Updated: Jan 2
Time to review the year, and what a year it has been.
First the Hat Tips - it's a short list this year but every HT is an effort from a writer to help improve a fellow writer's sub. FlashArry has been the top Hat Tipper this past year and each and every contribution is welcomed. All 64 H/Ts are acknowledged below.
FlashArry 11
sinnick 8
SteveB 7
simonjjames 6
Sydalg 6
Deskpilot 6
Sir Lupus 3
Titus 3
Modelmaker 3
jobo 2
Lockjaw 2
apepper 1
Beau-Jolly 1
Midfield Diamond 1
Not Titus 1
robowurzel 1
Throngsman 1
Walter Eagle 1
Features - AKA Left Alert for those who remember the old site (where the Left Alert happily sat on the right hand side of the website fir the last few years). Subs that don't quite fit with our normal Front Page or News in Brief format due to length or because they are a little quirky. Lockjaw leads the pack in this field mainly because he stepped up to the plate to run the monthly horoscope - an incredibly popular feature.
Lockjaw 10
Sydalg 3
ChrisF 2
Deskpilot 2
Jack the Quipper 1
Raggers 1
sinnick 1
Sketchly 1
SteveB 1
Throngsman 1
Walter Eagle 1
wardhazy 1
Thatwasbeast 1
Headlines, AKA tickers from the old site when we actually had a ticker bar. Very popular range of one-liners with over 1200 posted this past year. Only the top ten contributors are listed - if anyone who isn't listed in this review wants to know how they scored in any category then PM me and I'll let you know.
Top of the tree is Deskpilot who has had 277 headlines this past year.
Deskpilot 277
mcdabble 109
SteveB 68
jim Skinz 62
Modelmaker 62
Scribbles 56
Titus 48
ian searle 45
MrQ 43
Sketchly 42
News in Brief items are posted twice a day Monday to Friday and at least one a day Saturday and Sunday. Wrenfoe has been especially prolific, as has eppursimuove and stewartbarclay.
wrenfoe 174
eppursimuove 142
stewartbarclay 120
SteveB 108
Deskpilot 106
Throngsman 68
apepper 58
Modelmaker 50
jeremynh 46
Doctor Chutney 32
The coveted Front Page slot - one a day, every day including Christmas day - has been dominated by eppursimuove this year with Deskpilot giving a good run for his money.
eppursimuove 162
Deskpilot 117
SteveB 84
Throngsman 66
stewartbarclay 54
wrenfoe 51
jeremynh 45
chrisf 45
nicka 39
Modelmaker 33
Writer of the Year is determined by the points earned on the leaderboard - 4 points for a Feature, 3 points for a Front Page, 2 points for a News in Brief, 1 point for a headline and the same for a hat tip. The scores below include these point allocations. Deskpilot is clearly and unambiguously Newsbiscuit's Writer of the Year.
Deskpilot 514
eppursimuove 315
SteveB 271
wrenfoe 225
stewartbarclay 193
Modelmaker 148
mcdabble 146
Throngsman 140
apepper 97
jeremynh 95
Finally, Cartoon of the Year is First day at school by Modelmaker
