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On 6/1/06, shippingindustry <BLJean@aol.com> wrote:
>
> While browsing thru the list of stories - working on nominations, and
> very glad the season was extended - I noticed a mistake on one of my
> stories.
>
> "Shire Songbook" appears in the list of Complete stories nominated in
> previous years. However, that story was at the time, and remains to
> this day, a work in progress. Could it be moved to the Incomplete list,
> please?
>
> Thanks,
> Lindelea
>
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>
> The end of nomination season is only a little over a week away, so
> perhaps some reminders are in order. :-)
>
> First, it is coming. Nomination Season ends on June 15, one second
> after 23:59:59 GMT. Make sure you get any stories you want to
> nominate, nominated by then.
>
> GMT probably isn't the same as your local time. It's currently
> 04:12:57 AM on 6/6/06. For the current time around the world please
> see http://www.worldtimezones.com/ . For the convenience of

> New York is GMT-5 hours (it's currently 11:12:57 PM on 6/5/06).
>
> Second, don't forget poetry. If you have nominations left and would
> like to nominate your favourite poem, please go ahead and do that.
> Poetry is definitely eligible. Essays and WIPs, too.
>
> Third, if you are an author who has had a story nominated, make sure
> that you email your author to let them know you've finished the
> nomination form when you have done that. You can see whether your
> nomination is complete by logging in to
> http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/, clicking on "Browse Nominated
> Stories", and finding your story. If it says anything besides
> "Nomination Complete" and you think you've done everything you need

> do, please email mefasupport@... Nominators can also check this
> page to see if stories they nominated have been finalized. If you

> one that hasn't and would like to offer help getting in touch with

> author, please feel free to email the above email.
>
> Authors have until June 22 (one week after nominations close) to get
> their nominations finished. Otherwise they can't compete.
>
> And I think that's about it! Happy nominating.
>
> Marta
>>>>

>
> I hope that everyone who reads this list is making an effort to find
> and nominate worthy stories - While I thought there were a few too
> many stories last year, I wonder if this year's entries are too few.
> I had hoped to see 600 finished nominations; now it looks like the
> count won't even reach 500.
>
> There may not be as many people writing Tolkien fanfic as in prior
> years; but there are still quite a few, and new writers do appear.
>
> So if anyone hasn't nominated any stories, or only one or two, I
> urge you to find some that are worthy of nomination. They're out
> there.
>
>
>
>
> RAKSHA THE DEMON, who has used up 19 nominations and is waiting on
> the finishing of one more that she promised to nominate (and if that
> writer doesn't finish, or doesn't want the piece nominated as
> Incomplete, there are plenty more works that could fill that slot
> before the 15th)

> Thanx for the advance notice, Marta!
>

> I hope that everyone who reads this list is making an effort to find
> and nominate worthy stories - While I thought there were a few too
> many stories last year, I wonder if this year's entries are too few.
> I had hoped to see 600 finished nominations; now it looks like the
> count won't even reach 500.
>

> There may not be as many people writing Tolkien fanfic as in prior
> years; but there are still quite a few, and new writers do appear.
>
> So if anyone hasn't nominated any stories, or only one or two, I
> urge you to find some that are worthy of nomination. They're out
> there.
>

On 6/5/06, aure_enteluva <melayton@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The end of nomination season is only a little over a week away, so
> perhaps some reminders are in order. :-)
>
> First, it is coming. Nomination Season ends on June 15, one second
> after 23:59:59 GMT. Make sure you get any stories you want to
> nominate, nominated by then.
>
> GMT probably isn't the same as your local time. It's currently
> 04:12:57 AM on 6/6/06. For the current time around the world please
> see http://www.worldtimezones.com/ . For the convenience of Americans,
> New York is GMT-5 hours (it's currently 11:12:57 PM on 6/5/06).
>
> Second, don't forget poetry. If you have nominations left and would
> like to nominate your favourite poem, please go ahead and do that.
> Poetry is definitely eligible. Essays and WIPs, too.
>
> Third, if you are an author who has had a story nominated, make sure
> that you email your author to let them know you've finished the
> nomination form when you have done that. You can see whether your
> nomination is complete by logging in to
> http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/, clicking on "Browse Nominated
> Stories", and finding your story. If it says anything besides
> "Nomination Complete" and you think you've done everything you need to
> do, please email mefasupport@gmail.com <mefasupport%40gmail.com>.
> Nominators can also check this
> page to see if stories they nominated have been finalized. If you see
> one that hasn't and would like to offer help getting in touch with the
> author, please feel free to email the above email.
>
> Authors have until June 22 (one week after nominations close) to get
> their nominations finished. Otherwise they can't compete.
>
> And I think that's about it! Happy nominating.
>
> Marta
>
>
>



