellow by psych_ologist
My Last Words by Josu
Sins of the Father by Raych
Corpses, Curses, and Cops, Oh My by Vampkira
Confined Spaces by GBFreak1
Four Floors Down, Use the Stairs in Case of Emergency
by centipede
My Brother's Keeper in Training by Mariposa
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BEST SHORT
The best short story or one-shot. Nominations in this category can be no longer than one to three chapters.
Behind the Line of Sight by centipede
An Act of Kindness by JessicaRae
Five Ways Shawn Met Gus by thecomfychair
Better Day Tomorrow by centipede
Don't Eat the Crab by Raych
A Father's Pain by Raych
Guilt and Sorrow by Stefanie
Welcome to the Wacky World of Sensory Fashion
by MusicalLuna
Proof in the Puzzle by centipede
Darkness' Embrace by Sushi Chi
The Final Cut by dragonann
Can I Tell You a Secret? by Raych
I'll Take Mine on A Keyser Soze Roll... by Collegekid06
Hopeless by Nyxelestia
Five Things Shawn Never Told His Father by KatiKat
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BEST REVIEWER
What loyal reviewer do you remember the most? What reviewer consistently gives you great, constructive.... and creative feedback? What reviewer do you always look forward to hearing what they have to say?
windscryer
Jenn1984
dragonnan
GBFreak1
Nyxelestia
centipede
MusicalLuna
Emily
LittleFairy
Hey Juliet
Stray
mel60
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MOST PSYCH-LIKE
A story that could literally be put on the small screen as one of Psych's episodes. You could almost swear one of Psych's official writers had penned the tale.
Four Floors Down, Use the Stairs in Case of Emergency
by centipede
Death by Horse by Stefanie
Murder and Mayhem and Monopoly, Oh My!
by greenrandomness
A Secretary Is Not A Toy by PinkRanger
Catch Me If You Can by LittleFairy
High Tide by LittleFairy
Dead Man's Float by MusicalLuna
Waves of Disaster by Elyse
Crushed Pineapple Chunks by Collegekid06
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AMERICAN DUO AWARD
The best story that focuses on or touches on Shawn and Gus' friendship, and/or accentuates their unique relationship.
A Secretary is Not a Toy by PinkRanger
Tug of War by 4thStreet
Five Ways Shawn Met Gus by thecomfychair
Evicted by Nyxelestia
The Kind That'd Take A Bullet by No More Darkness
Stranger Danger by AllAboutSpencer
Suck It Gus by MusicalLuna
Not Our Finest Moment by Josu
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SBPD AWARD
The best story that focuses on or touches on our boys and girls in blue, our Santa Barbara Police Department force of Vick, Lassiter, Juliet, and even Buzz.
Four Floors Down, Use the Stairs in Case of Emergency
by centipede
Fun in the Woods with Buzz McNabb by centipede
Fear Unspoken by Naarelda
Keeper by windscryer
Hypothetically Speaking by psych_ologist
Your Visitation Rights? Revoked. by MusicalLuna
Trial Run by windscryer
Waves of Disaster by Elyse
One Team One Hundred Scenarios by VampKira
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HOW MANY HATS? AWARD
The best story featuring or touching on Henry and Shawn and their dysfunctional and flamboyant relationship.
At the Edge of the Glass by centipede
A Late Night Call by Angel Love
Cop's Instinct by s_c
Trick or Treat by Destined Dreamer
A Deal with the Devil by GBFreak1
Past Mistakes by LittleFairy
Catch Me If You Can by LittleFairy
Guilt and Sorrow by Stefanie
How To Read My Father: A Henry Spencer Mood Conversation Guide
by Collegekid06
Stranger Danger by AllAboutSpencer
A Eulogy For My Father by Collegekid06
Be Careful What You Wish For by GBFreak1
Four Floors down, use the Stairs in Case of Emergency
by centipede
Mrs. Pickles by Sushi Chi
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YOU ASTOUND ME AWARD
The best story featuring or touching on Lassiter and Shawn and their volatile friendship.
Two's Company by centipede
Better Day Tomorrow by centipede
Keeper by windscryer
Proof in the Puzzle by centipede
Friends Don't Let Friends Drunk Dial by Collegekid06
Memory by windscryer
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BEST BAD GUY
The guy or girl you love to hate. What original character in which story struck you as the best of the bad?
