We are Zeroses Read Awards (ZRA), a group of authors and readers that came together to celebrate the amazing fics our fandom has been creating for Zerobaseone. We believe that a lot of fics deserve more recognition and we saw this as the perfect opportunity to make them shine!We want you to share your favorite fics in the fandom based on certain categories. What fic do you think deserves ten thousand more hits? Nominate it now!After the nomination period ends and a list of recommendations has been compiled, we will go on a quest together to find la crème de la crème - the most outstanding fic - and give them the Daesang they deserve.However, consent and respect are our number one priorities. So before starting with the awarding phase, we will reach out to every author listed. If they do not respond, decline to participate, or do not want a specific fic to be entered, they will be immediately removed from our list of participants. If consent is withdrawn at any point, we will remove the participating fic immediately.We hope that this whole process will bring forward new, underrated fics that are beloved enough to be shared with the community. Nothing is more precious to an author than a loving comment, and what is more loving than getting awarded by your readers?

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We are looking for people to submit their favorite ZEROBASEONE fics! Now is your chance to bring a lesser known fic into the spotlight!Submit a fic here.

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We are currently looking for readers for these fics, so please sign up if you're interested!Sign up to be a reader here.

Our Values

FairnessWe will recruit Readers until January 18th. To make sure that no one gets an unfair result, every fic is read by at least three Readers, and we will monitor any deviating score (This doesn’t mean the readers shouldn’t be honest!). Readers will be given a checklist of things to look out for, and they will be asked to mark everything they think applies to the fic they are reading. This document is devised to highlight everything great in the fic; it is not an assignment or an evaluation, and we are not looking at any issues beyond grammar.EqualityThis is not a popularity contest. The number of times a fic gets submitted has no impact on its chances of winning, and neither kudos nor hits will be taken into account during the process. We worked hard to make sure that the process is as fair as possible so that more unknown fics also have a chance to win in their categories.All ships and dynamics will be judged equally. This is not a place for discourse, and Readers are not here to read just for their personal pleasure. A rarepair is just as likely to reach the Finals, as the scoring document is made to be objective and fits every situation - even platonic fics! While BNB fics statistically have an edge as they are in the majority, this event welcomes any pair, so we encourage you to submit a wide variety of fics!ConsentThe only way for a fic to be part of this event past the initial submissions is for the author to agree they want to be a participant and state the category they want to compete in - which can be different from the category they were submitted in. If, at any point, the author wishes to withdraw their consent, their fic will be immediately removed from the competition.Privacy and protectionPrivacy is extremely important to us, so the ratings will never be publicly revealed. At the end of the first round when our finalists and Bonsang winners are determined, our team will only save the kind comments left by Readers, and destroy everything else. This is a celebration to share the joy of fanfiction, not shame writers who have put their time, effort, and love into the art they share for free.RespectAs this event aims to be a celebration of this community, we will not tolerate any hateful, violent or otherwise aggressive behavior. Our team has worked hard for this event, and we deserve just as much kindness. Any kind of verbal harassment, hostility or overall bad behavior towards our team or participating Authors or Readers will result in an immediate ban from the event without any further explanation.In order to make sure this is a positive event for all parties involved, we have strict guidelines to prevent Readers from acting in ways that could be harmful to the participating Authors. We are aware that reading is an extremely personal experience, therefore Readers are encouraged to tell us about any author, category, or tag they do not feel comfortable judging. As an example, not everyone can read Dark fics, and Dark fic writers deserve to have Readers that understand and enjoy their craft. On the other hand, Readers who are friends with Authors might feel awkward rating their work. We will make sure to distribute the fics while keeping the Readers’ boundaries in mind.We ask everyone to respect our values and ethics through their explicit consent if they want to be a Reader. Any behavior that does not align with the positive environment we aim to create will result in the immediate termination of the Reader’s participation.

The mods and our emojis

Nej ❓
I was submitted for the first time in a French award for kpop fics on Wattpad (WKA), and it made me feel such a rush. I wanted AO3 writers in our fandom to have a chance to experience it, too, so I gathered some of us to think up an event!Amber 💤
Hiya! I’m someone who spends WAY too much of her free time writing & reading, and so I thought - it’s finally time to put myself out there & get involved in the communities that I love! My main passion for being here is my love for writing & zb1 hehe. I'm excited to be involved!Ash ☕
I just love involving myself in new and crazy projects and that’s the main reason I’m here haha. I’ve been a part of this community for a long time, as a writer and a reader so i want to give something back to all of the amazing people who wrote amazing stuff, and I also really hope that this could help more small authors to be recognized !Assu 🧍
Nej: so we're doing this thing…
Assu: what the hell, sure.jpgCinna 💎
Hi, I'm the villain who hyped Nej up to do the thing. I think a lot of people may not know me because I’m not an author, but I am a fervent (mostly loud) reader. I’ve never experienced such a warm welcome as I have in this fandom, so I wanted to give back a little!Chiara 🌙
I love this community and the people I’ve met through it, but let’s be real: I'm also a control maniac and jumped at the chance to be on the organization committee of something.Cy ✨
I’m mostly here to handle the data. Spreadsheets go brrr. Also because I love fics and believe that more of them should be celebrated, particularly unpopular ones.Flower 🌸
I love our cute community of readers and writers who brought back my passion for writing. I think we deserve to have fun with this project and celebrate fic. I’m in charge of the graphic design team here, so be thankful it’s not all pink and flowers.Jules 🍊
Completely in it for the love of the arts. I love writing and I love all of the friends I made through it, so I really want to give something positive and fun back to the community and celebrate all of the incredible works that were created! ♡Luna 🎀
I joined the community recently and it quickly became a safe and comforting space for meee. I have a deep love for writing and am also a big fan of many talented authors, excited to celebrate even more incredible authors through thisss! ♡Noom ☁️
You see this mildly talented guy in a survival show that is ultra passionate but has no screen time? And everytime you see him, he's herding everyone sporting sprout hair and making sure the team is on track to win. He will lose the show. But not his team. Well, that's me! Using my support, love, and organisational skills on the people I admire and repsect most: fandom creators.Owl ❄️
The amount of talent that’s in this fandom always leaves me with awe. From theorycrafting to fanart and fics, I feel so happy to be a part of such a passionate community. And that’s not even touching how sweet and kind everyone is! If there’s anything I could do to give an ounce of it back, I’m taking that chance, so that’s why I’m here!Rin 🐼
The longer I’ve been a part of this community, the happier I am to be surrounded by such amazing and talented authors! I’m so excited to be a part of this chance to celebrate the creators in our community <3Spana 🌷
Happy to help and happy to be here! I’ve made so many friends this year through writing, and I’m just filled with so much joy. I would love to give back to this wonderful community, so when Nej mentioned making this event, I just knew I had to be a part of it :D