Hi everyone!

I’m so sorry this has taken so long. I have been away since 21 December and only arrived home late last night. I had very limited net access. Just after Christmas, I also received news that I had a new position. All the access I had was used answering important work emails.

Below is a list of stories eligible for 2012 Kerths. If there is a story on the list that was eligible last year please let me know. Also if you want to make a story eligible please let me know.

A big thank you to LabRat and the archive team for the information.

Tricia

STORY NAME - AUTHOR - K COUNT

A "Just So" Bedtime Story Lynn S M 7
A Cut Above Tank Wilson 22
A Doctor's Oath Deadly Chakram 33
A Father's Kryptonite Anti-Kryptonite 84
A Little Something Super Molly 118
A Lois and Clark Christmas Lyla Katz 3
A Lois Super Short Tank Wilson 9
A Small Trap Richard Frantz Jnr. 21
A Super Brief Paws in the Heroic Life of Clark Kent déjà vu 49
A Wellsian Tale Tank Wilson 16
Absent-Minded Superhero, The Lois_Lane_Fan 9
Accident, The Tank Wilson 26
Agent and the Admiral, The Artemis 26
An Award-Winning Story Alisha Knight 26
An Unpleasant Afternoon of Viewing Tank Wilson 20
And The Truth Will Set You Free bobbart 288
Are You Sure? Tank Wilson 14
Argument That Founded Utopia, The Mary Potts aka Queen of the Capes 3
Aussie Rules Bet Tank Wilson 13
Battle Scars Deadly Chakram 127
Butterfly Effect, The Lynn S M 11
Chocolate Lab IolantheAlias 224
Clarkus Maximus Deadly Chakram 183
Clark 2.0 Lynn S M 7
Coming Home Dandello 9
Control Shayne Terry 4
Dear Ojiisama Mary Potts aka Queen of the Capes 6
Defender Of The Helpless mozartmaid 3
Down the Rabbit Hole mozartmaid 55
Echolalia Lynn S M 17
Everywhere Stopquitdont 300
Fallout Molly 43
Frigid mozartmaid 22
Game, Set and Match Dandello 18
Gofer No More Lynn S M 33
Going Her Way anonpip 12
Hunt In A Red October Deadly Chakram 41
I Sense That I Love You 1: First Touch Anti-Kryptonite 11
I Sense That I Love You 2: Second Sight Anti-Kryptonite 11
I Sense That I Love You 3: Hearing Three Unspoken Words Anti-Kryptonite 13
I Sense That I Love You 4: Four Scents Worth Anti-Kryptonite 11
I Sense That I Love You 5: Fifth Taste's The Charm Anti-Kryptonite 30
I'd Know You Anywhere mozartmaid 2
If I Were Superman Lynn S M 1
I'll Keep Your Secrets Deadly Chakram 26
Inconveniences of Doing Superman's Laundry, The Nan Smith 51
Irony of Ironies Lynn S M 3
It Would Never Have Happened Like This Tank Wilson 23
It’s All Just Rather Funny El 9
Just A Little Note Virginia R 77
Just A Little Too Far VirginiaR 24
Just A Little Too Much VirginiaR 44
Just Say My Name, Clark Deadly Chakram 13
Just Say My Name, Lois Deadly Chakram 14
Justified Delusions Anti-Kryptonite 13
Kryptonian's Wife, The Shayne Terry 3
Last Son of El, The Deadly Chakram 20
Letting The Cat Out of the Bag Lynn S M 4
Lex Luthor's Revenge Take 1 Tank Wilson 29
Lighter Than Air, Better Than Gravity Anti-Kryptonite 47
Lights, Camera…Boo! Tank Wilson 21
Little Boy Blue Lynn S M 22
Lois and Clark Meet Shawn and Gus Triple L 95
Lois Lane: Assassin Tank Wilson 32
Lois, Phone Home Tank Wilson 10
Man of the House Muffin 11
Me, Myself and You Anti-Kryptonite 76
Moving On Lynn S M 8
Mr. and Mrs. Kent mozartmaid 326
My Partner anonpip 28
No Greater Love Happy Girl 16
On Plot Reuse Or Four Seasons Were Enough Lynn S M 3
Prank Tank Wilson 2
Red Tape Shayne Terry 9
Revelations mozartmaid 14
Ring, The Morgana 18
Rumors bobbart -- Bob Bartholomew 43
Save This Dance For Me: A Lois and Clark Valentine's Day Fairy Tale bobbart - Bob Bartholomew 18
Separate Cells Anti-Kryptonite 47
Serial Hair Tank Wilson 16
Sic Transit Ralph's Pagoda Lynn S M 4
Since Clark Kent Came To Town Deadly Chakram 36
Skis, Snow and Secrets Deadly Chakram 39
Sofas, The Lynn S M 5
Soul Mates Joan Powers aka SciFiJoan 24
Target: Lois Lane Folc4evernaday 90
Taste bobbart - Bob Bartholomew 35
Thanksgiving Games Lynn S M 18

