This year's categories are as follows:

• Best Challenge Story (Eligible Challenge Stories)
• Best Vignette (under 20K)
• Best Dramatic nFic
• Best Humorous
• Most Sensual
• Best WAFFY (Warm and Fuzzy Feeling)
• Best SuperFutures (stories post Season 4 about L&C with or without children)
• Best Original Idea
• Best Elseworld nFic (stories where there are significant differences with the characters)
• Best First Time Rewrite
• Best Episode Tie-in
• Best nFic Revelation
• Best New Author (Eligible Authors)
• Best Overall nFic