The 1999 Kerth Awards

Read below the stories voted by readers as fan favorites of the year. Read other years' stories

Best Comedy

Three Capes to the Wind by the IRC Round Robin FoLCs! (View the award)
Also Nominated:
Is He or Is He Not? by Bella
Commercial Break by Ellen Garnett and Debby Stark
The New Bed by Audrey Rempel
Couch Potatoes by Phil Atcliffe

Best Vignette/Short Story

Where Oh Where Do Supes' Clothes Go? by Erin Klingler (View the award)
Also Nominated:
The Last Goodbye by Pam Jernigan
It's Genetic by Misha
Lois Says (Part 1) and Lois Says (Part 2) by Sarah Wood

Best Waffy Story

Much Ado About... by Phil Atcliffe (View the award)
Also Nominated:
Moonlight on the Potomac: an IRC Round Robin
A Whole New World: an IRC Round Robin
Lois Says (Part 1) and Lois Says (Part 2) by Sarah Wood
In the Grand Circle of Life by Crystal Wimmer

Best Dramatic Story

The Huntress' Revenge by Jenni Debbage (View the award)
Also Nominated:
Yet Each Man Kills by Genevieve Clemens
Fear of the Unknown by YC
The Darkness Within by Lyds
Disquiet Nights by Shawn V.

Best Revelation Story

What it Means to Love You by Erin Klingler (View the award)
Also Nominated:
Montrose's Toast by Phil Atcliffe
Recognition (Truth) by CCMalo
Identity Crisis by Wendy Richards
Great Shades of Mayson by Susan Schwartz

Best Elseworld/Alternate Universe Story

Then Came You by Jeff Brogden (View the award)
Also Nominated:
Only You: If Only / Promise / Recall - Only You Series by Margaret Brignell
Through the Looking Glass by Kathy Brown
Bureau 39 by Joan
The Darkness Within by Lyds

Best Episode Adaptation

That Super Man of Mine by Wendy Richards (View the award)
Also Nominated:
A World Without a Superman: an IRC Round Robin
The House of Lane by Wendy Richards
Tomorrow's Past by Karen Ward
A Night Alone by Crystal Wimmer

Best Original Premise

Recognition (Truth) / Recognition (Justice) by C.C. Malo (View the award)
Also Nominated:
Much Ado About... by Phil Atcliffe
In a Child's Name by Delaney
On the Run by Plan9Lives (This mega-novel-sized story is incomplete. It's hosted on Annette's server. Parts 1-59A compiled by Genevieve)
Cruise Control by Zoomway

Best S5/S6 Episode

Strained Relations / For the Good of the Child by Chris Mulder, Pam Jernigan, and Barb (View the award)
Also Nominated:
Oh Give Me a Home by Jeff Brogden
Through the Looking Glass by Kathy Brown
It's Time by Pam Jernigan
Charity Begins at Home by Sandy McDermin (S5, Episode #19) This story is not available through the archive, but you can request it from the author at this address: mcdermin@verizon.net.

Best TUFS Episode

Full Circle: A New Day by all the TUFS authors Final episode (View the award)
Also Nominated:
Then Came You by Jeff Brogden
Yet Each Man Kills by Genevieve Clemens
Stranger Things Have Happened by Julie Mack
Forever and Ever, Amen by Linda Mooney Episode #18.

Best Villain Story

For the Good of the Child by Chris Mulder (View the award)
Also Nominated:
Oh Give Me a Home by Jeff Brogden
It's a Wonderful Lifetime by Cindy & anonymous
The Huntress' Revenge by Jenni Debbage
Hickory Mxyery Dock: by the IRC Round Robin FoLCs

Best Next-Gen/Early Years Story

Full Circle by Crystal Wimmer (View the award)
Also Nominated:
Not a Part of the Stars by Donna Hafner
My Adventures With Superman by Kathryn Ann Kent
Perfectly Not Normal by Molly
A Love So Long in the Making by Wendy Richards

Best Series

"The SoulMates Chronicles" by the IRC Round Robin FoLCs: The Falcon / The Lone Rider: he Beginning / The Sea Hawk / The Tai (108Kb) (View the award)
Also Nominated:
Only You Series by Margaret Brignell: If Only / Promise / Recall
Recognition (Truth and Justice) by CCMalo: Truth / Justice
On the Run by Plan9Lives (This mega-novel-sized story is incomplete. It's hosted on Annette's server. Parts 1-59A compiled by Genevieve)
The Spider and the Fly(boy) series by Robert Culpepper: The Spider and the Fly(boy) / EPIC (Confusion)

Best Round-Robin Fanfic

Moonlight on the Potomac by the IRC Round Robin FoLCs (View the award)
Also Nominated:
Cooking With the Kents by the IRC Teen Round Robin group
The SoulMates Chronicles: The Tai
Three Capes to the Wind
A World Without a Superman

Best New Author For 1999

Wendy Richards (View the award)
Also Nominated:
YC
Jenni Debbage
Delaney
Carol Malo
Crystal Wimmer

Best Overall Fanfic

What it Means to Love You by Erin Klingler (View the award)
Also Nominated:
Only You Series by Margaret Brignell: If Only / Promise / Recall
In a Child's Name by Delaney
That Super Man of Mine by Wendy Richards
Full Circle by Crystal Wimmer