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> Would it be too much of a problem to change my username in the MEFA

>
>
> > Would it be too much of a problem to change my username in the MEFA
> database from kitastrophe-cabaret to kitzilla2001?
>
> No trouble at all. I've done this for you. If you have any trouble or
> need a reminder of your password, just reply to this post and one of
> us will send it to you. :-)
>

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "mitasova" <mitasova@...> wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I never post in this group but today I received a notification
that my story has been nominated for an award. I always thought that
to get noticed one has to be a part of some cool inner circle, which
I am not. It is such a joy to know that somehow someone has read my
work, liked it and deemed it worthy of nomination. Thank you,
whoever you are.
>
> - Tanya
>

> I was nominating a story and mistakingly credited it to the wrong
> author - I can only think the mouse slipped or something. The story
> is 'The rose in the fisted glove' and it should be credited to 'Jael',
> not jastaelf. I apologise for the confusion.

> Also, I've been trying to nominate another fic and the site won't
> accept it, claiming there are blank mandatory fields. Only they're all
> full - up to and including the contact info that's optional at the
> bottom. if someone could look at this also, i'd be very thankful.
>

>From: "mitasova" <mitasova@tut.by>

>Hello!
>
>I never post in this group but today I received a notification that my
>story has been nominated for an award. I always thought that to get noticed
>one has to be a part of some cool inner circle, which I am not. It is such
>a joy to know that somehow someone has read my work, liked it and deemed it
>worthy of nomination. Thank you, whoever you are.
>
>- Tanya

>
> I accidentally nominated two stories yesterday that were already

> and I couldn't find them--"Strange Meeting," by Nesta and "Water and

> Erynhith. Now I can't figure out how to delete the duplicate

>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Oshun
>

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Aralas AL" <aralas2002@...> wrote:
>>> I echo Tanya's thanks to whoever nominated my story as well.
Whatever > happens, I feel honored and grateful that someone liked
the story enough to > think it worth nominating.
>
> God Bless.> Legolass
>
>
> >From: "mitasova" <mitasova@...>> > >Hello!
> >> >I never post in this group but today I received a notification
that my > >story has been nominated for an award. I always thought
that to get noticed > >one has to be a part of some cool inner
circle, which I am not. It is such > >a joy to know that somehow
someone has read my work, liked it and deemed it > >worthy of
nomination. Thank you, whoever you are.
> >> >- Tanya
>

On 6/9/06, arielphf <arielphf@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Here's what I get for waiting till the last minute!
>
> Could someone change my membership so that I can nominate? Thanks!
>

On 6/9/06, arielphf <arielphf@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Here's what I get for waiting till the last minute!
>
> Could someone change my membership so that I can nominate? Thanks!
>





Ariel
www.bagendwest.net


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> Workin' fine now! Thanks! :*
>

>
>
> Hello!
>
> I never post in this group but today I received a notification that my
> story has been nominated for an award. I always thought that to get
> noticed one has to be a part of some cool inner circle, which I am not.
> It is such a joy to know that somehow someone has read my work, liked it
> and deemed it worthy of nomination. Thank you, whoever you are.
>
> - Tanya
>

> I have sort of an odd request. My yahooID has 2 "identities" attached to
> it-- kitastrophe- cabaret, and kitzilla2001. kitastrophe-cabaret is the
> username listed in the MEFA database. As I've begun to use yahoogroups more,
> I've tried to restrict my fandom stuff purely to the "kitzilla2001" identity
> and all of my music/performance/cabaret stuff to "kitastrophe-cabaret."
>
> Would it be too much of a problem to change my username in the MEFA database
> from kitastrophe-cabaret to kitzilla2001? I recently changed all my
> yahoogroups subscription info to reflect this change, so I'm currently
> listed on the MEFAwards yahoogroup as "kitzilla2001" and changing it in the
> MEFA database will keep it consistent.
>
> I hope this isn't a stupid thing to ask!
>

On 6/12/06, BLJean@aol.com <BLJean@aol.com> wrote:
>
> Am trying to submit a story for Boz4PM and the database WON'T LET ME!
>
> (keeps telling me the form is incomplete. Perhaps it is because Boz is the
>
> first name on the author's list?)
>
> Frustrated,
> Lin
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>


