1. It's 1 vote per person.
2. You can vote in as many/as few categories as you please.
3. You CANNOT vote for yourself.
4. To vote, send me a PM. Or you can post them on this thread/do both. All PM votes are confidential!
5. All categories run from 1st September 2013-1st September 2014.
6. Voting closes Friday 29th August at 11pm and the winners will be announced in a special thread Saturday 30th August.

Here's the categories:

1. SOAP OF THE YEAR (2013: Emmerdale)
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Hollyoaks

2. SOAP PRODUCER OF THE YEAR (2013: Bryan Kirkwood)
Stuart Blackburn (CS)
Dominic Treadwell-Collins (EE)
Kate Oates (ED)
Bryan Kirkwood (HO)

Choose ONE from the following lists. (3-10)

3. BEST SOAP ACTOR (2013: Emmett J. Scanlan)

Coronation Street:
David Neilson – Roy Cropper
Chris Gascoyne – Peter Barlow
Ben Price – Nick Tilsley

EastEnders:
Adam Woodyatt – Ian Beale
Danny Dyer – Mick Carter
Ben Hardy – Peter Beale

Emmerdale:
Jeff Hordley – Cain Dingle
Michael Parr – Ross Barton
Steve Halliwell – Zak Dingle

Hollyoaks:
Patrick Blake - Jeremy Sheffield
Ste Hay – Kieron Richardson
James Sutton – John Paul Mc Queen

4. BEST SOAP ACTRESS (2013: Claire Cooper)

Coronation Street:
Julie Hesmondhalgh – Hayley Cropper
Alison King – Carla Barlow
Debbie Rush – Anna Windass

EastEnders:
Lindsey Coulson – Carol Jackson
Linda Henry – Shirley Carter
Diane Parish – Denise Fox

Emmerdale:
Emma Atkins – Charity Macey
Verity Rushworth – Donna Windsor
Charlie Hardwick – Val Pollard

Hollyoaks:
Nikki Sanderson – Maxine Minniver
Stephanie Davis – Sinead O’Connor
Anna Passey – Sienna Blake

5. BEST EXIT (2013: Gennie)

Coronation Street:
Hayley Cropper – Julie Hesmondhalgh
Stella Price – Michelle Collins
Tina Mc Intyre – Michelle Keegan

EastEnders:
Michael Moon – Steve J. Shepherd
Janine Butcher – Charlie Brooks
Lucy Beale – Hetti Bywater

Emmerdale:
Cameron Murray – Dominic Power
Gemma Andrews - Tendai Rinomhota
Donna Windsor – Verity Rushworth

Hollyoaks:
Leanne Holiday - Jessica Forrest
Paul Browning – Joseph Thompson
Sam & Danny Lomax – Lizzie Roper & Stephen Billington

6. BEST NEWCOMER (2013: Sienna)

Coronation Street:
Terence Maynard – Tony Stewart
Les Dennis – Michael Rodwell
Sair Khan – Alya Nazir

EastEnders:
Kellie Bright – Linda Carter
Sam Strike – Johnny Carter
Declan Bennett – Charlie Cotton

Emmerdale:
Joe Gill - Finn Barton
Katherine Dow Blyton - Harriet Finch
Pasha Bocarie - Rakesh Kotecha

Hollyoaks:
Kirsty Lee Porter - Leela Lomax
Tamara Wall - Grace Black
Modupe Adeyeye - Blessing Chambers

7. BEST STORYLINE (2013: Kirsty's abuse of Tyrone)

Coronation Street:
Hayley’s Cancer
Phelan terrorises The Windasses
Tina’s murder and aftermath

EastEnders:
Carol’s Cancer
Johnny’s coming out
Who Killed Lucy?

Emmerdale:
Val’s HIV storyline
Donna’s Cancer
Priya/David/Alicia – love triangle

Hollyoaks:
Patrick & Maxine - Domestic Abuse storyline
John Paul’s male rape storyline
Blessing’s transgender story

8. BEST SOAP COUPLE (2013: Roy & Hayley)

Coronation Street:
Kylie & David
Jason & Eva
Tim & Sally

EastEnders:
Mick & Linda
Kat & Alfie
Aleks & Roxy

Emmerdale:
Cain & Moira
Kerry & Dan
Ross & Donna

Hollyoaks:
Darren & Nancy
Blessing & Dennis
Ste & John Paul

9. BEST WEDDING DRAMA (2013: Chryed)

Coronation Street:
Carla & Peter

EastEnders:
Roxy & Alfie
Carol & David

Emmerdale:
David & Alicia
Cain & Moira
Kerry & Dan

Hollyoaks:
Fraser & Sandy
Sinead & Freddie
Patrick & Maxine

10. *NEW* SOAP RETURN OF THE YEAR

Coronation Street:
Liz Mc Donald
Todd Grimshaw
Ken Barlow

EastEnders:
Jane Beale
Stacey Branning
Dean Wicks

Emmerdale:
Leyla Harding
Donna Windsor
Aaron Livesy

Hollyoaks:
Myra Mc Queen
Sonny Valentine
Rhys Ashworth

11. SOAP CHARACTER OF THE YEAR (2013: Brendan Brady)
This can be anyone that has appeared in the British soaps between Sept 13 and 14.


