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Hi everyone!

I have had several requests about story eligibility for this year’s Kerth Awards. I hope this list helps. A big thank you to LabRat! We'd be lost without your help.

Any authors who have a story that has been published on a website during 2008 can make it eligible by emailing K-Com. kcom07@kerthawards.com

29 Alisha Knight
A Charred Day's Night Jen D
Above Alt Else Sunrei
An Affair To Remember: Epilogue David
Arrival Marcus Rowland
Assignment II: Incomplete Assignment CarolM
Assignment III: Assignment Hawaii CarolM
Assignment IV: Mandatory Assignment CarolM
Assignment V: Optional Assignment CarolM
Assignment, The CarolM
Ball Is In Your Court, The LaraMoon
Beginnings anonpip
Better To Have Loved And Lost Wendy Richards and Tank Wilson
Birthday Present, The Michael
Bombshell, The Terry Leatherwood
Box, The Alisha Knight
But He Always Comes Back Kevin Hoxsey
Christmas Miracle, A Aromassa
Chumpy Mr. D8a
Coffee At The Bakery Dandello
Consequences Nan Smith
Countdown: Clark's Story CarolM
Countdown: Lois's Story CarolM
Countdown: The Rest of the Story CarolM
Creation rkn
Cupid's Drop-Box LaraMoon
Death In The City Dandello
Early Snoop Gets The Scoop, The LaraMoon
Feathers Nan Smith
Fidelity Beth Summerson
First Flights bobbart - Bob Bartholomew
Flawed MetroRhodes
Follow The Arctic Home Mona
Forgive Me Henry
Frostbite MetroRhodes
Fuel Mrs. Mosley
Further On Down The Road Terry Leatherwood
Games People Play EditorJax
Gestation: Human and Kryptionian Anonpip
Girl Next Door, The Janet Owens aka Tic and Toc
Grandma Lois anonpip
Guilt And Longing In Metropolis Cape Fetish
Heart Of The Matter, The LaraMoon
Heartbeats And Other Sounds anonpip
Her Reason Sarah A.
Hey, Sailor Mary Potts AKA Queen of the Capes
His Reason Sarah A.
Home Is Where The Hero Is Bellarata
Home: An Evening To Remember Nan Smith
Home: Murder By Earthlight Nan Smith
Honesty Beth Summerson
Hot Chocolate and Reading Glasses Nan Smith
I'm Getting Married Alexis Waters
In The Game Of Love Cape Fetish
Incompatible For Reproduction? Dandello
It Happened On Christmas Nan Smith
It's A Big Bed CarolM
It's About Time BJ
It's Hard To Be An Alien Living On Earth Richard Frantz Jnr.
KRY-TV Mary Potts AKA Queen of the Capes
KRY-TV: Channel 2 Mary Potts AKA Queen of the Capes
Lady of the House Mrs. Mosley
Last Call Casualty Sue S
Learning To Love CarolM
Learning To Love: Lucy's Story CarolM
Leather Dandello
Lessons Nan Smith Lessons
Letter, The smileyd
Letters From Clark anonpip
Lois Lane's Best Christmas Dandello
Lois's Secret Recipe Catherine Bruce
Love Celeste Inglewood
Luck and Consquence bobbart - Bob Bartholomew
Me And My Big Mouth Julie Stars
Melancholy Memories and Christmas Cheer Elisabeth
Monday Rona V
Multiplication Tables anonpip
My Side, Your Side Catherine Bruce
Myth…And Never Hope Sarah A
Never Tell Clark Richard Frantz Jr.
New Faces, New Years Elisabeth
Newton's Law BJ
Night At The Metropolis Sewage Reclamation Facility, A Lois_Lane_Fan
Nightmare In Metropolis LaraMoon
Nightmares bakasi
No Place Like Home ML Thompson
No Powers Richard Frantz Jnr.
Of Smelly Rodents And Grey-Haired Women Mr D8A
Our Little Dilemma Pam Jernigan
Out Of Her Element anonpip
Packing Up Home anonpip
Paybacks Kevin Hoxsey
Peace On Earth Mary Lovee Varni
Rain EditorJax
Rain On Your Wedding Day Andressa Casale AKA dedecasale
Reluctant Congratulations Aislinn Carter
Resolutions EditorJax
Revelation Poem, A Smiley D
Revelation: Clark's Story anonpip
Revelation: Lois's Story anonpip
Revenge Saskia
Secret Killers Anne Spear
Secrets Anonpip
Show Off Kermtzu
Showing Off Kermtzu
Side Effects, Take No. 2 Janet Owens aka Tic and Toc
Sleep Classicalla
Somewhere… Poussin
Spandex Alisha Knight
Specimen Alisha Knight
Star Child Vasundhara Alsop
Sting, The Nan Smith
Strength Beth Summerson
Super Life, A Dandello
Super…Who? Wendy Richards and Tank Wilson
Supergirl Connection, The Lara Li
Superheroes R Us Erin Klingler
Talk, The Mary Potts AKA Queen of the Capes
Ten Years In The Making anonpip
The I's Have It Sarah C
Those Darn Space Rats Bellarata
Thrill Flight Miranda Vis
TOGOM Drabble Dandello
Truffles and Tribulations LaraMoon
Truth Is Born Of Arguments C_A
Tsunami Nan Smith
Tuesday Rona V
Under The Light Of A Dead Star Poussin
Unplayable Lie, An Terry Leatherwood
Until The End Catherine Bruce
Veritas Shayne Terry
Villain Richard Frantz Jr.
Waiting, The C_A
Welcome Wagon, The Alonzo Mosley (FBI)
Where Does Superman Go? (When Rescues Go Wrong) CarolM
World Turned Upside Down Dandello

