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Wow, thank you to everyone for such an amazing Kerth season on our 25th anniversary of holding the awards! It’s truly something special in fandom to have been going for this long, so thank you to everyone, new and old, who has participated throughout the years and made this the phenomenal fandom that it is!

First, a short note on the tech end of things:

Our website kerthawards.com is going to be moving to a new home during the first week of May. While we will try to keep the move interruption free, it’s the first move done in years. This means it is possible that the Kerth website might be unreachable for a day or so until the Internet name system catches up with the new address. So, if you notice anything, please don’t panic, it’s all part of a scheduled maintenance operation.

This year was quite amusingly, The Year of the Tie… (as we affectionately named it in the #kerthchat lol) The competition was fierce this year, so it’s no wonder that we had FOUR ties! I wonder what next year will bring!

And now… here are the winners of the 25th Annual Kerth Awards 2023:

Best Super-Short Story (1-10kB)
The Necklace by Folc4evernaday – 4 kB (564 words) – Story

Best Short Story (11-50kB)
Pencil It In by SuperBek – 15 kB (2,600 words) – Story

Best Mid-Length Story (51-200kB) A TIE!
Frankly My Dear, I Don't Like Pearl Jam by lovetvfan and KSaraSara – 107 kB (19,607 words) – Story
In the Right Now by AnnieM – 169 kB (31,865 words) – Story

Best Long Story (201+kB)
What the Heart Wants by AnnieM and KathyB – 1,497 kB (277,797 words) – Story

Best Comedy Story A TIE!
Frankly My Dear, I Don't Like Pearl Jam by lovetvfan and KSaraSara – 107 kB (19,607 words) – Story
Kryptonite Coffee by Toomi8 – 4 kB (697 words) – Story

Best Dramatic Story A TIE!
So Far Away by KSaraSara – 472 kB (82,877 words) – Story | Story (nFanfic)
What the Heart Wants by AnnieM and KathyB – 1,497 kB (277,797 words) – Story

Best Waffy Story A TIE!
In the Right Now by AnnieM – 169 kB (31,865 words) – Story
What the Heart Wants by AnnieM and KathyB – 1,497 kB (277,797 words) – Story

Best Revelation
What the Heart Wants by AnnieM and KathyB – 1,497 kB (277,797 words) – Story

Best Episode Adaptation (rewrite/fix-it/in-betweenie)
Aftershocks by Toomi8 – 304 kB (55,267 words) – Story

Best Elseworlds/AU Story
What the Heart Wants by AnnieM and KathyB – 1,497 kB (277,797 words) – Story

Best Kiss
What the Heart Wants by AnnieM and KathyB – 1,497 kB (277,797 words) – Story

Best Original Character/Supporting Character
Lana Lang: What the Heart Wants by AnnieM and KathyB – 1,497 kB (277,797 words) – Story

Best Challenge Response
Footprint Hotel by Blueowl – 17 kB (3,062 words) – Story

Best Overall Story
What the Heart Wants by AnnieM and KathyB – 1,497 kB (277,797 words) – Story

Best Commenter/Feedback Giver
KSaraSara

Best Original Fanart
Hungry Eyes by Eric Carmen music video by lovetvfan – Fanart


Huge thank you to KathyB for MCing the event and for amusing us with old commercials from ceremonies past! Thank you, thank you to the rest of the K-Comm for an amazing job! Especially Michael, who worked tirelessly to make things smooth and automated this year so that next year, it’ll be a breeze behind the scenes! If everything ran smoothly this year (and I think it mostly did??) it’s surely because of Michael! clap notworthy

And the ceremony would not have been near as fun without our volunteers who worked hard to come up with entertaining and/or heartfelt presentation speeches! Thank you so much!! Thank you to Doranwen for finding the right IRC server and for making it easier for everyone to get no, not to mention taking care of the voicing ops during the ceremony!!

Another thank you to Carrie Rene, who created banners for everything… which we’ll have posted in due course!

Thank you to all who attended, all who voted, all who nominated, and everyone who participated in discussions and activities!

Have I said thank you enough? Have I used enough exclamation points? (I think I got a refill from Toomi recently…)

Please stay tuned in the coming weeks for website updates, a post-Kerth season survey, those awesome banners for awards and nominees, and more that I’m probably forgetting!

Thanks again!!!!

Sara and Micheal and AnnieM and lovetvfan

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


Other 2023 Kerth posts…
Kerth Announcement Post / Index
Eligible stories list
Official Kickoff Post (Schedule and Categories)
Eligible Fanart and Opt-In Opportunity
Take the Poll: Ceremony Dates and Times
Official Nominees for 2023
Nominations Closed and THANK YOU!
Call for Volunteers
Voting Has Started
2023 Ceremony Information — Where and How
Voting Has Closed
OFFICIAL CEREMONY TIME AND SCHEDULE
The Winners! That’s a Wrap!
Ceremony Transcript

Activities
25th Annual Kerth Awards 2023: Activity—Writer’s Year in Review
25th Annual Kerth Awards 2023: Activity—Reader’s Year in Review
25th Annual Kerth Awards 2023: Activity—Kerth Challenges

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Kerth nominations are opening on March 3!
🏆2024 Kerth Award Posts 🏆.

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Ooh, also stay tuned for the side-by-side transcript of the ceremony and the chat so you can catch up on what you missed!


Kerth nominations are opening on March 3!
🏆2024 Kerth Award Posts 🏆.

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This was the first year I attended the ceremony and it was a lot of fun! I want to thank all the writers who wrote stories last year. It was an amazing year. There were so many great fics! I also want to say thank you to the Kerth Committee and to all the volunteers who worked so hard to put on the award show. All your hard work is greatly appreciated! Thanks to all!

I watched and loved the show when it originally aired. I’m so happy I finally made my way to the fandom. I wish I had found it sooner but I’m thankful to be here now. Folcs are the best!

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Congrats to all the winners! Sorry I couldn't attend (I've had horrible issues with IRC in the past, lots of computer viruses from it so I'm hesitant to use it again in any incarnation) but I'm sure it was a lovely event!

Looking forward to seeing all of this year's fics too!


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Thank you, Sara, for posting the winners last night!

Which brings us to
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Congratulations to the winners!
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aaaand...

Thank you, FoLCs, for joining us on IRC to celebrate 25 years of awards and 30 years of FoLCdom!

I can see from Vicki's post that we must need to do better next year with publicizing the web-browser option for IRC, so everyone can be confident in having a safe and virus-free experience while attending the Kerth Awards ceremony.

The transcripts will be up in...the not too distant future. /is hesitant to promise "today"/

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So happy for all the winners!


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FoLCs,
the ceremony transcript is up on the web site!

Side by side transcript

wave Michael


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They’re ready! Don’t forget to check out the Winner Banners from Carrie Rene!

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Kerth nominations are opening on March 3!
🏆2024 Kerth Award Posts 🏆.

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