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Hey guys,

In a few weeks, reviews will start showing up on our website. This means
that authors will be able to reply to their reviews. They essentially
send an email to an email address, which a volunteer then reads over to
make sure it's not a flame and passes on to the reviewer.

I'm looking for that volunteer. The main requirement is availability.
You'd need to check in every 2-3 days at least, from now through
mid-December, though another volunteer could take over if you need a
short break. You also need to be able to follow directions well. It is
essentially "grunt" work, and the kind of thing that doesn't attract a
lot of attention if it's done right. But it is a huge help to me for
someone else to do that, and while it's not exactly high profile you
*will* have my appreciation as well as an official "thank you" on the
list of MEFA volunteers.

If this seems like something you're interested in, drop me a line at
mefasupport@gmail.com - either to say you want to do it, or to get more
info on what is required.

Thanks!

Marta
(MEFA Admin.)

What directions are we talking about Marta? I am usually on the net every night for a few hours unless I have to be at work at like dawn or something. Tell me more. I am interested.

Brandy, Haldirsbaby

Life without laughter is not worth living!     THE wise one.....ME

--- On Mon, 7/5/10, telperion1 <marta.fandom@gmail.com> wrote:

From: telperion1 <marta.fandom@gmail.com>
Subject: [MEFAwards] looking for a volunteer
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, July 5, 2010, 4:04 PM







 









Hey guys,



In a few weeks, reviews will start showing up on our website. This means

that authors will be able to reply to their reviews. They essentially

send an email to an email address, which a volunteer then reads over to

make sure it's not a flame and passes on to the reviewer.



I'm looking for that volunteer. The main requirement is availability.

You'd need to check in every 2-3 days at least, from now through

mid-December, though another volunteer could take over if you need a

short break. You also need to be able to follow directions well. It is

essentially "grunt" work, and the kind of thing that doesn't attract a

lot of attention if it's done right. But it is a huge help to me for

someone else to do that, and while it's not exactly high profile you

*will* have my appreciation as well as an official "thank you" on the

list of MEFA volunteers.



If this seems like something you're interested in, drop me a line at

mefasupport@gmail.com - either to say you want to do it, or to get more

info on what is required.



Thanks!



Marta

(MEFA Admin.)























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You mean a third party will be reading our emails? I had no idea. I would almost rather risk having to see a flame than lose the expectation of privacy.

This is usually not an issue, but in the past some of my review replies have been to people I know personally. I'll bear in mind that someone else may be seeing what I wrote.

Idle question: what if the review reply is a flame? Does the reviewer then not get to see it?

As I recall, MEFA story reviews (at least for the winning stories) have always been publicly viewable on the MEFA website. They're no more private than reviews anywhere else are. Certainly on most archive sites I'm familiar with, story reviews are always public.

Ithilwen


-----Original Message-----

From: erynlasgalen1949

Sent: Jul 6, 2010 10:13 AM

To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com

Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: looking for a volunteer

You mean a third party will be reading our emails? I had no idea. I would almost rather risk having to see a flame than lose the expectation of privacy.

This is usually not an issue, but in the past some of my review replies have been to people I know personally. I'll bear in mind that someone else may be seeing what I wrote.

Idle question: what if the review reply is a flame? Does the reviewer then not get to see it?

I'm talking about the review _replies_. Of course the reviews themselves are public.

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Diana Nevins <dlnevins@...> wrote:
>
> As I recall, MEFA story reviews (at least for the winning stories) have always been publicly viewable on the MEFA website. They're no more private than reviews anywhere else are. Certainly on most archive sites I'm familiar with, story reviews are always public.
>
> Ithilwen
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> From: erynlasgalen1949
>
> Sent: Jul 6, 2010 10:13 AM
>
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
>
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: looking for a volunteer
>
> You mean a third party will be reading our emails? I had no idea. I would almost rather risk having to see a flame than lose the expectation of privacy.
>
> This is usually not an issue, but in the past some of my review replies have been to people I know personally. I'll bear in mind that someone else may be seeing what I wrote.
>
> Idle question: what if the review reply is a flame? Does the reviewer then not get to see it?
>

Sorry! I misunderstood you.

Ithilwen

-----Original Message-----

From: erynlasgalen1949

Sent: Jul 6, 2010 12:40 PM

To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com

Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: looking for a volunteer

I'm talking about the review _replies_. Of course the reviews themselves are public.

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Diana Nevins <dlnevins@...> wrote:

>

> As I recall, MEFA story reviews (at least for the winning stories) have always been publicly viewable on the MEFA website. They're no more private than reviews anywhere else are. Certainly on most archive sites I'm familiar with, story reviews are always public.

>

> Ithilwen

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

>

> From: erynlasgalen1949

>

> Sent: Jul 6, 2010 10:13 AM

>

> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com

>

> Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: looking for a volunteer

>

> You mean a third party will be reading our emails? I had no idea. I would almost rather risk having to see a flame than lose the expectation of privacy.

>

> This is usually not an issue, but in the past some of my review replies have been to people I know personally. I'll bear in mind that someone else may be seeing what I wrote.

>

> Idle question: what if the review reply is a flame? Does the reviewer then not get to see it?

>

Hi Brandy,

Thanks for your interest. I already had another person email me at the
mefasupport@gmail.com address, so we're all set this time. But basically
I was offering to answer any questions you had, if you thought you might
be interested but weren't sure.

Marta

On 7/5/2010 6:09 PM, brandy bartoli wrote:
>
>
> What directions are we talking about Marta? I am usually on the net
> every night for a few hours unless I have to be at work at like dawn or
> something. Tell me more. I am interested.
>
> Brandy, Haldirsbaby
>

Hiya Eryn Lasgalen,

> You mean a third party will be reading our emails? I had no idea. I
> would almost rather risk having to see a flame than lose the expectation
> of privacy.
>

"Skim" is probably a better description than "read." The volunteer just
needs to make sure that replies aren't flames of some kind, because
they're going out under the "MEFA" name. (The email address they'll be
coming from is mefareviews@gmail.com.) To many people, this makes it
seem like the reply is somehow from the MEFAs as an institution, or that
we approve of what was said because we're passing it on. So a flamey
review might not only create bad feelings between the reviewer and that
particular author, but between the reviewer and the *MEFAs.* That's
something we need to avoid.

Believe me, we don't want it to be like big brother peeking over your
shoulder! Our volunteers have better things to do anyway. We're just
trying to strike the right balance between protecting the MEFA name (so
most people have a positive association rather than a negative one with
it) and giving authors and reviewers a service they have asked for. But
if you feel we're erring too far toward one side or the other, we can
always consider it in our post-mortem after the awards. If you ever see
something you would like us to consider changing, you can suggest it at

http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/1994/05/15/

and the volunteers will consider it for 2011 once this year's awards are
over.

> Idle question: what if the review reply is a flame? Does the reviewer
> then not get to see it?
>

If we decide a review is a flame, we'll reply back to the author saying
we haven't passed the reply on. So no, the reviewer doesn't get to see
it. But the author *knows* the review wasn't passed on for some reason
or another, so they can try to get in touch some other way if they like.

Marta
(MEFA Admin.)

Hi Ithilwen,

You're right, reviews are always public. When you enter a review you
give it a status, and if that status is Hidden or Final, the review will
be shown to other people eventually. (The difference is that with Hidden
reviews, you can keep editing them until the end of the awards, at which
point they'll be displayed.)

But Eryn Lasgalen was talking about something a bit different. When an
author reads a review, there is a link to *reply* to that review. This
opens up an email that a MEFA volunteer will pass on to the reviewer.
And that's not shown on our website at the moment, but it *is* read by a
volunteer to make sure we aren't passing along a flame.

Marta

On 7/6/2010 12:11 PM, Diana Nevins wrote:
>
>
> As I recall, MEFA story reviews (at least for the winning stories) have
> always been publicly viewable on the MEFA website. They're no more
> private than reviews anywhere else are. Certainly on most archive sites
> I'm familiar with, story reviews are always public.
>
> Ithilwen
>

Just to say - before the "reply to reviewer" link was programmed into the site, I would just go through the MEFA Yahoo Group member database and use it to get in touch with anyone whose e-mail address I didn't already have. It's not that much more time intensive (I found, anyway), and with probably three exceptions, I was able to find every reviewer who had written something for my stories, even if I had to branch out and look at FFN or some other archive site to find a means of contacting him or her.

So if you want to e-mail your reviewers and still have total privacy, it's completely doable.

Dwim

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "erynlasgalen1949" <erynlasgalen1949@...> wrote:
>
> You mean a third party will be reading our emails? I had no idea. I would almost rather risk having to see a flame than lose the expectation of privacy.
>
> This is usually not an issue, but in the past some of my review replies have been to people I know personally. I'll bear in mind that someone else may be seeing what I wrote.
>
> Idle question: what if the review reply is a flame? Does the reviewer then not get to see it?
>

Hey guys,

In a moment I will post the first of the check ballots. So I wanted to
devote this week's educational post to that, so I can explain how check
ballots work.

If you're new to the MEFAs, you may be unfamiliar with the term. Unlike
with many competitions, stories aren't nominated for a particular
category; they are simply nominated for the awards *generally*. Authors
then provide information about their stories, and volunteers sort the
nominated pieces into main categories and subcategories.

(Need a reminder about how stories are categorized? See the previous two
weeks' educational posts:


--- http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/196823.html
--- http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/196874.html )

The volunteers working with categorizing try to get everything right,
but with 600+ nominations, mistakes occasionally happen. Sometimes
authors accidentally select the wrong item when describing their
stories. And sometimes volunteers make a mistake entering information
onto the website - a stray mouse click can mean the difference between
Horror and Humor, or First Age and Fourth Age. So we ask authors and
everyone else to look over the check ballots. Think of these as "draft"
categories and subcategories, which we will make changes to if someone
catches an error; after this week, we will only move WIPs that are finished.

When I say "mistake," I mainly mean mistakes made by those volunteers
setting up the categories. We want you to check that we put things where
they need to be. These volunteers worked hard to set up equitable
subcategories and depended on the information authors provided. Now, if
you see that you made a mistake, we do want to know about it, but we may
not be able to move you around at this point. It all depends on the
sizes of the category you are moving out of and into. But you can ask.

The one change we *won't* make is if you described a story as having
certain characters, locations, etc., and you're in a subcat based on
that, but you see a subcategory you think is a better fit. Let me give
you an example. Say that you wrote a story about Merry, Pippin, and
Boromir, and you selected all three as characters for categorization.
The categorizer sets up a subcategory for stories involving Boromir, and
another for stories involving Hobbits. You end up in the Boromir
subcategory but would prefer to run against Hobbits. But in this
situation we wouldn't move you, because you're in a subcategory you
selected for. With each story moved, it becomes that much harder to move
other stories later on; and so I like to "save" the moving about for
stories where someone made a real error.

All of what I've just said is in general. In any particular case, it's
ultimately up to me and the other categorizing volunteers to decide
whether or not to move a story. We'll do our best, but we do sometimes
have to say no, in the interest of fairness to the other stories competing.

You can also ask that we change the name of a subcategory. We've done so
in the past. For instance, some people suggested we change "Eriador" to
"Eriador or Shire," to make it clearer that the subcategory included
hobbit stories as well as ones about the Rivendell Elves, Bree,
Dunedain, and so on. Those kind of changes are much easier to do than
moving stories around.

***************************************

Most of the subcategory names are self-explanatory. In general:

--- Poems should be competing in the "Genres: Poetry" subcategory
--- Drabbles and Drabble Series should be competing in the subcategories
ending in the word "Drabbles", in all the main categories.
--- Non-Fiction should be competing in the "Genres: Non-Fiction" main
category.
--- WIPs should be competing in subcategories ending in the word
"Incompletes", in all the main categories.
--- Stories should be competing in all other subcategories.

There is one exception regarding "Incompletes": we didn't have enough
Incompletes subcategories to have one in very many main category, and
some authors were given the choice to run against finished fic rather
than go into a main category that didn't really fit. This affects 238. A
Singular Honour by Shemyaza1; it is a WIP but is competing in Genres:
Crossover: Incomplete. If you see a WIP other than this one running
against finished fic, we need to know that now.

Also, some of you may be confused by the phrase "Mixed Drabbles." I
tried to keep single Drabbles in separate subcategories from Drabble
Series, but that wasn't always possible. When I had to combine the two
types of Drabbles, the subcategory is called "Mixed Drabbles."
Otherwise, subcategories with "Drabble Series" in the name contain only
series of drabbles, while subcategories with just "Drabbles" in the name
contain individual drabbles.

I think those are the most confusing points, naming-wise. Of course if
you are confused, you are welcome to ask questions. Better now than down
the line.

*************************************

One last thing: please, if you're asking to move reply to this list by
11:59 PM on July 14. And please trim your replies, and include only the
subcategories you are talking about! People on digest will thank you.

Marta
(MEFA Admin.)

Hey guys,

Here is the first version of the checkballot. Look it over and let me
know if you see anything you think needs to be moved. Possible moves
would be:

--- The piece is in a main category you didn't select.
--- The story is competing against different-type stories.
--- The story is in a subcategory built around characters, subgenres, or
locations you didn't select.

For more on checkballots, see:

http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/197122.html


***SubCategory Genres: Adventure: General***

The Ranger and the Hobbit (42): Cairistiona
A Son of Eärendil (266): DrummerWench
Wicked Thieving Elf! (525): Ellie
Blackbow (206): Isabeau of Greenlea
The Blue Boar (493): Minniemoggie
Little Tolkien (232): Mortizya
Flame of the Desert (158): pandemonium_213


***SubCategory Genres: Alternate Universe: General***

Five Things That Never Happened To Bilbo Baggins (58): Dreamflower
Before the Fall (141): Elleth
To be Black (290): Encairion
The Tinker's Tale (495): Levade
Choices (224): Linaewen
When I Said I Would Die A Bachelor (471): Nancy Brooke
The Son of Glóin (622): Nieriel Raina
Gilraen the Living Dead (513): Sivan Shemesh
The Joys of a Beard (370): Soledad
King's Ransom (673): splix


***SubCategory: Genres: Alternate Universe: Incomplete***

A Bit of Rope (197): Aiwendiel
You Live Your Life in the Shadow of the Mountain (177): Darth Fingon
Mountain Guards (391): Malicean
Starship (50): shirebound
Fear, Elrond, Fear! (512): Sivan Shemesh
Sylvanlight, Book I (312): slflew
Sons of Thunder (387): ziggy


***SubCategory Genres: Character Study: General***

In Which Comes Sorrow Long Expected (655): Anna Wing
Lessons Learned (654): Anna Wing
In the Cards (470): Dwimordene
To the Crossroads (592): Isabeau of Greenlea
Turn Down an Empty Glass (344): Keiliss
Warm Bread (415): KyMahalei
The Light (303): Pearl Took
Bruises (368): Soledad
In the deep places of the world (396): Tanaqui
Broken (515): Thundera Tiger


***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Angst***

Lonely Watches (46): Canafinwe
No One Rembers (130): Canafinwe
Walls of White (27): Elleth
Seeds in Dark Earth (643): Ilthit
The Return of the King (573): Jael
A King in Winter (637): Jedi Sapphire
Rebuffed (524): MithLuin


***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Aragorn***

In The House of Elrond (123): Aeärwen
Beneath the Surface (19): Canafinwe
Pale faced Tark (452): Canafinwe
The New Queens Bounty (136): Larner
Darkest Before the Dawn (555): Leianora
The Gift of Foresight (342): Linda Hoyland


***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Drabble Series***

To look out upon life (439): Cairistiona
Warping Arda: Spectrum (285): Clodia
A Decent and Respectable Hobbit (460): Dreamflower
Midsummer's Eve (627): Dwimordene
Misericordia (173): Dwimordene
Seasons of Gladness (60): Raksha the Demon
Arrival in Avallone (561): rhyselle
Not In Our Stars (397): Tanaqui


***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Family***

The Apology of Elrond (453): Canafinwe
Old Horses (218): Crantz/Snacky CoAuthors
A Copper Band (251): Himring
Self-Defense (26): Isabeau of Greenlea
Reflections (174): Perkyandproud
Cold Comfort (369): Soledad
The Greatest Warrior (537): Windsurfbabe


***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Gapfiller***

A Meal Fit for a King (234): Aranel Took
Overheard in the Dark (57): Dreamflower
Moments (414): Gandalf 3213
Sisterhood (535): Marta
Tie Me to This Our Ancient Earth (259): Mercurie
Fourteen Days (510): Rabidsamfan
Elusive Scents in Wartime (404): Thevina Finduilas
Darkness Creeping (459): Ygrain


***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: General Drabbles***

Innocence (662): Dwimordene
Following the Star (584): Linda Hoyland
The Ranger's Respite (487): Linda Hoyland
Good News (392): Paranoidangel
Fired Up (553): Tanaqui
Vigilance (647): Tanaqui


***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Gondor Drabbles***

What The Lightning Said: 20th June 3018, Minas Tirith (435): Azalais
The Long and Winding Road (28): Linda Hoyland
Tree of Life and Death (255): Linda Hoyland
A Steward's Dreams (229): Marta
First Time (547): Tanaqui
Stalk like a Snow-troll (646): Tanaqui
Calm (80): Wormwood


***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: The Silmarillion***

Along Came A Spider (273): Aeärwen
Vignettes of Beleriand - The Giant Vampire Bat Problem (657): Anna Wing
Goldilocks and the Three Balrogs (76): Clodia
The Death of a Star (244): Encairion
Flying Free (343): Keiliss
Even Roses Have Thorns (274): Lady Roisin
Into This Wild Abyss (61): pandemonium_213


***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Vignettes***

Seasons of Rivendell (650): Anna Wing
Slipped Under the Door of the Master Bedroom, September 25, 1444 (45):
Celeritas
Unravelling (142): Elleth
RECONCILIATION: Ascent (556): Fiondil
Five Kisses for Rosie Cotton (641): Ilthit
The Passing of Fire (461): Primsong
Knife's Edge (454): Rumpleteasza


***SubCategory Genres: Crossover: General***

To Represent the Wizzards (63): aotearoan
Return of The Key. (422): curiouswombat
Tempered Rain (311): Ilada'Jefiv
Encore (268): Lady Roisin
To Face the Wolf (465): Maglor's finch
A Singular Honour (238): Shemyaza1
The Devil Is In The Detail (609): Tanaqui
Dwarf Fashions (411): Virtuella


***SubCategory Genres: Drama: General***

Prodigal (589): Aeärwen
The Song of a Friend (676): KyMahalei
At the Edge of the World (146): Lady Roisin
Of Cabbages and Kings (122): Lamiel
When the Stars do not Shine (91): Mirach
Tales from Tol Eressea (663): Mithadan
Caught Between (658): Mysterious Jedi
Hostage (277): SurgicalSteel


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Eriador or Shire***

A Star in Midwinter (11): Cairistiona
The Fairy Wife (200): Daffodil Furrow
Hobbit Aid (633): Dreamflower
The Imperishable Flame (582): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
Yavanna's Gift (22): Linda Hoyland
The Last Gift (449): Nieriel Raina
All Was Safe With the Sea (223): RadcliffePotter


