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Well, here it is, FoLCs!  The list of nominees for 2010 is: BEST SUPER SHORT100 Meters – Bob Bartholomew 419 – Marcus Rowland Coin Toss – Lieta Cold & Blood – Kathy Brown Frozen Emotions – Beth Summerson I’ll Be Around – HappyGirl The Freebie – HappyGirl BEST SHORTA Hero’s Heart – Tank Wilson Don’t Fall –Anonpip One Defective Bulb – Sue S Seeing Clearly – Bren Ren The Buddy System – Sue S The Cat and the Trap – Tank Wilson Valentine’s Cards – Bob Bartholomew BEST MID-LENGTHBackwards – Carol M Family Man – Stopquitdont Feeling Christmas – BJ Pie Isn’t All That Easy – IolantheAlias Single Petal of a Rose – Raconteur That Little Sister of Mine – Alisha Knight The Wedding Crashers – Darth Michael BEST WAFFYA Certain Kansan – Carol M A Date-less New Year’s Eve – Pam Jernigan After a Door Slams/The Morning After a Door Slams/ The Evening After a Door Slams - Bob Bartholomew I’ll Be Around – HappyGirl One Defective Bulb – Sue S Rules of War – Amberlea When you Wish Upon… - LaraMoon BEST COMEDY419 – Marcus Rowland Cheese – Classicalla Murphy’s Law – Cookiesmom Never Give In-Laws your House Key – Mary Potts Rules of War – Amberlea Spandex 11/Spandex 111 – Alisha Knight The Quest for the Lost Scrolls of FoLC-Lore – Mary Potts BEST REVELATIONA Date-less New Year’s Eve – Pam Jernigan Currents – Karen Thompkins Single Petal of a Rose – Raconteur The Final Countdown – Bellarata The Ordinary Man - Michael The Three Rules – Scarlett Burns BEST EPISODE ADAPTATIONA World Without Superman - Dandello After a Door Slams/The Morning After a Door Slams/ The Evening After a Door Slams - Bob Bartholomew If at First you Don’t Succeed – ML Thompson That Ol’ Revelation of Mine – Bren Ren The Buddy System – Sue S TOGOM 2009 – Tank Wilson BEST DRAMA A World Without Superman - Dandello Degrees of Separation – Nan Smith If at First you Don’t Succeed – ML Thompson From the Ruins – Alisha Knight Master of Disguise – BJ My Wife the Boss – Jenni Debbage BEST RELATIONSHIPAwaken My Heart - Female Hawk Falling Slowly – Carol M Feeling Christmas – BJ Foreshadowing – HappyGirl From the Ruins – Alisha Knight Ricochet – Sue S Shaken Not Stirred – Carol M BEST ALTERNATE UNIVERSE/ELSEWORLDS/NEXT GENERATIONAwaken My Heart - Female Hawk Backwards/ Backwards 11 – Carol M Family Man – Stopquitdont Master of Disguise – BJ My Wife the Boss – Jenni Debbage Play Some Mountain Music – Terry Leatherwood BEST ORIGINAL/SUPPORTING CHARACTERDegrees of Separation – Allynda Myers & Wyatt – Nan Smith Play Some Mountain Music – Connie, Shamika & Ramona - Terry Leatherwood The Freebie – Bobby Bigmouth – HappyGirl The Three Rules – Margaret – Scarlett Burns Time to Love Series 1 to 4 – Sarah Crawford – Female Hawk BEST NEW AUTHORAmberlea Bren Ren Female Hawk Happy Girl IolantheAlias Lieta Scarlett Burns BEST OVERALL Awaken My Heart - Female Hawk If at First you Don’t Succeed – ML Thompson From the Ruins – Alisha Knight Master of Disguise – BJ My Wife the Boss – Jenni Debbage Play Some Mountain Music – Terry Leatherwood Ricochet – Sue S Congratulations and good luck to all the nominees!  Voting will run from Saturday, April 3 to Sunday, April 11, midnight EST. Tricia 
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Sweeeet, congratulations, everyone! Plenty to re-read before the voting...  Thank you to every single writer in this fandom for entertaining me this year. You're all truly wonderful. JD
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OH MY! *falls over* I never expected to get a nomination. Thank you!! Congrats to all the nominees, and good luck! Time for me to get to reading. 
"You need me. You wouldn't be much of a hero without a villain. And you do love being the hero, don't you. The cheering children, the swooning women, you love it so much, it's made you my most reliable accomplice." -- Lex Luthor to Superman, Question Authority, Justice League Unlimited
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I'll echo the sentiment...Congratulations to all who have been nominated. I've started reading some of the stories, and I can say that the competition is stiff. There are a lot of really terrific authors in this fandom!
