Well, here it is, FoLCs! The list of nominees, the ballot, the list of stories you're going to be devouring for the next couple of weeks! Voting will start on March 22 and will run for only ONE week! So get ready!

In the meantime, here's the list you're all impatiently waiting for:

Best Super Short Story

Adventures at the Museum by Elisabeth
Apologia by JDG
Back this Way by C_A
Extraordinary by Caroline K
Frozen by Sue S
Lost Love by Paul-Gabriel Wiener
Soundless by LaraMoon
Southern Nights by Editor Jax

Best Short Story

10:31 by Editor Jax
Brake Light Confessional by Sue S
Fly Away Home by Caroline K
Pushing Buttons by Sara Kraft
Whispers in the Key of Love by Laramoon

Best Mid-Length Story

Between Best Friends by Tracey
Field of Dreams by Caroline K
Foundations by Caroline K
Like a Blizzard Through the Night by LaraMoon
The Kiss Off by CC Aiken and Erin Klingler

Best Waffy Story

10:31 by EditorJax
Absolute Proof by Sue S
Finding Christmas Spirit by Wendy Richards
Hide and Seek by MrsMosley
Pretty, Pretty Clark by Laura S
The Challenge by Caroline K
Whispers in the Key of Love by Laramoon

Best Comedy

Everything But The Couches by Jen D
Folcs In the Mist by Mary Potts
Picture Perfect Wedding... What?!? by Laura S
Sick Day by MetroRhodes
What Not To Wear To A Pop Tart Bonfire by Catherine Bruce

Best Revelation Story

Brake Light Confessional by Sue S
Honeymoon In... Vegas by Sue S
Like a Blizzard Through the Night by LaraMoon
Risorgimento by Sue S
The Challenge by Caroline K
The Kiss Off by CC Aiken & Erin Klingler

Best Episode Adaptation

[K]nightfall by Laramoon
Pheremone by Nan Smith
Platonic by Sue S
Stardust by Caroline K
The Green Green Haunting of Home by Terry Leatherwood
The Newlywed Game by Nan Smith

Best Drama

50 First Revelations by Sue S & MetroRhodes
Coming of Age by Stopquitdont
Rebuilding Superman by Terry Leatherwood
The Longest Road: The Roads They Walked Alone by Raconteur
Vindication by ML Thompson

Best Relationship Story

Between Best Friends by Tracey
Field of Dreams by Caroline K
Honeymoon in... Vegas by Sue S
Platonic by Sue S
Stardust by Caroline K

Best Alt-World / Elsworlds Story

Coming of Age by Stopquitdont
Halloween by Nan Smith
Second Choice by Nan Smith
That Charming Smallville Hospitality by Laura S
When Galaxies Divide by Stopquitdont

Best Original / Supporting Character

Bobby Bigmouth – Adventures At The Museum by Elisabeth
Lisa – Family Hour by Shayne T
Luke – Fly Away Home by Caroline K
Samantha Richards - Vindication by ML Thompson
Sammy the Spider – Step Into My Parlor by Janet Owens
Tommy Garrison – Steel Shadows by Paul-Gabriel Wiener

Best New Author

Anonpip
Beth Summerson
Cape Fetish
EditorJax
Elisabeth
Laura S

Best Overall Story

Coming of Age by Stopquitdont
Field of Dreams by Caroline K
Honeymoon In ... Vegas by Sue S
House of Cards by MetroRhodes
Platonic by Sue S
Stardust by Caroline K


Congratulations to everyone who made it to the shortlist! And good luck!

Wendy very kindly created a one-stop reading post just below. Here's the direct link:
http://www.lcficmbs.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=002200#000002
Thanks, Wendy!

Kaethel

Congrats to all the nominees!

It's been really tough to make nominations, but with this list, it's going to be very hard to cast my votes as well. So many excellent stories, how am I ever to chose?

So ehm, Rat? Giving out pins again this year?

Saskia

To make things easier for everyone, here's a One-Stop Reading List. Please let me know if any of the links are wrong and I'll fix them.

Best Super Short Story

Adventures at the Museum by Elisabeth
Apologia by JDG
Back this Way by C_A
Extraordinary by Caroline K
Frozen by Sue S
Lost Love by Paul-Gabriel Wiener
Soundless by LaraMoon
Southern Nights by Editor Jax

Best Short Story

10:31 by Editor Jax
Brake Light Confessional by Sue S
Fly Away Home by Caroline K
Pushing Buttons by Sara Kraft
Whispers in the Key of Love by Laramoon

Best Mid-Length Story

Between Best Friends by Tracey
Field of Dreams by Caroline K
Foundations by Caroline K
Like a Blizzard Through the Night by LaraMoon
The Kiss Off by CC Aiken and Erin Klingler

Best Waffy Story

10:31 by EditorJax
Absolute Proof by Sue S
Finding Christmas Spirit by Wendy Richards
Hide and Seek by MrsMosley
Pretty, Pretty Clark by Laura S
The Challenge by Caroline K
Whispers in the Key of Love by Laramoon