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Family or Children***

Half-Brother (82): Ellie
The Last Gift (10): Ellynn
King of Shadowed Halls (121): Jael
Silver Bells (153): Nieriel Raina
Little Bird (379): Soledad
Find Me (95): StarLight9


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Gapfiller***

Foundlings (99): Aeärwen
The Most Timid Hobbit (321): Antane
Gentlemen's Agreement (261): khazar_khum
Weapons Forged (175): Larner
What Becomes of Snow? (221): RadcliffePotter
Who Shall Be the Bearer? (220): RadcliffePotter


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: General Mixed Drabbles***

Before the Black Gate, Second Age 3434 (479): Azalais
Enlightenment (464): Mercurie
BONES FOUND ON POSH ESTATE (437): MrKinch
Choosing (498): rhyselle
The Insolence of the Corsairs (599): Tanaqui
The Last (un)Homely House (549): Tanaqui


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Gondor or Rohan***

The Fourth of July (214): agape4gondor
The Lady (670): alex_quine
The Moon Has Waned (503): Erfan Starled
Promises (81): Lialathuveril
A Sting in the Tale (335): Linda Hoyland
Hearts in Stone (8): Raksha the Demon
Ice Sculptures (59): Shipwright's Trick


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Gondor or Rohan Mixed Drabbles***

Imminent Defeat (55): Nieriel Raina
Peace Denied (39): Nieriel Raina
A Question of Character (648): Tanaqui
Fruition (551): Tanaqui
Quarantine (552): Tanaqui
In the Uncertain Hour Before Morning (390): Wormwood


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Hurt/Comfort***

The Riddle of Strider (208): Cairistiona
Kin No More (516): Ellie
The House of Uial and the Tale of The Last son (195): Elvenson
A Forgotten Song (341): KyMahalei
Explaining (54): Larner
Returning to Cirith Thoronath (90): Mirach
Tales from Tol Eressea: Conversations in Avallone (664): Mithadan
Sing and Be Glad, All Ye Children of the West (222): RadcliffePotter


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Incomplete***

Quest (198): Cathleen
A Beleriand Treasury of Childish Tales (365): Clodia
To Everything ... Time (202): Estelyn Telcontar
The Cusp of Victory (382): Kara's Aunty
Oh, Mercy (560): Lanyon
Duty (674): Lindelea
The Tempered Steel (616): Lyra
Tablut (127): NeumeIndil
And The Woods Responded (364): Windsurfbabe


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Later Age Elves***

Ghost (588): Aeärwen
Sacrifices (118): Aeärwen
The Valley is Jolly (44): Canafinwe
The Light Returned (52): Ellynn
Never Look Back (155): Independence1776 (Crystal113)
Gil-Estel (128): Mirach
Reach for the Stars (38): Raksha the Demon
Starlit Shadows (385): StarSpray


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Quenta Silmarillion***

After the Fall (482): clotho123
Blessed by Fortune (578): Ellie
A Part in Great Deeds (417): Hallbera
A Long Time Falling (249): Himring
Envy (317): Larner
Different Terms (170): Lyra
Within a Dark Wood (386): Marchwriter
The World That Ends With You (179): Minviendha


***SubCategory Genres: Ficlet: General***

Each Familiar Bough (262): aranelgoldenflower
Fifteen Hot Haradrim (591): Isabeau of Greenlea
Not All Who Wander Are Lost (240): Kaylee Arafinwiel
A Deck of Heroes (595): Larner
Farewell (78): mirasaui
After the Hour of Doom (345): Raksha the Demon
The Tower (96): Raksha the Demon


***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlet: Eriador or Shire***

Heirs of Gondor (502): Ainu Laire
In the Corner (267): DrummerWench
Paradise Lost (25): Isabeau of Greenlea
The First One (292): Isabeau of Greenlea
The Birthday Guest (73): Primsong
Meeting of Quiet Minds (70): Virtuella


***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlet: Gondor***

For This Relief Much Thanks (576): Azalais
The Archivist (6): foxrafer (csevans8)
Design Flaw (169): Isabeau of Greenlea
Spring Dance (301): Leianora
The Silver Tree (583): Linda Hoyland
In the King's Shadow (287): Raksha the Demon


***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlet: The Silmarillion***

No Regrets (483): clotho123
Roads Not Taken (450): clotho123
Till my Last Breath (108): Ellynn
Not so like Luthien, After All (440): Maeglin
The Morning Fog (638): Phyncke
The Eye of the Beholder (581): Raksha the Demon
Uninvited (473): Windsurfbabe
Crude Material (608): Ygrain


***SubCategory Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet: General***

Judgment (115): Aeärwen
Unrequited (163): elfscribe
Balrog (521): Phyncke
Pilgrimage (517): Raksha the Demon
Riding the Fire (62): Raksha the Demon
A Question of Dialect (603): The Lauderdale


***SubCategory: Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet: Chilren or Family***

Kinsmen (328): Isabeau of Greenlea
The Hope of Spring (215): Linda Hoyland
A Rose By Any Other Name (533): Marta
Sand and Flame (250): Marta
Expectations (360): Raksha the Demon
Fosterage (659): Raksha the Demon


***SubCategory: Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet: Gondor or Rohan***

Harbinger (580): Linda Hoyland
From the Ashes (185): Marta
Lessons (607): Nath
Filling the Breach (499): Raksha the Demon
Ranger's Dawn (333): Raksha the Demon
Some Like It Hot - But Maybe Not Quite That Hot (34): Virtuella


***SubCategory Genres: Horror: General***

Spoils of War (116): Aeärwen
The Tower at Dol Amroth (191): agape4gondor
Hastaina (144): Dawn Felagund
Tales from Vairë's Loom: Beyond The Galvorn Door (159): Fiondil
Under the Forest Eaves (120): Jael
Questioning (258): Larner
Crossroads of Light and Shadow (104): Mirach


***SubCategory Genres: Humor: General***

A Lesson Learned (331): agape4gondor
Vignettes of the Blessed Realm - Caranthir in Lorien (651): Anna Wing
More Than Meets The Eye (425): Ignoble Bard
Transformation (590): Larner
Pillow Talk (172): Lyra
In Vino Veritas (612): Marta
Holiday (20): Nath
The Coimas War (275): Russandol
The Ladies' Guide To Middle-earth's Eligible Bachelors (399): Virtuella


***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Comedy/Drama***

The Noldo is IN (433): Beruthiel's Cat
Lover's Leap (526): Ellie
O Misfortune! (260): Hallbera
A Gift (151): KyMahalei
And Just Whose Wedding Is This? (297): Larner
Some Things Never Change (239): Nieriel Raina
This Side of Paradise (134): Nieriel Raina


***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Eriador or Shire***

For Better, or For Worse (196): Cathleen
Hey Diddle Diddle, the Cat and the Fiddle, the Goat Jumped Over the Moon
(304): Cathleen
Undue Patience (667): Celeritas
The Wizard and the Ranger (380): Gandalfs apprentice
The Christmas Closet (579): Geale
A Pretense at Civility (666): Larner


***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Gondor***

A Cold Night in June (112): agape4gondor
A Day In The Life Of The Royal Gondorian Aerial Corps (652): Anna Wing
Refuge (490): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
Unripened Fruit (520): Gwynnyd
Eomer goes Fishing (107): Lady Bluejay
Fresh Meat (534): Marta
Brink of the Sea (65): Nieriel Raina
Wedding Traditions (412): Vilwarin


***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Incomplete***

The Silmarillion Gospel (315): Araloth the Random
Bringing Trouble to Barad-dur (522): Chisscientist
Tales of Older Days (381): Clodia
Hobbit Stew (441): Kara's Aunty
Not Quite A Maia (361): Kara's Aunty
Oh No! Another Lord of the Rings Parody (455): Kitt Otter


***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Mixed Drabbles***

'A' is for 'Apple'. (457): curiouswombat
The Love of Learning (601): Jay of Lasgalen
Mightier than the Sword  Indigo (49): Linda Hoyland
Barreling Out of Mirkwood (621): Nieriel Raina
Master of Imladris (56): Nieriel Raina
The Greeting Song (671): Súlriel


***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Parody or Black Humor***

Tears on the Battlefield (310): Alassante
Fair Wanderer, Thou Makest Me Sick (271): Araloth the Random
The Fanfiction Testament (272): Araloth the Random
By The Book (423): Ignoble Bard
Fighting Enemies (33): Larner
Monty Python's 'Fellowship of the Ring' (64): Morthoron
Legolas the Bane of My Existence (288): rosethorn59
Orcs at School (9): Virtuella
Lord of the Glittering Harem (293): viv


***SubCategory Genres: Longer Works: General***

Ten Thousand Years Will Not Suffice (631): agape4gondor
Typically Atypical Book I (355): Elaura
Interrupted Journeys: Journeys Out of Grief (247): elliska
The Findaráto Diaries (41): Fiondil
The Sword of Elendil (443): Gandalfs apprentice
Swan Song (147): Ithilwen
The Queen's Orc (626): jodancingtree
I Entulesse (204): MJ
Truth Be Told (40): Virtuella


***SubCategory: Genres: Longer Works: Incomplete***

A Long and Weary Way (131): Canafinwe
Tainted Light (243): Eldalie
The Price of Duty (66): Encairion
The Sell-Sword and the Prince (98): Lady Bluejay
Or Perchance, When the Last Little Star (600): Larner
The Embalmer's Apprentice (156): Lyra
Yew (207): Pearl Took


***SubCategory Genres: Mystery: General***

A Light in May (446): Antigone Q
Olórë Malë (587): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
A Slaying in Scarlet (405): Gloromeien
A Disgrace to Gondor (47): Linda Hoyland
Looking For Boromir (13): Valente
Into the Woods (75): Wormwood


***SubCategory Genres: Non-Fiction: General***

'Sindarin' is a Quenya Word: how the clan names make Elvish more
confusing (280): Darth Fingon
Elvish Fanons and Canon Contradictions (Or, how to get those canatics
off your case for stuff you were right about in the first place) (279):
Darth Fingon
Are you on the outside looking in, or the inside looking out? (265):
Dreamflower
Hobbit Names and Naming Conventions (217): Dreamflower
Tolkien in Love (478): Eldalie
Ring-bearers, Aging, and Life in Aman (176): GamgeeFest


***SubCategory: Genres: Non-Fiction: Character Essays***

A Man of Quality: Faramir, Captain of Gondor (354): Antane
Frodo and Grace (347): Baillie from Bree
Take Pity upon Him: Did Maedhros Really Threaten to Kill Elrond and
Elros at the Third Kinslaying? (570): Dawn Felagund
An Essay on Frodo Baggins (349): Margaret Watkins
Celebrimbor (190): Oshun
Aragorn - a feminist's nightmare? (489): Virtuella


***SubCategory Genres: Poetry: General***

Obsession (338): Calenlass Greenleaf
The OTHER Lays of Beleriand (624): Chisscientist
Not So Easily Mended (352): jan-u-wine
The Drums (430): Malicean
Gilraen's Lullaby (518): Mirach
The Pathway of Dreams II (442): Nerdanel
A Mighty Bridge Invisible (614): Noliel


***SubCategory: Genres: Poetry: Character Study***

Addiction (340): Calenlass Greenleaf
Corruption (339): Calenlass Greenleaf
What do you fear milady? (543): elfenears
Harthad (353): jan-u-wine
Unbroken (384): jan-u-wine
A Friend in Need (327): Kara's Aunty
Contrapposto (531): Marta


***SubCategory: Genres: Poetry: Drama***

How I Wish (109): Dawn Felagund
And Come What Sorrow Can (496): jan-u-wine
Anniversary (March 13, 1420 S.R.) (497): jan-u-wine
Descent (625): Lady Roisin
Forty Days (295): Marta
Tears for the Fallen (316): pandemonium_213
End of Days (71): Shipwright's Trick


***SubCategory: Genres: Poetry: Hobbits***

Frodo of the Shire (476): Baillie from Bree
Minas Morgul (475): Baillie from Bree
Across So Wide a Sea (351): jan-u-wine
And I Don't Mean To (350): jan-u-wine
Shall I Sing? (336): Larner
Sunlight (348): Margaret Watkins
A New Light (400): Marigold


***SubCategory Genres: Romance: General***

Through a Glass, Darkly (254): Beruthiel's Cat
Scattered Leaves (256): Eldalie
Looking at the Stars and Counting the Hours (283): Himring
Chasing Waterfalls (424): Ignoble Bard
Perfect Happiness (613): Jedi Sapphire
The Abduction of Éomer, King of Rohan (3): Lialathuveril
First Glance (148): Marta
The Prince and the Shepherdess (154): Nieriel Raina
A Little Closer to the Edge, My Love & (245): Súlriel
The Fabled Courtship of Elanor the Fair (318): the_arc5


***SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Dunedain***

Love Began Here (231): Adonnen Estenniel
Pure Morning (286): curiouswombat
Gilraen, the Fair (106): Gwynnyd
A Seal upon thine Heart (193): Linda Hoyland
When Winter Comes (138): Marta
A Blossom of Marble (325): NeumeIndil
Shieldbrothers (371): Soledad


***SubCategory Races: Cross-Cultural: General***

Beneath Golden Leaves (488): Avon
Hyarmendil (665): Dwimordene
We Speak Through Music (419): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
Strange Land (519): Elfique
Once Upon a Blizzard (630): Fiondil
Uldor (284): Himring
A Dangerous Hunger (466): Ignoble Bard
The Courier (32): Jael
The Battle of the Kitchen (102): Raksha the Demon
Orcs in Hobbiton (447): The Lauderdale


***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Friendship***

Surprises of Yule (606): Ainu Laire
Size Isn't Everything (571): Bodkin
The Longest Night (145): Dawn Felagund
Friends in Need (308): Dreamflower
Witness to a Crime (186): Dreamflower
Dol Amroth Dip-tych (189): Dwimordene
Dance in the Moonlight (538): KyMahalei
Only the Owl Saw it All (494): Levade
The Trees Were Burning (36): Nieriel Raina
Lord of Gifts (84): shirebound
Felagund and the Noegyth Nibin (378): Soledad


***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Gapfiller***

The Road to Edoras (326): Dreamflower
To Lead His People (636): Dreamflower
Of Wine and Song (527): Ellie
Tales from Vairë's Loom: Sun-in-Eclipse (562): Fiondil
A Choice of Life or Death (585): Larner
Stranger at the Gates (24): Linda Hoyland
At the Last It Biteth (323): Mercurie
The Man Who Grew Tomatoes (125): pandemonium_213
Praiseworthy (536): Thundera Tiger


***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Incomplete***

Hand to Hand (167): Adaneth
Crystal Green (468): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
'Til Death Do Us Part (164): Haleth
Murder in the White City (611): Jedi Sapphire
Another Road (314): KyMahalei
Hope of a Star (129): Mirach
Dark Power Arising (235): Shemyaza1


***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Mixed Drabbles***

Triptych (604): Adaneth
An Autumn Journey (212): Jay of Lasgalen
Giants' Game (429): Larner
Two Copper Pennies (656): Mysterious Jedi
Unbearable Parting (48): Nieriel Raina
Translations from the Elvish (645): Tanaqui


***SubCategory Races: Dwarves: General***

In Durin's Day (373): Marta
A Dwarven Yuletide (367): Soledad
In the Shelter of Destroyed Dreams (402): Thevina Finduilas
Unanswerable Questions (403): Thevina Finduilas
Mazarbul (72): Thundera Tiger
Questing (117): Thundera Tiger


***SubCategory Races: Elves: General***

In His Eyes (92): Alassante
Vignettes of the Blessed Realm - Everyday Life In Tol Eressea (653):
Anna Wing
Blood and Fire (187): Clodia
Bee-Elves (178): Darth Fingon
Tales from Vairë's Loom: The Exilic Noldos Guide to Coping with
Post-Helcaraxë Stress Syndrome (or PHSS) (566): Fiondil
A Bit of a Bore (248): Himring
Avar and Away (227): Ignoble Bard
Pity Us Not (563): j_dav (JDE)
The Day of the Dragon (184): Keiliss
The Dance of Flute and Harp (253): Lintalome (Amaranth)
Elves Don't Celebrate Yule (87): rhyselle


***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Drabbles***

Determined (426): Aeärwen
Always Something There to Remind Me (480): curiouswombat
First Snowfall (5): curiouswombat
Ash to Ash (171): Dawn Felagund
More Than Memory (241): Marta
Seeking Perfection (545): Tanaqui


***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Mirkwood Elves***

Through The Mirror of Fire (94): Esteliel
A Tale from the Wilderland (675): KyMahalei
Alone at Yule (504): laichiril
Forest Assault (620): Nieriel Raina
The Little Prince (434): ningloreth
The End? (619): Sivan Shemesh


***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Noldorin Elves***

Half-brother in Blood, Full Brother in Heart (133): Alassante
Vignettes of the Blessed Realm - Celebrimbor in Mandos (649): Anna Wing
Brightness (427): Faenel
Tales from Vairë's Loom: Tenn' Ambar-Metta (201): Fiondil
Eminently Unsuitable (252): Himring
By the Grey Light of Dawn (406): Nieriel Raina
No Justice to Yourself (281): Oshun
Resist Not Evil (188): Perelleth


***SubCategory Races: Hobbits: General***

Go Not to Aunt Dora for Advice, for She Will Give It at Great Length
(114): Dreamflower
One Fine Autumn Day (635): Dreamflower
Roast Mutton (296): Gandalfs apprentice
A Pirate's Life (640): Ilthit
Before Luck Runs Out (401): Marigold
Sharing Dinner on Lobelia Lane (322): Pearl Took
A Very Warm Yule (307): pippinfan88


***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Family***

Sometimes a Cake is Just a Cake (410): Cathleen
To Absent Friends (569): Celeritas
A Not-So-Simple Misunderstanding (31):
Celeritas/Dreamflower/Larner/Pearl Took CoAuthors
September Days Across the Brandywine (302): Dreamflower
Marigolds Yule (306): GamgeeFest
Worthy of the Name (298): Marigold


***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Mixed Drabbles***

When the Storms of Life are Raging (Stand By Me) (505): Dreamflower
Dearest Dora (445): Larner
The Research Project (602): Larner
I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way (264): Lindelea
For All Things, A Time (299): Marta
Learning His Letters (644): Tanaqui


***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Post-Quest***

Memorial Day (358): Antane
Sharing Sam (668): Celeritas
Sunlight on Ash (484): Ilthit
The One Left Out of the Conspiracy (320): Larner
Behind Blue Eyes (610): Marta
Concerning the Matter of Tom Took (181): Pearl Took


***SubCategory Races: Men: General***

Tales from Vairë's Loom: To Stand Fast Against the Night (632): Fiondil
Death and Life (511): Golden
Doggerel (168): Isabeau of Greenlea
Firebug (593): Isabeau of Greenlea
Libation (332): Raksha the Demon
Penance (278): SurgicalSteel


***SubCategory: Races: Men: Featuring Aragorn***

The Bitter and the Sweet (110): Cairistiona
Contrapunto (291): Gandalfs apprentice
Love Unrequited (100): Inzilbeth
The Fifteenth Fosterling (14): Inzilbeth
Freedom Is Never Free (132): Nieriel Raina
Rallying Before the Darkness (219): RadcliffePotter


