I thought it was funny with a Kerth winner that wasn't archived. Doesn't the author want people to read it
Well, of course, it's not compulsory for an author to submit their stories to the Archive and, in fact, there's a large number of stories posted on both mbs which have never made it there.
It is possible for a story to be on the Kerth nominations list without being on the Archive - but the author does have to make K-Comm aware that it's out there. If it's on the Archive, then nomination is automatic.
Authors also remove their stories for a variety of reasons. The most usual reason is because they've left the fandom and years later gotten embarrassed that their name could be Google'd and their fanfic found. In this particular case, this author was in dispute with the Archive and removed her stories.
LabRat