Tricia

Thanks Tricia!



Carol

New Authors 2009

Alisha Knight
Michael
Bob Bartholomew
Henry
Sarah A.
Bellarata
BJ
Celeste Inwood
Rona V.
Lois_Lane_Fan
Andressa Casale AKA dedecasale
Aislinn Carter
Vasundhara Alsop
Lara Li
Miranda Vis
Alonzo Mosley (FBI)

Please let me know if you should be on this list.

Thanks,

Tricia

I'm going to whine. Please forgive me in advance.

Is this the preliminary list?

Will there be a list that tells us how many KB these stories are? The Kerth nomination categories (some of them, anyway) are subdivided by story size.

I've never been around for Kerth nominations or voting before so I'm not sure what your procedure is.

Will there be some sort of official form or whatever for nominating?

It's great that the stories are listed but I don't know how to find out story size, etc.

I know I'm jumping the gun, as it's only January 3rd.

Thanks.

My story, Lessons, was completed on the message boards before the end of the year. Doesn't that make it eligible?

Nan

The eligible list is usually put into a webpage with links and size. When it comes time to nominate, there will be a form that you can fill out and enter the stories. You can check out the FAQ and description of the process at http://www.kerthawards.com .

Nan, yes, but if it's not on the archive yet, you just need to drop them a note with a link to the story or TOC.

PJ
who just did the same thing for "Our Little Dilemma"

Lessons by Nan Smith and Our Little Dilemma by Pam Jernigan have both been added to the eligibility list.

Tricia

Specimen by Alisha Knight has been added to the eligibility list.

Tricia

A Charred Day's Night by Jen D has been added to the eligibility list.

Tricia

Just letting everyone know That Time and Again by Shayne Terry was eligible for a Kerth last year. It has been removed from the 2009 list.

Tricia

What about Shayne T's fic Veritas? Will it be included in the eligibility list?

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...never mind, I was probably talking out my butt. LOL

A small summary of how the eligible list works - which may head off some queries.

Each year, stories are submitted to the Fanfic Archive by their authors. At the end of each year, at the request of K-Comm, I send them my list of total stories uploaded to the Archive in the given year. 2008 in this case. This Archive list forms the nucleus of K-Comm's eligibles list.

It's by no means the final list - it's just a starting point, although it does usually form about 99% of the list. It simply means that they have a core list of eligible stories from the get-go and saves them time and trouble making up a list themselves. Gives them a bit of a head start.

Stories which were not submitted to the Archive in the given year (2008), but which are still eligible for inclusion in this year's Kerths are added to the list when and if their authors email K-Comm and ask for them to be included.

A good example of this is Veritas. It was not submitted to the Archive by Shayne last year and so was not included in the automatic draft Archive list given to K-Comm. It can be added to the list only if Shayne emails K-Comm and asks that it be added.