***SubCategory: Races: Men: Mixed Drabbles***

Mother Country (329): Altariel
Threshing Songs (481): curiouswombat
Evergreen (451): Linda Hoyland
Harvest Dreams (500): Linda Hoyland
A price worth paying (550): Tanaqui
Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies. (544): Tanaqui
Dreams of Trees (389): Wormwood
Hospitality (79): Wormwood


***SubCategory Races: Other Beings: General***

One Breath of Air (257): Celeritas
Cleansed (337): Larner
Lost and Found (225): Linaewen
The Fool (216): Marta
Shades of Black and Grey (97): Minviendha
A Dragon Tale (51): Pearl Took
Looking For Dragons (237): Raksha the Demon
Kinslayer (192): Russandol
Many Hands (276): Russandol
Living Jewels (182): shirebound


***SubCategory Races: Villains: General***

Unrest: What Evil Fears (477): Eonwe
I Shall Not Call the Sunbeam Bright (228): j_dav (JDE)
The Wrath of Light (362): Kara's Aunty
How the East Was Won (124): pandemonium_213
Sacrifice (194): SurgicalSteel
Treed (618): The Lauderdale


***SubCategory Times: First Age and Prior: General***

In Bitterness and Loss (572): Bodkin
Lúthien's Tale (458): clotho123
Encounter in the Forest (472): Ellynn
Lover of Fire (269): Encairion
The Choices of the Peredhil (408): Inzilbeth
The Havens of Sirion (152): Inzilbeth
Necessary Sacrifices (431): Ithilwen
Tutelage (230): Marta
Follow Thy Fair Sun, Unhappy Shadow (393): Tanaqui


***SubCategory: Times: First Age and Prior: Mixed Drabbles***

Dawn & Dusk (160): Clodia
Once Upon a Twilit Time (444): Clodia
Seasons (300): Dawn Felagund
Five Things That Never Happened to Maglor Feanorion (140): Elleth
The Vessel (617): Elleth
This Shining Ember Burns my Hand (113): Primsong


***SubCategory: Times: First Age and Prior: Noldorin Elves***

The Journal of Alatáriel, Missionary (77): Clodia
A Time to Heal (448): clotho123
The Military Relevance of Sewage (628): Himring
Geography Lessons (282): Ithilwen
Morning Yearning (289): Liadan
Unrepentant Lovers (68): Oshun
Unravelling the Past (30): rhyselle
A Dangerous Guide (394): Tanaqui


***SubCategory Times: Modern Times: General***

Comfort (119): Aeärwen
In the Hidden Valley (101): Aeärwen
Elf Academy (29): Fiondil
The Last Hero (263): Jael
Grace (558): Lanyon
For Every Evil (456): Mirrordance


***SubCategory Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: General***

Dance (672): alex_quine
A Time to Reap (506): Cathleen
The Jewel of the Shire (346): Kara's Aunty
Threnody for the Dispossessed (67): Kenaz
Lasciate Ogne Speranza? (501): Maglor's finch
Conquering the Helcaraxë (16): Raksha the Demon
Fifteen Years (436): Red Lasbelin
Sword and Bow (634): StarLight9


***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Drabbles***

Scion (4): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
Reaping the Reward (18): curiouswombat
Only Sleeping (597): Linda Hoyland
Time's Out of Joint (334): Linda Hoyland
Hearts of Home (1): Súlriel
Home Comforts (546): Tanaqui
In his father's footsteps (548): Tanaqui
Jurisdiction (542): Tanaqui


***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Gondor***

Winters of Yesterday (407): Golden
Passover and Pilgrimage (53): Larner
The Ring- Day Fete (37): Larner
Of Mice and Men... and Elves... and Dwarves (139): Marethiel
Women Of Heart And Mind (469): Nancy Brooke
Good Intentions (395): Tanaqui


***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Vignettes***

Reckoning (623): Dwimordene
Pride and Prejudice (398): Marta
Secrets We Dare Not Tell (374): Marta
Remembrance in Leather (372): Raederle
Small Victories (594): Raksha the Demon
Passing Grace (313): Virtuella


***SubCategory Times: Pre-Ring War: General***

Memory of Faery (86): Ellie
Small Tokens (669): Galadriel
Midwinter Forfeit (574): Gwynnyd
The Call of Duty: Legolas at Erebor (246): Jael
A Mother's Hope (541): Linda Hoyland
A Last Remaining Hope (661): Rai
A Brotherly Gift (377): Soledad
Escaping By The Dozen (319): Thundera Tiger


***SubCategory Times: Ring War: General***

A Yule to Remember (575): Cathleen
Beyond the Pale (35): Dwimordene
Close Enough to Touch (242): ErinRua
No Reason To Celebrate (88): Linaewen
The Old That Is Strong (486): Linda Hoyland
To See the Light (89): Mirach
The Awakening (203): MJ
In Darkness, Light (183): Nath
Deeper than Breathing (388): ziggy


***SubCategory: Times: Ring War: Gapfiller***

Berilac's Errand (23): Dreamflower
Sacrifices (83): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
On The Eve Of Battle (213): Jay of Lasgalen
On the Turning Away (294): NeumeIndil
The Counsels of Men (103): Thundera Tiger
The World Below the Mists (43): Thundera Tiger
Enduring Moria (639): White Wolf


***SubCategory: Times: Ring War: Mixed Drabbles***

Eradication (93): Breemon
The Last Resort (568): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
Rainbow Drabbles (105): Jay of Lasgalen
Under a Silent Sky (530): Marta
Light of the Evenstar (12): Nieriel Raina
Resistance (554): Tanaqui


***SubCategory Times: Second and Early Third Age: General***

Anadûnai (233): Darth Fingon
Burden to Bear (85): Ellie
How Fleeting These Moments (135): Lady Roisin
Final Voyage (523): MithLuin
All alone in the Night (366): Soledad
Mallorn Torment (205): Tehta


***SubCategory: Times: Second and Early Third Age: Fall of Numenor***

Touch of a Vanished Hand (150): elfscribe
Every Wish (166): Independence1776 (Crystal113)
Lambe, Ando, Lambe (642): Lady Roisin
Coda (376): Marta
Woolgathering (577): pandemonium_213
All the Days of Their Grace (7): Tanaqui



Marta

Marta, all of mine look just fine as they are!
Dreamflower


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Hi there!

My story, "In The House of Elrond", is definitely in the wrong category. In the first place, it's a WIP - although the details on the site don't list it as incomplete, I know I entered it as incomplete on the form. Secondly, it is NOT a character study of Aragorn; frankly, although Aragorn II is in the story, it is as a minor character only. There was no listing for Gilraen that didn't include Aragorn. Frankly, I would feel better if this story were in Cross-Cultural: Incomplete.

Is that possible?

Thank you.

Cuio mae.

Aeýrwen

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Mine's good too, I think!

Kaylee Arafinwiel

----- Original Message -----
From: "telperion1" <marta.fandom@gmail.com>
To: <MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 7:30 PM
Subject: [MEFAwards] Check Ballot v. 1