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On Jun 12, 2006, at 11:52 AM, BLJean@aol.com wrote:

> Am trying to submit a story for Boz4PM and the database WON'T LET ME!
>
> (keeps telling me the form is incomplete. Perhaps it is because Boz is
> the
> first name on the author's list?)
>
> Frustrated,
> Lin

>
>
> Speaking of HELP!, how does a poor absent-minded author give thankful
> permission for being nominated? I was notified several days ago that I
> need to reply (somehow RL got in the way of my hearing about the
> nomination earlier) - and I've been trying to respond ever since - but
> sadly, my poor story still says "Author has not responded".
>
> Please, somebody, tell me how to fix this? I'd really be sad if my
> poor story got bumped because I never figured out how to do this!
>
> bewildered and befuddled,
>
> jo
>

On 6/12/06, Anthony Holder <aaholder@swbell.net> wrote:
>
> Lin,
>
> I'm not sure what's up. Is Boz4PM a new author? What's supposed to
> happen is this:
>
> Click on the New Story link.
> Click on the 'Add a new Author' link.
> Enter the author's info, and click 'Add'
> It takes you back to the New Story link, with your new author selected
> from the list (maybe it's first in the list, I don't remember).
> Finish entering data, and submit the new story.
>
> Some of the link names above won't be right, because I didn't actually
> look, but that's the basic workflow, I think.
>
> Can you try again, to see if it works? If it doesn't, please send me
> all the story info, and I'll log in as you and try myself, so I can see
> exactly what's happening.
>
> Thanks,
> Anthony
>
>
> On Jun 12, 2006, at 11:52 AM, BLJean@aol.com <BLJean%40aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Am trying to submit a story for Boz4PM and the database WON'T LET ME!
> >
> > (keeps telling me the form is incomplete. Perhaps it is because Boz is
> > the
> > first name on the author's list?)
> >
> > Frustrated,
> > Lin
>
>
>


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>
>
> Am trying to submit a story for Boz4PM and the database WON'T LET ME!
>
> (keeps telling me the form is incomplete. Perhaps it is because Boz is the
> first name on the author's list?)
>
> Frustrated,
> Lin
>

>
>
> Speaking of HELP!, how does a poor absent-minded author give thankful
> permission for being nominated? I was notified several days ago that I
> need to reply (somehow RL got in the way of my hearing about the
> nomination earlier) - and I've been trying to respond ever since - but
> sadly, my poor story still says "Author has not responded".
>
> Please, somebody, tell me how to fix this? I'd really be sad if my
> poor story got bumped because I never figured out how to do this!
>
> bewildered and befuddled,
>
> jo
>

>
>
> Pipkinsweetgrass is trying to nominate a group story. I had told her to use
> my e-mail address for the group, since I coordinated the effort, but it
> seems
> that won't work.
>
> It was suggested that a group member who hadn't participated in the
> MEFAs in
> the past serve as email contact, but I'm not sure we have anyone who
> fits that.
>
> What do we do?
>
> Can it somehow be rigged to use my email address, or does that throw
> everything off?
>
> I promise not to vote under the group name, if that helps... heh. It's
> going
> to be a challenge just to find the time to vote under *my* membership name.
>
> Thanks,
> Lin
>

> BLJean@aol.com wrote:
>> Pipkinsweetgrass is trying to nominate a group story. I had told her
>> to use
>> my e-mail address for the group, since I coordinated the effort, but
>> it
>> seems
>> that won't work.
> Hi Lin,
>
> We have pretty strict rules that each person can only have one account.
> That's why the website only lets each email address be given to one
> member.

> Marta,
>
> I've been out of town and I was just able to work on some of my authors today. Some of mine are already taken care of. Perelleth, Dana, Mariole, and Anoriath are totally finished. I have also sent the first contacts to Boz, Branwyn, Primsong, Tuxedo elf, and RubyNye. I still do not know what to do with Claudia. Rhapsody contacted her on her livejournal and she was going to contact me and she still hasn't. I'll try and do something about that one again tomorrow. Just wanted to let you know what was going on with mine! :)

