The 2025 Pegasus Award finalists were announced on August 29. The Pegasus Award is presented by the Ohio Valley Filk Fest (OVFF) for excellence in filking.

Anyone in the filk community can vote on the winners, and community is broadly defined. The rules for the awards competition may be found here.

You can listen to sound clips of the various nominees here, as well as view lyrics and information about the artists.

BEST FILK SONG

• Believe – Peter Alway
• Future Me – Robert Beckwith
• Helium Miner’s Song – Heather Preston
• My Dandelion Friend – Summer Russell
• One Small Boat – Marilisa Valtazanou

BEST CLASSIC FILK SONG

• City of Doors – Dr. Mary Crowell
• Crimson & Crystal – Cynthia McQuillin
• Like Their Feet Have Wings – Gwen Knighton-Raftery
• Merry Meet – Steve Macdonald
• Storm Dancing – Tom Smith

BEST PERFORMER

• Barbership
• The Blibbering Humdingers
• Daniel Kelly
• Lauren Oxford
• Via Bella

BEST WRITER/COMPOSER

• Eric Distad
• Maja ‘Thesilée’ Ilisch
• Daniel Kelly
• Kari Maaren
• Griff the Filker

BEST HERO SONG

• Dangerous Heroes — Michael Longcor
• Do as Peggy Says – Erin Bellavia, Rand Bellavia & Adam English
• Jeanne Hachette – Mary Bertke
• The Ones Who Walked Away – Beth Kinderman
• Sam at the Green Dragon – Summer Russell

BEST VILLAIN SONG

• The Dark Man – Paul Kwinn
• The Evil Eyeball – Sibylle Machat
• Gabriel Gray’s Song – Batya Wittenberg
• Hellraiser – Tom Smith
• Sympathy For Mr. Morden – Jeff Bohnhoff