I agree, it was hard to pick just one story for each category. But that's a tribute to all the excellent authors who participate in this fandom. In my mind, every story which received a nomination is a winner, every story which turned out to be qualified to receive Kerth votes is an impressive winner, and the ones which finally prevail in their categories are absolutely ginormous winners!

I looked at my two nominations and realized almost immediately that I'm going to be on the sidelines again, cheering on the winners. But that's okay. It's an honor to be associated with such talented and skillful writers as the ones on these boards. Yay to all the nominees! Y'all help make this place so much fun, and so very rewarding besides. Thank you for letting me play in your sandbox.


Life isn't a support system for writing. It's the other way around.

- Stephen King, from On Writing