Hope that helps.

LabRat

The policy is based on the idea that K-Com doesn't have time to scour the internet (or even the boards) for eligible stories, and then try to hunt down the authors to see if they want them included, or not. Some other fandoms do it that way, I'm told, but since we've got such a splendid archive system, this seemed a lot easier.

And then can you imagine the howls that would go up if K-Com missed some stories? These boards are great, but in past years there was a fair amount of antagonism and fractionalism, with accusations of bias being tossed about. It got very unpleasant, and K-Com was often a target. This way, the responsibility is on the author -- submit it to the archive and it will be eligible, this year or next, based on upload date. You want to fiddle with the elibility year, or skip the archive, just send an email. K-Com will be happy to oblige you.

PJ

Just letting everyone know That 'A Kiss in the Snow' by Coolgirl, 'Black Chiffon' by Catherine Bruce and 'Monster Night Fright' by Catherine Bruce were eligible for a Kerth last year. They have been removed from the 2009 list.

Tricia

I wish Veritas could be eligable...but I've been blocked out of my e-mail for several weeks and so I can't exactly e-mail KCOM. What should I do?

Send Tricia a PM? Or tell her here?

Carol

Veritas by Shayne Terry has just been added to the eligible story list.

Tricia

Just a word of thanks for all that the K-comm does. There are many strong stories and great new authors this year!
cheers
Artemis

Quick question - when are the Kerths for the nfics? I've know a couple I have to vote for.

The nKerths are held entirely separately by a different committee. It's more infrequent than the Kerths and bounces around the calendar a bit, so there's no set time for it.

If you go into the story summary thread in nfic and pick up Dawn's eddress or PM you can ask her when it's likely to be this year.

LabRat

Thanks. I already had the 21st down on my calendar and wanted to get the other date down too.

Hi K-comm. You've got the wrong link for "The Early Snoop Gets the Scoop" It should be this:
http://www.lcfanfic.com/stories/2008/esnoop.txt
You've got the link to "I'm getting married in the morning."

Artemis

The 21st? What's that for? Is that for the Kerths? I thought they were on April 4th.

Voting opens March 21st. The ceremony (after the voting) is April 4.
From the Kerth site:

Artemis

Hi K-comm.
I'd like to bring your attention to the fact that March 29th is a Sunday, not a Monday. The Kerth site under Schedule is wrong.
Also Daylight Savings Time starts in the USA on March 8, so that midnight March 29 is EDT, not EST.
I understand there was much confusion last year on the deadline and some folcs missed it. It probably needs clarification this year. I posted a new thread with Time Zones in it.
regards
Artemis

As I mentioned on another thread... Please don't make it midnight! Change it to a time that everyone understands - like 11:59 pm.

On the Kerth Eligible story list, Lessons has no link. I don't know if it will be on the Archive soon enough for it to matter, so the link to the TOC is Lessons

I hope someone can post it on the story list, for the convenience of those nominating.

Nan

Why is there no novel length category for the Kerths this year? We stop at Mid-length story on the ballot. This doesn't seem right. I say if you're going to have three categories devoted to length, you might as well make it four. That way, there is space in the Drama, Alt, Relationship and Overall Story for refined competition.

"Lessons" is on the eligible story list here:
http://www.kerthawards.com/2009storylist.html
Tricia cleared up any confusion on the nomination time here: http://www.lcficmbs.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=5;t=002503
and here: http://www.lcficmbs.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=5;t=002501

Hope this helps.

Artemis

sueemma, there's only 5 stories over 500kb. That would pretty much mean all 5 stories would be nominated. I can't remember how many 500kb+ length stories we've had in the past, but I'm sure it's been more.

Yes, I know Lessons is on the list, but there is no active link to the story! That was what I was trying to say. The other stories on the list have links, but mine has none. The link simply puts you back to the top of the Eligible Stories list page. If that could be corrected, I'd appreciate it.

Nan

Sueemma, Karen is right. There are not enough stories eligible for this category.

The total number of stories is lower than previous years. If anything, K-Com may have to consider deleting a category, not adding one.

Tricia

grrrrr... fine, be right. I'm making my way through the list to nominate and the new novels are just so good... but only 5 eh? That mean I've only got 2 more to go. So sad... not that I can complain because I've only been devouring stories and not contributing.