> Hey guys,
>
> Here is the first version of the checkballot. Look it over and let me
> know if you see anything you think needs to be moved. Possible moves
> would be:
>
> --- The piece is in a main category you didn't select.
> --- The story is competing against different-type stories.
> --- The story is in a subcategory built around characters, subgenres, or
> locations you didn't select.
>
> For more on checkballots, see:
>
> http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/197122.html
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Adventure: General***
>
> The Ranger and the Hobbit (42): Cairistiona
> A Son of Eärendil (266): DrummerWench
> Wicked Thieving Elf! (525): Ellie
> Blackbow (206): Isabeau of Greenlea
> The Blue Boar (493): Minniemoggie
> Little Tolkien (232): Mortizya
> Flame of the Desert (158): pandemonium_213
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Alternate Universe: General***
>
> Five Things That Never Happened To Bilbo Baggins (58): Dreamflower
> Before the Fall (141): Elleth
> To be Black (290): Encairion
> The Tinker's Tale (495): Levade
> Choices (224): Linaewen
> When I Said I Would Die A Bachelor (471): Nancy Brooke
> The Son of Glóin (622): Nieriel Raina
> Gilraen the Living Dead (513): Sivan Shemesh
> The Joys of a Beard (370): Soledad
> King's Ransom (673): splix
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Alternate Universe: Incomplete***
>
> A Bit of Rope (197): Aiwendiel
> You Live Your Life in the Shadow of the Mountain (177): Darth Fingon
> Mountain Guards (391): Malicean
> Starship (50): shirebound
> Fear, Elrond, Fear! (512): Sivan Shemesh
> Sylvanlight, Book I (312): slflew
> Sons of Thunder (387): ziggy
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Character Study: General***
>
> In Which Comes Sorrow Long Expected (655): Anna Wing
> Lessons Learned (654): Anna Wing
> In the Cards (470): Dwimordene
> To the Crossroads (592): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Turn Down an Empty Glass (344): Keiliss
> Warm Bread (415): KyMahalei
> The Light (303): Pearl Took
> Bruises (368): Soledad
> In the deep places of the world (396): Tanaqui
> Broken (515): Thundera Tiger
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Angst***
>
> Lonely Watches (46): Canafinwe
> No One Rembers (130): Canafinwe
> Walls of White (27): Elleth
> Seeds in Dark Earth (643): Ilthit
> The Return of the King (573): Jael
> A King in Winter (637): Jedi Sapphire
> Rebuffed (524): MithLuin
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Aragorn***
>
> In The House of Elrond (123): Aeärwen
> Beneath the Surface (19): Canafinwe
> Pale faced Tark (452): Canafinwe
> The New Queens Bounty (136): Larner
> Darkest Before the Dawn (555): Leianora
> The Gift of Foresight (342): Linda Hoyland
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Drabble Series***
>
> To look out upon life (439): Cairistiona
> Warping Arda: Spectrum (285): Clodia
> A Decent and Respectable Hobbit (460): Dreamflower
> Midsummer's Eve (627): Dwimordene
> Misericordia (173): Dwimordene
> Seasons of Gladness (60): Raksha the Demon
> Arrival in Avallone (561): rhyselle
> Not In Our Stars (397): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Family***
>
> The Apology of Elrond (453): Canafinwe
> Old Horses (218): Crantz/Snacky CoAuthors
> A Copper Band (251): Himring
> Self-Defense (26): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Reflections (174): Perkyandproud
> Cold Comfort (369): Soledad
> The Greatest Warrior (537): Windsurfbabe
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Gapfiller***
>
> A Meal Fit for a King (234): Aranel Took
> Overheard in the Dark (57): Dreamflower
> Moments (414): Gandalf 3213
> Sisterhood (535): Marta
> Tie Me to This Our Ancient Earth (259): Mercurie
> Fourteen Days (510): Rabidsamfan
> Elusive Scents in Wartime (404): Thevina Finduilas
> Darkness Creeping (459): Ygrain
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: General Drabbles***
>
> Innocence (662): Dwimordene
> Following the Star (584): Linda Hoyland
> The Ranger's Respite (487): Linda Hoyland
> Good News (392): Paranoidangel
> Fired Up (553): Tanaqui
> Vigilance (647): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Gondor Drabbles***
>
> What The Lightning Said: 20th June 3018, Minas Tirith (435): Azalais
> The Long and Winding Road (28): Linda Hoyland
> Tree of Life and Death (255): Linda Hoyland
> A Steward's Dreams (229): Marta
> First Time (547): Tanaqui
> Stalk like a Snow-troll (646): Tanaqui
> Calm (80): Wormwood
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: The Silmarillion***
>
> Along Came A Spider (273): Aeärwen
> Vignettes of Beleriand - The Giant Vampire Bat Problem (657): Anna Wing
> Goldilocks and the Three Balrogs (76): Clodia
> The Death of a Star (244): Encairion
> Flying Free (343): Keiliss
> Even Roses Have Thorns (274): Lady Roisin
> Into This Wild Abyss (61): pandemonium_213
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Vignettes***
>
> Seasons of Rivendell (650): Anna Wing
> Slipped Under the Door of the Master Bedroom, September 25, 1444 (45):
> Celeritas
> Unravelling (142): Elleth
> RECONCILIATION: Ascent (556): Fiondil
> Five Kisses for Rosie Cotton (641): Ilthit
> The Passing of Fire (461): Primsong
> Knife's Edge (454): Rumpleteasza
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Crossover: General***
>
> To Represent the Wizzards (63): aotearoan
> Return of The Key. (422): curiouswombat
> Tempered Rain (311): Ilada'Jefiv
> Encore (268): Lady Roisin
> To Face the Wolf (465): Maglor's finch
> A Singular Honour (238): Shemyaza1
> The Devil Is In The Detail (609): Tanaqui
> Dwarf Fashions (411): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Drama: General***
>
> Prodigal (589): Aeärwen
> The Song of a Friend (676): KyMahalei
> At the Edge of the World (146): Lady Roisin
> Of Cabbages and Kings (122): Lamiel
> When the Stars do not Shine (91): Mirach
> Tales from Tol Eressea (663): Mithadan
> Caught Between (658): Mysterious Jedi
> Hostage (277): SurgicalSteel
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Eriador or Shire***
>
> A Star in Midwinter (11): Cairistiona
> The Fairy Wife (200): Daffodil Furrow
> Hobbit Aid (633): Dreamflower
> The Imperishable Flame (582): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> Yavanna's Gift (22): Linda Hoyland
> The Last Gift (449): Nieriel Raina
> All Was Safe With the Sea (223): RadcliffePotter
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Family or Children***
>
> Half-Brother (82): Ellie
> The Last Gift (10): Ellynn
> King of Shadowed Halls (121): Jael
> Silver Bells (153): Nieriel Raina
> Little Bird (379): Soledad
> Find Me (95): StarLight9
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Gapfiller***
>
> Foundlings (99): Aeärwen
> The Most Timid Hobbit (321): Antane
> Gentlemen's Agreement (261): khazar_khum
> Weapons Forged (175): Larner
> What Becomes of Snow? (221): RadcliffePotter
> Who Shall Be the Bearer? (220): RadcliffePotter
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: General Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Before the Black Gate, Second Age 3434 (479): Azalais
> Enlightenment (464): Mercurie
> BONES FOUND ON POSH ESTATE (437): MrKinch
> Choosing (498): rhyselle
> The Insolence of the Corsairs (599): Tanaqui
> The Last (un)Homely House (549): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Gondor or Rohan***
>
> The Fourth of July (214): agape4gondor
> The Lady (670): alex_quine
> The Moon Has Waned (503): Erfan Starled
> Promises (81): Lialathuveril
> A Sting in the Tale (335): Linda Hoyland
> Hearts in Stone (8): Raksha the Demon
> Ice Sculptures (59): Shipwright's Trick
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Gondor or Rohan Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Imminent Defeat (55): Nieriel Raina
> Peace Denied (39): Nieriel Raina
> A Question of Character (648): Tanaqui
> Fruition (551): Tanaqui
> Quarantine (552): Tanaqui
> In the Uncertain Hour Before Morning (390): Wormwood
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Hurt/Comfort***
>
> The Riddle of Strider (208): Cairistiona
> Kin No More (516): Ellie
> The House of Uial and the Tale of The Last son (195): Elvenson
> A Forgotten Song (341): KyMahalei
> Explaining (54): Larner
> Returning to Cirith Thoronath (90): Mirach
> Tales from Tol Eressea: Conversations in Avallone (664): Mithadan
> Sing and Be Glad, All Ye Children of the West (222): RadcliffePotter
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Incomplete***
>
> Quest (198): Cathleen
> A Beleriand Treasury of Childish Tales (365): Clodia
> To Everything ... Time (202): Estelyn Telcontar
> The Cusp of Victory (382): Kara's Aunty
> Oh, Mercy (560): Lanyon
> Duty (674): Lindelea
> The Tempered Steel (616): Lyra
> Tablut (127): NeumeIndil
> And The Woods Responded (364): Windsurfbabe
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Later Age Elves***
>
> Ghost (588): Aeärwen
> Sacrifices (118): Aeärwen
> The Valley is Jolly (44): Canafinwe
> The Light Returned (52): Ellynn
> Never Look Back (155): Independence1776 (Crystal113)
> Gil-Estel (128): Mirach
> Reach for the Stars (38): Raksha the Demon
> Starlit Shadows (385): StarSpray
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Quenta Silmarillion***
>
> After the Fall (482): clotho123
> Blessed by Fortune (578): Ellie
> A Part in Great Deeds (417): Hallbera
> A Long Time Falling (249): Himring
> Envy (317): Larner
> Different Terms (170): Lyra
> Within a Dark Wood (386): Marchwriter
> The World That Ends With You (179): Minviendha
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Ficlet: General***
>
> Each Familiar Bough (262): aranelgoldenflower
> Fifteen Hot Haradrim (591): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Not All Who Wander Are Lost (240): Kaylee Arafinwiel
> A Deck of Heroes (595): Larner
> Farewell (78): mirasaui
> After the Hour of Doom (345): Raksha the Demon
> The Tower (96): Raksha the Demon
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlet: Eriador or Shire***
>
> Heirs of Gondor (502): Ainu Laire
> In the Corner (267): DrummerWench
> Paradise Lost (25): Isabeau of Greenlea
> The First One (292): Isabeau of Greenlea
> The Birthday Guest (73): Primsong
> Meeting of Quiet Minds (70): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlet: Gondor***
>
> For This Relief Much Thanks (576): Azalais
> The Archivist (6): foxrafer (csevans8)
> Design Flaw (169): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Spring Dance (301): Leianora
> The Silver Tree (583): Linda Hoyland
> In the King's Shadow (287): Raksha the Demon
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlet: The Silmarillion***
>
> No Regrets (483): clotho123
> Roads Not Taken (450): clotho123
> Till my Last Breath (108): Ellynn
> Not so like Luthien, After All (440): Maeglin
> The Morning Fog (638): Phyncke
> The Eye of the Beholder (581): Raksha the Demon
> Uninvited (473): Windsurfbabe
> Crude Material (608): Ygrain
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet: General***
>
> Judgment (115): Aeärwen
> Unrequited (163): elfscribe
> Balrog (521): Phyncke
> Pilgrimage (517): Raksha the Demon
> Riding the Fire (62): Raksha the Demon
> A Question of Dialect (603): The Lauderdale
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet: Chilren or Family***
>
> Kinsmen (328): Isabeau of Greenlea
> The Hope of Spring (215): Linda Hoyland
> A Rose By Any Other Name (533): Marta
> Sand and Flame (250): Marta
> Expectations (360): Raksha the Demon
> Fosterage (659): Raksha the Demon
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet: Gondor or Rohan***
>
> Harbinger (580): Linda Hoyland
> From the Ashes (185): Marta
> Lessons (607): Nath
> Filling the Breach (499): Raksha the Demon
> Ranger's Dawn (333): Raksha the Demon
> Some Like It Hot - But Maybe Not Quite That Hot (34): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Horror: General***
>
> Spoils of War (116): Aeärwen
> The Tower at Dol Amroth (191): agape4gondor
> Hastaina (144): Dawn Felagund
> Tales from Vairë's Loom: Beyond The Galvorn Door (159): Fiondil
> Under the Forest Eaves (120): Jael
> Questioning (258): Larner
> Crossroads of Light and Shadow (104): Mirach
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Humor: General***
>
> A Lesson Learned (331): agape4gondor
> Vignettes of the Blessed Realm - Caranthir in Lorien (651): Anna Wing
> More Than Meets The Eye (425): Ignoble Bard
> Transformation (590): Larner
> Pillow Talk (172): Lyra
> In Vino Veritas (612): Marta
> Holiday (20): Nath
> The Coimas War (275): Russandol
> The Ladies' Guide To Middle-earth's Eligible Bachelors (399): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Comedy/Drama***
>
> The Noldo is IN (433): Beruthiel's Cat
> Lover's Leap (526): Ellie
> O Misfortune! (260): Hallbera
> A Gift (151): KyMahalei
> And Just Whose Wedding Is This? (297): Larner
> Some Things Never Change (239): Nieriel Raina
> This Side of Paradise (134): Nieriel Raina
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Eriador or Shire***
>
> For Better, or For Worse (196): Cathleen
> Hey Diddle Diddle, the Cat and the Fiddle, the Goat Jumped Over the Moon
> (304): Cathleen
> Undue Patience (667): Celeritas
> The Wizard and the Ranger (380): Gandalfs apprentice
> The Christmas Closet (579): Geale
> A Pretense at Civility (666): Larner
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Gondor***
>
> A Cold Night in June (112): agape4gondor
> A Day In The Life Of The Royal Gondorian Aerial Corps (652): Anna Wing
> Refuge (490): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
> Unripened Fruit (520): Gwynnyd
> Eomer goes Fishing (107): Lady Bluejay
> Fresh Meat (534): Marta
> Brink of the Sea (65): Nieriel Raina
> Wedding Traditions (412): Vilwarin
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Incomplete***
>
> The Silmarillion Gospel (315): Araloth the Random
> Bringing Trouble to Barad-dur (522): Chisscientist
> Tales of Older Days (381): Clodia
> Hobbit Stew (441): Kara's Aunty
> Not Quite A Maia (361): Kara's Aunty
> Oh No! Another Lord of the Rings Parody (455): Kitt Otter
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> 'A' is for 'Apple'. (457): curiouswombat
> The Love of Learning (601): Jay of Lasgalen
> Mightier than the Sword  Indigo (49): Linda Hoyland
> Barreling Out of Mirkwood (621): Nieriel Raina
> Master of Imladris (56): Nieriel Raina
> The Greeting Song (671): Súlriel
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Parody or Black Humor***
>
> Tears on the Battlefield (310): Alassante
> Fair Wanderer, Thou Makest Me Sick (271): Araloth the Random
> The Fanfiction Testament (272): Araloth the Random
> By The Book (423): Ignoble Bard
> Fighting Enemies (33): Larner
> Monty Python's 'Fellowship of the Ring' (64): Morthoron
> Legolas the Bane of My Existence (288): rosethorn59
> Orcs at School (9): Virtuella
> Lord of the Glittering Harem (293): viv
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Longer Works: General***
>
> Ten Thousand Years Will Not Suffice (631): agape4gondor
> Typically Atypical Book I (355): Elaura
> Interrupted Journeys: Journeys Out of Grief (247): elliska
> The Findaráto Diaries (41): Fiondil
> The Sword of Elendil (443): Gandalfs apprentice
> Swan Song (147): Ithilwen
> The Queen's Orc (626): jodancingtree
> I Entulesse (204): MJ
> Truth Be Told (40): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Longer Works: Incomplete***
>
> A Long and Weary Way (131): Canafinwe
> Tainted Light (243): Eldalie
> The Price of Duty (66): Encairion
> The Sell-Sword and the Prince (98): Lady Bluejay
> Or Perchance, When the Last Little Star (600): Larner
> The Embalmer's Apprentice (156): Lyra
> Yew (207): Pearl Took
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Mystery: General***
>
> A Light in May (446): Antigone Q
> Olórë Malë (587): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> A Slaying in Scarlet (405): Gloromeien
> A Disgrace to Gondor (47): Linda Hoyland
> Looking For Boromir (13): Valente
> Into the Woods (75): Wormwood
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Non-Fiction: General***
>
> 'Sindarin' is a Quenya Word: how the clan names make Elvish more
> confusing (280): Darth Fingon
> Elvish Fanons and Canon Contradictions (Or, how to get those canatics
> off your case for stuff you were right about in the first place) (279):
> Darth Fingon
> Are you on the outside looking in, or the inside looking out? (265):
> Dreamflower
> Hobbit Names and Naming Conventions (217): Dreamflower
> Tolkien in Love (478): Eldalie
> Ring-bearers, Aging, and Life in Aman (176): GamgeeFest
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Non-Fiction: Character Essays***
>
> A Man of Quality: Faramir, Captain of Gondor (354): Antane
> Frodo and Grace (347): Baillie from Bree
> Take Pity upon Him: Did Maedhros Really Threaten to Kill Elrond and
> Elros at the Third Kinslaying? (570): Dawn Felagund
> An Essay on Frodo Baggins (349): Margaret Watkins
> Celebrimbor (190): Oshun
> Aragorn - a feminist's nightmare? (489): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Poetry: General***
>
> Obsession (338): Calenlass Greenleaf
> The OTHER Lays of Beleriand (624): Chisscientist
> Not So Easily Mended (352): jan-u-wine
> The Drums (430): Malicean
> Gilraen's Lullaby (518): Mirach
> The Pathway of Dreams II (442): Nerdanel
> A Mighty Bridge Invisible (614): Noliel
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Poetry: Character Study***
>
> Addiction (340): Calenlass Greenleaf
> Corruption (339): Calenlass Greenleaf
> What do you fear milady? (543): elfenears
> Harthad (353): jan-u-wine
> Unbroken (384): jan-u-wine
> A Friend in Need (327): Kara's Aunty
> Contrapposto (531): Marta
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Poetry: Drama***
>
> How I Wish (109): Dawn Felagund
> And Come What Sorrow Can (496): jan-u-wine
> Anniversary (March 13, 1420 S.R.) (497): jan-u-wine
> Descent (625): Lady Roisin
> Forty Days (295): Marta
> Tears for the Fallen (316): pandemonium_213
> End of Days (71): Shipwright's Trick
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Poetry: Hobbits***
>
> Frodo of the Shire (476): Baillie from Bree
> Minas Morgul (475): Baillie from Bree
> Across So Wide a Sea (351): jan-u-wine
> And I Don't Mean To (350): jan-u-wine
> Shall I Sing? (336): Larner
> Sunlight (348): Margaret Watkins
> A New Light (400): Marigold
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Romance: General***
>
> Through a Glass, Darkly (254): Beruthiel's Cat
> Scattered Leaves (256): Eldalie
> Looking at the Stars and Counting the Hours (283): Himring
> Chasing Waterfalls (424): Ignoble Bard
> Perfect Happiness (613): Jedi Sapphire
> The Abduction of Éomer, King of Rohan (3): Lialathuveril
> First Glance (148): Marta
> The Prince and the Shepherdess (154): Nieriel Raina
> A Little Closer to the Edge, My Love & (245): Súlriel
> The Fabled Courtship of Elanor the Fair (318): the_arc5
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Dunedain***
>
> Love Began Here (231): Adonnen Estenniel
> Pure Morning (286): curiouswombat
> Gilraen, the Fair (106): Gwynnyd
> A Seal upon thine Heart (193): Linda Hoyland
> When Winter Comes (138): Marta
> A Blossom of Marble (325): NeumeIndil
> Shieldbrothers (371): Soledad
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Cross-Cultural: General***
>
> Beneath Golden Leaves (488): Avon
> Hyarmendil (665): Dwimordene
> We Speak Through Music (419): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> Strange Land (519): Elfique
> Once Upon a Blizzard (630): Fiondil
> Uldor (284): Himring
> A Dangerous Hunger (466): Ignoble Bard
> The Courier (32): Jael
> The Battle of the Kitchen (102): Raksha the Demon
> Orcs in Hobbiton (447): The Lauderdale
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Friendship***
>
> Surprises of Yule (606): Ainu Laire
> Size Isn't Everything (571): Bodkin
> The Longest Night (145): Dawn Felagund
> Friends in Need (308): Dreamflower
> Witness to a Crime (186): Dreamflower
> Dol Amroth Dip-tych (189): Dwimordene
> Dance in the Moonlight (538): KyMahalei
> Only the Owl Saw it All (494): Levade
> The Trees Were Burning (36): Nieriel Raina
> Lord of Gifts (84): shirebound
> Felagund and the Noegyth Nibin (378): Soledad
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Gapfiller***
>
> The Road to Edoras (326): Dreamflower
> To Lead His People (636): Dreamflower
> Of Wine and Song (527): Ellie
> Tales from Vairë's Loom: Sun-in-Eclipse (562): Fiondil
> A Choice of Life or Death (585): Larner
> Stranger at the Gates (24): Linda Hoyland
> At the Last It Biteth (323): Mercurie
> The Man Who Grew Tomatoes (125): pandemonium_213
> Praiseworthy (536): Thundera Tiger
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Incomplete***
>
> Hand to Hand (167): Adaneth
> Crystal Green (468): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> 'Til Death Do Us Part (164): Haleth
> Murder in the White City (611): Jedi Sapphire
> Another Road (314): KyMahalei
> Hope of a Star (129): Mirach
> Dark Power Arising (235): Shemyaza1
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Triptych (604): Adaneth
> An Autumn Journey (212): Jay of Lasgalen
> Giants' Game (429): Larner
> Two Copper Pennies (656): Mysterious Jedi
> Unbearable Parting (48): Nieriel Raina
> Translations from the Elvish (645): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Dwarves: General***
>
> In Durin's Day (373): Marta
> A Dwarven Yuletide (367): Soledad
> In the Shelter of Destroyed Dreams (402): Thevina Finduilas
> Unanswerable Questions (403): Thevina Finduilas
> Mazarbul (72): Thundera Tiger
> Questing (117): Thundera Tiger
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Elves: General***
>
> In His Eyes (92): Alassante
> Vignettes of the Blessed Realm - Everyday Life In Tol Eressea (653):
> Anna Wing
> Blood and Fire (187): Clodia
> Bee-Elves (178): Darth Fingon
> Tales from Vairë's Loom: The Exilic Noldos Guide to Coping with
> Post-Helcaraxë Stress Syndrome (or PHSS) (566): Fiondil
> A Bit of a Bore (248): Himring
> Avar and Away (227): Ignoble Bard
> Pity Us Not (563): j_dav (JDE)
> The Day of the Dragon (184): Keiliss
> The Dance of Flute and Harp (253): Lintalome (Amaranth)
> Elves Don't Celebrate Yule (87): rhyselle
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Drabbles***
>
> Determined (426): Aeärwen
> Always Something There to Remind Me (480): curiouswombat
> First Snowfall (5): curiouswombat
> Ash to Ash (171): Dawn Felagund
> More Than Memory (241): Marta
> Seeking Perfection (545): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Mirkwood Elves***
>
> Through The Mirror of Fire (94): Esteliel
> A Tale from the Wilderland (675): KyMahalei
> Alone at Yule (504): laichiril
> Forest Assault (620): Nieriel Raina
> The Little Prince (434): ningloreth
> The End? (619): Sivan Shemesh
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Noldorin Elves***
>
> Half-brother in Blood, Full Brother in Heart (133): Alassante
> Vignettes of the Blessed Realm - Celebrimbor in Mandos (649): Anna Wing
> Brightness (427): Faenel
> Tales from Vairë's Loom: Tenn' Ambar-Metta (201): Fiondil
> Eminently Unsuitable (252): Himring
> By the Grey Light of Dawn (406): Nieriel Raina
> No Justice to Yourself (281): Oshun
> Resist Not Evil (188): Perelleth
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Hobbits: General***
>
> Go Not to Aunt Dora for Advice, for She Will Give It at Great Length
> (114): Dreamflower
> One Fine Autumn Day (635): Dreamflower
> Roast Mutton (296): Gandalfs apprentice
> A Pirate's Life (640): Ilthit
> Before Luck Runs Out (401): Marigold
> Sharing Dinner on Lobelia Lane (322): Pearl Took
> A Very Warm Yule (307): pippinfan88
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Family***
>
> Sometimes a Cake is Just a Cake (410): Cathleen
> To Absent Friends (569): Celeritas
> A Not-So-Simple Misunderstanding (31):
> Celeritas/Dreamflower/Larner/Pearl Took CoAuthors
> September Days Across the Brandywine (302): Dreamflower
> Marigolds Yule (306): GamgeeFest
> Worthy of the Name (298): Marigold
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> When the Storms of Life are Raging (Stand By Me) (505): Dreamflower
> Dearest Dora (445): Larner
> The Research Project (602): Larner
> I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way (264): Lindelea
> For All Things, A Time (299): Marta
> Learning His Letters (644): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Post-Quest***
>
> Memorial Day (358): Antane
> Sharing Sam (668): Celeritas
> Sunlight on Ash (484): Ilthit
> The One Left Out of the Conspiracy (320): Larner
> Behind Blue Eyes (610): Marta
> Concerning the Matter of Tom Took (181): Pearl Took
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Men: General***
>
> Tales from Vairë's Loom: To Stand Fast Against the Night (632): Fiondil
> Death and Life (511): Golden
> Doggerel (168): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Firebug (593): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Libation (332): Raksha the Demon
> Penance (278): SurgicalSteel
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Men: Featuring Aragorn***
>
> The Bitter and the Sweet (110): Cairistiona
> Contrapunto (291): Gandalfs apprentice
> Love Unrequited (100): Inzilbeth
> The Fifteenth Fosterling (14): Inzilbeth
> Freedom Is Never Free (132): Nieriel Raina
> Rallying Before the Darkness (219): RadcliffePotter
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Men: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Mother Country (329): Altariel
> Threshing Songs (481): curiouswombat
> Evergreen (451): Linda Hoyland
> Harvest Dreams (500): Linda Hoyland
> A price worth paying (550): Tanaqui
> Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies. (544): Tanaqui
> Dreams of Trees (389): Wormwood
> Hospitality (79): Wormwood
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Other Beings: General***
>
> One Breath of Air (257): Celeritas
> Cleansed (337): Larner
> Lost and Found (225): Linaewen
> The Fool (216): Marta
> Shades of Black and Grey (97): Minviendha
> A Dragon Tale (51): Pearl Took
> Looking For Dragons (237): Raksha the Demon
> Kinslayer (192): Russandol
> Many Hands (276): Russandol
> Living Jewels (182): shirebound
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Villains: General***
>
> Unrest: What Evil Fears (477): Eonwe
> I Shall Not Call the Sunbeam Bright (228): j_dav (JDE)
> The Wrath of Light (362): Kara's Aunty
> How the East Was Won (124): pandemonium_213
> Sacrifice (194): SurgicalSteel
> Treed (618): The Lauderdale
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: First Age and Prior: General***
>
> In Bitterness and Loss (572): Bodkin
> Lúthien's Tale (458): clotho123
> Encounter in the Forest (472): Ellynn
> Lover of Fire (269): Encairion
> The Choices of the Peredhil (408): Inzilbeth
> The Havens of Sirion (152): Inzilbeth
> Necessary Sacrifices (431): Ithilwen
> Tutelage (230): Marta
> Follow Thy Fair Sun, Unhappy Shadow (393): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: First Age and Prior: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Dawn & Dusk (160): Clodia
> Once Upon a Twilit Time (444): Clodia
> Seasons (300): Dawn Felagund
> Five Things That Never Happened to Maglor Feanorion (140): Elleth
> The Vessel (617): Elleth
> This Shining Ember Burns my Hand (113): Primsong
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: First Age and Prior: Noldorin Elves***
>
> The Journal of Alatáriel, Missionary (77): Clodia
> A Time to Heal (448): clotho123
> The Military Relevance of Sewage (628): Himring
> Geography Lessons (282): Ithilwen
> Morning Yearning (289): Liadan
> Unrepentant Lovers (68): Oshun
> Unravelling the Past (30): rhyselle
> A Dangerous Guide (394): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: Modern Times: General***
>
> Comfort (119): Aeärwen
> In the Hidden Valley (101): Aeärwen
> Elf Academy (29): Fiondil
> The Last Hero (263): Jael
> Grace (558): Lanyon
> For Every Evil (456): Mirrordance
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: General***
>
> Dance (672): alex_quine
> A Time to Reap (506): Cathleen
> The Jewel of the Shire (346): Kara's Aunty
> Threnody for the Dispossessed (67): Kenaz
> Lasciate Ogne Speranza? (501): Maglor's finch
> Conquering the Helcaraxë (16): Raksha the Demon
> Fifteen Years (436): Red Lasbelin
> Sword and Bow (634): StarLight9
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Drabbles***
>
> Scion (4): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
> Reaping the Reward (18): curiouswombat
> Only Sleeping (597): Linda Hoyland
> Time's Out of Joint (334): Linda Hoyland
> Hearts of Home (1): Súlriel
> Home Comforts (546): Tanaqui
> In his father's footsteps (548): Tanaqui
> Jurisdiction (542): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Gondor***
>
> Winters of Yesterday (407): Golden
> Passover and Pilgrimage (53): Larner
> The Ring- Day Fete (37): Larner
> Of Mice and Men... and Elves... and Dwarves (139): Marethiel
> Women Of Heart And Mind (469): Nancy Brooke
> Good Intentions (395): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Vignettes***
>
> Reckoning (623): Dwimordene
> Pride and Prejudice (398): Marta
> Secrets We Dare Not Tell (374): Marta
> Remembrance in Leather (372): Raederle
> Small Victories (594): Raksha the Demon
> Passing Grace (313): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: Pre-Ring War: General***
>
> Memory of Faery (86): Ellie
> Small Tokens (669): Galadriel
> Midwinter Forfeit (574): Gwynnyd
> The Call of Duty: Legolas at Erebor (246): Jael
> A Mother's Hope (541): Linda Hoyland
> A Last Remaining Hope (661): Rai
> A Brotherly Gift (377): Soledad
> Escaping By The Dozen (319): Thundera Tiger
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: Ring War: General***
>
> A Yule to Remember (575): Cathleen
> Beyond the Pale (35): Dwimordene
> Close Enough to Touch (242): ErinRua
> No Reason To Celebrate (88): Linaewen
> The Old That Is Strong (486): Linda Hoyland
> To See the Light (89): Mirach
> The Awakening (203): MJ
> In Darkness, Light (183): Nath
> Deeper than Breathing (388): ziggy
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Ring War: Gapfiller***
>
> Berilac's Errand (23): Dreamflower
> Sacrifices (83): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> On The Eve Of Battle (213): Jay of Lasgalen
> On the Turning Away (294): NeumeIndil
> The Counsels of Men (103): Thundera Tiger
> The World Below the Mists (43): Thundera Tiger
> Enduring Moria (639): White Wolf
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Ring War: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Eradication (93): Breemon
> The Last Resort (568): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> Rainbow Drabbles (105): Jay of Lasgalen
> Under a Silent Sky (530): Marta
> Light of the Evenstar (12): Nieriel Raina
> Resistance (554): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: Second and Early Third Age: General***
>
> Anadûnai (233): Darth Fingon
> Burden to Bear (85): Ellie
> How Fleeting These Moments (135): Lady Roisin
> Final Voyage (523): MithLuin
> All alone in the Night (366): Soledad
> Mallorn Torment (205): Tehta
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Second and Early Third Age: Fall of Numenor***
>
> Touch of a Vanished Hand (150): elfscribe
> Every Wish (166): Independence1776 (Crystal113)
> Lambe, Ando, Lambe (642): Lady Roisin
> Coda (376): Marta
> Woolgathering (577): pandemonium_213
> All the Days of Their Grace (7): Tanaqui
>
>
>
> Marta
>
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My stories are very well placed, thanks!