On 6/14/06, aure_enteluva <melayton@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Well, nominations are winding down, and we've had a very good turn-out
> of stories that have been nominated. Many of these stories are ready
> to compete. But some still need some work.
>
> The following stories have been nominated, but as of a few hours ago
> they have not contacted their liaison. Many of them may be recent
> nominations, and if so you may already be working on these
> nominations. However, if you were not aware that your stories were
> nominated, please email mefasupport(at)gmail(dot)com.
>
> AELFGIFUEMMA: "Redemption of Meriadoc"
> AGAPE4GONDOR: "Summoned"
> BEETHOVEN'S 7TH: "A Darkened Heart"
> BILL THE PONY: "Under the Ympe Tree", "Clover and Kisses", "Fos' Almir"
> BOZ4PM: "Don't Panic", "Okay, NOW Panic"
> BRANWYN: "Book Learning"
> CLAUDIA: "Hold Moonlight"; "The Little Hobbit"
> DAWN FELAGUND: "The Choice of Spirits"
> DOT: "'Till We Meet Again"
> DREAMFLOWER: "Cousin Calla"
> EDORASLASS: "Shadow of Himself"
> ELLETHILL: "To Ride, to Will, to Fear"
> FRAYACH NI CUILL: "Endurance Beyond Hope"
> FRODO LAD: "First Yule"
> ILLYRIA-PFFYFFIN: "Divinity"
> INGLOR: "Just a Little Shove"
> IVANNETH: "The Follower"
> JAY OF LASGALEN: "Old Man Willow", "Starlight on Leaves"
> LARNER: "The Acceptable Sacrifice"
> LLINOS: "Frodo's Exciting Day Out"
> LOSSELEN: "Songbird"
> MARISU: "Evenstar"
> NERDANEL: "Olore Malle"
> NEUMEINDIL: "How Grima Lost His Eyebrows"
> NOLDO: "Gliding Into Oblivion"; "Noldo"
> PERELLETH: "Last Goodbye Series", "New Beginnings"
> PRIMSONG: "Seabird's Cry"
> RUBY NYE: "On the Road Home", "Cakes and Apples"
> SHIREBOUND: "Whispers of the Dragon"
> SIMBELMYNE: "Escape"; "TBD"
> SPACE WEAVIL: "Grey Havens", "Call to Arms", "Little Stars"
> SURGICALSTEEL: "The King's Surgeon"
> TIRIEL: "A Garden for My Love"
> TUXEDO_ELF: "The Lost Hunter"
> WHITE GULL: "Unspeakable"
> XYLO: "Detour"
> _CHIBIMELODY_: "The Painting"
>
> These authors have responded to their emails but have not begun the
> story form.
>
> EDORASLASS: "Come When You are Ready"
> GREY WONDERER: "Concerning Hobbit's Feet"
> JODANCINGTREE: "The Grey at the End of the World"
> STORYFISH: "Come and catch me", "The Decoy Hobbit"
>
> These authors have begun their form but have not finished it. If you
> think you have finished the form you should email your liaison; if you
> do not know who that is or if you do not hear back from them within a
> day or two, please email mefasupport(at)gmail(dot)com.
>
> If you are still working on the form, that's fine. You have until June
> 22 to finish your nomination forms. Just don't forget to email your
> liaison when you're done.
>
> ANORIATH: "An Empty Saddle to Fill"
> INKLING: "Better Than Frodo Baggins", "Birnam Wood"
> JAY OF LASGALEN: "In the Pits of Utumno"
> LINDA HOYLAND/RAKSHA THE DEMON COAUTHORS: "The One"
> LINDELEA: "When Winter Fell", "A Healer's Tale", "The Tenth Walker",
> "Just Desserts"
> MARIGOLD/SLIGHTLYTOOKISH COAUTHORS: "Whispers in the Dark"
> RAKSHA THE DEMON: "Stewardship"
>
> These authors have finished their form but the nomination is still not
> finalized. In many of these cases the author just needs to email the
> liaison. Your story is not finalized until you have heard from your
> liaison that everything's rewady to go.
>
> BILL THE PONY: "A Letter Unwritten"
> DANA: "Until After", "At Crickhollow"
> DREAMFLOWER: "Tom Bombadil and the Four Travellers", "For Arda", "The
> Smallest Hands", "Sums, Showers, Scones", "Home At Last", "A Merry Old
> Inn"
> ELLISKA: "Dawn of a New Age: First Age", "Until Light Returns"
> GARNET TOOK: "The Short Cut"
> LAIQUENDI: "Sacrafice", "Remember This Day Little Brother", "Hard to
> Forgive, Hard to Forget", "Lothlorien"
> MARIOLE: "An Army of Tooks"
> PIPKINSWEETGRASS: "Thief of Hearts: How Pippen Stole Merry's Heart"
> NESTA: "Hours of Waiting"
> RABIDSAMFAN: "Lembas Shmembas", "More Lembas Thoughts", "Along the Morgai"
> TANAQUI: "Sucj Loveliness", "Unfolded", "A Thing Unheard Of", "Rejection"
> WENONT: "A Golden Light in the Time of Darkness"
>
> If you see your name on this list and think your story is finished or
> didn't know your story was nominated, please email
> mefasupport(at)gmail(dot)com. It's not too late to finish up these
> nominations, but we do need to hurry.
>
> Marta
>
>
>
>


