Hey FoLCs!
It’s time to start thinking about the 2016 Kerth Awards.
The Kerth committee for 2016 is Annette, Amber, Susan (Groobie) and Tricia but we couldn’t do it without all the FoLCs who dedicate their time and energy to making this ceremony even more fun. Susan (Groobie) will be running and coordinating the quizzes. 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 2016 ceremony. Please take a moment to read this.
Staff organisationTricia 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 is our techie geniuses. She maintains the website and she is our official security guard, i.e. she checks for fraud in nominations and votes. She knows 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 checks 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.
2016 scheduleThe quizzes will commence on Monday 11 January and finish on Thursday 18 February.
Nominations will run from Saturday, February 20 to Sunday, March 6, midnight EST. The official ballot will be released two weeks at most after all the nominations are in.
Voting will run from Saturday, April 2 to Sunday, April 10, 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 23, time to be decided.
2016 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/Epic 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 Comedy: No size restrictions
Best Overall Story: A story of any type that is outstanding overall. No size restrictions.
Best New AuthorAnd 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, Annette, Amber and Susan)
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