Lin

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, telperion1 <marta.fandom@...> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Here is the first version of the checkballot. Look it over and let me
> know if you see anything you think needs to be moved. Possible moves
> would be:
>
> --- The piece is in a main category you didn't select.
> --- The story is competing against different-type stories.
> --- The story is in a subcategory built around characters, subgenres, or
> locations you didn't select.
>
> For more on checkballots, see:
>
> http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/197122.html
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Adventure: General***
>
> The Ranger and the Hobbit (42): Cairistiona
> A Son of Eärendil (266): DrummerWench
> Wicked Thieving Elf! (525): Ellie
> Blackbow (206): Isabeau of Greenlea
> The Blue Boar (493): Minniemoggie
> Little Tolkien (232): Mortizya
> Flame of the Desert (158): pandemonium_213
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Alternate Universe: General***
>
> Five Things That Never Happened To Bilbo Baggins (58): Dreamflower
> Before the Fall (141): Elleth
> To be Black (290): Encairion
> The Tinker's Tale (495): Levade
> Choices (224): Linaewen
> When I Said I Would Die A Bachelor (471): Nancy Brooke
> The Son of Glóin (622): Nieriel Raina
> Gilraen the Living Dead (513): Sivan Shemesh
> The Joys of a Beard (370): Soledad
> King's Ransom (673): splix
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Alternate Universe: Incomplete***
>
> A Bit of Rope (197): Aiwendiel
> You Live Your Life in the Shadow of the Mountain (177): Darth Fingon
> Mountain Guards (391): Malicean
> Starship (50): shirebound
> Fear, Elrond, Fear! (512): Sivan Shemesh
> Sylvanlight, Book I (312): slflew
> Sons of Thunder (387): ziggy
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Character Study: General***
>
> In Which Comes Sorrow Long Expected (655): Anna Wing
> Lessons Learned (654): Anna Wing
> In the Cards (470): Dwimordene
> To the Crossroads (592): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Turn Down an Empty Glass (344): Keiliss
> Warm Bread (415): KyMahalei
> The Light (303): Pearl Took
> Bruises (368): Soledad
> In the deep places of the world (396): Tanaqui
> Broken (515): Thundera Tiger
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Angst***
>
> Lonely Watches (46): Canafinwe
> No One Rembers (130): Canafinwe
> Walls of White (27): Elleth
> Seeds in Dark Earth (643): Ilthit
> The Return of the King (573): Jael
> A King in Winter (637): Jedi Sapphire
> Rebuffed (524): MithLuin
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Aragorn***
>
> In The House of Elrond (123): Aeärwen
> Beneath the Surface (19): Canafinwe
> Pale faced Tark (452): Canafinwe
> The New Queen's Bounty (136): Larner
> Darkest Before the Dawn (555): Leianora
> The Gift of Foresight (342): Linda Hoyland
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Drabble Series***
>
> To look out upon life (439): Cairistiona
> Warping Arda: Spectrum (285): Clodia
> A Decent and Respectable Hobbit (460): Dreamflower
> Midsummer's Eve (627): Dwimordene
> Misericordia (173): Dwimordene
> Seasons of Gladness (60): Raksha the Demon
> Arrival in Avallone (561): rhyselle
> Not In Our Stars (397): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Family***
>
> The Apology of Elrond (453): Canafinwe
> Old Horses (218): Crantz/Snacky CoAuthors
> A Copper Band (251): Himring
> Self-Defense (26): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Reflections (174): Perkyandproud
> Cold Comfort (369): Soledad
> The Greatest Warrior (537): Windsurfbabe
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Gapfiller***
>
> A Meal Fit for a King (234): Aranel Took
> Overheard in the Dark (57): Dreamflower
> Moments (414): Gandalf 3213
> Sisterhood (535): Marta
> Tie Me to This Our Ancient Earth (259): Mercurie
> Fourteen Days (510): Rabidsamfan
> Elusive Scents in Wartime (404): Thevina Finduilas
> Darkness Creeping (459): Ygrain
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: General Drabbles***
>
> Innocence (662): Dwimordene
> Following the Star (584): Linda Hoyland
> The Ranger's Respite (487): Linda Hoyland
> Good News (392): Paranoidangel
> Fired Up (553): Tanaqui
> Vigilance (647): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Gondor Drabbles***
>
> What The Lightning Said: 20th June 3018, Minas Tirith (435): Azalais
> The Long and Winding Road (28): Linda Hoyland
> Tree of Life and Death (255): Linda Hoyland
> A Steward's Dreams (229): Marta
> First Time (547): Tanaqui
> Stalk like a Snow-troll (646): Tanaqui
> Calm (80): Wormwood
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: The Silmarillion***
>
> Along Came A Spider (273): Aeärwen
> Vignettes of Beleriand - The Giant Vampire Bat Problem (657): Anna Wing
> Goldilocks and the Three Balrogs (76): Clodia
> The Death of a Star (244): Encairion
> Flying Free (343): Keiliss
> Even Roses Have Thorns (274): Lady Roisin
> Into This Wild Abyss (61): pandemonium_213
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Vignettes***
>
> Seasons of Rivendell (650): Anna Wing
> Slipped Under the Door of the Master Bedroom, September 25, 1444 (45):
> Celeritas
> Unravelling (142): Elleth
> RECONCILIATION: Ascent (556): Fiondil
> Five Kisses for Rosie Cotton (641): Ilthit
> The Passing of Fire (461): Primsong
> Knife's Edge (454): Rumpleteasza
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Crossover: General***
>
> To Represent the Wizzards (63): aotearoan
> Return of The Key. (422): curiouswombat
> Tempered Rain (311): Ilada'Jefiv
> Encore (268): Lady Roisin
> To Face the Wolf (465): Maglor's finch
> A Singular Honour (238): Shemyaza1
> The Devil Is In The Detail (609): Tanaqui
> Dwarf Fashions (411): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Drama: General***
>
> Prodigal (589): Aeärwen
> The Song of a Friend (676): KyMahalei
> At the Edge of the World (146): Lady Roisin
> Of Cabbages and Kings (122): Lamiel
> When the Stars do not Shine (91): Mirach
> Tales from Tol Eressea (663): Mithadan
> Caught Between (658): Mysterious Jedi
> Hostage (277): SurgicalSteel
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Eriador or Shire***
>
> A Star in Midwinter (11): Cairistiona
> The Fairy Wife (200): Daffodil Furrow
> Hobbit Aid (633): Dreamflower
> The Imperishable Flame (582): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> Yavanna's Gift (22): Linda Hoyland
> The Last Gift (449): Nieriel Raina
> All Was Safe With the Sea (223): RadcliffePotter
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Family or Children***
>
> Half-Brother (82): Ellie
> The Last Gift (10): Ellynn
> King of Shadowed Halls (121): Jael
> Silver Bells (153): Nieriel Raina
> Little Bird (379): Soledad
> Find Me (95): StarLight9
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Gapfiller***
>
> Foundlings (99): Aeärwen
> The Most Timid Hobbit (321): Antane
> Gentlemen's Agreement (261): khazar_khum
> Weapons Forged (175): Larner
> What Becomes of Snow? (221): RadcliffePotter
> Who Shall Be the Bearer? (220): RadcliffePotter
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: General Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Before the Black Gate, Second Age 3434 (479): Azalais
> Enlightenment (464): Mercurie
> BONES FOUND ON POSH ESTATE (437): MrKinch
> Choosing (498): rhyselle
> The Insolence of the Corsairs (599): Tanaqui
> The Last (un)Homely House (549): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Gondor or Rohan***
>
> The Fourth of July (214): agape4gondor
> The Lady (670): alex_quine
> The Moon Has Waned (503): Erfan Starled
> Promises (81): Lialathuveril
> A Sting in the Tale (335): Linda Hoyland
> Hearts in Stone (8): Raksha the Demon
> Ice Sculptures (59): Shipwright's Trick
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Gondor or Rohan Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Imminent Defeat (55): Nieriel Raina
> Peace Denied (39): Nieriel Raina
> A Question of Character (648): Tanaqui
> Fruition (551): Tanaqui
> Quarantine (552): Tanaqui
> In the Uncertain Hour Before Morning (390): Wormwood
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Hurt/Comfort***
>
> The Riddle of Strider (208): Cairistiona
> Kin No More (516): Ellie
> The House of Uial and the Tale of The Last son (195): Elvenson
> A Forgotten Song (341): KyMahalei
> Explaining (54): Larner
> Returning to Cirith Thoronath (90): Mirach
> Tales from Tol Eressea: Conversations in Avallone (664): Mithadan
> Sing and Be Glad, All Ye Children of the West (222): RadcliffePotter
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Incomplete***
>
> Quest (198): Cathleen
> A Beleriand Treasury of Childish Tales (365): Clodia
> To Everything ... Time (202): Estelyn Telcontar
> The Cusp of Victory (382): Kara's Aunty
> Oh, Mercy (560): Lanyon
> Duty (674): Lindelea
> The Tempered Steel (616): Lyra
> Tablut (127): NeumeIndil
> And The Woods Responded (364): Windsurfbabe
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Later Age Elves***
>
> Ghost (588): Aeärwen
> Sacrifices (118): Aeärwen
> The Valley is Jolly (44): Canafinwe
> The Light Returned (52): Ellynn
> Never Look Back (155): Independence1776 (Crystal113)
> Gil-Estel (128): Mirach
> Reach for the Stars (38): Raksha the Demon
> Starlit Shadows (385): StarSpray
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Quenta Silmarillion***
>
> After the Fall (482): clotho123
> Blessed by Fortune (578): Ellie
> A Part in Great Deeds (417): Hallbera
> A Long Time Falling (249): Himring
> Envy (317): Larner
> Different Terms (170): Lyra
> Within a Dark Wood (386): Marchwriter
> The World That Ends With You (179): Minviendha
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Ficlet: General***
>
> Each Familiar Bough (262): aranelgoldenflower
> Fifteen Hot Haradrim (591): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Not All Who Wander Are Lost (240): Kaylee Arafinwiel
> A Deck of Heroes (595): Larner
> Farewell (78): mirasaui
> After the Hour of Doom (345): Raksha the Demon
> The Tower (96): Raksha the Demon
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlet: Eriador or Shire***
>
> Heirs of Gondor (502): Ainu Laire
> In the Corner (267): DrummerWench
> Paradise Lost (25): Isabeau of Greenlea
> The First One (292): Isabeau of Greenlea
> The Birthday Guest (73): Primsong
> Meeting of Quiet Minds (70): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlet: Gondor***
>
> For This Relief Much Thanks (576): Azalais
> The Archivist (6): foxrafer (csevans8)
> Design Flaw (169): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Spring Dance (301): Leianora
> The Silver Tree (583): Linda Hoyland
> In the King's Shadow (287): Raksha the Demon
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlet: The Silmarillion***
>
> No Regrets (483): clotho123
> Roads Not Taken (450): clotho123
> Till my Last Breath (108): Ellynn
> Not so like Luthien, After All (440): Maeglin
> The Morning Fog (638): Phyncke
> The Eye of the Beholder (581): Raksha the Demon
> Uninvited (473): Windsurfbabe
> Crude Material (608): Ygrain
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet: General***
>
> Judgment (115): Aeärwen
> Unrequited (163): elfscribe
> Balrog (521): Phyncke
> Pilgrimage (517): Raksha the Demon
> Riding the Fire (62): Raksha the Demon
> A Question of Dialect (603): The Lauderdale
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet: Chilren or Family***
>
> Kinsmen (328): Isabeau of Greenlea
> The Hope of Spring (215): Linda Hoyland
> A Rose By Any Other Name (533): Marta
> Sand and Flame (250): Marta
> Expectations (360): Raksha the Demon
> Fosterage (659): Raksha the Demon
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet: Gondor or Rohan***
>
> Harbinger (580): Linda Hoyland
> From the Ashes (185): Marta
> Lessons (607): Nath
> Filling the Breach (499): Raksha the Demon
> Ranger's Dawn (333): Raksha the Demon
> Some Like It Hot - But Maybe Not Quite That Hot (34): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Horror: General***
>
> Spoils of War (116): Aeärwen
> The Tower at Dol Amroth (191): agape4gondor
> Hastaina (144): Dawn Felagund
> Tales from Vairë's Loom: Beyond The Galvorn Door (159): Fiondil
> Under the Forest Eaves (120): Jael
> Questioning (258): Larner
> Crossroads of Light and Shadow (104): Mirach
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Humor: General***
>
> A Lesson Learned (331): agape4gondor
> Vignettes of the Blessed Realm - Caranthir in Lorien (651): Anna Wing
> More Than Meets The Eye (425): Ignoble Bard
> Transformation (590): Larner
> Pillow Talk (172): Lyra
> In Vino Veritas (612): Marta
> Holiday (20): Nath
> The Coimas War (275): Russandol
> The Ladies' Guide To Middle-earth's Eligible Bachelors (399): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Comedy/Drama***
>
> The Noldo is IN (433): Beruthiel's Cat
> Lover's Leap (526): Ellie
> O Misfortune! (260): Hallbera
> A Gift (151): KyMahalei
> And Just Whose Wedding Is This? (297): Larner
> Some Things Never Change (239): Nieriel Raina
> This Side of Paradise (134): Nieriel Raina
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Eriador or Shire***
>
> For Better, or For Worse (196): Cathleen
> Hey Diddle Diddle, the Cat and the Fiddle, the Goat Jumped Over the Moon
> (304): Cathleen
> Undue Patience (667): Celeritas
> The Wizard and the Ranger (380): Gandalfs apprentice
> The Christmas Closet (579): Geale
> A Pretense at Civility (666): Larner
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Gondor***
>
> A Cold Night in June (112): agape4gondor
> A Day In The Life Of The Royal Gondorian Aerial Corps (652): Anna Wing
> Refuge (490): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
> Unripened Fruit (520): Gwynnyd
> Eomer goes Fishing (107): Lady Bluejay
> Fresh Meat (534): Marta
> Brink of the Sea (65): Nieriel Raina
> Wedding Traditions (412): Vilwarin
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Incomplete***
>
> The Silmarillion Gospel (315): Araloth the Random
> Bringing Trouble to Barad-dur (522): Chisscientist
> Tales of Older Days (381): Clodia
> Hobbit Stew (441): Kara's Aunty
> Not Quite A Maia (361): Kara's Aunty
> Oh No! Another Lord of the Rings Parody (455): Kitt Otter
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> 'A' is for 'Apple'. (457): curiouswombat
> The Love of Learning (601): Jay of Lasgalen
> Mightier than the Sword – Indigo (49): Linda Hoyland
> Barreling Out of Mirkwood (621): Nieriel Raina
> Master of Imladris (56): Nieriel Raina
> The Greeting Song (671): Súlriel
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Parody or Black Humor***
>
> Tears on the Battlefield (310): Alassante
> Fair Wanderer, Thou Makest Me Sick (271): Araloth the Random
> The Fanfiction Testament (272): Araloth the Random
> By The Book (423): Ignoble Bard
> Fighting Enemies (33): Larner
> Monty Python's 'Fellowship of the Ring' (64): Morthoron
> Legolas the Bane of My Existence (288): rosethorn59
> Orcs at School (9): Virtuella
> Lord of the Glittering Harem (293): viv
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Longer Works: General***
>
> Ten Thousand Years Will Not Suffice (631): agape4gondor
> Typically Atypical Book I (355): Elaura
> Interrupted Journeys: Journeys Out of Grief (247): elliska
> The Findaráto Diaries (41): Fiondil
> The Sword of Elendil (443): Gandalfs apprentice
> Swan Song (147): Ithilwen
> The Queen's Orc (626): jodancingtree
> I Entulesse (204): MJ
> Truth Be Told (40): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Longer Works: Incomplete***
>
> A Long and Weary Way (131): Canafinwe
> Tainted Light (243): Eldalie
> The Price of Duty (66): Encairion
> The Sell-Sword and the Prince (98): Lady Bluejay
> Or Perchance, When the Last Little Star (600): Larner
> The Embalmer's Apprentice (156): Lyra
> Yew (207): Pearl Took
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Mystery: General***
>
> A Light in May (446): Antigone Q
> Olórë Malë (587): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> A Slaying in Scarlet (405): Gloromeien
> A Disgrace to Gondor (47): Linda Hoyland
> Looking For Boromir (13): Valente
> Into the Woods (75): Wormwood
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Non-Fiction: General***
>
> 'Sindarin' is a Quenya Word: how the clan names make Elvish more
> confusing (280): Darth Fingon
> Elvish Fanons and Canon Contradictions (Or, how to get those canatics
> off your case for stuff you were right about in the first place) (279):
> Darth Fingon
> Are you on the outside looking in, or the inside looking out? (265):
> Dreamflower
> Hobbit Names and Naming Conventions (217): Dreamflower
> Tolkien in Love (478): Eldalie
> Ring-bearers, Aging, and Life in Aman (176): GamgeeFest
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Non-Fiction: Character Essays***
>
> A Man of Quality: Faramir, Captain of Gondor (354): Antane
> Frodo and Grace (347): Baillie from Bree
> Take Pity upon Him: Did Maedhros Really Threaten to Kill Elrond and
> Elros at the Third Kinslaying? (570): Dawn Felagund
> An Essay on Frodo Baggins (349): Margaret Watkins
> Celebrimbor (190): Oshun
> Aragorn - a feminist's nightmare? (489): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Poetry: General***
>
> Obsession (338): Calenlass Greenleaf
> The OTHER Lays of Beleriand (624): Chisscientist
> Not So Easily Mended (352): jan-u-wine
> The Drums (430): Malicean
> Gilraen's Lullaby (518): Mirach
> The Pathway of Dreams II (442): Nerdanel
> A Mighty Bridge Invisible (614): Noliel
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Poetry: Character Study***
>
> Addiction (340): Calenlass Greenleaf
> Corruption (339): Calenlass Greenleaf
> What do you fear milady? (543): elfenears
> Harthad (353): jan-u-wine
> Unbroken (384): jan-u-wine
> A Friend in Need (327): Kara's Aunty
> Contrapposto (531): Marta
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Poetry: Drama***
>
> How I Wish (109): Dawn Felagund
> And Come What Sorrow Can (496): jan-u-wine
> Anniversary (March 13, 1420 S.R.) (497): jan-u-wine
> Descent (625): Lady Roisin
> Forty Days (295): Marta
> Tears for the Fallen (316): pandemonium_213
> End of Days (71): Shipwright's Trick
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Poetry: Hobbits***
>
> Frodo of the Shire (476): Baillie from Bree
> Minas Morgul (475): Baillie from Bree
> Across So Wide a Sea (351): jan-u-wine
> And I Don't Mean To (350): jan-u-wine
> Shall I Sing? (336): Larner
> Sunlight (348): Margaret Watkins
> A New Light (400): Marigold
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Romance: General***
>
> Through a Glass, Darkly (254): Beruthiel's Cat
> Scattered Leaves (256): Eldalie
> Looking at the Stars and Counting the Hours (283): Himring
> Chasing Waterfalls (424): Ignoble Bard
> Perfect Happiness (613): Jedi Sapphire
> The Abduction of Éomer, King of Rohan (3): Lialathuveril
> First Glance (148): Marta
> The Prince and the Shepherdess (154): Nieriel Raina
> A Little Closer to the Edge, My Love … (245): Súlriel
> The Fabled Courtship of Elanor the Fair (318): the_arc5
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Dunedain***
>
> Love Began Here (231): Adonnen Estenniel
> Pure Morning (286): curiouswombat
> Gilraen, the Fair (106): Gwynnyd
> A Seal upon thine Heart (193): Linda Hoyland
> When Winter Comes (138): Marta
> A Blossom of Marble (325): NeumeIndil
> Shieldbrothers (371): Soledad
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Cross-Cultural: General***
>
> Beneath Golden Leaves (488): Avon
> Hyarmendil (665): Dwimordene
> We Speak Through Music (419): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> Strange Land (519): Elfique
> Once Upon a Blizzard (630): Fiondil
> Uldor (284): Himring
> A Dangerous Hunger (466): Ignoble Bard
> The Courier (32): Jael
> The Battle of the Kitchen (102): Raksha the Demon
> Orcs in Hobbiton (447): The Lauderdale
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Friendship***
>
> Surprises of Yule (606): Ainu Laire
> Size Isn't Everything (571): Bodkin
> The Longest Night (145): Dawn Felagund
> Friends in Need (308): Dreamflower
> Witness to a Crime (186): Dreamflower
> Dol Amroth Dip-tych (189): Dwimordene
> Dance in the Moonlight (538): KyMahalei
> Only the Owl Saw it All (494): Levade
> The Trees Were Burning (36): Nieriel Raina
> Lord of Gifts (84): shirebound
> Felagund and the Noegyth Nibin (378): Soledad
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Gapfiller***
>
> The Road to Edoras (326): Dreamflower
> To Lead His People (636): Dreamflower
> Of Wine and Song (527): Ellie
> Tales from Vairë's Loom: Sun-in-Eclipse (562): Fiondil
> A Choice of Life or Death (585): Larner
> Stranger at the Gates (24): Linda Hoyland
> At the Last It Biteth (323): Mercurie
> The Man Who Grew Tomatoes (125): pandemonium_213
> Praiseworthy (536): Thundera Tiger
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Incomplete***
>
> Hand to Hand (167): Adaneth
> Crystal Green (468): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> 'Til Death Do Us Part (164): Haleth
> Murder in the White City (611): Jedi Sapphire
> Another Road (314): KyMahalei
> Hope of a Star (129): Mirach
> Dark Power Arising (235): Shemyaza1
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Triptych (604): Adaneth
> An Autumn Journey (212): Jay of Lasgalen
> Giants' Game (429): Larner
> Two Copper Pennies (656): Mysterious Jedi
> Unbearable Parting (48): Nieriel Raina
> Translations from the Elvish (645): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Dwarves: General***
>
> In Durin's Day (373): Marta
> A Dwarven Yuletide (367): Soledad
> In the Shelter of Destroyed Dreams (402): Thevina Finduilas
> Unanswerable Questions (403): Thevina Finduilas
> Mazarbul (72): Thundera Tiger
> Questing (117): Thundera Tiger
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Elves: General***
>
> In His Eyes (92): Alassante
> Vignettes of the Blessed Realm - Everyday Life In Tol Eressea (653):
> Anna Wing
> Blood and Fire (187): Clodia
> Bee-Elves (178): Darth Fingon
> Tales from Vairë's Loom: The Exilic Noldo's Guide to Coping with
> Post-Helcaraxë Stress Syndrome (or PHSS) (566): Fiondil
> A Bit of a Bore (248): Himring
> Avar and Away (227): Ignoble Bard
> Pity Us Not (563): j_dav (JDE)
> The Day of the Dragon (184): Keiliss
> The Dance of Flute and Harp (253): Lintalome (Amaranth)
> Elves Don't Celebrate Yule (87): rhyselle
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Drabbles***
>
> Determined (426): Aeärwen
> Always Something There to Remind Me (480): curiouswombat
> First Snowfall (5): curiouswombat
> Ash to Ash (171): Dawn Felagund
> More Than Memory (241): Marta
> Seeking Perfection (545): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Mirkwood Elves***
>
> Through The Mirror of Fire (94): Esteliel
> A Tale from the Wilderland (675): KyMahalei
> Alone at Yule (504): laichiril
> Forest Assault (620): Nieriel Raina
> The Little Prince (434): ningloreth
> The End? (619): Sivan Shemesh
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Noldorin Elves***
>
> Half-brother in Blood, Full Brother in Heart (133): Alassante
> Vignettes of the Blessed Realm - Celebrimbor in Mandos (649): Anna Wing
> Brightness (427): Faenel
> Tales from Vairë's Loom: Tenn' Ambar-Metta (201): Fiondil
> Eminently Unsuitable (252): Himring
> By the Grey Light of Dawn (406): Nieriel Raina
> No Justice to Yourself (281): Oshun
> Resist Not Evil (188): Perelleth
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Hobbits: General***
>
> Go Not to Aunt Dora for Advice, for She Will Give It at Great Length
> (114): Dreamflower
> One Fine Autumn Day (635): Dreamflower
> Roast Mutton (296): Gandalfs apprentice
> A Pirate's Life (640): Ilthit
> Before Luck Runs Out (401): Marigold
> Sharing Dinner on Lobelia Lane (322): Pearl Took
> A Very Warm Yule (307): pippinfan88
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Family***
>
> Sometimes a Cake is Just a Cake (410): Cathleen
> To Absent Friends (569): Celeritas
> A Not-So-Simple Misunderstanding (31):
> Celeritas/Dreamflower/Larner/Pearl Took CoAuthors
> September Days Across the Brandywine (302): Dreamflower
> Marigold's Yule (306): GamgeeFest
> Worthy of the Name (298): Marigold
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> When the Storms of Life are Raging (Stand By Me) (505): Dreamflower
> Dearest Dora (445): Larner
> The Research Project (602): Larner
> I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way (264): Lindelea
> For All Things, A Time (299): Marta
> Learning His Letters (644): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Post-Quest***
>
> Memorial Day (358): Antane
> Sharing Sam (668): Celeritas
> Sunlight on Ash (484): Ilthit
> The One Left Out of the Conspiracy (320): Larner
> Behind Blue Eyes (610): Marta
> Concerning the Matter of Tom Took (181): Pearl Took
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Men: General***
>
> Tales from Vairë's Loom: To Stand Fast Against the Night (632): Fiondil
> Death and Life (511): Golden
> Doggerel (168): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Firebug (593): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Libation (332): Raksha the Demon
> Penance (278): SurgicalSteel
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Men: Featuring Aragorn***
>
> The Bitter and the Sweet (110): Cairistiona
> Contrapunto (291): Gandalfs apprentice
> Love Unrequited (100): Inzilbeth
> The Fifteenth Fosterling (14): Inzilbeth
> Freedom Is Never Free (132): Nieriel Raina
> Rallying Before the Darkness (219): RadcliffePotter
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Men: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Mother Country (329): Altariel
> Threshing Songs (481): curiouswombat
> Evergreen (451): Linda Hoyland
> Harvest Dreams (500): Linda Hoyland
> A price worth paying (550): Tanaqui
> Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies. (544): Tanaqui
> Dreams of Trees (389): Wormwood
> Hospitality (79): Wormwood
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Other Beings: General***
>
> One Breath of Air (257): Celeritas
> Cleansed (337): Larner
> Lost and Found (225): Linaewen
> The Fool (216): Marta
> Shades of Black and Grey (97): Minviendha
> A Dragon Tale (51): Pearl Took
> Looking For Dragons (237): Raksha the Demon
> Kinslayer (192): Russandol
> Many Hands (276): Russandol
> Living Jewels (182): shirebound
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Villains: General***
>
> Unrest: What Evil Fears (477): Eonwe
> I Shall Not Call the Sunbeam Bright (228): j_dav (JDE)
> The Wrath of Light (362): Kara's Aunty
> How the East Was Won (124): pandemonium_213
> Sacrifice (194): SurgicalSteel
> Treed (618): The Lauderdale
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: First Age and Prior: General***
>
> In Bitterness and Loss (572): Bodkin
> Lúthien's Tale (458): clotho123
> Encounter in the Forest (472): Ellynn
> Lover of Fire (269): Encairion
> The Choices of the Peredhil (408): Inzilbeth
> The Havens of Sirion (152): Inzilbeth
> Necessary Sacrifices (431): Ithilwen
> Tutelage (230): Marta
> Follow Thy Fair Sun, Unhappy Shadow (393): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: First Age and Prior: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Dawn & Dusk (160): Clodia
> Once Upon a Twilit Time (444): Clodia
> Seasons (300): Dawn Felagund
> Five Things That Never Happened to Maglor Feanorion (140): Elleth
> The Vessel (617): Elleth
> This Shining Ember Burns my Hand (113): Primsong
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: First Age and Prior: Noldorin Elves***
>
> The Journal of Alatáriel, Missionary (77): Clodia
> A Time to Heal (448): clotho123
> The Military Relevance of Sewage (628): Himring
> Geography Lessons (282): Ithilwen
> Morning Yearning (289): Liadan
> Unrepentant Lovers (68): Oshun
> Unravelling the Past (30): rhyselle
> A Dangerous Guide (394): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: Modern Times: General***
>
> Comfort (119): Aeärwen
> In the Hidden Valley (101): Aeärwen
> Elf Academy (29): Fiondil
> The Last Hero (263): Jael
> Grace (558): Lanyon
> For Every Evil (456): Mirrordance
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: General***
>
> Dance (672): alex_quine
> A Time to Reap (506): Cathleen
> The Jewel of the Shire (346): Kara's Aunty
> Threnody for the Dispossessed (67): Kenaz
> Lasciate Ogne Speranza? (501): Maglor's finch
> Conquering the Helcaraxë (16): Raksha the Demon
> Fifteen Years (436): Red Lasbelin
> Sword and Bow (634): StarLight9
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Drabbles***
>
> Scion (4): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
> Reaping the Reward (18): curiouswombat
> Only Sleeping (597): Linda Hoyland
> Time's Out of Joint (334): Linda Hoyland
> Hearts of Home (1): Súlriel
> Home Comforts (546): Tanaqui
> In his father's footsteps (548): Tanaqui
> Jurisdiction (542): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Gondor***
>
> Winters of Yesterday (407): Golden
> Passover and Pilgrimage (53): Larner
> The Ring- Day Fete (37): Larner
> Of Mice and Men... and Elves... and Dwarves (139): Marethiel
> Women Of Heart And Mind (469): Nancy Brooke
> Good Intentions (395): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Vignettes***
>
> Reckoning (623): Dwimordene
> Pride and Prejudice (398): Marta
> Secrets We Dare Not Tell (374): Marta
> Remembrance in Leather (372): Raederle
> Small Victories (594): Raksha the Demon
> Passing Grace (313): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: Pre-Ring War: General***
>
> Memory of Faery (86): Ellie
> Small Tokens (669): Galadriel
> Midwinter Forfeit (574): Gwynnyd
> The Call of Duty: Legolas at Erebor (246): Jael
> A Mother's Hope (541): Linda Hoyland
> A Last Remaining Hope (661): Rai
> A Brotherly Gift (377): Soledad
> Escaping By The Dozen (319): Thundera Tiger
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: Ring War: General***
>
> A Yule to Remember (575): Cathleen
> Beyond the Pale (35): Dwimordene
> Close Enough to Touch (242): ErinRua
> No Reason To Celebrate (88): Linaewen
> The Old That Is Strong (486): Linda Hoyland
> To See the Light (89): Mirach
> The Awakening (203): MJ
> In Darkness, Light (183): Nath
> Deeper than Breathing (388): ziggy
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Ring War: Gapfiller***
>
> Berilac's Errand (23): Dreamflower
> Sacrifices (83): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> On The Eve Of Battle (213): Jay of Lasgalen
> On the Turning Away (294): NeumeIndil
> The Counsels of Men (103): Thundera Tiger
> The World Below the Mists (43): Thundera Tiger
> Enduring Moria (639): White Wolf
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Ring War: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Eradication (93): Breemon
> The Last Resort (568): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> Rainbow Drabbles (105): Jay of Lasgalen
> Under a Silent Sky (530): Marta
> Light of the Evenstar (12): Nieriel Raina
> Resistance (554): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: Second and Early Third Age: General***
>
> Anadûnai (233): Darth Fingon
> Burden to Bear (85): Ellie
> How Fleeting These Moments (135): Lady Roisin
> Final Voyage (523): MithLuin
> All alone in the Night (366): Soledad
> Mallorn Torment (205): Tehta
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Second and Early Third Age: Fall of Numenor***
>
> Touch of a Vanished Hand (150): elfscribe
> Every Wish (166): Independence1776 (Crystal113)
> Lambe, Ando, Lambe (642): Lady Roisin
> Coda (376): Marta
> Woolgathering (577): pandemonium_213
> All the Days of Their Grace (7): Tanaqui
>
>
>
> Marta
>