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> I've been out of town and I was just able to work on some of my authors
> today. Some of mine are already taken care of. Perelleth, Dana, Mariole,
> and Anoriath are totally finished. I have also sent the first contacts
> to Boz, Branwyn, Primsong, Tuxedo elf, and RubyNye.

> I still do not know
> what to do with Claudia. Rhapsody contacted her on her livejournal and
> she was going to contact me and she still hasn't. I'll try and do
> something about that one again tomorrow. Just wanted to let you know
> what was going on with mine! :)
>

> BEETHOVEN'S 7TH: "A Darkened Heart",
> the last thing I heard she didn't receive any e-mails from her liaison,
> so she is awaiting for that. Eagerly :)
>

>>I still do not know
>>what to do with Claudia. Rhapsody contacted her on her livejournal and
>>she was going to contact me and she still hasn't. I'll try and do
>>something about that one again tomorrow. Just wanted to let you know
>>what was going on with mine! :)
>
> I'm afraid I don't know how to contact Claudia at all. If someone
> reading this knows her, please tell her to email Radbooks.

> Hi Rhapsody,
>
>
>>BEETHOVEN'S 7TH: "A Darkened Heart",
>>the last thing I heard she didn't receive any e-mails from her liaison,
>>so she is awaiting for that. Eagerly :)
>>
>
>
> This one might be spam issues. I know Cathleen emailed all of her
> authors last night, and Cathleen is Beethoven's author.
>
> Why don't you pass on Cathleen's email address? Also, you can tell her
> that if she hasn't heard back from Cathleen in a few days it looks loike
> the email issues are two-sided and she can email me at
> mefasupport(at)gmail(dot)com and I'll either help Cathleen and B7 get in
> touch, or help B7 myself.

> I've been out of town and I was just able to work on some of my authors
> today. Some of mine are already taken care of. Perelleth, Dana, Mariole,
> and Anoriath are totally finished. I have also sent the first contacts
> to Boz, Branwyn, Primsong, Tuxedo elf, and RubyNye.

> I still do not know
> what to do with Claudia. Rhapsody contacted her on her livejournal and
> she was going to contact me and she still hasn't. I'll try and do
> something about that one again tomorrow. Just wanted to let you know
> what was going on with mine! :)
>

>
>
> Hi. Saw my name near the bottom of the list for some things, and I haven't
> heard anything from anyone about those entries, which is why I haven't
> confirmed anything. They're all good, as far as I know, and I've
> doublechecked the links.
>

On 6/14/06, Marta Layton <melayton@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> rabidsamfan wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi. Saw my name near the bottom of the list for some things, and I
> haven't
> > heard anything from anyone about those entries, which is why I haven't
> > confirmed anything. They're all good, as far as I know, and I've
> > doublechecked the links.
> >
>
> Hi Rabidsamfan,
>
> I've looked over those nominations, and we have all the information we
> need. Those stories are ready to compete.
>
> And I'm sorry I didn't contact you earlier. It was actually elliska who
> came up with this list, and I hadn't contacted authors in the time
> between when you were nominated and she made her list.
>
> Marta
>
>
>


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>
>
> Claudia603 on Livejournal? I can reach her. What is the email address?
>

>
>
> Marta Layton wrote:
> <snip snip>
> >>I still do not know
> >>what to do with Claudia. Rhapsody contacted her on her livejournal and
> >>she was going to contact me and she still hasn't. I'll try and do
> >>something about that one again tomorrow. Just wanted to let you know
> >>what was going on with mine! :)
> >
> > I'm afraid I don't know how to contact Claudia at all. If someone
> > reading this knows her, please tell her to email Radbooks.
>
> Okay, this is getting weirder every minute. Marta, she told me that she
> send an e-mail to mefa support a couple of hours ago (7 to 10 maybe). I
> send you an e-mail about it. Since it is gmail... maybe she got caught
> in the spam filter of it, so I don't know if you log in on the internet/
> web interface or not... I occasionally do that because sometimes e-mails
> are caught there.
>
> She's doing her best to get in touch with Radbooks, she sends e-mails
> but they never arrive in Radbooks inbox. Now I have a solution that also
> serves Claudia's interest... maybe you can assign her to me (besides
> Storyfish & Nerdanel I am staring at very very green stuff) and I'll
> take it from there (since she also asked for a password and everything
> and I don't have access to it on that level).
>