Skeptics and True Believers by Jenn1984
Bad Guy: Garrison Reid
Keeper by windscryer
Bad Guy: Lawrence Fieldstone
The Day Shawn Spencer Tried To Take Over the World
by moogsthewriter
Bad Guy: Shawn Spencer
Confined Space by GBFreak1
Bad Guy: Gary Cushing
Sins of the Father by Raych
Bad Guy: John McCoy
I Asked You To Go To Dinner and You Thought I Said Torture
by dragonnan
Bad Guy: Erin
Closer by GBFreak1
Bad Guy: Cole Miller
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BEST BANTER
The funniest, the most touching, the weirdest, the most random, the most memorable dialogue from a story.
Skeletons in the Closet by Collegekid06
Banter:
“He’s out there?”
“With a scope. Probably in a tree...”
“Oh, gee, Shawn. And who was supposed to prune the trees so they didn’t get overgrown?”
“Now is really not the time—“
“This is why we have chores, Shawn! So we can see the snipers in our trees!”
“Dad! Not now! Psycho with a gun out there…”
Ya Had a Bad Day by moogsthewriter
Banter:
“That’s only if you stay in bed as long as your supposed to,” Gus warned. “Which I know you won’t. We’ll have to strap you down or something.”
“I’ve got plenty of sets of handcuffs to donate to the cause,” Lassiter piped up immediately.
I Am Lassiter by Collegekid06
Banter:
I knew it was a mistake. I knew I shouldn’t have called Spencer to help me out on this one.
It’s been less than two days, and I already want to shoot him.
Or myself.
Mostly him.
Past Mistakes by LittleFairy
Banter:
"Shawn, that was funny twenty years ago! As a purely theoretical concept! It's physically impossible to send Mickey into space with a firecracker! Shawn, they're going to arrest you!"
Videos by dragonnan
Banter:
“For eight movies… that’s like, a hundred and sixty bucks…”
Gus grunted, shifting at his desk, feet propped comfortably on the edge.
“I sure as hell ain’t paying the late fees.”
There was silence between them for a while, the only sounds the crunching of chips and the soft flip from the glossy magazine in Gus’s hands. Finally, Shawn shifted his shoulders, reaching back to scratch the base of his neck.
“Good thing we used Lassy’s account, huh.”
The Fortune Cookie by msfiction
Banter:
"I'm predicting your fortune."
Shawn’s eyes shut.
"Gus." He opened his eyes. "That's not chicken."
"Ha." Pause. "Ha."
"'You have a happy spleen.'" Shawn said passing over the cookie with a wink.
When Opportunity Knocks, You Gotta Take It by LazyDaizy
Banter:
Shawn looked over at Gus, grinned, and held out his fist. “That was too easy.”
Gus bumped his fist with Shawn’s. “You know it.”
“Shall we now engage in primary colored plastic fisticuffs?”
“As long as I’m the red one.”
Two's Company by centipede
Banter:
"--and he folds like a bad hand," Henry finished, handing the beer to Lassiter as he sat back down. He looked suddenly at Shawn. "Sit down and have some dinner."
The lead had slipped away from him, and Shawn knew when, and exactly how, to bow out.
Disgracefully, as a rule of thumb.
"Well!" he said, clapping his hands together delightedly. The smirk was forced. "This has been a pleasant visit, but I just remembered I left a pot of self-preservation simmering on the stove."
"Self…preservation," Lassiter reiterated, tone dry.
Shawn smiled, but it didn’t reach past his mouth. "It needs stirring."
Henry laughed as Shawn turned away. "Oh, come on, kid, take a seat."
The Day Shawn Spencer Tired To Take Over The World
by moogsthewriter
Banter:
“Psycho say what now?” Lassiter exclaimed, backing up a few steps.
Suck It Gus by MusicalLuna
Banter:
“I am rubber, you are glue, what ever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you.”
“Oh. Oh, no you didn’t. I know you are but what am I?”
“Your mo—”
“Don’t go there, Shawn. I will break you,” Gus warned.
Fixer-Uppers by MusicalLuna
Banter:
Shawn rolled his eyes and then grimaced as the peroxide stung particularly sharply. "Dude, those guys were so out of line."
"Shawn, you told the guy that his motorcycle—his prized possession—"
"And his ‘house’ judging from the way he smelled."
"—was, and I quote, ‘A hideous piece of scrap metal that should be eaten by the Iron Giant so no one else has to suffer damage to their retinas from accidentally glancing at it’!"
Not Everybody Loves Surprises by LittleFairy
Banter:
Gus' left eye twitched a little. "It's a company car, Shawn. Not a truck."
"Not that you use it to do company stuff all that often, anyway."