Question -- is it a good idea to send this check ballot around to the authors under my care as a liaison? I think I did that last year, but I can't recall if it was helpful or even necessary -- how many authors are not actually members of this group or have access to the LJ community?

Just wondering how other liaisons deal with check ballots and their authors!

Thanks!

Lin

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, telperion1 <marta.fandom@...> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Here is the first version of the checkballot. Look it over and let me
> know if you see anything you think needs to be moved. Possible moves
> would be:
>
> --- The piece is in a main category you didn't select.
> --- The story is competing against different-type stories.
> --- The story is in a subcategory built around characters, subgenres, or
> locations you didn't select.
>
> For more on checkballots, see:
>
> http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/197122.html
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Adventure: General***
>
> The Ranger and the Hobbit (42): Cairistiona
> A Son of Eärendil (266): DrummerWench
> Wicked Thieving Elf! (525): Ellie
> Blackbow (206): Isabeau of Greenlea
> The Blue Boar (493): Minniemoggie
> Little Tolkien (232): Mortizya
> Flame of the Desert (158): pandemonium_213
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Alternate Universe: General***
>
> Five Things That Never Happened To Bilbo Baggins (58): Dreamflower
> Before the Fall (141): Elleth
> To be Black (290): Encairion
> The Tinker's Tale (495): Levade
> Choices (224): Linaewen
> When I Said I Would Die A Bachelor (471): Nancy Brooke
> The Son of Glóin (622): Nieriel Raina
> Gilraen the Living Dead (513): Sivan Shemesh
> The Joys of a Beard (370): Soledad
> King's Ransom (673): splix
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Alternate Universe: Incomplete***
>
> A Bit of Rope (197): Aiwendiel
> You Live Your Life in the Shadow of the Mountain (177): Darth Fingon
> Mountain Guards (391): Malicean
> Starship (50): shirebound
> Fear, Elrond, Fear! (512): Sivan Shemesh
> Sylvanlight, Book I (312): slflew
> Sons of Thunder (387): ziggy
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Character Study: General***
>
> In Which Comes Sorrow Long Expected (655): Anna Wing
> Lessons Learned (654): Anna Wing
> In the Cards (470): Dwimordene
> To the Crossroads (592): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Turn Down an Empty Glass (344): Keiliss
> Warm Bread (415): KyMahalei
> The Light (303): Pearl Took
> Bruises (368): Soledad
> In the deep places of the world (396): Tanaqui
> Broken (515): Thundera Tiger
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Angst***
>
> Lonely Watches (46): Canafinwe
> No One Rembers (130): Canafinwe
> Walls of White (27): Elleth
> Seeds in Dark Earth (643): Ilthit
> The Return of the King (573): Jael
> A King in Winter (637): Jedi Sapphire
> Rebuffed (524): MithLuin
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Aragorn***
>
> In The House of Elrond (123): Aeärwen
> Beneath the Surface (19): Canafinwe
> Pale faced Tark (452): Canafinwe
> The New Queen's Bounty (136): Larner
> Darkest Before the Dawn (555): Leianora
> The Gift of Foresight (342): Linda Hoyland
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Drabble Series***
>
> To look out upon life (439): Cairistiona
> Warping Arda: Spectrum (285): Clodia
> A Decent and Respectable Hobbit (460): Dreamflower
> Midsummer's Eve (627): Dwimordene
> Misericordia (173): Dwimordene
> Seasons of Gladness (60): Raksha the Demon
> Arrival in Avallone (561): rhyselle
> Not In Our Stars (397): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Family***
>
> The Apology of Elrond (453): Canafinwe
> Old Horses (218): Crantz/Snacky CoAuthors
> A Copper Band (251): Himring
> Self-Defense (26): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Reflections (174): Perkyandproud
> Cold Comfort (369): Soledad
> The Greatest Warrior (537): Windsurfbabe
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Gapfiller***
>
> A Meal Fit for a King (234): Aranel Took
> Overheard in the Dark (57): Dreamflower
> Moments (414): Gandalf 3213
> Sisterhood (535): Marta
> Tie Me to This Our Ancient Earth (259): Mercurie
> Fourteen Days (510): Rabidsamfan
> Elusive Scents in Wartime (404): Thevina Finduilas
> Darkness Creeping (459): Ygrain
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: General Drabbles***
>
> Innocence (662): Dwimordene
> Following the Star (584): Linda Hoyland
> The Ranger's Respite (487): Linda Hoyland
> Good News (392): Paranoidangel
> Fired Up (553): Tanaqui
> Vigilance (647): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Gondor Drabbles***
>
> What The Lightning Said: 20th June 3018, Minas Tirith (435): Azalais
> The Long and Winding Road (28): Linda Hoyland
> Tree of Life and Death (255): Linda Hoyland
> A Steward's Dreams (229): Marta
> First Time (547): Tanaqui
> Stalk like a Snow-troll (646): Tanaqui
> Calm (80): Wormwood
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: The Silmarillion***
>
> Along Came A Spider (273): Aeärwen
> Vignettes of Beleriand - The Giant Vampire Bat Problem (657): Anna Wing
> Goldilocks and the Three Balrogs (76): Clodia
> The Death of a Star (244): Encairion
> Flying Free (343): Keiliss
> Even Roses Have Thorns (274): Lady Roisin
> Into This Wild Abyss (61): pandemonium_213
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Vignettes***
>
> Seasons of Rivendell (650): Anna Wing
> Slipped Under the Door of the Master Bedroom, September 25, 1444 (45):
> Celeritas
> Unravelling (142): Elleth
> RECONCILIATION: Ascent (556): Fiondil
> Five Kisses for Rosie Cotton (641): Ilthit
> The Passing of Fire (461): Primsong
> Knife's Edge (454): Rumpleteasza
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Crossover: General***
>
> To Represent the Wizzards (63): aotearoan
> Return of The Key. (422): curiouswombat
> Tempered Rain (311): Ilada'Jefiv
> Encore (268): Lady Roisin
> To Face the Wolf (465): Maglor's finch
> A Singular Honour (238): Shemyaza1
> The Devil Is In The Detail (609): Tanaqui
> Dwarf Fashions (411): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Drama: General***
>
> Prodigal (589): Aeärwen
> The Song of a Friend (676): KyMahalei
> At the Edge of the World (146): Lady Roisin
> Of Cabbages and Kings (122): Lamiel
> When the Stars do not Shine (91): Mirach
> Tales from Tol Eressea (663): Mithadan
> Caught Between (658): Mysterious Jedi
> Hostage (277): SurgicalSteel
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Eriador or Shire***
>
> A Star in Midwinter (11): Cairistiona
> The Fairy Wife (200): Daffodil Furrow
> Hobbit Aid (633): Dreamflower
> The Imperishable Flame (582): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> Yavanna's Gift (22): Linda Hoyland
> The Last Gift (449): Nieriel Raina
> All Was Safe With the Sea (223): RadcliffePotter
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Family or Children***
>
> Half-Brother (82): Ellie
> The Last Gift (10): Ellynn
> King of Shadowed Halls (121): Jael
> Silver Bells (153): Nieriel Raina
> Little Bird (379): Soledad
> Find Me (95): StarLight9
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Gapfiller***
>
> Foundlings (99): Aeärwen
> The Most Timid Hobbit (321): Antane
> Gentlemen's Agreement (261): khazar_khum
> Weapons Forged (175): Larner
> What Becomes of Snow? (221): RadcliffePotter
> Who Shall Be the Bearer? (220): RadcliffePotter
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: General Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Before the Black Gate, Second Age 3434 (479): Azalais
> Enlightenment (464): Mercurie
> BONES FOUND ON POSH ESTATE (437): MrKinch
> Choosing (498): rhyselle
> The Insolence of the Corsairs (599): Tanaqui
> The Last (un)Homely House (549): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Gondor or Rohan***
>
> The Fourth of July (214): agape4gondor
> The Lady (670): alex_quine
> The Moon Has Waned (503): Erfan Starled
> Promises (81): Lialathuveril
> A Sting in the Tale (335): Linda Hoyland
> Hearts in Stone (8): Raksha the Demon
> Ice Sculptures (59): Shipwright's Trick
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Gondor or Rohan Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Imminent Defeat (55): Nieriel Raina
> Peace Denied (39): Nieriel Raina
> A Question of Character (648): Tanaqui
> Fruition (551): Tanaqui
> Quarantine (552): Tanaqui
> In the Uncertain Hour Before Morning (390): Wormwood
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Hurt/Comfort***
>
> The Riddle of Strider (208): Cairistiona
> Kin No More (516): Ellie
> The House of Uial and the Tale of The Last son (195): Elvenson
> A Forgotten Song (341): KyMahalei
> Explaining (54): Larner
> Returning to Cirith Thoronath (90): Mirach
> Tales from Tol Eressea: Conversations in Avallone (664): Mithadan
> Sing and Be Glad, All Ye Children of the West (222): RadcliffePotter
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Incomplete***
>
> Quest (198): Cathleen
> A Beleriand Treasury of Childish Tales (365): Clodia
> To Everything ... Time (202): Estelyn Telcontar
> The Cusp of Victory (382): Kara's Aunty
> Oh, Mercy (560): Lanyon
> Duty (674): Lindelea
> The Tempered Steel (616): Lyra
> Tablut (127): NeumeIndil
> And The Woods Responded (364): Windsurfbabe
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Later Age Elves***
>
> Ghost (588): Aeärwen
> Sacrifices (118): Aeärwen
> The Valley is Jolly (44): Canafinwe
> The Light Returned (52): Ellynn
> Never Look Back (155): Independence1776 (Crystal113)
> Gil-Estel (128): Mirach
> Reach for the Stars (38): Raksha the Demon
> Starlit Shadows (385): StarSpray
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Quenta Silmarillion***
>
> After the Fall (482): clotho123
> Blessed by Fortune (578): Ellie
> A Part in Great Deeds (417): Hallbera
> A Long Time Falling (249): Himring
> Envy (317): Larner
> Different Terms (170): Lyra
> Within a Dark Wood (386): Marchwriter
> The World That Ends With You (179): Minviendha
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Ficlet: General***
>
> Each Familiar Bough (262): aranelgoldenflower
> Fifteen Hot Haradrim (591): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Not All Who Wander Are Lost (240): Kaylee Arafinwiel
> A Deck of Heroes (595): Larner
> Farewell (78): mirasaui
> After the Hour of Doom (345): Raksha the Demon
> The Tower (96): Raksha the Demon
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlet: Eriador or Shire***
>
> Heirs of Gondor (502): Ainu Laire
> In the Corner (267): DrummerWench
> Paradise Lost (25): Isabeau of Greenlea
> The First One (292): Isabeau of Greenlea
> The Birthday Guest (73): Primsong
> Meeting of Quiet Minds (70): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlet: Gondor***
>
> For This Relief Much Thanks (576): Azalais
> The Archivist (6): foxrafer (csevans8)
> Design Flaw (169): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Spring Dance (301): Leianora
> The Silver Tree (583): Linda Hoyland
> In the King's Shadow (287): Raksha the Demon
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlet: The Silmarillion***
>
> No Regrets (483): clotho123
> Roads Not Taken (450): clotho123
> Till my Last Breath (108): Ellynn
> Not so like Luthien, After All (440): Maeglin
> The Morning Fog (638): Phyncke
> The Eye of the Beholder (581): Raksha the Demon
> Uninvited (473): Windsurfbabe
> Crude Material (608): Ygrain
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet: General***
>
> Judgment (115): Aeärwen
> Unrequited (163): elfscribe
> Balrog (521): Phyncke
> Pilgrimage (517): Raksha the Demon
> Riding the Fire (62): Raksha the Demon
> A Question of Dialect (603): The Lauderdale
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet: Chilren or Family***
>
> Kinsmen (328): Isabeau of Greenlea
> The Hope of Spring (215): Linda Hoyland
> A Rose By Any Other Name (533): Marta
> Sand and Flame (250): Marta
> Expectations (360): Raksha the Demon
> Fosterage (659): Raksha the Demon
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet: Gondor or Rohan***
>
> Harbinger (580): Linda Hoyland
> From the Ashes (185): Marta
> Lessons (607): Nath
> Filling the Breach (499): Raksha the Demon
> Ranger's Dawn (333): Raksha the Demon
> Some Like It Hot - But Maybe Not Quite That Hot (34): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Horror: General***
>
> Spoils of War (116): Aeärwen
> The Tower at Dol Amroth (191): agape4gondor
> Hastaina (144): Dawn Felagund
> Tales from Vairë's Loom: Beyond The Galvorn Door (159): Fiondil
> Under the Forest Eaves (120): Jael
> Questioning (258): Larner
> Crossroads of Light and Shadow (104): Mirach
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Humor: General***
>
> A Lesson Learned (331): agape4gondor
> Vignettes of the Blessed Realm - Caranthir in Lorien (651): Anna Wing
> More Than Meets The Eye (425): Ignoble Bard
> Transformation (590): Larner
> Pillow Talk (172): Lyra
> In Vino Veritas (612): Marta
> Holiday (20): Nath
> The Coimas War (275): Russandol
> The Ladies' Guide To Middle-earth's Eligible Bachelors (399): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Comedy/Drama***
>
> The Noldo is IN (433): Beruthiel's Cat
> Lover's Leap (526): Ellie
> O Misfortune! (260): Hallbera
> A Gift (151): KyMahalei
> And Just Whose Wedding Is This? (297): Larner
> Some Things Never Change (239): Nieriel Raina
> This Side of Paradise (134): Nieriel Raina
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Eriador or Shire***
>
> For Better, or For Worse (196): Cathleen
> Hey Diddle Diddle, the Cat and the Fiddle, the Goat Jumped Over the Moon
> (304): Cathleen
> Undue Patience (667): Celeritas
> The Wizard and the Ranger (380): Gandalfs apprentice
> The Christmas Closet (579): Geale
> A Pretense at Civility (666): Larner
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Gondor***
>
> A Cold Night in June (112): agape4gondor
> A Day In The Life Of The Royal Gondorian Aerial Corps (652): Anna Wing
> Refuge (490): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
> Unripened Fruit (520): Gwynnyd
> Eomer goes Fishing (107): Lady Bluejay
> Fresh Meat (534): Marta
> Brink of the Sea (65): Nieriel Raina
> Wedding Traditions (412): Vilwarin
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Incomplete***
>
> The Silmarillion Gospel (315): Araloth the Random
> Bringing Trouble to Barad-dur (522): Chisscientist
> Tales of Older Days (381): Clodia
> Hobbit Stew (441): Kara's Aunty
> Not Quite A Maia (361): Kara's Aunty
> Oh No! Another Lord of the Rings Parody (455): Kitt Otter
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> 'A' is for 'Apple'. (457): curiouswombat
> The Love of Learning (601): Jay of Lasgalen
> Mightier than the Sword – Indigo (49): Linda Hoyland
> Barreling Out of Mirkwood (621): Nieriel Raina
> Master of Imladris (56): Nieriel Raina
> The Greeting Song (671): Súlriel
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Parody or Black Humor***
>
> Tears on the Battlefield (310): Alassante
> Fair Wanderer, Thou Makest Me Sick (271): Araloth the Random
> The Fanfiction Testament (272): Araloth the Random
> By The Book (423): Ignoble Bard
> Fighting Enemies (33): Larner
> Monty Python's 'Fellowship of the Ring' (64): Morthoron
> Legolas the Bane of My Existence (288): rosethorn59
> Orcs at School (9): Virtuella
> Lord of the Glittering Harem (293): viv
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Longer Works: General***
>
> Ten Thousand Years Will Not Suffice (631): agape4gondor
> Typically Atypical Book I (355): Elaura
> Interrupted Journeys: Journeys Out of Grief (247): elliska
> The Findaráto Diaries (41): Fiondil
> The Sword of Elendil (443): Gandalfs apprentice
> Swan Song (147): Ithilwen
> The Queen's Orc (626): jodancingtree
> I Entulesse (204): MJ
> Truth Be Told (40): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Longer Works: Incomplete***
>
> A Long and Weary Way (131): Canafinwe
> Tainted Light (243): Eldalie