Last year saw Hollyoaks reign supreme, can they replicate their success this year?
2013: Hollyoaks- 5
Emmerdale- 2
Coronation St.- 2
EastEnders- 1

Now onto the forum awards:

1. POSTER OF THE YEAR (2013: lotty27)

2. BEST MALE POSTER (2012: Dan2008/Vaslav, 2013: mo mouse)

3. BEST FEMALE POSTER (2012 & 2013: PrincessPerfect)
**if unsure check their profile.

4. BEST USERNAME (2012: chocolate cake, 2013: Agatha_crispies)

5. FUNNIEST MALE POSTER (2012: SULLA, 2013: mo mouse)
**DS Forum Support is counted as male.

6. FUNNIEST FEMALE POSTER (2012: Priscilla)

7. SEXIEST MALE POSTER (2012: maurice/Zack, 2013: John Dough)

8. SEXIEST FEMALE POSTER (2012: Priscilla, 2013: xTonix)
** I know we don't know what most posters look like but it worked in 2012 & 2013. You can judge it on their posts either.

9. BEST THREADMAKER (2012: Dan2008, 2013: dullagj2)

10. MOST DRAMATIC POSTER (2012: kornerkabin, 2013: vaslav)

11. BEST EPISODE THREADMAKER (2012 & 2013: dullagj2)
**here's a list to help:

12. BEST NEWCOMER: CHOOSE 3 (2012: eeshannis, 2013: Broken_Arrow)
** Any poster who has joined since Sept 2013. Here's a list I've compiled to help:

13. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT- CHOOSE 3 (2000-2005)
Roll of honour:
2013: SULLA (2002)
Again here's a list to help:


14. BEST FAN OF A CHARACTER/SOAP (2012 & 2013: monalisa)

15. THREAD OF THE YEAR (2013: STELLA WEEK)

16. MASTER DEBATER OF THE YEAR (2013: Scrabbler)

17. SPOILER POSTER OF THE YEAR (2013: KBambi)

18. BEST APPRECIATION THREAD (2013: Michael Moon/Sez_babe)
** Appreciation threads can be found here.

19. BEST FANFICTION (2012: IanMandy, 2013: dullagj2)
** Fanfictions can be found here.

20. EastEnders Poster of the Year (2013: dan2008)

21. Coronation Street Poster of the Year (2013: Agatha_crispies)

22. Emmerdale Poster of the Yearr (2013: Oldnjaded)

23. Hollyoaks Poster of the Year (2013: Ownnnn)

24. CRUDEST POSTER (2013: karl93)

25. FRIENDLIEST POSTER (2013: dan2008)

26. MOST MISSED POSTER (2013: catsmeow)

27. POSTER I WISH POSTED MORE OFTEN (2013: PrincessPerfect)

NEW categories
28. SPECTACULAR POST/OP OF THE YEAR
A post or opening post that had you nodding and clapping in agreement wishing there was a ‘like’ button or maybe it just impressed you.
29. BEST PARTNERSHIP/DUO
Many bonds have been formed and there’s some notable double acts on the forum that could pass for an old married couple. This is a chance to award posters who bounce off each other really well.
30. FORUM’S BIGGEST SOAP FAN
The title is self-explanatory really.
31. BEST EPISODE REVIEWER
The episode threads are always a highlight for me on here. Some prefer to review the episode whilst it’s ongoing, others wait until it’s finished, some even multiquote.
32. BIGGEST HATER OF A CHARACTER/SOAP
Everyone has characters they dislike, some struggle to hide their disdain for certain ones and or even certain soaps.
33. EYECATCHING THREAD TITLE OF THE YEAR
A thread title can sometimes draw you into a thread or prevent you touching it with a bargepole.
34. SMILEY ABUSER/USER OF THE YEAR
Last year we almost lost our smilies when they were temporarily replaced by yellow blobs. We realised how much they help us to express ourselves and they were widely missed. This award is in honour of them. RIP mr. rolleyes.
35. POET/SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR
This also seem to crop up around the time of the redesign and it’s sort of continued from there.
36. BEST MULTIQUOTER
Multiquoter is someone who quotes multiple posts.
37. MOST IMPROVED POSTER
A poster that may have started posting more often, taken criticisms on board or learned from their mistakes.
38. RANTER OF THE YEAR
Everyone loves a good rant but who’s the best?
39. BEST FANFICTION EPISODE/STORYLINE
A lot of new fanfictions have cropped up over the past year. A lot of time and effort is put into them and this is a chance to recognise them more specifically.
40. BEST FORUM NICKNAME
Many’s a great forum name have been created on this forum. What’s your fave?

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT!!!
Can I start by awarding ‘The Hollyoaks Episode Threads’ the Special Achievement Award for 2013 (I forgot last year )? Since January 2013, they’ve gone from strength to strength and it’s nice to have one for all four major British soaps. Congrats to all the threadstarters and contributors.