Annual Call For Award Nominations

Better late than ever! We've been spinning a few too many plates these past few months and we just haven't had time to do the 2025 Fan Project of the Year and Hall of Fame award contest yet. But we don't want to give up on the tradition, so we're kicking it off today!

As always, we are asking the community to highlight your favorite projects of the past year. It could be massive ongoing fan games, it could be fan art or music or it could be any of the incredible mods or utilities that WingNuts have put hard work into.

We will also be deciding the second ever Hall of Fame award. You can nominate projects or individual fans who have made a contribution to the community and the fandom over the year. Last year's winners were Klavs and HCl so whoever you nominate will have to be pretty impressive!

Please email your nominations to news@wcnews.com and check back next week for the final vote. Here are our previous honored winners:

I also want to note that I'm handling this job for the first time in CIC history. The competition has always been run by Chris Reid in the past and it's a great example of the kind of thankless, labor intensive work he does for the CIC while I get to have fun thinking about Privateer 2 lore and movie trivia. Chris will return next year so I want to take this rare opportunity to thank him for his endless work. CIC staff aren't eligible for the Hall of Fame award but if they were, Chris would be first on my list.

Finally, to head this off at the pass: you are not allowed to give your Wing Commander Project of the Year award to the President, no matter how pathetically he may beg.