> The Price of Duty (66): Encairion
> The Sell-Sword and the Prince (98): Lady Bluejay
> Or Perchance, When the Last Little Star (600): Larner
> The Embalmer's Apprentice (156): Lyra
> Yew (207): Pearl Took
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Mystery: General***
>
> A Light in May (446): Antigone Q
> Olórë Malë (587): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> A Slaying in Scarlet (405): Gloromeien
> A Disgrace to Gondor (47): Linda Hoyland
> Looking For Boromir (13): Valente
> Into the Woods (75): Wormwood
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Non-Fiction: General***
>
> 'Sindarin' is a Quenya Word: how the clan names make Elvish more
> confusing (280): Darth Fingon
> Elvish Fanons and Canon Contradictions (Or, how to get those canatics
> off your case for stuff you were right about in the first place) (279):
> Darth Fingon
> Are you on the outside looking in, or the inside looking out? (265):
> Dreamflower
> Hobbit Names and Naming Conventions (217): Dreamflower
> Tolkien in Love (478): Eldalie
> Ring-bearers, Aging, and Life in Aman (176): GamgeeFest
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Non-Fiction: Character Essays***
>
> A Man of Quality: Faramir, Captain of Gondor (354): Antane
> Frodo and Grace (347): Baillie from Bree
> Take Pity upon Him: Did Maedhros Really Threaten to Kill Elrond and
> Elros at the Third Kinslaying? (570): Dawn Felagund
> An Essay on Frodo Baggins (349): Margaret Watkins
> Celebrimbor (190): Oshun
> Aragorn - a feminist's nightmare? (489): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Poetry: General***
>
> Obsession (338): Calenlass Greenleaf
> The OTHER Lays of Beleriand (624): Chisscientist
> Not So Easily Mended (352): jan-u-wine
> The Drums (430): Malicean
> Gilraen's Lullaby (518): Mirach
> The Pathway of Dreams II (442): Nerdanel
> A Mighty Bridge Invisible (614): Noliel
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Poetry: Character Study***
>
> Addiction (340): Calenlass Greenleaf
> Corruption (339): Calenlass Greenleaf
> What do you fear milady? (543): elfenears
> Harthad (353): jan-u-wine
> Unbroken (384): jan-u-wine
> A Friend in Need (327): Kara's Aunty
> Contrapposto (531): Marta
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Poetry: Drama***
>
> How I Wish (109): Dawn Felagund
> And Come What Sorrow Can (496): jan-u-wine
> Anniversary (March 13, 1420 S.R.) (497): jan-u-wine
> Descent (625): Lady Roisin
> Forty Days (295): Marta
> Tears for the Fallen (316): pandemonium_213
> End of Days (71): Shipwright's Trick
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Poetry: Hobbits***
>
> Frodo of the Shire (476): Baillie from Bree
> Minas Morgul (475): Baillie from Bree
> Across So Wide a Sea (351): jan-u-wine
> And I Don't Mean To (350): jan-u-wine
> Shall I Sing? (336): Larner
> Sunlight (348): Margaret Watkins
> A New Light (400): Marigold
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Romance: General***
>
> Through a Glass, Darkly (254): Beruthiel's Cat
> Scattered Leaves (256): Eldalie
> Looking at the Stars and Counting the Hours (283): Himring
> Chasing Waterfalls (424): Ignoble Bard
> Perfect Happiness (613): Jedi Sapphire
> The Abduction of Éomer, King of Rohan (3): Lialathuveril
> First Glance (148): Marta
> The Prince and the Shepherdess (154): Nieriel Raina
> A Little Closer to the Edge, My Love … (245): Súlriel
> The Fabled Courtship of Elanor the Fair (318): the_arc5
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Dunedain***
>
> Love Began Here (231): Adonnen Estenniel
> Pure Morning (286): curiouswombat
> Gilraen, the Fair (106): Gwynnyd
> A Seal upon thine Heart (193): Linda Hoyland
> When Winter Comes (138): Marta
> A Blossom of Marble (325): NeumeIndil
> Shieldbrothers (371): Soledad
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Cross-Cultural: General***
>
> Beneath Golden Leaves (488): Avon
> Hyarmendil (665): Dwimordene
> We Speak Through Music (419): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> Strange Land (519): Elfique
> Once Upon a Blizzard (630): Fiondil
> Uldor (284): Himring
> A Dangerous Hunger (466): Ignoble Bard
> The Courier (32): Jael
> The Battle of the Kitchen (102): Raksha the Demon
> Orcs in Hobbiton (447): The Lauderdale
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Friendship***
>
> Surprises of Yule (606): Ainu Laire
> Size Isn't Everything (571): Bodkin
> The Longest Night (145): Dawn Felagund
> Friends in Need (308): Dreamflower
> Witness to a Crime (186): Dreamflower
> Dol Amroth Dip-tych (189): Dwimordene
> Dance in the Moonlight (538): KyMahalei
> Only the Owl Saw it All (494): Levade
> The Trees Were Burning (36): Nieriel Raina
> Lord of Gifts (84): shirebound
> Felagund and the Noegyth Nibin (378): Soledad
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Gapfiller***
>
> The Road to Edoras (326): Dreamflower
> To Lead His People (636): Dreamflower
> Of Wine and Song (527): Ellie
> Tales from Vairë's Loom: Sun-in-Eclipse (562): Fiondil
> A Choice of Life or Death (585): Larner
> Stranger at the Gates (24): Linda Hoyland
> At the Last It Biteth (323): Mercurie
> The Man Who Grew Tomatoes (125): pandemonium_213
> Praiseworthy (536): Thundera Tiger
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Incomplete***
>
> Hand to Hand (167): Adaneth
> Crystal Green (468): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> 'Til Death Do Us Part (164): Haleth
> Murder in the White City (611): Jedi Sapphire
> Another Road (314): KyMahalei
> Hope of a Star (129): Mirach
> Dark Power Arising (235): Shemyaza1
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Triptych (604): Adaneth
> An Autumn Journey (212): Jay of Lasgalen
> Giants' Game (429): Larner
> Two Copper Pennies (656): Mysterious Jedi
> Unbearable Parting (48): Nieriel Raina
> Translations from the Elvish (645): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Dwarves: General***
>
> In Durin's Day (373): Marta
> A Dwarven Yuletide (367): Soledad
> In the Shelter of Destroyed Dreams (402): Thevina Finduilas
> Unanswerable Questions (403): Thevina Finduilas
> Mazarbul (72): Thundera Tiger
> Questing (117): Thundera Tiger
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Elves: General***
>
> In His Eyes (92): Alassante
> Vignettes of the Blessed Realm - Everyday Life In Tol Eressea (653):
> Anna Wing
> Blood and Fire (187): Clodia
> Bee-Elves (178): Darth Fingon
> Tales from Vairë's Loom: The Exilic Noldo's Guide to Coping with
> Post-Helcaraxë Stress Syndrome (or PHSS) (566): Fiondil
> A Bit of a Bore (248): Himring
> Avar and Away (227): Ignoble Bard
> Pity Us Not (563): j_dav (JDE)
> The Day of the Dragon (184): Keiliss
> The Dance of Flute and Harp (253): Lintalome (Amaranth)
> Elves Don't Celebrate Yule (87): rhyselle
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Drabbles***
>
> Determined (426): Aeärwen
> Always Something There to Remind Me (480): curiouswombat
> First Snowfall (5): curiouswombat
> Ash to Ash (171): Dawn Felagund
> More Than Memory (241): Marta
> Seeking Perfection (545): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Mirkwood Elves***
>
> Through The Mirror of Fire (94): Esteliel
> A Tale from the Wilderland (675): KyMahalei
> Alone at Yule (504): laichiril
> Forest Assault (620): Nieriel Raina
> The Little Prince (434): ningloreth
> The End? (619): Sivan Shemesh
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Noldorin Elves***
>
> Half-brother in Blood, Full Brother in Heart (133): Alassante
> Vignettes of the Blessed Realm - Celebrimbor in Mandos (649): Anna Wing
> Brightness (427): Faenel
> Tales from Vairë's Loom: Tenn' Ambar-Metta (201): Fiondil
> Eminently Unsuitable (252): Himring
> By the Grey Light of Dawn (406): Nieriel Raina
> No Justice to Yourself (281): Oshun
> Resist Not Evil (188): Perelleth
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Hobbits: General***
>
> Go Not to Aunt Dora for Advice, for She Will Give It at Great Length
> (114): Dreamflower
> One Fine Autumn Day (635): Dreamflower
> Roast Mutton (296): Gandalfs apprentice
> A Pirate's Life (640): Ilthit
> Before Luck Runs Out (401): Marigold
> Sharing Dinner on Lobelia Lane (322): Pearl Took
> A Very Warm Yule (307): pippinfan88
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Family***
>
> Sometimes a Cake is Just a Cake (410): Cathleen
> To Absent Friends (569): Celeritas
> A Not-So-Simple Misunderstanding (31):
> Celeritas/Dreamflower/Larner/Pearl Took CoAuthors
> September Days Across the Brandywine (302): Dreamflower
> Marigold's Yule (306): GamgeeFest
> Worthy of the Name (298): Marigold
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> When the Storms of Life are Raging (Stand By Me) (505): Dreamflower
> Dearest Dora (445): Larner
> The Research Project (602): Larner
> I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way (264): Lindelea
> For All Things, A Time (299): Marta
> Learning His Letters (644): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Post-Quest***
>
> Memorial Day (358): Antane
> Sharing Sam (668): Celeritas
> Sunlight on Ash (484): Ilthit
> The One Left Out of the Conspiracy (320): Larner
> Behind Blue Eyes (610): Marta
> Concerning the Matter of Tom Took (181): Pearl Took
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Men: General***
>
> Tales from Vairë's Loom: To Stand Fast Against the Night (632): Fiondil
> Death and Life (511): Golden
> Doggerel (168): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Firebug (593): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Libation (332): Raksha the Demon
> Penance (278): SurgicalSteel
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Men: Featuring Aragorn***
>
> The Bitter and the Sweet (110): Cairistiona
> Contrapunto (291): Gandalfs apprentice
> Love Unrequited (100): Inzilbeth
> The Fifteenth Fosterling (14): Inzilbeth
> Freedom Is Never Free (132): Nieriel Raina
> Rallying Before the Darkness (219): RadcliffePotter
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Men: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Mother Country (329): Altariel
> Threshing Songs (481): curiouswombat
> Evergreen (451): Linda Hoyland
> Harvest Dreams (500): Linda Hoyland
> A price worth paying (550): Tanaqui
> Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies. (544): Tanaqui
> Dreams of Trees (389): Wormwood
> Hospitality (79): Wormwood
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Other Beings: General***
>
> One Breath of Air (257): Celeritas
> Cleansed (337): Larner
> Lost and Found (225): Linaewen
> The Fool (216): Marta
> Shades of Black and Grey (97): Minviendha
> A Dragon Tale (51): Pearl Took
> Looking For Dragons (237): Raksha the Demon
> Kinslayer (192): Russandol
> Many Hands (276): Russandol
> Living Jewels (182): shirebound
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Villains: General***
>
> Unrest: What Evil Fears (477): Eonwe
> I Shall Not Call the Sunbeam Bright (228): j_dav (JDE)
> The Wrath of Light (362): Kara's Aunty
> How the East Was Won (124): pandemonium_213
> Sacrifice (194): SurgicalSteel
> Treed (618): The Lauderdale
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: First Age and Prior: General***
>
> In Bitterness and Loss (572): Bodkin
> Lúthien's Tale (458): clotho123
> Encounter in the Forest (472): Ellynn
> Lover of Fire (269): Encairion
> The Choices of the Peredhil (408): Inzilbeth
> The Havens of Sirion (152): Inzilbeth
> Necessary Sacrifices (431): Ithilwen
> Tutelage (230): Marta
> Follow Thy Fair Sun, Unhappy Shadow (393): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: First Age and Prior: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Dawn & Dusk (160): Clodia
> Once Upon a Twilit Time (444): Clodia
> Seasons (300): Dawn Felagund
> Five Things That Never Happened to Maglor Feanorion (140): Elleth
> The Vessel (617): Elleth
> This Shining Ember Burns my Hand (113): Primsong
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: First Age and Prior: Noldorin Elves***
>
> The Journal of Alatáriel, Missionary (77): Clodia
> A Time to Heal (448): clotho123
> The Military Relevance of Sewage (628): Himring
> Geography Lessons (282): Ithilwen
> Morning Yearning (289): Liadan
> Unrepentant Lovers (68): Oshun
> Unravelling the Past (30): rhyselle
> A Dangerous Guide (394): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: Modern Times: General***
>
> Comfort (119): Aeärwen
> In the Hidden Valley (101): Aeärwen
> Elf Academy (29): Fiondil
> The Last Hero (263): Jael
> Grace (558): Lanyon
> For Every Evil (456): Mirrordance
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: General***
>
> Dance (672): alex_quine
> A Time to Reap (506): Cathleen
> The Jewel of the Shire (346): Kara's Aunty
> Threnody for the Dispossessed (67): Kenaz
> Lasciate Ogne Speranza? (501): Maglor's finch
> Conquering the Helcaraxë (16): Raksha the Demon
> Fifteen Years (436): Red Lasbelin
> Sword and Bow (634): StarLight9
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Drabbles***
>
> Scion (4): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
> Reaping the Reward (18): curiouswombat
> Only Sleeping (597): Linda Hoyland
> Time's Out of Joint (334): Linda Hoyland
> Hearts of Home (1): Súlriel
> Home Comforts (546): Tanaqui
> In his father's footsteps (548): Tanaqui
> Jurisdiction (542): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Gondor***
>
> Winters of Yesterday (407): Golden
> Passover and Pilgrimage (53): Larner
> The Ring- Day Fete (37): Larner
> Of Mice and Men... and Elves... and Dwarves (139): Marethiel
> Women Of Heart And Mind (469): Nancy Brooke
> Good Intentions (395): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Vignettes***
>
> Reckoning (623): Dwimordene
> Pride and Prejudice (398): Marta
> Secrets We Dare Not Tell (374): Marta
> Remembrance in Leather (372): Raederle
> Small Victories (594): Raksha the Demon
> Passing Grace (313): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: Pre-Ring War: General***
>
> Memory of Faery (86): Ellie
> Small Tokens (669): Galadriel
> Midwinter Forfeit (574): Gwynnyd
> The Call of Duty: Legolas at Erebor (246): Jael
> A Mother's Hope (541): Linda Hoyland
> A Last Remaining Hope (661): Rai
> A Brotherly Gift (377): Soledad
> Escaping By The Dozen (319): Thundera Tiger
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: Ring War: General***
>
> A Yule to Remember (575): Cathleen
> Beyond the Pale (35): Dwimordene
> Close Enough to Touch (242): ErinRua
> No Reason To Celebrate (88): Linaewen
> The Old That Is Strong (486): Linda Hoyland
> To See the Light (89): Mirach
> The Awakening (203): MJ
> In Darkness, Light (183): Nath
> Deeper than Breathing (388): ziggy
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Ring War: Gapfiller***
>
> Berilac's Errand (23): Dreamflower
> Sacrifices (83): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> On The Eve Of Battle (213): Jay of Lasgalen
> On the Turning Away (294): NeumeIndil
> The Counsels of Men (103): Thundera Tiger
> The World Below the Mists (43): Thundera Tiger
> Enduring Moria (639): White Wolf
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Ring War: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Eradication (93): Breemon
> The Last Resort (568): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> Rainbow Drabbles (105): Jay of Lasgalen
> Under a Silent Sky (530): Marta
> Light of the Evenstar (12): Nieriel Raina
> Resistance (554): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: Second and Early Third Age: General***
>
> Anadûnai (233): Darth Fingon
> Burden to Bear (85): Ellie
> How Fleeting These Moments (135): Lady Roisin
> Final Voyage (523): MithLuin
> All alone in the Night (366): Soledad
> Mallorn Torment (205): Tehta
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Second and Early Third Age: Fall of Numenor***
>
> Touch of a Vanished Hand (150): elfscribe
> Every Wish (166): Independence1776 (Crystal113)
> Lambe, Ando, Lambe (642): Lady Roisin
> Coda (376): Marta
> Woolgathering (577): pandemonium_213
> All the Days of Their Grace (7): Tanaqui
>
>
>
> Marta
>