One thing I am curious about...I am finding it difficult to try to determine which story to vote for in some categories, because I feel like I am comparing apples and oranges. As an example, in the "Best Super Short" category, there are examples of excellent comedy and very powerful drama. So how do you all go about making such a decision? I am purposely avoiding any discussion about the relative merits of specific stories here; my question is more high-level than that -- I am more concerned right now about the decision-making process than I am about which individual story may be better.
But I will say that I think the "Best Super Shorts" (sic) winner really ought to be Superman, in his red short-shorts. ;-)
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Ah Lynn... Labby has that all solved. She hands out pins. You take the pin, close your eyes and stick it to the list. Whichever one it lands on... There you go. I'm told it's better to print the list out before trying this though as she spent quite a bit of money on new monitors.  Carol [who also thanks everyone for the noms =D]
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Originally posted by carolm:
Labby has that all solved.
She hands out pins. <chuckle> I had read about her pins. I guess it makes sense...After all, when you vote, you are really being "pinned down" to a single choice. <Lynn ducks and runs> cheers, Lynn
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Congratulations to all nominees! And  to our K-com for getting the list up this quickly! And thanks to everyone who voted my stories into the list!  Michael
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<smallcough> ahem </smallcough> /me dumps large box of pins into the middle of the thread, carefully adjusts the 'free pins available here' sign on the side and then scampers back out of the thread. LabRat 
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/rushes in, grabs handful of pins, yelps because of pins sticking to hand, then drops pins on nomination list./ Hm... Labby, the pin trick didn't work. Now I have several pins stuck to every category  And a scratched and blood-speckled screen. Michael
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First off, thanks to K-Com for getting this up so much ahead of schedule!
Second, thank you to everyone who voted to get Don't Fall on the list. Looking at the other stories nominated, I am amazed anything I wrote compares.
And lastly, thank you to all other authors out there. While I am awful at leaving feedback, you provide me with quick, fun, free relaxing time many nights and weekends - including many people who are not on this list!
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Congratulations to all the nominees! There were many great stories this year and a powerful list of new writers! Artemis
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/me dumps large box of pins into the middle of the thread, carefully adjusts the 'free pins available here' sign on the side and then scampers back out of the thread. Got any pink pins? Congrats to all of the nominees! I am excited to have some late-night reading for the next few days!
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I knew I was behind on my reading, but... my goodness. Guess I'm going to have to get reading, eh. Got to do that before borrowing one of Labby's pins. And to that end... Do we have the stories listed with their links anywhere? As for my story... wow. I don't think it's nearly as good as some of the other stories on the list. It's an honor just to have it nominated. ML 
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Ditto. Seriously, well done to all the nominees, there were so many good stories this year. - Alisha (who's now going to get her eyes tested because she could swear that she saw her name on that list...  )
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/squees at being nominated/
My thanks to the authors first of all, for providing such great fics and hours of entertainment.
And then, sincere gratitude to the Kerth Committee, who do the hard work to make the awards happen. You rock!
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Congratulations to all the nominees.
And I have to send my thanks to those who thought that some of my stories were good enough to make the list.
And finally, thanks to K-com for putting all the "Door Slams" parts together where they belong.
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Congrats to all the nominees! I've got a ton of catching up to do this year.
I was also wondering if there were links to the stories. I tried doing a search on a few and some of them didn't come up.
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Until they get the Kerth website updated... The vast majority are on the archive already but any you don't find there you should find here. You can do a 'search' in Fanfic TOCs to find the TOC for a particular fic . Hope that helps someone =D. Carol [who thinks KCom rocks ]
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The Kerth website hasn't been updated yet. However, if you go here all the stories have links. Tricia
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Hi, Congrats to everyone who was nominated. Like everyone else, I need to get rereading so I can make an informed choice! Actually, I'm trying to sneak in and pinch some of Lab's pins, without anyone noticing.  And I want to thank everyone who nominated me. I'd taken so long to write this story, and I've become a bit of a lurker lately, so I really was surprised to be remembered. Surprised but totally over the moon! Yours Jenni
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One other question -- Should the "Best WAFFy" be the the best story (in terms of plot, character development, writing style, etc.) with a WAFF feel, or the story with the greatest "WAFF factor"?
I've read many of the shorter stories that have been nominated in the various categories; and so far, I have yet to find one that I think would be unworthy of winning the award. I'd like to take this opportunity to reiterate my congratulations to all nominees and also to agree with other posters in thanking the K-committee for all their work in organizing the awards.
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Congratualtions to this year's nominees. c.
