And in your preface I got the impression that it was an nfic originally.
Yes, it would have been. All of my stories which have two versions would start off as nfic and then I'd convert it to a gfic version later.
I'd be surprised if winning nKerth awards would have counted against Burnout in the Kerths as having versions of the same story in both awards is pretty common in the fandom. So it wouldn't have stood out as anything unusual there.
Also, generally speaking the nKerths tend to happen after the Kerths, so the Kerths were probably first in line. Although whether that was the case that particular year or there was some reason the nKerths for Burnout came first, I have no memory of. Always possible, I guess.
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