That Old Clone Of Mine Lynn S M 53
That's Who He Is Anti-Kryptonite 15
The Accident: Epilogue Tank Wilson 6
The Boy In Kimono Mary Potts aka Queen of the Capes 13
Time To Tell anonpip 8
Titans Deadly Chakram 60
Volunteer, The Lois_Lane_Fan 5
Well's Revenge Lynn S M 3
What Is Eternal? Deadly Chakram 44
What The…? Tank Wilson 7
Where There's A Will… Tank Wilson 16
With A Source Female Hawk 67
With Apologies to Female Hawk Lynn S M 11
Wonder of Love, The Terry Leatherwood 390
Yodeler's Song, The Virginia R 12
You Are Different Lynn S M 3
And Then There Was Light Anti-Kryptonite
Lethal Qualities – Anti-Kryptonite
Separate - Joan Powers aka scifiJoan
Green-Eyed Monster - Virginia
Missing Lois – Virginia
Trusting Me, Trusting You - Female Hawk - 2,226
Asking Lois Out – Female Hawk - 62
Anniversary Surprise – Female Hawk – 4
The Other Shoe – Sue S
All I Want (For Christmas) – Sue S
Distraught – Mouserocks
Distraught: Alt Ending – Mouserocks
Not Even Chocolate – Mouserocks
Blind (Super)Man's Bluff – ML Thompson
Letting the Cat Out of the Bag – Classicalla
It’s an Attitude - Classicalla




NEW AUTHORS 2012

Anti-Kryptonite
Deadly Chakram
Virginia R
Morgana
El
Mouserocks

You forgot Separate by Joan Powers aka scifiJoan.

And the epic Missing Lois by VirginiaR.

Separate wasn't included because this list originates from the Archive and Separate hasn't been uploaded there yet.

Stories which authors think are eligible but which weren't uploaded to the Archive during 2011 need to be presented for inclusion in this year's awards to K-Comm by the author - which you've just done for Separate.

If Missing Lois is eligible, Virginia will have to let K-Comm know if she wants it included in this year's Kerths.

LabRat

Hi Tricia:

Can you include Green-Eyed Monster , which I submitted to the ARCHIVES prior to the end of the year? (Which I thought was the cut-off... the submission date, not the downloaded date newbie mistake). I'd also like to include Missing Lois , which I had finished posting on the Boards before the end of the year, but still am doing once last read-through before sending it to LabRat at the Archives (by the end of the month, I promise, Labby!) All my other stories not yet submitted or downloaded to the Archives can wait until next year.

Thanks.

/psst. My name is misspelled on your list. You're missing an "i" before the final "a".

Please add

Trusting Me, Trusting You , 2,226
Asking Lois Out , 62
Anniversary Surprise , 4

Thanks,

Corrina.

As far as the Archive goes, the cut off date is the story must be uploaded to the Archive by December 31st of the eligible year. 2011 in this case.

However, that's not the only criteria. If GEM was posted here on the mbs in its entirety - or anywhere else online - by December 31st 2011 it would still be eligible.

If it wasn't posted by December 31st and uploaded to the Archive after December 31st, however, then it wouldn't be eligible this year - no matter when it was submitted to the Archive.


LabRat

Both stories I managed to eke out last year are missing from the list. 'The Other Shoe' (which went up on the archive last week) and 'All I Want (For Christmas)'.

Thanks! And congrats on the promotion, Tricia!

Please remove my "A Few Frivolities" from the list of eligible stories. That archive submission is actually a collection of a few items that seemed to me too small to warrant submitting individually. The items included therein were considered eligible for last year's Kerth awards, and so should not be included in this year's.

Of course, it is a bit of a moot point, since, as the name implies, they were all frivolous and they would have had about as much of a chance to win as Lois would have of getting through a Tank story with her long hair intact.

Joy,
Lynn

I've also removed Taking One For The Team, which was part of an earlier compilation already considered in a previous year's Kerths.

LabRat

I'd like to point out that "Just Say My Name, Lois" is 14 and not 10 Kbs, according to the Archive.

Thanks for the list, Tricia!

Oh! The list!

Thanks for posting that for us, Tricia!

Rushes and updates xls-Sheet. We've got significantly more than 100 stories again!

Michael

I'm asking that Blind (Super)Man's Bluff be added to the list of eligible stories for the year.

Thanks,

ML

Did Mouserocksnerd not upload her stories to the archive? She's a new author this year and has posted a few stories.

I agree with DC, we need to include Mouserocks in the new author list even though she was 'too lazy' (I believe those were her words) and didn't send over any of her stories to the Archive in 2011.

Lazy indeed. I'm still meaning to post them on the archive. The real reason I haven't yet is because my computer died. It's not quite fixed yet (waiting for one more part, finger's crossed) and then I'll post everything. The only way I've been able to keep up commenting/posting is through the computers at my school, and I didn't really want to waste time/upload things from here...

Thanks for the consideration though. If I get my computer fixed before the month is out, that will be the first thing I do!

<just realized that I used Mouse's fanfic.net name instead of her user handle here>

Oops!

Sorry about your ongoing computer issues, Mouse!

I think there's some misunderstanding of the way the listing process works here and the importance of the Archive in it all.

So...quick clarification:

As a courtesy and as EIC of the Archive and on the understanding that K-Comm has enough to do in organising this event and doesn't need to spend time trawling through the net and the mbs trying to work out which stories and authors were new this year... at the start of the year I send them a list of every story uploaded to the Archive in the previous year.

That list forms the backbone of the eligible list. It just makes things easier for K-Comm and gives them a headstart. But it's by no means the whole list or the end of the process.

Over the days following its posting, the list will be tweaked considerably. Stories will be deleted as they are discovered to have been eligible in previous years for various reasons and authors may not want a particular story in competition for various reasons and can ask for them to be removed.

Likewise, stories will be added as authors who have posted a complete story somewhere online other than the Archive in the previous year and whose stories are therefore also eligible contact K-Comm and let them know that they want their stories included.

The Archive is by no means the only criteria for eligibility. If you've written and posted a story last year complete somewhere online, between January 1st and December 31st - be that the Archive, the mbs, a personal website or wherever - then it is eligible.

If you didn't send it to the Archive, the only difference between your story and the ones on the initial eligibles list posted above is that your story isn't automatically on the list and you'll be asked to inform K-Comm you'd like it to be. For exactly the same reasons as I send them the list - it's much easier to have authors notify K-Comm than it is for them to spend their time trying to track every story down.

And, of course, the same applies to the New Author award. If an author hasn't submitted any stories to the Archive in the previous year, it's more difficult for K-Comm to spot them. But all they need do is inform K-Comm they'd like to be included. Or - and this is the only award where it's possible to do this, in all others the author alone is the only one who can put their story in competition - others can inform K-Comm they are eligible on their behalf.

So, there's no need at all to have submitted stories to the Archive to be eligible. Nor should anyone left off the initial list assume it's because they didn't and that they are therefore out of competition!

Which isn't to say we wouldn't love to have your stories, Mouse, soon as you can send them to my mailbox....

LabRat

Thanks for the clarification, Labby!

No accusations, LabRat, we were just letting Mouserocks know that her stories rocked! It seemed to do the trick.

Thanks Labby! Needed that clarified. In that case, I guess I'll go for it. Add me to the list.

And thanks guys for the compliments.

(On phone, apologies for the double post. )

As for stories to add, I'd like to include 'Distraught,' 'Distraught: Alt Ending,' and 'Not Even Chocolate'.

The list is now updated with all the recent requests.

Thanks for all the help, LabRat!

Tricia

My obsessive-compulsive behavior is showing up - I have made a Microsoft Excel file of the 2011 Kerth-Eligible stories. It lists stories by author, title, and kb size.

I have found it helpful to be able to view stories by each of these categories.

If you would like me to send this to you via email attachment, please send me a message at IolantheAlias@gmail.com, or drop me a PM here on the boards.

Continuing the obsessive theme: I have blank spaces in the spreadsheet!
Could anyone please tell me the story size for the following stories:

All I Want (For Christmas) by Sue S.
And Then There Was Light by Anti-Kryptonite
Blind (Super)Man's Bluff by ML Thompson
Distraught by Mouserocks
Distraught Alt Ending by Mouserocks
Lethal Qualities by Anti-Kryptonite
Missing Lois by Virginia R
Not Even Chocolate by Mouserocks
Separate by Joan Powers aka ScifiJoan

Thanks.

Oh, I never thought there were. I meant to add to my earlier post that I'd used your quote for convenience, Virginia, to illustrate my point, but you certainly weren't the only source over the past couple of months that made me think some clarification was needed. There have been emails.

And I'm a little sensitive when it comes to this one. For years, it was impossible to shake off the myth that your story wasn't eligible for the Kerths unless it had been uploaded to the Archive. No matter how often K-Comm and I tried to dispel it, it stuck and refused to die.

Authors would flood the Archive with stories in December in a desperate, eleventh hour rush to get stories uploaded by year end. Which put a lot of pressure on the Archive staff at a time of year that's fraught with stress at the best of times. And although I've always been very proud of the fact that the staff never failed to get those stories uploaded on time or let an author down, despite it being a close call at times <g>, it's an experience I'd prefer to avoid.

It's only been in the last two years or so that the myth seems to have finally been debunked. And with authors much more relaxed about the eligibility rules and timing, the December rush has almost entirely been dumped, which makes life much easier all round.

So I'd really hate to the confusion over this one to start up again. For many reasons. But also because I'd hate for someone to be sitting out there thinking they're not eligible when they are.

LabRat

Would you take "huge"? or "Epic"?

Well, let's see I'm reviewing Ch 9 now, so not including Ch 10 and the Epilogue and the 2 page disclaimer... I'm currently at 4366KB (Word2003) But I'm not sure what it will be once it finally makes it through Labby capible hands.

Oh, and Green-Eyed Monster, 992KB (much longer than I thought it was).

PS: LabRat - I'll be sure not to make that mistake again next year and post any stories (cross my fingers) within a month of posting here. ... Be careful what you wish for.

UPDATE 2/1/12: Just sent Missing Lois (as one file) to Labby for GE. It clocked in at just under of 1300 pages, 3615KB.

To quote LabRat:
This is working fine for me. I completed "Nighttime in the Daytime" on these boards this year, but I want to do some cleaning up and perhaps adding to the ending before submitting it to the Archive.

Unfortunately, I have not had time to do that being busy with real life to a very great extent. So I will try for next year.

Several folcs have PM'd me about a sequel, and that is in the planning, but only after I'm happy with "Nighttime".

So thanks for the system. It works!
r/
Artemis

I was just taking a closer look at the list of eligible stories -- I am in the middle of completing the third quiz -- and I noticed a couple of missing 'r's:

Buttefly Effect, The Lynn S M 11

The first word should be "Butterfly"

Clakus Maximus Deadly Chakram 183

The first name should be "Clarkus"

Thanks,
Lynn

If I'd been keeping Archive records on an old manual typewriter last year, I could have blamed that on a sticky key. As it is...

:rolleyes:

LabRat

BTW, just in case anyone missed it, someone emailed me to say that Anti-K's And Then There Was Light and Lethal Qualities have been added to the list. They had missed that and thought prematurely that their reading was done , so just in case anyone else out there needs to add those to their reading list...

Can someone please link me to Tank's story "Prank"? I can't find it either on the Archive or the boards.

Is it too late to add stories?

Looks like the title might have changed at some point on Tank's, Anna.

Here it is:

Sometimes A Prank Can Backfire

LabRat

Oh, thank you, Labby.

P.S.: Classicalla, I'm not on the K-Comm, but I'll venture a guess at "not too late"!

Well, I'm going to take a chance that it's not too late and ask that both of these be added:

Letting the Cat Out of the Bag and

It\'s An Attitude

Both are short.

Letting the Cat Out of the Bag – Classicalla
It’s an Attitude - Classicalla
These stories have been added to the list.

Tricia

Hey, is the Kerth site up, or am I am just not finding it?

It has been brought to my attention that "That Extra Hour" by mozartmaid was eligible last year. I have taken this story from the list.

Tricia

Hmm... maybe too late, which is fine if it is. Can we add my story The European Adventures of Lois Lane . It hasn't hit the archives yet, though it's being beta-ed. If not, I'm fine to let it hang around until next year.