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I was afraid to thank whoever nominated my story because I figured I would wake up immediately afterward and find out I'd been dreaming. Or maybe H.G. Wells would appear and undo it all. I still have a hard time believing it. But here goes:[deep breath] thanks to everyone who submitted nominations, thanks to the committee, and congratulations to the nominees. <Pinching self to see if I wake up.>
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Congratulations to all the nominees! Ann
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Wow. Thank you to everyone for the nominations and the work of organizing. I think it says something about this show and this fandom that we still have so many great stories and new authors thirteen years after the show left production. Happy dance
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Sorry to be late to the party. My brother had a heart attack on Tuesday and my time has been sort of taken up since then, so I just noticed my story was nominated.
A big thank you to everyone who nominated my work. I genuinely didn't expect it, since I haven't been very active this last year. Real life has been a bear, recently. And a salute to the Kerth Committee for the incredible job they do every year.
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Nan, I hope your brother-in-law is recovering well and that RL turns runs more smoothly for you.
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Thanks to the committee for all their great work and also thanks for the noms!
I agree with HappyGirl - it is amazing that quality stories are still being written so long after the show finished.
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Hi Nan, Just coming in here to say I understand what you mean about RL, and also to say I hope your brother recovers well. And, of course, to make amends for not thanking the committee in my last post. You do a great job every year, and it's amazing that the Kerth Awards have been going for over 10 years. I'm amazed ... and doesn't time fly! Yours Jenni
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Just a minor question: In the announcement, "Next Gen" was missing from the category, Alt Universe, Elseworldds. Will be the words 'Next Gen' be there on the final ballot?
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 OMG! I've been camping this weekend and coming home to find this was even better than a long hot shower. Thank you so much to those of you who nominated my stories! I'm flattered, pleased and immensely excited to be included in such talented company. 
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Wow! Congrats to all the nominees! Thanks to the committee for all your work! And thanks for the nominations! Amber
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I can see I have a lot of reading to do! Honestly, I didn't even think I'd recognize that many of the titles on this list, that's how far out of it I've gotten lately. But apparently I've read more than I thought, 'cause I'm seeing some favorites on this list. Way to go, authors! This fandom has such awesome talent. And then I about fell over, realizing that my name was on there... thank you, everyone who nommed my story! Really, it's all Jenn's fault; she requested the story, I just wrote it to suit her specifications. But I've got to admit, it's nice to know that I haven't entirely lost my touch... So, I've got my pin, and I'm printing the list... PJ
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He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
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Been out of town to our older son's wedding two states away and I just saw my name on the list. Thanks to all who thought so highly of my musical offering to nominate it. May the best stories win!
And, judging by the high quality of the other nominees, I will once again have to be satisfied with a "Nominated" icon beside my story. But that's okay, because I'm in excellent company.
I'm honored to be nominated. Thank you all so very much.
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Hey, 'Nominated' works for me. Honestly, if I'm trolling around the archive looking for a good story, I'm just as likely to read one with the 'Nominated' icon as one with the 'Winner' icon. And then, if I like it, I'm likely to read other things by the same author, whether they were nominated or not. So I figure, come what may, all our stories will gain some new readers. And that's why we write them, after all--for the readers. Seriously, I spent a couple of years reading a *lot* of L&C fanfic before I ever attempted to write any, and it was the warm welcome and encouragement and feedback from these boards that gave me the gumption to actually finish a story, so we'll just spread the credit liberally around the entire fandom. You guys rock. 
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I just found this! You made my day. =) Congrats to everyone who got nominated! Great work! I can't wait to find out who wins in the end.
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Wow. Thanks for the noms, guys. That my stories were nominated at all from such a fine batch of stories written this year is amazing, thrilling and humbling. BJ
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Oh, goodness, I totally missed the noms this year.
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Oh, wow, and now I see I'm nominated. Thanks, guys. I'm honored.
When will we be able to volunteer for giving an award? That was a blast last year.
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Wow, it's great to be nominated and to be in such esteemed company. Thanks to everyone who read "Single Petal of a Rose." I can see I have some great stories to read this week!
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I took the list and have been reading for the past few weeks. My only comment is, I don't know how in the world we will decide who to give the Kerth to from this list. There is not a clunker in the bunch. Congratulations everyone listed!!! These are some wonderful stories!!! The collective talent represented by this list is beyond mere recognition. You all are winners!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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WoW! I just now saw this... despite the fact the winners have been announced for a while now.
I just wanted to say... I'm speechless. Thank you so much everyone for nominating "The Three Rules" and myself as Best New Author! I am bowled over!
Congrats to ALL the winners and their excellent stories!
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