> Help!
> I just found out a story *wasn't* in the running,
> and I'm trying to fix that!
> She mentioned being nominated for something,
> I thought it was this one.
> (It was Precious, or something)
>
> I can't get it to accept. I filled-in all blocks w/*
> (even the notes...which doesn't have *)
> It keeps saying it's not completed.
> I selected author (rynogeny) whom I just added.
> I put everything in.
> Wah! I thought there was still time!
>
> -Barb (Merbrat)
>

> > Help!
> > <snip-snip>
> >
> > -Barb (Merbrat)
> >
>
> Hi Barb,
> < snippage occureth >
> After you've added the author click the "overview"
> at the top of the page, then
> click "Nominate a Story".
>
> If it still doesn't work please let us know.
>
> Marta
>

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Thanks, that worked <whew!>
>
> um, do I supply the summary, etc?
> Or do the MEFA staff do that, so they are consistant?
> (cut/paste from the story link, etc)
> (I mean ratings, etc differ from some archives)
> I didn't see where that info was on the form.
> Hers is rated "T" for Teen at ff.n

> The FAQ said it helps to submit an email from the
> author showing she approves of the nom. How do I do
> that, since it was after the form was submitted, that
> I read the FAQ about *that* one? (drat!) I also need
> to warn her about her 'homework' when the liaison
> emails.

> I'm sorry to bother you with this last minute stuff,
> but it is probably helping someone else who might read
> this! (Right?..That's my story...)

> > < snippage occureth >
>
> > After you've added the author click the "overview"
> > at the top of the page, then
> > click "Nominate a Story".
> >
> > If it still doesn't work please let us know.
> >
> > Marta
> >
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Thanks, that worked <whew!>
>

> um, do I supply the summary, etc?
> Or do the MEFA staff do that, so they are consistant?
> (cut/paste from the story link, etc)
> (I mean ratings, etc differ from some archives)
> I didn't see where that info was on the form.
> Hers is rated "T" for Teen at ff.n
>

> The FAQ said it helps to submit an email from the
> author showing she approves of the nom. How do I do
> that, since it was after the form was submitted, that
> I read the FAQ about *that* one? (drat!) I also need
> to warn her about her 'homework' when the liaison
> emails.
>

> I'm sorry to bother you with this last minute stuff,
> but it is probably helping someone else who might read
> this! (Right?..That's my story...)
>

> > The FAQ said it helps to submit an email from the
> > author showing she approves of the nom. How do I
> > do that, since it was after the form was
> > submitted, that I read the FAQ about *that* one?
> > (drat!) I also need to warn her about her
> > 'homework' when the liaison emails.
> >
> < snips here, and there >

> That's actually an out-of-date FAQ that needs to be
> fixed. Where did you see it?
>
>
> Oh, and in case it helps, Elliska will be this
> author's liaison.

> Marta
>

>
> I can't find the nomination form.

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, BLJean@... wrote:
>
> Bows low to our esteemed programmer, after filling in various forms
and
> seeing the results appear like magic on a website. Nomination
season is over, and
> what an amazing and flexible website we had to work with--forms
that accepted
> additional information without blinking (in a manner of speaking),
a clear,
> step-by-step process, and the ability to go back and correct, and
re-correct, and
> re-re-correct tired author mistakes.
>
> Many, many thanks.
>
> Lin
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

On 6/16/06, Kathy <inkling-tcbs@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Yes, all hail Webmaster Anthony...the site is amazing!
>
> Kathy (Inkling)
>
> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, BLJean@... wrote:
> >
> > Bows low to our esteemed programmer, after filling in various forms
> and
> > seeing the results appear like magic on a website. Nomination
> season is over, and
> > what an amazing and flexible website we had to work with--forms
> that accepted
> > additional information without blinking (in a manner of speaking),
> a clear,
> > step-by-step process, and the ability to go back and correct, and
> re-correct, and
> > re-re-correct tired author mistakes.
> >
> > Many, many thanks.
> >
> > Lin
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