Best Comedy

Everything But The Couches by Jen D
Folcs In the Mist by Mary Potts
Picture Perfect Wedding... What?!? by Laura S
Sick Day by MetroRhodes
What Not To Wear To A Pop Tart Bonfire by Catherine Bruce

Best Revelation Story

Brake Light Confessional by Sue S
Honeymoon In... Vegas by Sue S
Like a Blizzard Through the Night by LaraMoon
Risorgimento by Sue S
The Challenge by Caroline K
The Kiss Off by CC Aiken & Erin Klingler

Best Episode Adaptation

[K]nightfall by Laramoon
Pheremone by Nan Smith
Platonic by Sue S
Stardust by Caroline K
The Green Green Haunting of Home by Terry Leatherwood
The Newlywed Game by Nan Smith

Best Drama

50 First Revelations by MetroRhodes and SueS
Coming of Age by Stopquitdont
Rebuilding Superman by Terry Leatherwood
The Longest Road: The Roads They Walked Alone by Raconteur
Vindication by ML Thompson

Best Relationship Story

Between Best Friends by Tracey
Field of Dreams by Caroline K
Honeymoon in... Vegas by Sue S
Platonic by Sue S
Stardust by Caroline K

Best Alt-World / Elsworlds Story

Coming of Age by Stopquitdont
Halloween by Nan Smith
Second Choice by Nan Smith
That Charming Smallville Hospitality by Laura S
When Galaxies Divide by Stopquitdont

Best Original/Supporting Character

Bobby Bigmouth – Adventures At The Museum by Elisabeth
Lisa – Family Hour by Shayne T
Luke – Fly Away Home by Caroline K
Samantha Richards - Vindication by ML Thompson
Sammy the Spider – Step Into My Parlor by Janet Owens
Tommy Garrison – Steel Shadows by Paul-Gabriel Wiener

Best New Author

Anonpip
Beth Summerson
Cape Fetish
EditorJax
Elisabeth
Laura S

Best Overall Story

Coming of Age by Stopquitdont
Field of Dreams by Caroline K
Honeymoon In ... Vegas by Sue S
House of Cards by MetroRhodes
Platonic by Sue S
Stardust by Caroline K


Congratulations and good luck to all nominees!

Wendy

Oh thanks, Wendy! You're brilliant!

Kae

Back to say... I honestly believed that this year I would be sitting back and cheering the deserving nominees from the audience. I had no expectation at all of being nominated - after all, I really don't write L&C fic any more.

And then I saw the list.

Even as I'm still picking myself up from the floor, I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who nominated Finding Christmas Spirit. As I said at the time, it was a brief dipping of my toe in the water of L&C to see if I was still capable of writing the characters. I was overwhelmed by the lovely response to the story at the time, and now I'm stunned. Thank you. Even if I know the other stories in the category are way better, it's an honour to be in there.

Congratulations and good luck to all the other nominees!


Wendy

Wendy, thanks for that linked reading list - hugely helpful.

And congratulations to all the nominees.

c.

I just wanted to give a huge, gigantic, *I can't think of any more words to describe 'big' because I'm still kind of in this odd shock* thank you to anyone who nominated me. I've read previous Kerth nominated stuff and I'm flabbergasted to find myself in such fantastic and skillful company. I'm really just stunned! And so excited!

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Laura

Congratulations to all the nominees! As ever, it's going to be a really tough year, trying to pin down the one best story in each category... as an overall note, I'm delighted that L&C is still producing such excellent stories and authors.

Thanks for all the hours of reading pleasure, nominees!

PJ

I am in total shock here. It's an honor to be in the company of such great writers!

Wow. You know, for quite a while there, I forgot that I even had an eligible story this year? It's been a long time since I was involved in fic. And now... two noms? I'm quite proud of Steel Shadows, but I never really expected it to get a nomination. Lost Love was a throwaway piece which, in all honesty, I'd completely forgotten even existed. (Sorry, story!) Luckily, Wendy posted the link here, so I could go see what it was about...

(I should probably shut up now. I'm ruining my chances of winning, aren't I?)

Anyway... this is a shock. But... thank you!!

And, of course, congratulations to all the nominees!

Also... I see Steel Shadows, Between Best Friends, The Kiss-Off... How many of this year's nominees are DVD fics? That was an awesome project which produced some really high quality stories, sometimes from really unexpected people. Thanks again to the DVD crew for making it happen!

Wow, I'm amazed by how fast you guys were able to set up the list - thanks a lot, you are amazing!

And I think this is the first year in which I actually nominated, so it's really cool to see that some of my favourites actually made it on the list

Looking forward to an awesome ceremony

Jana

Wow! Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to read and nominate my stories! I'm really just... overwhelmed

And big, huge, squishy congratulations to all the nominees! I'm delighted to see so many of my favorites from last year on that list - so many stories that entertained me, enlightened me, brightened my day, and often just plain blew me away with their word magic. You are all amazing!

Caroline

Yoohoo! Congrats Nominees!

