Thank you all for the nominations we got. We counted and finally can present the shortlist. We like to say congratulations to all that made it to the shortlist. And of course to all who didn’t made it but got noms as well. You can all start reading now, the voting page on our site will be up soon, so don’t forget to check that. The voting period is from May 31st till June 8th, so start working now.

Without further ado, we now present you the shortlist for the Alt-Kerths of 2003:

Best Website:
A FoLC's Guide Anna Belcher
Amanda Lane's Lois and Clark Page Amanda Lane
Index to ML Thompson’s Lois and Clark Site by ML Thompson
Lois and Clark: Continuing Adventures by Sheila Harper
Lois and Clark Fanfic Live Forum by Lauren Willoughby and LabRat
Lois und Clark by Christiane Schmidt

Best WAFFy Music Video:
Friends and Lovers - Carl Anderson and Gloria Loring - by Trenna
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me – Gloria Estefan - by Trenna
There You’ll Be – Faith Hill - by Erin Klingler
Words – Boyzone- by Trenna

Best Lyric/Image Match in A Music Video:
I Think I Love You – David Cassidy - by Trenna
If Tomorrow Never Comes – Ronan Keating - by Trenna
If You’re Not the One - Daniel Bedingfield - by Trenna
Lois Lane -Zoom - by Cathy
Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra - by Trenna

Best Smoochie:
By Firelight by AnnieM
A Closet Encounter by Meredith Knight
Feels Like You’re Mine by Wendy Richards
The Marriage Pact by Erin Klingler
Momentum by Kathy Brown

Best Fight Scene:
Breaking Up is Hard To Do by Wendy Richards
In Cat’s Corner by Irene Dutch
Lucky Lunkhead by Missy Gallant
Masques by LabRat
When Lovers Become More by Kathy Brown

Best Tank Ending:
Anybody’s Baby by Sarah Luddy
Carbon Copy by Tank Wilson
Nightmare on Clinton Street by Kaethel
Seeing Too Much of You by Wendy Richards
To See the Future by Yvonne Connell

Best Fairy Tale:
Cinder(Lois)Ellen and the Prince by Wendy Richards
Clark and The Beanstalk by Meredith Knight
The Key by LabRat
The King of The Green City by Paul-Gabriel Wiener
LoisPunzel and The Prince by LabRat
The Ugly Duckling by Shayne Terry

Best Plot Un-Twist:
Closer Contact by LabRat
Double Jeopardy by Paul-Gabriel Wiener
Fly Hard - Stuck With A Vengeance by Jill
I Now Pronounce You by Kathy Brown
Just Push REW by Cristina
Smart Kids by Paul-Gabriel Wiener

Best Episode Extension:
Be Mine by Kaethel
The House of Kent by Kathy Brown
May I Have This Dance? by Jill
Now Hold On a Minute Here! by Kathy Brown
Reserved for You by Erin Klingler

Best Song Fic:
All or Nothing by Kaylle
Feels Like You’re Mine by Wendy Richards
Love Remains by Jana Officer
Standing At the Edge by AnnieM
You Were Mine by Kaethel and Tracey

Best Challenge Response:
The Art of Being Clark by Missy Gallant
Change of Heart by Kaethel
Change of Heart by Keshandra
Definately the Black by Kathy Brown
Falling Into You (aka Aaaaaaaaahhhh… Thud!) by Wendy Richards, Kaethel, Elena, Chiara Prato and Sarah Luddy
Love Remains by Jana Officer

Best Foreign Language Fic:
Motivo: Gracias Destino: el cielo by Cristina
Santa Clark by Ines Barholzer
Der Schrei by Christiane Schmidt

Best Short Collaborative Fic:
Expecting the Worst by Wendy Richards and Tank Wilson
Feels Like Falling In Love by Tracey and Wendy Richards
It’s Not Easy Being Me by Bethy and Shivaa Saavik
PML… Oh Boy by Wendy Richards and Tank Wilson
Seeing The Best of You by Sarah Luddy and Kaylle
You Were Mine by Tracey and Kaethel

Best Long Collaborative Fic:
Better Out Than In by Wendy Richards and Yvonne Connell
Desperate Measures by Wendy Richards and Kaethel
The Lex Letters by Various
Missed Oppertunity or Too Late to Love by Tank Wilson, Wendy Richards, Kaethel, Meredith Knight and Carol Moncado
Rapture in Metropolis by Wendy Richards and Kaethel
What’s Another Year by Wendy Richards, Tank Wilson and Kathy Brown