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> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, chathollinn@... wrote:
> >
> > I can't find the nomination form.
>
> Yes, sorry, but that would be accurate--nomination season ended
> yesterday at GMT midnight. Sorry. But have fun voting! :-)
>
>
>
>

On Jun 16, 2006, at 4:15 PM, Mechtild wrote:
> ALL HAIL ANTHONY!!!
> *standing ovation*
> ~ Mechtild
> On 6/16/06, Kathy <inkling-tcbs@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Yes, all hail Webmaster Anthony...the site is amazing!
>> Kathy (Inkling)
>> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, BLJean@... wrote:
>>> Bows low to our esteemed programmer, after filling in various forms
>>> and seeing the results appear like magic on a website. Nomination
>>> season is over, and what an amazing and flexible website we had to
>>> work with--forms that accepted additional information without
>>> blinking (in a manner of speaking), a clear, step-by-step process,
>>> and the ability to go back and correct, and re-correct, and
>>> re-re-correct tired author mistakes.
>>>
>>> Many, many thanks.
>>> Lin

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "elliska67" <elliska67@...> wrote:
>
> Hello all. If you click on the "Edit Data" link on your nominated
> stories, you will get an error message. That has been reported to
> Anthony, the programmer, and as soon as it is day time in his part
of
> the world, he will fix it. Sorry for the temporary problem and we
will
> post again when it is fixed. In the meantime, everyone enjoy reading
> stories and finding new favorites!
>

On 6/16/06, elliska67 <elliska67@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> The problem is fixed! :-)
>
> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "elliska67" <elliska67@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hello all. If you click on the "Edit Data" link on your nominated
> > stories, you will get an error message. That has been reported to
> > Anthony, the programmer, and as soon as it is day time in his part
> of
> > the world, he will fix it. Sorry for the temporary problem and we
> will
> > post again when it is fixed. In the meantime, everyone enjoy reading
> > stories and finding new favorites!
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


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On 6/16/06, Anthony Holder <aaholder@swbell.net> wrote:
>
> It seems really strange getting kudos right after a big goof up! I do
> appreciate them.
>
> I'm glad we got through nomination season without too many big mistakes.
>
> Last night, Marta mentioned that authors couldn't edit their stories,
> because nomination season was over. That's the way I had written it,
> but it didn't take too much work to change it. I got it all done, but
> then noticed that I had allowed authors to edit withdrawn stories,
> which isn't very useful. In adding 'withdrawn', I introduced an error,
> but was a bit overconfident, and didn't test, as I had just confirmed
> that it worked, and it was a very small change. Shortly after, I went
> to bed, and I rarely get a chance to check on things (and can't work on
> it at all) during the workday.
>
> It was an easy fix (added the word 'get' where it needed to be!), so
> once I started reading my emails, I fixed it right away.
>
> Later,
> Anthony
>
> On Jun 16, 2006, at 4:15 PM, Mechtild wrote:
> > ALL HAIL ANTHONY!!!
> > *standing ovation*
> > ~ Mechtild
> > On 6/16/06, Kathy <inkling-tcbs@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >> Yes, all hail Webmaster Anthony...the site is amazing!
> >> Kathy (Inkling)
> >> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, BLJean@... wrote:
> >>> Bows low to our esteemed programmer, after filling in various forms
> >>> and seeing the results appear like magic on a website. Nomination
> >>> season is over, and what an amazing and flexible website we had to
> >>> work with--forms that accepted additional information without
> >>> blinking (in a manner of speaking), a clear, step-by-step process,
> >>> and the ability to go back and correct, and re-correct, and
> >>> re-re-correct tired author mistakes.
> >>>
> >>> Many, many thanks.
> >>> Lin
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


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>
>
>
>
> I wanted to thank both Anthony and Marta for the work they've done in
> shepherding us through Nomination Season - which, given unforeseen
> glitches, confused participants, and the last-minute frenzy to nominate
> what looked like 100 new works, seems particularly admirable!
>
> Since we can't give them Narya and Nenya, kudos will have to do.
>
> And thanks also to the Author Liaisons - I'd be lost without mine!
>