Can't wait for the day when we get to choose our pick among these tough choices!!!

Congratulations to all the nominees!!

It's going to be so hard to vote for just one in every category (... but I guess we have to, right? ) aaarrrgh choices.. choices... choices. Why are there so many good stories???

-Camy

/me hauls a large box of pins into the centre of the thread. There you go - have at 'em.

And congrats to the nominees!



LabRat

Congratulations to all the nominees, I look forward to discovering new great stories I've missed so far

And thank you, Wendy, for taking the time and posting the one-stop reading list. I hope I'll have the chance to use it thorougly

Happy reading, happy voting and good luck,

Eva

Oh, I could definitely use them !!

Just make sure you don't forget to remove the pins from your copy when you send us your voting form... Pins HURT!

Kae

Congratulations to all of the nominees! This is going to be another great year. Thanks, as well, to those who nominated me. I am humbled by the authors I get to rub shoulders with.

Elisabeth
who is always tempted to use those pins for purposes for which they were not intended I'm showing great restraint

*wanders into thread sheepishly* (sorry - I know I'm kinda late for this...)

Congratulations to everyone!

And to anyone who believed that my work was worthy to be placed on their nominations list.

I'm late myself, but I'd also late to thank everyone who nominated my story. I'm so flattered that it's generally thought to be good enough to stand with these giants.

Congrats to all the nominees!

Wow! Thanks so much to whoever nominated me for Best New Author! I actually had to read it several times, then follow the link just to make sure it was really me who was nomintated! I really wasn't expecting that, so:

Thank You!
Thank You!
Thank You!

<ducks head shamefully> I've really missed this place and all of you. Sorry I've been so absent... these nominations just absolutely blew me away.


And congratulations to all the other talented and wonderful authors nominated as well... Oh and a thank you to the Kerth committee who works so hard to put this all together for us. You guys are great!

-- DJ

Aww, thanks you guys for nominating Back This Way. It's been so long since I posted that little vignette, I didn't think anyone would remember it . You made my day!

I know I'm way late but thank you to everyone who nominated my stories and a big thanks to the Kerth committee for their quick job in tabulating all the noms.

Nan

Congrats to all the nominees!

Looking forward to the ceremony

My congrats to everyone as well.

Mona

Okay, maybe it was the jetlag, but I somehow forgot about watching for the nominee list and just discovered the list.

Thank you so much to everyone who nominated me for best new author. I am flabbergasted to be included on a list with such wonderful writers. I really can't express my appreciation enough.

And thank you to Wendy for the list of links!

Congratulations to all of the nominees!

Congratulations to all the nominees! Many thanks to Wendy for the quick links to the stories. Speaking of that, I notice that the Kerth website has not been updated and still has the 2006 list on it. Where will the drop down ballot show up?

Artemis

Artemis, I'm not involved with the website, but I'm guessing that the ballot won't appear until the day that voting starts - March 22. If it's set up earlier, there will be people who cast their ballots earlier...

Kathy

Yes, true, Kathy. But why isn't the list of this years nominees on the website with the links there?

Artemis

I don't know the answer to that either, Artemis, but I know that they were having problems with the website earlier, which is why the list of eligible stories was posted so much later than in previous years. Maybe there's still an issue, or maybe it's just RL getting in the way again.

Kathy

Wow. Thank yous and hugs to anyone who thought of my story. It's really been a pretty crappy couple of months, and this just...brightens everything up right now.

Congrats to all the nominees! I can't wait to start reading the short list during my vacation! Thanks to KerthCom for all their hard work, and thank you to anyone who's written a story this year. I haven't done the best job of commenting, but it takes all of you to make this such a great fandom for me.

JD

Check the website again, Artemis. It shows this year's list of nominees now. Many thanks to Annette and Elena for their hard work as our trusty webmasters!

Kae

ps: Kathy's right, RL often gets in the way, as we all have day-jobs that keep us more busy than we'd like at times...

Congrats nominees!

alcyone

Holy moo cow! This is what I get for being absent from the boards for months!

What a great, great, great surprise! Thank you to everyone who nominated Pushing Buttons!

And congrats to all the other nominees!!

Sara

Congrats to all the nominees!

It is going to be very difficult to pick my votes with so many outstanding stories in every category!!

I noticed that the ballot for the Kerths is up and voted, however, hopefully people won't be confused by the Best Original/Supporting Character ballot. Somehow the names of the authors of those stories got mixed up. I noticed it because two of the wonderful stories there were credited to me, and though I would love to be able to claim them, I can't. <g>

Nan

Wow, I know I'm ridiculously late on this, but... wow! I'm really excited (and flattered! Thanks, you guys!) to see "Between Best Friends" grab a nom among such great competition. Congrats to all the nominees, and good luck to everyone! Many thanks to our hard-working KComm for getting everything together! Y'all are awesome!!

Tracey

Eep! I just saw this!

Wooo! I'm Nominated!!!

Okay, I am SUPER way late in this thread but wanted to give a congratulatins to all. What a wonderful board we have with so many talented authors!