Best Kerth Presentation Speech:
Carol Moncado - Kerths 2002 – Best Long Revelation
Carol Moncado (with Erin Klingler) - Kerths 2003 – Best New Author
Jeff Brodgen - Kerths 2002 - Best Villain
Kaethel - Kerths 2002 – Best Overall
Kaethel and Elena - Kerths 2003 – Best Tearjerker
Paul-Gabriel Wiener - Kerths 2003 – Best Alternate Universe

Best Kerth Acceptance Speech:
Carol Moncado - Kerths 2002 – Best New Author
Kathy Brown - Kerths 2002 – Best Comedy
LabRat - Kerths 2003 – Best Overall
LabRat - Kerths 2002 – Best That Old Gang of Mine story
Wendy Richards and Tracey - Kerths 2003 – Best WAFFy Story
Yvonne Connell - Kerths 2002 - Best Villain

Best Comments Folder Title:
Arrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhh! (Comments for TMSD - Final) by LabRat
Comments: Rapture in Metropolis or Get the Cold Shower Ready 'Cus Ya Gonna Need It by Missy Gallant
comments: too many secret authors to... uhm, well, you know what i mean... part 3 by Paul-Gabriel Wiener
A Kiss Goodbye - Part 7 comments --Or who else thinks Lois needs her head examined? Missy Gallant
Lucky Lunkhead 4 - Waffy Puddles (all that's left of the readers) can comment here by Kaethel
Nightmare - 2 - fdk (Poor Lois! I mean, poor Clark! No, poor Lois! Wait, poor Clark!) by Kaethel

Best Comments Writer:
Kaethel
Maria Fernandez
Merry Truitt
Tank Wilson
Tricia Walpole
Vicki Krell


The Alt-Kerth Committee
~Anna and Saskia

Congratulations to all the nominees! Looks like it's going to be a tough race.



Shadowfax

wow, thanks for the nominations, guys! that is really cool!

congrats to all the nominees!



but, uhm.. nice graemlins, shadowfax... <blink, blink>

anyway, i wanted a handy set of links to the nominees. since i couldn't find one, i decided to make it myself. as long as i'm making it, might as well share... so, here it is.

Paul

Best Website:
A FoLC\'s Guide Anna Belcher
Amanda Lane\'s Lois and Clark Page Amanda Lane
Index to ML Thompson’s Lois and Clark Site by ML Thompson
Lois and Clark: Continuing Adventures by Sheila Harper
Lois and Clark Fanfic Live Forum by Lauren Willoughby and LabRat
Lois und Clark by Christiane Schmidt

Best WAFFy Music Video:
Friends and Lovers - Carl Anderson and Gloria Loring - by Trenna
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me – Gloria Estefan - by Trenna
There You’ll Be – Faith Hill - by Erin Klingler
Words – Boyzone- by Trenna

Best Lyric/Image Match in A Music Video:
I Think I Love You – David Cassidy - by Trenna
If Tomorrow Never Comes – Ronan Keating - by Trenna
If You’re Not the One - Daniel Bedingfield - by Trenna
Lois Lane -Zoom - by Cathy
Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra - by Trenna

Best Smoochie:
By Firelight by AnnieM
A Closet Encounter by Meredith Knight
Feels Like You’re Mine by Wendy Richards
The Marriage Pact by Erin Klingler
Momentum: A Winter Holiday Tale by Kathy Brown

Best Fight Scene:
Breaking Up is Hard To Do by Wendy Richards
In Cat’s Corner by Irene Dutch
Lucky Lunkhead by Missy Gallant
Masques by LabRat
When Lovers Become More by Kathy Brown

Best Tank Ending:
Anybody’s Baby by Sarah Luddy story TE
Carbon Copy by Tank Wilson story TE
Nightmare on Clinton Street by Kaethel story TE
Seeing Too Much of You by Wendy Richards story TE
To See the Future by Yvonne Connell story TE

Best Fairy Tale:
Cinder(Lois)Ellen and the Prince by Wendy Richards
Clark and The Beanstalk by Meredith Knight
The Key by LabRat
The King of The Green City by Paul-Gabriel Wiener
LoisPunzel and The Prince by LabRat
The Ugly Duckling by Shayne Terry

Best Plot Un-Twist:
Closer Contact by LabRat
Double Jeopardy by Paul-Gabriel Wiener
Fly Hard - Stuck With A Vengeance by Jill
I Now Pronounce You by Kathy Brown
Just Push REW by Cristina
Smart Kids by Paul-Gabriel Wiener

Best Episode Extension:
Be Mine by Kaethel
The House of Kent by Kathy Brown
May I Have This Dance? by Jill
Now Hold On a Minute Here! by Kathy Brown
Reserved for You by Erin Klingler

Best Song Fic:
All or Nothing by Kaylle
Feels Like You’re Mine by Wendy Richards
Love Remains by Jana Officer
Standing At the Edge by AnnieM
You Were Mine by Kaethel and Tracey

Best Challenge Response:
The Art of Being Clark by Missy Gallant
Change of Heart by Kaethel
Change of Heart by Keshandra
Definately the Black by Kathy Brown
Falling Into You (aka Aaaaaaaaahhhh...hel, Elena, Chiara Prato and Sarah Luddy
Love Remains by Jana Officer

Best Foreign Language Fic:
Motivo: Gracias Destino: el cielo by Cristina
Santa Clark by Ines Barholzer
Der Schrei by Christiane Schmidt

Best Short Collaborative Fic:
Expecting the Worst by Wendy Richards and Tank Wilson
Feels Like Falling In Love by Tracey and Wendy Richards
It’s Not Easy Being Me by Bethy and Shivaa Saavik
PML… Oh Boy by Wendy Richards and Tank Wilson
Seeing The Best of You by Sarah Luddy and Kaylle
You Were Mine by Tracey and Kaethel

Best Long Collaborative Fic:
Better Out Than In by Wendy Richards and Yvonne Connell
Desperate Measures by Wendy Richards and Kaethel
The Lex Letters by Various
Missed Oppertunity or Too Late to L...ethel, Meredith Knight and Carol Moncado
Rapture in Metropolis by Wendy Richards and Kaethel
What’s Another Year by Wendy Richards, Tank Wilson and Kathy Brown

Best Kerth Presentation Speech:
Carol Moncado - Kerths 2002 – Best Long Revelation
Carol Moncado (with Erin Klingler) - Kerths 2003 – Best New Author
Jeff Brodgen - Kerths 2002 - Best Villain
Kaethel - Kerths 2002 – Best Overall
Kaethel and Elena - Kerths 2003 – Best Tearjerker
Paul-Gabriel Wiener - Kerths 2003 – Best Alternate Universe

Best Kerth Acceptance Speech:
Carol Moncado - Kerths 2002 – Best New Author
Kathy Brown - Kerths 2002 – Best Comedy
LabRat - Kerths 2003 – Best Overall
LabRat - Kerths 2002 – Best That Old Gang of Mine story
Wendy Richards and Tracey - Kerths 2003 – Best WAFFy Story
Yvonne Connell - Kerths 2002 - Best Villain

Best Comments Folder Title:
Arrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhh! (Comments for TMSD - Final) by LabRat
Comments: Rapture in Metropolis or Get the Cold Shower Ready 'Cus Ya Gonna Need It by Missy Gallant
comments: too many secret authors to... uhm, well, you know what i mean... part 3 by Paul-Gabriel Wiener
A Kiss Goodbye - Part 7 comments --Or who else thinks Lois needs her head examined? Missy Gallant
Lucky Lunkhead 4 - Waffy Puddles (all that's left of the readers) can comment here by Kaethel
Nightmare - 2 - fdk (Poor Lois! I mean, poor Clark! No, poor Lois! Wait, poor Clark!) by Kaethel

Best Comments Writer:
Kaethel
Maria Fernandez
Merry Truitt
Tank Wilson
Tricia Walpole
Vicki Krell

remember that only posts made between January 1, 2001 and March 31, 2003 are eligible.

the alt-kerths homepage can be found at:

http://www.geocities.com/alt_kerths/

Wow, this is so special. I pondered doing a music video for a long time. There hadn't been any for a while. After the lovely feedback for Words, I was hooked and as you can see, went a little overboard

I've loved this Fandom for over two years but never imagined being nominated for a Kerth award.

Thank you to everyone who has enjoyed my music videos. I'm so honored to be in the company of other Kerth nominees.

Thank you, Paul, for the link page too. It will make voting easier

Oh, thanks, Paul! I was hoping someone would provide links!

Wow, Paul - thanks for the kind thought in providing that for us.

Congratulations to all nominees!

And well done to the Alt Kerth Committee for all their hard work!

LabRat

Thank you for the nomination!
I'm very excited. It means a lot to me.

Congratulations to all the nominees!

