Hi everyone!
It’s time to start thinking about the Kerth Awards for 2007.
The Kerth committee is the same as last year: Annette Ciotola, Elena, Kaethel, Yvonne Connell and Tricia Walpole, but we couldn’t do it without all the FoLCs who dedicate their time and energy to making this ceremony even more fun: the quiz team composed of Anna Botsakou, Dave, Julie Stars and Tricia. Kathy MacFarlane, our external auditor, continues to help us tally the votes. And most of all, we’ve got all the writers and readers, without whom the awards wouldn’t exist at all!
Staff organisationKaethel is our Kerth Coordinator. Decisions are taken collectively after being discussed among all K-Com members, but as coordinator she gets the last word if there's a disagreement. We usually tend to agree, though.
Annette and Elena are our techie geniuses. They maintain the website and they’re our official security guards, i.e. they check for fraud in nominations and votes. They know everything there is to know about IP numbers and such.
Yvonne and Kaethel are in charge of the nominations. They receive each nomination form, count all the noms separately, compare the numbers to make sure there’s no error, then they tally them so the official ballot can be released within two weeks at most.
Tricia is our official vote-tallier, with Kathy MacFarlane acting as our committee-independent vote-counter. Both Tricia and Kathy get your forms and count them. Kaethel spot-checks a couple of categories to make sure there’s no error.
2007 scheduleNominations will run from Saturday, February 17 to Sunday, March 4, midnight EST. The official ballot will be released two weeks at most after all the nominations are in.
Voting will run from Saturday, March 17 to Sunday, March 25, midnight EST. That will give us a week to tally the votes and prepare the list of winners.
The ceremony will take place on IRC on Saturday, March 31. (Time to be decided)
2007 categoriesThis year, the number of stories dropped from previous years, so we’ve had to reduce the number of categories as well. We’ve tried to keep as many as possible. Some categories are borderline when it comes to the number of likely contenders, so we reserve the right to remove these after the nominating period if it turns out that only two stories are nominated in such categories. We truly hope we won’t have to, though, and we’ll certainly explain why and what we did if we do!
So here’s the official list for 2007:
Best Super Short (1-10k): Very short stories.
Best Short Story (11-50k): Short stories of any subject or tone.
Best Waffy Story (1-50k): Short, mainly light stories intended to give the reader a Warm and Fuzzy Feeling. No A-plots.
Best Comedy: Generally short stories where the main purpose is to amuse.
Best Mid-Length Story (51-200k): Mid-length stories of any subject or tone.
Best Revelation Story: Stories which contain a revelation about Clark being Superman. The person finding out can be Lois or any other character.
Best Episode Adaptation: Stories which alter the events of, or start from some point in, a particular episode. Includes adaptations, continuations, and rewrites.
Best Drama: Stories which focus on a series of exciting or suspenseful events. Stories can be similar in tone and balance to the show's episodes, or tackle a more serious subject matter, and will generally, though not always, contain a significant A-plot. No size restrictions.
Best Alternate Universe / Elseworlds Story: Stories which feature parallel universes (including the Alt World that was introduced on the show), or stories in which the author has made major changes (such as time, place and/or nature of the characters) before where the series started in the Pilot. Cross-overs and Next Generation stories would also fit in this category. No size restrictions.
Best Original / Supporting Character: Rewards a special character from stories which strongly highlight a supporting character from the series or creates a new, interesting character that plays an important role in the story. No size restrictions. (Sorry, but versions - no matter how altered - of Clark or Lois do not qualify as Original or Supporting Characters)
Best New Author: Limited to authors who first published their Lois & Clark stories in the past year.
Best Overall Story: A story of any type that is outstanding overall. No size restrictions.
More information is available at the official
Kerth Website , which will be updated with all the relevant information in the next few days. There, you will find the FAQ, the list of eligible stories and new authors, the list of categories and so much more. And if there’s still a question we haven’t answered, feel free to email us at kcom@lcficmbs.com. We’ll be happy to help you!
The Kerth Committee
(Kaethel, Yvonne, Elena, Annette and Tricia.)
