"The funds we raise will go to pay for the much needed upgrade to the boards (to be done by the UBB people) and to pay for hosting of the various websites related to the boards such as www.nfanfic.net and www.kerthawards.com."
I don't know why anyone would get the idea that we pay authors for fanfic. It's never been done in our fandom, and it's not like we'd get people contributing who are unfamiliar with us.
