The Golden Mushroom Awards were run by the hobbit fanfiction archive West of the Moon in 2003, 2004 and 2005. If you like hobbit fanfiction (general or slash), and haven’t already got this site lovingly bookmarked, what are you waiting for? Go and visit! There’s a lot of stories archived there, so if you want some ideas as to what to read first, the Golden Mushroom Awards are a great place to start. Shadow, the webmistress did a great job of running this site, but now it’s “read only” . In 2003, All that I Had was still being written, and only a few chapters had been posted. I was thrilled to be runner up for the Honorary Sam Award (I’m Coming, Sir!) for Chapter 4, and had no idea that I would have so many nominations in the following two years. I had great fun writing concession and acceptance speeches, and since you might enjoy them, I’ve posted them to this website, along with the wonderful banners Shadow made. But I still think there should have been a Cracks of Doom” award for Best Cliff Hanger...

Golden Mushroom Awards speech 2003:

Golden Mushroom Awards speech 2004:

Golden Mushroom Awards speech 2005: