HERE'S THE SCOOP:
The Kerth Committee is looking for volunteers to join in on the 2024 ceremony! All the options are below. Please comment, email, or message me or any Kerth Committee member to let us know how you’d like to be involved!


SPEECHES:
Like Perry congratulating the newsroom when a big story breaks, you can help celebrate our writers! We have 19 categories this year, so we have opportunities for lots of presenters! Presenters write a speech (funny, sweet, serious—your choice!), and when it’s your turn to present, you’ll copy and paste your speech in (a few lines at a time) as though you were actually presenting in person. Then, after you’ve listed the nominees for the category, one of the committee members will PM you the winner for you to announce to everyone!

• Here’s a sample—below is Doranwen’s speech for Best Super Short Story from the 2007 Kerth Awards Ceremony.
  
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  <Kaethel> And please welcome Lisa onto the stage with our first award: Best Super Short Story!
  <Y> +v mrsmosley
  <MrsMosley> Actually Doranwen is supposed to do this one
  * Kaethel takes the Champagne away from Y
  <Kaethel> aha!
  * Kaethel takes the Champagne away from self too then <g<
  <Doranwen> Well, the nominees this year are . . .
  * Doranwen turns around as she hears a psst sound
  <Doranwen> What?
  <Doranwen> You mean I'm supposed to give a real speech?
  <Doranwen> I thought this was Best Super Short?
  <Y> lol
  <Doranwen> Oh, it's the *stories* that are super short, got it.
  <Kaethel> lol
  * Doranwen turns back to audience
  <Doranwen> Ahem, sorry there, folks.
  <Doranwen> The category of Best Super Short is for those stories which fit a size limit of 1-10 kb. They're perfect for a quick read as you scarf down your breakfast in the morning, get dressed, and do your hair.
  <Doranwen> They range from funny bits that have us clutching our sides in laughter to waffy mini-passages that make us sigh happily. For the fanfic addict who can't afford the time for longer amounts, these bite-size portions are the little doses of fic that can get you through the day.
  <Doranwen> This year, the nominees for Best Super Short are:
  <Doranwen> Damn Good Thing, by MrsMosley
  <Doranwen> His Body Above Her, by C_A
  <Doranwen> Incompatible, by David
  <Doranwen> Touch, by Chris Carr
  <Doranwen> World Enough, and Time, by C_A
  <Doranwen> and the winner is . . .
  * Doranwen waits for the envelope
  <Doranwen> Touch, by Chris Carr!
• Not sure you can attend the ceremony? Or maybe not all of it? That’s okay! While it’s the most fun if you’re there with us, you can still write a speech and we can have someone who *can* attend paste it in for you!
• Are you willing to do one or two presentation speeches? Take on all the size-related categories? Want just the comedy and the WaFFY one? Let us know—and give us a few options to choose from—and we’ll do our best to give everyone their favorites.

CROWD CONTROL:
Like Cat Grant keeping her finger on the pulse of the Metropolis social scene, you can help us decide who’s in the spotlight and who’s in the audience to ensure that the ceremony goes off without a hitch! This will be our first Kerth ceremony on Discord. (And if you’re not as tech-savvy on Discord as resident hacker Jimmy Olsen, we’ll show you how to do this—it’s easy!)

• Ushers and Guides to help FoLCs navigate the Discord server and the channels, as well as helping to guide them to the official #kerth-ceremony channel
• Moderators for the ceremony who will focus on permissions between the thread and the main channel, to keep the ‘stage’ clear

There are so many different ways to join in on the fun this year!

Please respond as soon as you can to let us know how you want to join in! Just comment below, email, or message any member of the Kerth Committee and let us know what you are willing to help with!

Has someone else already commented on what you wanted to work on? No worries! With a few exceptions, we can divvy up activities to spread the love around.

In the meantime, don’t forget to keep reading this year’s eligible stories so that you’re ready to cast your vote! Voting opens in just a few days!

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Have a question? Ask it here! Or you can PM any of the K-Com members or reach out on Discord too! You can also send an email to us here: Kcom@kerthawards.com

In order to help you find all things Kerth for this year, we’ve created a TOC for all the 🏆TOC Kerth Award Posts🏆.

The Kerth Committee
(KSaraSara, Darth Michael, lovetvfan, and JadedEvie)

I’ll take a speech!!!

Hi FoLCs!

There are still plenty of categories left for anyone that wants to sign up to write a presentation for the ceremony! (And remember, if you can't make it, we can have someone post for you!)

To offer a little bit of fun and incentive -- the next person that joins in can assign one of the remaining categories to one of the Kerth Committee members! Really want to see KSaraSara introduce a WaFFY story? Want to see if I can manage to keep the Super-Short category presentation actually short? Feel like lovetvfan would do an awesome job with drama? Want to see chaos in action by giving DarthMichael the NFic category? One of these (or any other combination) can come true! Take on a category (or two!) yourself and you can assign one of us one of the remaining categories!

And don't forget -- voting is open for one more week, closing April 14th!

I'd volunteer as presenter. Not sure yet if I can make it to the ceremony. Depends on the time.

Thanks, Bakasi! No worries on time - we can easily have someone present for you! I'll reach out on an PM to go over the categories that are still available! Also, think about which Kerth Committee Member you want to pair up with a category!


Lots of categories, still open, FoLCs! Who else wants to be a part of the ceremony?

Hi FoLCs!

We have about half the slots filled for ceremony presentations! (And remember, if you can't make it, we can have someone post for you!)

So we'll do one more fun bonus round -- the next person that joins in can assign one of the remaining categories to one of the Kerth Committee members! KSaraSara, lovetvfan and DarthMichael are still left!
Want to build the perfect presenter/category combo?
Or maybe create some chaos?
Just take on a category (or two!) yourself and you can assign one of the K-Com members one of the remaining categories!

Also, if writing isn't your thing (hi, lurkers!), we're still looking for a couple of FoLCs as ushers and moderators for the ceremony. We can walk you through how this works.

And don't forget -- voting is open until the end of the week, closing April 14th! If you loved a story, vote for it!

We still need a few more slots filled!! Be the next to volunteer and you can assign a committee member to present a category!

I'll point you up to Evie's post above because she spells out more of the particulars!

C'mon... it'll make you popular!

Sara