Tricia

Since Paul was kind enough to provide links, I suppose I really should go see what this altKerth thingie is all about, even though I won't be able to go to the awards ceremony thanks to screwy IRC hackers... Thanks, Paul!

Melisma (poking her nose out from under her Rock for a second)

Whoa... well, colour me flabbergasted! I couldn't believe it when I saw the shortlist! Thank you so very much to everyone who nominated me! And thanks a bunch to the Alt-K-Com for their hard work! Congrats to all the nominees!

Kaethel

Hey!

First of all, I want to thank the Alt K comm for their hard work! You were great! And Paul for putting all the links together.

And last, but definitely not least, everyone who nominated me. This is new for me and I just wanted to thank you all! I'm really excited !! (Saskia, sure you didn't make a mistake¿?)

Congrats to all the other nominees.

Cris (still thrilled)

Yes Cris, I'm very sure we didn't make any mistakes in the counting. All I did make mistakes in were how to write some names and I think that has all been fixed thanks to Elena now.

Thank you Paul for the list. It's very useful. You just beat us to it <g> We had an unofficial page ready, and that has been posted now. Look here: http://www.geocities.com/alt_kerths/nominees.html
I know it's not with links yet, but be patient, it's coming as soon as RL will give us time.

Then I think it's about time for an official announcement. You may have noticed we used to sign as Anna, Jana and me. The last one said Anna and me. I'm sorry to have to say this, but you all deserve to know. Jana decided, after much protest of us, to drop out. RL is keeping her very busy and her time online isn't enough to help anymore, or so she feels. You may have noticed her absense as a Folc already. We do hope she'll make it to the ceremony and we were very happy to have worked with you until now, Jana! Come back soon! And thank you for your hard work.

The Alt-Kerth Committee
~Anna and Saskia

What was I thinking! I forgot a thank you (and a very important one too). Thanks to Tricia (Btw, I told you... Your comments are great!!!!! Congratulations on the nommination!) and Jose, for their nice words along the way and convincing me to post "Just Push REW" and also to Bobbett, who made the translation of "Motivo..." (Reason...) as you know it possible.

Cris

Like Kaethel, I'm stunned!! In shock!

Wendy's post made think it would be cool to have some more stats. Yes, you really have nine noms with co-authors.

There are 39 people on the shortlist, 20 with several noms, and 19 with just one.

Ouf ot those 20 there are two with more than 10 noms!! I'm not gonna mention names, but I think we all know who they are as they are so shocked <g>

And when we look to the stories that are on the list, there are 4 with a few noms.

That are a lot of different stories and authors and I think that's a very good result.

Some other news. The page with the links to all the noms is ready. The url is the same as I posted above. Thank you Anna for all your hard work on that!

The Alt-Kerth Committee.
~Anna and Saskia

First of all, congratulations to all the nominees! It is quite a list and I am so happy to see so many names! Second, thank you SO much to everyone who nominated Love Remains! I was thrilled and surprised to see it appear twice on the list. This is my first nomination for anything L&C related. So thanks.

Thanks also to Saskia and Wendy for letting me know I am missed (well and Anna, who keeps telling me). I miss everyone here too. RL has just been really crazy and yes, Saskia and Anna protested, but things are just so crazy for me lately. I'll be at the awards though.

Thanks again to everyone who nominated Love Remains. And I will try to not be a stranger quite as much.

Jana (who really does miss her fellow folcs)

Just a little FYI: the link to Erin Klinger's music video seems to be broken.


Ciao
Jen
(who's having fun picking her first ever votes for the altKerths)

Good to see your getting ready to vote, Jen.

Thanks for letting us know about the music video. We are aware of the problem and doing our best to get it solved. In the mean time, enjoy all the other video's and stories.

Saskia (who is glad to finally see Jana here )

Not sure why you're asking my permission, Wendy.

You're free to do whatever you want. I know I'll read everything you and your great authors will write. Start posting, I'm ready.

El

Oh no. You knew exactly what I meant, Ms Evil Elena! :rolleyes:

In words of two syllables... I would love to co-write a story with you again. So perhaps you need to start thinking and then start writing
and then start typing

and produce an

Aaaah!! Gotcha!

In words and pictures... This is your great to slow down and let Tank reach you at the top of the FoLCdom's Most Prolific Authors list since you know it takes me at least three months to write two paragraphs.

Nice try!

El

The link to Erin's music video has been fixed (well, almost). We still need to update our site.

Erin gave her music video for There You'll Be a new URL, which you can go and watch at http://myweb.cableone.net/kc7ypl/multimedia.html

Thank you Erin!

Saskia