"Community, Fanta, and Friends: The Thing About Ghost Stories,""  2019  HUGO AWARD  Sor achieventt  Soence Fiction  and Fanta  BeRelate Wark  Aedre of Cur Own  arlketion for 1ransformacive Wcks  OA Kelsh Workde   a  2019  HUGO AWARD  or achievennent  (Science Fiction  and Faritasy  a project of the Organization for Transformative Works  Dubiln 2019: An Irish eridcon  Best Related Work  Archive of Our Own infiniteviking: doughtier:  transformativeworks:  AO3 won the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Related Work! Here's the speech given by Naomi Novik when the award was accepted:  All fanwork, from fanfic to vids to fanart to podfic, centers the idea that art happens not in isolation but in community. And that is true of the AO3 itself. We're up here accepting, but only on behalf of literally thousands of volunteers and millions of users, all of whom have come together and built this thriving home for fandom, a nonprofit and non-commercial community space built entirely by volunteer labor and user donations, on the principle that we needed a place of our own that was not out to exploit its users but to serve them. Even if I listed every founder, every builder, every tireless support staff member and translator and tag wrangler, if I named every last donor, all our hard work and contributions would mean nothing without the work of the fan creators who share their work freely with other fans, and the fans who read their stories and view their art and comment and share bookmarks and give kudos to encourage them and nourish the community in their turn. This Hugo will be joining the traveling exhibition that goes to each Worldcon, because it belongs to all of us. I would like to ask that we raise the lights and for all of you who feel a part of our community stand up for a moment and share in this with us.   [Tweet by J.Rho Oh my god, the real Hugo Award *was* the friends we made along the way!]  HUZZAH~~"
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