> I'm confused by something.
>
> Trying to get a jump on voting season, I began with some hidden reviews
> of stories I nominated. When I hit preview the review, it said for all
> of them I've done so far: score: x character count: xyz and non-counted
> characters: abc (Substitute numbers for the letters.)
>
> Now it's my understanding that the only characters which don't count are
> enclosed in quotes. I have not *used* quotes in any of these reviews, so
> they shouldn't *have* non-counted characters, should they? Or is there
> some other reason characters would not count, that I'm missing.
>

>
>
> Can't edit stories? Does that mean we can't add new chapters, either? I
> have a public to think of!!!! (*winky face* - it's not much of a public)
>
> ~ Mechtild
>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marta Layton" <melayton@gmail.com>
To: <MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Character counts


> Hi Dreamflower,
>
> I just looked at the form and the instructions say:
>
> << Please enter your review. Only the characters
> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789.,;"!?-() count toward the review's
> score. Any quotes of the story must be enclosed in matching pairs of
> square brackets. The preview will check to see that quotes are properly
> enclosed. Dialog quotation marks like " may be used within the square
> brackets to enclose dialog, as usual.>>
>
> So every time you use a space or any character besides one of the ones
> listed, those would be a non-counted character.

Ahh! The light dawns! I am not used to thinking of spaces as "characters",
LOL!

>
> I also noticed that you need to enclose quotes in square brackets. Just
> using quotes marks won't quite work.
>
> For example, as a test I made the following vote:
>
> << I just love your story "Arwen and the Balrog". I think my favourite
> part is where you have her say, ["You shall not eat Asfaloth for a
> mid-morning snack! Be gone, you nasty bully!"]. That was really well
> stated.>>
>
> You'll notice that the title, "Arwen and the Balrog" is not in square
> brackets. That's a title, not a quote, and so the site counts it towards
> my vote total. The site gives the following as my totals for the above
> review when I previewed it:
>
> Score: 2 Counted Characters: 105 Non-Counted Characters: 106
>
> So everything between [ and ] was not counted, and neither were any
> spaces. If I'd used a character besides
> abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789.,;"!?-() , those wouldn't have
> counted either.
>
> Make sense?

It does *now*, thanks! And don't I feel like an idiot. *facepalm*.

Dreamflower

>
> Marta
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

>> Make sense?
>
> It does *now*, thanks! And don't I feel like an idiot. *facepalm*.
>
> Dreamflower
>

>
> It seems really strange getting kudos right after a big goof up! I
> do appreciate them.
>
> I'm glad we got through nomination season without too many big
> mistakes.

>
> On Jun 16, 2006, at 4:15 PM, Mechtild wrote:
> > ALL HAIL ANTHONY!!!
> > *standing ovation*
> > ~ Mechtild
> > On 6/16/06, Kathy <inkling-tcbs@...> wrote:
> >> Yes, all hail Webmaster Anthony...the site is amazing!
> >> Kathy (Inkling)
> >> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, BLJean@ wrote:
> >>> Bows low to our esteemed programmer, after filling in various

> >>> and seeing the results appear like magic on a website.

> >>> season is over, and what an amazing and flexible website we had

> >>> work with--forms that accepted additional information without
> >>> blinking (in a manner of speaking), a clear, step-by-step

> >>> and the ability to go back and correct, and re-correct, and
> >>> re-re-correct tired author mistakes.
> >>>
> >>> Many, many thanks.
> >>> Lin
>

> The other thing you can do is design award banners. Rhapsody has
> agreed to oversee the fanart portions of these awards, so if you have
> any questions or want to get involved she can probably help you better
> than me. There have been a few banners already created (thanks,
> Thevina!) but there's room for many, many more. ;-)

>
>
> > The other thing you can do is design award banners. Rhapsody has
> > agreed to oversee the fanart portions of these awards, so if you
> > have any questions or want to get involved she can probably help
> > you better than me. There have been a few banners already created
> > (thanks, Thevina!) but there's room for many, many more. ;-)
>
> You're welcome! :D Unfortunately I was showing them to a friend who
> pointed out a typo in one of them, and I long ago trashed the
> photoshop file. *cries* I'll try and recreate it and get the
> spelling right.

> I've had a lot of fun with photoshop and making some award
> banners and nomination buttons was a pleasure. I'll probably end up
> making a few more.

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Jen" <lurea_aure@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've joined this group but still haven't heard anything about how to
> complete my nomination... I've emailed my liason but haven't heard
> back yet... Help! I understand the deadline is approaching quickly.
>
> Jeanetta/Lurea
>
I'll pass this on to Werecat at the staff group. If you still don't
hear from her by tomorrow, let me know.

Kathy (Inkling)