"Oh, and whose fault is that?"
"Not mine", Shawn said firmly. "I wanted to get a Psych company car, you were against it, if you care to remember."
"Shawn, you wanted to buy a bright red Porsche…"
"…for car chases and fast getaways. The perfect car for that."
Keeper by windscryer
Banter:
“Do you have any theories?”
He snorted. “Does 'aliens did it' count as a theory?”
She smiled. “Can you prove it?”
“'Can they disprove it', that's the question to be asked.”
Keeper by windscryer
Banter:
“Okay, you just defiled a lemon-filled powdered Krispy Kreme. Gus, share with me. What is going on here? Is this about the slushy machine? Because really I think it's financially sound. We drink so many of them . . . it's got to be cheaper than buying them from 7-11 all the time.”
Gus deigned to glare at Shawn for a brief—if icy—moment, then went back to his computer.
“So not the slushy machine then.”
A Secretary Is Not A Toy by PinkRanger
Banter:
Shawn leaned over his shoulder. “Oh. I attempted to capture her likeness for your benefit. So you could see what she looked like. In case, you know, you were curious, or something.”
“This is a stick person, Shawn.”
“Yeah, but look at the shading on the upper lip.”
"It looks like she has a mustache.”
“Maybe she did. How do you know?” Shawn asked defensively, falling into his chair.
His best friend grinned back knowingly. “Because you wouldn’t have hired a twenty-four-year-old girl with a mustache. You would have made sure that she was nice to look at, because that’s the only reason why you would have hired a secretary without talking to me about it first.”
“Gus, I am hurt!” Shawn announced, bouncing back to his feet. “Maybe I was a little concerned that you were doing too much of the work. Maybe I wanted to give your hands a rest from all that typing so that you didn’t get carpal tunnel syndrome. Maybe I was just trying to help you!”
Skeptics and True Believers by Jenn1984
Banter:
Breaking the silence, Shawn glanced out his window and whined, "It was so nice yesterday."
"It's gonna be like this for the rest of the week," Gus explained.
"There's a cold front moving down from Canada and it's bringing this
giant system of rain with it."
Shawn looked at Gus with surprise. "Who are you? Burton Guster, Chief
Meteorologist for channel 8 news?"
Gus' nostrils flared. "I watch the weather channel, Shawn," he said
loudly.
"Why can't you just wake up in the morning and look out your window
like a normal person?" Shawn asked.
"For your information, lots of people watch the weather channel. I
like to be prepared."
"Prepared for what? All the inclement weather? Dude, we live in Santa
Barbara...chances are it's going to be warm."
Gus rolled his eyes as he parked his car in front of the police
station. "Whatever, Shawn. I'm not sharing my umbrella with you." He
slammed the car door and walked inside.
"That's what a jacket is for!" Shawn called out, placing his jacket
on his head and running into the station.
Skeptics and True Believers by Jenn1984
Banter:
Shawn stood up and grabbed the phone with his
good hand. "Spare me the lecture, man. I can't find my helmet, and
you know I don't get on my bike without it. So come and get me." Shawn
heard a dramatic sigh on the other line.
"Fine. Even though I'm already downtown and gas prices are through
the roof."
Shawn rolled his eyes. "No need to act like a raging barracuda, Gus.
I'm only 10 minutes away."
"For your information, barracuda attacks are rare. They only attack if
they\'re provoked."
"Dude," Shawn said incredulously, "why do you know that? I thought
we talked about this?"
"Whatever, Shawn."
Guilt and Sorrow by Stefanie
Banter:
"It's 75 degrees!" Shawn countered in an
outraged whisper. "This is perfect stakeout weather." He took a
calming breath, then continued. "And I didn't ask you come out here. If I
remember clearly, which, duh, I do, you were the one who barged into our
case."
"Yeah, well, excuse me for thinking that you might need a better ride
than your deathtrap, now that you've totaled Gus's car."
"My company car. And don't think we're done with that discussion
yet, Shawn," Gus said with unrepressed anger.
"I'd like to introduce you to a little thing called insurance, Angry
McWorrypants. And besides, it was a business expense."
"Trying 'Batman Begins' moves with the car is not business."
Friends Don't Let Friends Drunk Dial by Collegekid06
Banter:
“…just cut myself on the damn glass…”
Lassiter was saying on the other end.
“Stay there!” Shawn ordered. “I’m going to get you back home
before you get arrested for breaking and entering.”
“It’s not breaking and entering. I have a key.”
“You broke the window.”
“My key’s a rock…. What the hell?”
