Hey FoLCs!
I know it’s still 2013 but it’s also time to start thinking about the 2014 Kerth Awards.
The Kerth committee for 2014 is Annette Ciotola, Elena and Tricia Walpole but we couldn’t do it without all the FoLCs who dedicate their time and energy to making this ceremony even more fun. Amber will be coordinating and organising the quizzes. She will be asking for some volunteers to help very soon. So keep a look out for their post. Amber will also be coordinating the Kerth Ceremony and will need volunteers to assist her. Kathy MacFarlane, our external auditor, continues to help us tally the votes. And most of all, we’ve got all the writers and readers, without whom the awards wouldn’t exist at all!
Here’s some information about the staff and about the 2014 ceremony. Please take a moment to read this.
Staff organizationTricia is our Kerth Coordinator. Decisions are taken collectively after being discussed among all K-Com members, but as coordinator she gets the last word if there's a disagreement. We usually tend to agree, though. *g* Tricia will also handle the PR side of things. She will make the official posts.
Annette and Elena are our techie geniuses. They maintain the website and they’re our official security guards, i.e. they check for fraud in nominations and votes. They know everything there is to know about IP numbers and such.
Tricia is in charge of the nominations. She receives each nomination form, counts all the noms separately, compares the numbers to make sure there’s no error and then tallies them so the official ballot can be released within two weeks at most. Annette and Elena check to see that all the data is accurate.
Kathy MacFarlane and Tricia are our official vote-talliers. Both get your forms and count them to make sure there’s no error.
Amber is the Kerth Ceremony coordinator. She will be asking for volunteers to assist and be IRC tech people for the ceremony.
2014 scheduleThe quizzes will commence on Monday 13 January and finish on Thursday 20 February.
Nominations will run from Saturday, February 22 to Sunday, March 9, midnight EST. The official ballot will be released two weeks at most after all the nominations are in.
Voting will run from Saturday, March 29 to Sunday, April 6, midnight EST. That will give us a week to tally the votes and prepare the list of winners.
The ceremony will take place on IRC on Saturday, April 12, time to be decided.
2014 categoriesBest Super Short (1-10k): Very short stories.
Best Short Story (11-50k): Short stories of any subject or tone.
Best Mid-Length Story (51-200k): Mid-length stories of any subject or tone.
Best Long Story (201k and over): Long stories of any subject or tone.
Best Revelation Story: Stories which contain a revelation about Clark being Superman. The person finding out can be Lois or any other character.
Best Original / Supporting Character: Rewards a special character from stories which strongly highlight a supporting character from the series or creates a new, interesting character that plays an important role in the story. No size restrictions. (Sorry, but versions - no matter how altered - of Clark or Lois do not qualify as Original or Supporting Characters)
Best First Kiss: No size restrictions.
Best New AuthorBest Overall Story: A story of any type that is outstanding overall. No size restrictions.
And if there’s still a question we haven’t answered, feel free to email me. We’ll be happy to help you!
The Kerth Committee
(Tricia, Elena and Annette)
