Mr. Pointy Awards / 2006

For For Works Published in 2005


Short-Form Award

  • Symonds, Gwyn. “‘A Little More Soul Than is Written’: James Marsters’ Performance of Spike and the Ambiguity of Evil in Sunnydale.” Slayage: The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies 4.4 (Mar. 2005): n. pag. Web.

Long-Form Award

  • Wilcox, Rhonda V. Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. London: I. B. Tauris, 2005. Print.

Paper Award for the 2nd Biennial Slayage Conference on the Whedonverses (2006)

  • Abbott, Stacey. “Cavemen or Astronauts, Weapons to be Determined: Angel, Spike and the Buddy Genre.”

Short-Form Finalists

  • Halfyard, Janet K. “Singing Their Hearts Out: The Problem of Performance in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.” Slayage: The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies 5.1 (June 2005): n. pag. Web.
  • Hudson, Jennifer A. “‘She’s Unpredictable’: Illyria and the Liberating Potential of Chaotic Postmodern Identity.” Magazine Americana: The American Popular Culture Magazine Mar. 2005: n. pag. Web.
  • Albright, Richard S. “‘[B]reakaway pop hit or . . . book number?’: ‘Once More, With Feeling’ and Genre.” Slayage: The Online International Journal of Buffy Studies 5.1 (June 2005): n. pag. Web.

Long-Form Finalists

  • Battis, Jes. Blood Relations: Chosen Families in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2005. Print.
  • Jowett, Lorna. Sex and the Slayer: A Gender Studies Primer for the Buffy Fan. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan UP, 2005. Print.
  • Abbott, Stacey, ed. Reading Angel: The The TV Spin-Off with a Soul. London: I.B. Tauris, 2005. Print.