A Bump on the Head Changes Everything by nini8519
Banter:
“Yeah Shawn, but things were bad for
awhile. Let’s just say you were dead, practically, almost.”
“I was dead? What! Wow, that is creepy. I’m like Jesus. I came
back from the dead. This is definitely going on my resume,” Shawn
excitedly remarked.
“Shawn, you are not going to compare yourself to Jesus and put it on
your resume. I should have never given them the order,” Henry said
mumbling the last part to himself.
“What? You killed me! I can’t believe it. My own father!”
Shawn exclaimed.
“You were already dead!” Henry remarked back to Shawn.
“Still. You didn’t have to…umm…rekill me,” Shawn said.
A Bump on the Head Changes Everything by nini8519
Banter:
“Doc, when can I go home?” Shawn asked.
The doctor still amazed by Shawn’s miraculous recovery, glared at him
for several more seconds. “Umm, Shawn, I think it is best that you
stay in the hospital until we further assess the situation.”
“Well, okay. I have one request. I need pineapple bad. Can I
inject it into my IV?”
The doctor still looked puzzled. “You realize that you’re allowed
to eat.”
“Where’s the cafeteria?”
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BOO-BOO AWARD
The best use of smacking a character around. This is the most original or most memorable or the worst(in a good sense) way to hurt a character. Best whump, for those of you familiar with the phrase.
*Iz Ded* Moments by windscryer
Not Everybody Loves Surprises by LittleFairy
Four Floors down, use the Stairs in Case of Emergency
by centipede
Ya Had a Bad Day by moogsthewriter
I asked to go to dinner and you thought I said toture
by dragonnan
Primed Numbers by psych_ologist
Closer by GBFreak1
Shafted by MusicalLuna
Fixer-Uppers by MusicalLuna
Malicious Intent by GBFreak1
I'm Just Here for the Rocky Road by dragonnan
Stranger Danger by AllAboutSpencer
A Bump on the Head Changes Everything by Nini8519
Ruin His Day by Sushi Chi
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BEST USE OF PINEAPPLE
The most memorable use of our favorite fruit, pineapple. It can be a single scene from a story or something that has more to do with the story's plot. As long as it is about using pineapple in a creative way. Even a story that has multiple creative placements of the fruit.
From Bad to Worse to the Movies! by Mariposa
Pineapple Usage: Mychal uses Pineapple shampoo and conditioner, and Shawn keeps smelling it throughout the whole story.
Of Best Friends and Fruit by Stefanie
Pineapple Usage: Gus describes to the class how Shawn is like a pineapple.
A Dinner Forgotten by Chips03
Pineapple Usage: Henry made Shawn pineapple pancakes.
What Would Shawn Do? by Collegekid06
Pineapple Usage: As an apology gift in chapter 2.
Skeptics and True Believers by Jenn1984
Pineapple Usage: Shawn gets a bunch of pineapple gifts from the
guy whose life he saved.
Sweet A.M. by 4th Street
Pineapple Usage: Little Shawn shares pineapple with his mom.
A Whisper to the Living by Xparrot
Pineapple Usage: As a tribute to Gus and Henry. Also, as a sign
so Juliet knows that Shawn is in town.
Pineapple by SomebodyElse
Pineapple Usage: Henry giving Shawn pineapple.
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MOST WANTED WIP
What incomplete story do you want to see finished? This is a story that has been taking a VERY long time to be written. The wait is LONG between updates or the updates have suddenly stopped, leaving the story in hiatus. Maybe an award will get the author's creative juices going?
NOTE: Nominated stories canNOT be completed until the conclusion of the awards. If a nominaiton is completed, it will be taken out of the running.
When Silence is the Enemy by Nyxelestia
Next by DisappearingInq
Nightmare by Kamo Fantomo
A Life You Don't Live is Still Lost by Elfgirl
Out Cold by Xparrot
Black Market Baby! by GusGal
Revenge by Nyxelestia
The Sight by JessicaRae
A Little Too Close to Home by GBFreak1
Another Climb by Sky Pad
A Beautiful Lie by Jenn1984
That Cannot Be Perceived by Xparrot
Well, Somebody Had To Kill Shawn! by Nyxelestia
Vengeance by moogsthewriter
Look, But Don't Touch by Astrophysicist
Three Blind Mice by Galinda05, Pineapple_Pixie
How Not to Raise a Kid by s_c
20 x 20 by s_c
Blame Game by nebbyjen
Snapshots by windscryer
Pyro by MST3Kfan
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