Hello hello everyone! Welcome! My name is Alex, and welcome to the 3rd annual Striped Story Awards! This is the night where we celebrate the stories that I wrote this year. From January to December, I published a total of 21 stories. It's less than I did the previous year, but still! That's an average of a story every two-ish weeks!!! Thanks to all of you, I am able to put a lot of time into what I love, and for that I am eternally grateful.
But that's enough of me being sappy; you're here for the awards!!!!! You voted for them, after all! So without further ado, here are the Best of 2024 Stories and Comics.
Reader's Choice (Voted by YOU!)
Best Story by Month
January: "Warm Socks"
February: "Sign on the Spotted Line"
March: "Bad Influence"
April: "Premium Guest Star Story: A Knight’s Oath"
May: "Perks of Dating a Pawpstar"
June: "Straight A Stud(ent)"
July: "Strawberry Pop Rocks"
August: "Premium Guest Star Story: Blood in the Wine" + "Premium Guest Star Story: Blood in the Wine (Watersports Version)"
September: "Our Dirty Little Secret"
October: "Bonus Sketch Comic: Just Sniffing"
November: "Big Sur"
December: "Premium Guest Star Story: Astronautical Navigation and Lunar Space Engineering Xploration"
"Damn I Came So Hard I Had to Like" Award - Most Liked Stories
"Sign on the Spotted Line"- WINNER (25 likes)
"Our Dirty Little Secret" (23 likes)
"Straight A Stud(ent)" (21 likes)
Alex's Choice
Best Story Overall [5 nominees, 1 winner]
"Premium Guest Star Story: Blood in the Wine" + "Premium Guest Star Story: Blood in the Wine (Watersports Version)" - WINNER
"Perks of Dating a Pawpstar"
"Premium Guest Star Story: A Knight’s Oath"
"Our Dirty Little Secret"
"Sign on the Spotted Line"
Best "Premium Story" (Stories over 3,000 words in length)
"Premium Guest Star Story: Blood in the Wine" + "Premium Guest Star Story: Blood in the Wine (Watersports Version)" - WINNER
Best "Standard Story" (Stories under 3,000 words in length)
"Our Dirty Little Secret" - WINNER
And that is a wrap on 2024 (for real this time!) thank you guys so much for reading the stories, and this awards show post, too! Let me know which stories were your favorites! That really helps me out a lot!!!!
It's a bit silly, but I love seeing which stories you guys like best and compare it to what I am personally proud of. A lot of the time I write stuff that I think you guys might not like, and when you do it is so heartwarming, so thank you for that.
Here's to an even better 2025!!!!!