Hiya Marlyn,

Thanks for letting us know about this problem. I need to discuss it with
the other categorizers, but we'll do our best to accommodate you. I'll
reply back in a day or two about this.

Marta

On 7/7/2010 11:27 PM, Marlyn Bumpus wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> My story, "In The House of Elrond", is definitely in the wrong category. In the first place, it's a WIP - although the details on the site don't list it as incomplete, I know I entered it as incomplete on the form. Secondly, it is NOT a character study of Aragorn; frankly, although Aragorn II is in the story, it is as a minor character only. There was no listing for Gilraen that didn't include Aragorn. Frankly, I would feel better if this story were in Cross-Cultural: Incomplete.
>
> Is that possible?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Cuio mae.
>
> Aeärwen
>

Mine look pretty good. I'm not hysterical about the placement of 'A Lesson Learned,' but that is an odd one anyhow. *smiles* I had trouble categorizing it!

Blessings,
Agape

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, telperion1 <marta.fandom@...> wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Here is the first version of the checkballot. Look it over and let me
> know if you see anything you think needs to be moved. Possible moves
> would be:
>
> --- The piece is in a main category you didn't select.
> --- The story is competing against different-type stories.
> --- The story is in a subcategory built around characters, subgenres, or
> locations you didn't select.
>
> For more on checkballots, see:
>
> http://community.livejournal.com/mefas/197122.html
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Adventure: General***
>
> The Ranger and the Hobbit (42): Cairistiona
> A Son of Eärendil (266): DrummerWench
> Wicked Thieving Elf! (525): Ellie
> Blackbow (206): Isabeau of Greenlea
> The Blue Boar (493): Minniemoggie
> Little Tolkien (232): Mortizya
> Flame of the Desert (158): pandemonium_213
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Alternate Universe: General***
>
> Five Things That Never Happened To Bilbo Baggins (58): Dreamflower
> Before the Fall (141): Elleth
> To be Black (290): Encairion
> The Tinker's Tale (495): Levade
> Choices (224): Linaewen
> When I Said I Would Die A Bachelor (471): Nancy Brooke
> The Son of Glóin (622): Nieriel Raina
> Gilraen the Living Dead (513): Sivan Shemesh
> The Joys of a Beard (370): Soledad
> King's Ransom (673): splix
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Alternate Universe: Incomplete***
>
> A Bit of Rope (197): Aiwendiel
> You Live Your Life in the Shadow of the Mountain (177): Darth Fingon
> Mountain Guards (391): Malicean
> Starship (50): shirebound
> Fear, Elrond, Fear! (512): Sivan Shemesh
> Sylvanlight, Book I (312): slflew
> Sons of Thunder (387): ziggy
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Character Study: General***
>
> In Which Comes Sorrow Long Expected (655): Anna Wing
> Lessons Learned (654): Anna Wing
> In the Cards (470): Dwimordene
> To the Crossroads (592): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Turn Down an Empty Glass (344): Keiliss
> Warm Bread (415): KyMahalei
> The Light (303): Pearl Took
> Bruises (368): Soledad
> In the deep places of the world (396): Tanaqui
> Broken (515): Thundera Tiger
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Angst***
>
> Lonely Watches (46): Canafinwe
> No One Rembers (130): Canafinwe
> Walls of White (27): Elleth
> Seeds in Dark Earth (643): Ilthit
> The Return of the King (573): Jael
> A King in Winter (637): Jedi Sapphire
> Rebuffed (524): MithLuin
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Aragorn***
>
> In The House of Elrond (123): Aeärwen
> Beneath the Surface (19): Canafinwe
> Pale faced Tark (452): Canafinwe
> The New Queen's Bounty (136): Larner
> Darkest Before the Dawn (555): Leianora
> The Gift of Foresight (342): Linda Hoyland
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Drabble Series***
>
> To look out upon life (439): Cairistiona
> Warping Arda: Spectrum (285): Clodia
> A Decent and Respectable Hobbit (460): Dreamflower
> Midsummer's Eve (627): Dwimordene
> Misericordia (173): Dwimordene
> Seasons of Gladness (60): Raksha the Demon
> Arrival in Avallone (561): rhyselle
> Not In Our Stars (397): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Family***
>
> The Apology of Elrond (453): Canafinwe
> Old Horses (218): Crantz/Snacky CoAuthors
> A Copper Band (251): Himring
> Self-Defense (26): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Reflections (174): Perkyandproud
> Cold Comfort (369): Soledad
> The Greatest Warrior (537): Windsurfbabe
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Gapfiller***
>
> A Meal Fit for a King (234): Aranel Took
> Overheard in the Dark (57): Dreamflower
> Moments (414): Gandalf 3213
> Sisterhood (535): Marta
> Tie Me to This Our Ancient Earth (259): Mercurie
> Fourteen Days (510): Rabidsamfan
> Elusive Scents in Wartime (404): Thevina Finduilas
> Darkness Creeping (459): Ygrain
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: General Drabbles***
>
> Innocence (662): Dwimordene
> Following the Star (584): Linda Hoyland
> The Ranger's Respite (487): Linda Hoyland
> Good News (392): Paranoidangel
> Fired Up (553): Tanaqui
> Vigilance (647): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Gondor Drabbles***
>
> What The Lightning Said: 20th June 3018, Minas Tirith (435): Azalais
> The Long and Winding Road (28): Linda Hoyland
> Tree of Life and Death (255): Linda Hoyland
> A Steward's Dreams (229): Marta
> First Time (547): Tanaqui
> Stalk like a Snow-troll (646): Tanaqui
> Calm (80): Wormwood
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: The Silmarillion***
>
> Along Came A Spider (273): Aeärwen
> Vignettes of Beleriand - The Giant Vampire Bat Problem (657): Anna Wing
> Goldilocks and the Three Balrogs (76): Clodia
> The Death of a Star (244): Encairion
> Flying Free (343): Keiliss
> Even Roses Have Thorns (274): Lady Roisin
> Into This Wild Abyss (61): pandemonium_213
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Vignettes***
>
> Seasons of Rivendell (650): Anna Wing
> Slipped Under the Door of the Master Bedroom, September 25, 1444 (45):
> Celeritas
> Unravelling (142): Elleth
> RECONCILIATION: Ascent (556): Fiondil
> Five Kisses for Rosie Cotton (641): Ilthit
> The Passing of Fire (461): Primsong
> Knife's Edge (454): Rumpleteasza
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Crossover: General***
>
> To Represent the Wizzards (63): aotearoan
> Return of The Key. (422): curiouswombat
> Tempered Rain (311): Ilada'Jefiv
> Encore (268): Lady Roisin
> To Face the Wolf (465): Maglor's finch
> A Singular Honour (238): Shemyaza1
> The Devil Is In The Detail (609): Tanaqui
> Dwarf Fashions (411): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Drama: General***
>
> Prodigal (589): Aeärwen
> The Song of a Friend (676): KyMahalei
> At the Edge of the World (146): Lady Roisin
> Of Cabbages and Kings (122): Lamiel
> When the Stars do not Shine (91): Mirach
> Tales from Tol Eressea (663): Mithadan
> Caught Between (658): Mysterious Jedi
> Hostage (277): SurgicalSteel
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Eriador or Shire***
>
> A Star in Midwinter (11): Cairistiona
> The Fairy Wife (200): Daffodil Furrow
> Hobbit Aid (633): Dreamflower
> The Imperishable Flame (582): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> Yavanna's Gift (22): Linda Hoyland
> The Last Gift (449): Nieriel Raina
> All Was Safe With the Sea (223): RadcliffePotter
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Family or Children***
>
> Half-Brother (82): Ellie
> The Last Gift (10): Ellynn
> King of Shadowed Halls (121): Jael
> Silver Bells (153): Nieriel Raina
> Little Bird (379): Soledad
> Find Me (95): StarLight9
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Gapfiller***
>
> Foundlings (99): Aeärwen
> The Most Timid Hobbit (321): Antane
> Gentlemen's Agreement (261): khazar_khum
> Weapons Forged (175): Larner
> What Becomes of Snow? (221): RadcliffePotter
> Who Shall Be the Bearer? (220): RadcliffePotter
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: General Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Before the Black Gate, Second Age 3434 (479): Azalais
> Enlightenment (464): Mercurie
> BONES FOUND ON POSH ESTATE (437): MrKinch
> Choosing (498): rhyselle
> The Insolence of the Corsairs (599): Tanaqui
> The Last (un)Homely House (549): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Gondor or Rohan***
>
> The Fourth of July (214): agape4gondor
> The Lady (670): alex_quine
> The Moon Has Waned (503): Erfan Starled
> Promises (81): Lialathuveril
> A Sting in the Tale (335): Linda Hoyland
> Hearts in Stone (8): Raksha the Demon
> Ice Sculptures (59): Shipwright's Trick
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Gondor or Rohan Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Imminent Defeat (55): Nieriel Raina
> Peace Denied (39): Nieriel Raina
> A Question of Character (648): Tanaqui
> Fruition (551): Tanaqui
> Quarantine (552): Tanaqui
> In the Uncertain Hour Before Morning (390): Wormwood
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Hurt/Comfort***
>
> The Riddle of Strider (208): Cairistiona
> Kin No More (516): Ellie
> The House of Uial and the Tale of The Last son (195): Elvenson
> A Forgotten Song (341): KyMahalei
> Explaining (54): Larner
> Returning to Cirith Thoronath (90): Mirach
> Tales from Tol Eressea: Conversations in Avallone (664): Mithadan
> Sing and Be Glad, All Ye Children of the West (222): RadcliffePotter
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Incomplete***
>
> Quest (198): Cathleen
> A Beleriand Treasury of Childish Tales (365): Clodia
> To Everything ... Time (202): Estelyn Telcontar
> The Cusp of Victory (382): Kara's Aunty
> Oh, Mercy (560): Lanyon
> Duty (674): Lindelea
> The Tempered Steel (616): Lyra
> Tablut (127): NeumeIndil
> And The Woods Responded (364): Windsurfbabe
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Later Age Elves***
>
> Ghost (588): Aeärwen
> Sacrifices (118): Aeärwen
> The Valley is Jolly (44): Canafinwe
> The Light Returned (52): Ellynn
> Never Look Back (155): Independence1776 (Crystal113)
> Gil-Estel (128): Mirach
> Reach for the Stars (38): Raksha the Demon
> Starlit Shadows (385): StarSpray
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Quenta Silmarillion***
>
> After the Fall (482): clotho123
> Blessed by Fortune (578): Ellie
> A Part in Great Deeds (417): Hallbera
> A Long Time Falling (249): Himring
> Envy (317): Larner
> Different Terms (170): Lyra
> Within a Dark Wood (386): Marchwriter
> The World That Ends With You (179): Minviendha
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Ficlet: General***
>
> Each Familiar Bough (262): aranelgoldenflower
> Fifteen Hot Haradrim (591): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Not All Who Wander Are Lost (240): Kaylee Arafinwiel
> A Deck of Heroes (595): Larner
> Farewell (78): mirasaui
> After the Hour of Doom (345): Raksha the Demon
> The Tower (96): Raksha the Demon
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlet: Eriador or Shire***
>
> Heirs of Gondor (502): Ainu Laire
> In the Corner (267): DrummerWench
> Paradise Lost (25): Isabeau of Greenlea
> The First One (292): Isabeau of Greenlea
> The Birthday Guest (73): Primsong
> Meeting of Quiet Minds (70): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlet: Gondor***
>
> For This Relief Much Thanks (576): Azalais
> The Archivist (6): foxrafer (csevans8)
> Design Flaw (169): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Spring Dance (301): Leianora
> The Silver Tree (583): Linda Hoyland
> In the King's Shadow (287): Raksha the Demon
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlet: The Silmarillion***
>
> No Regrets (483): clotho123
> Roads Not Taken (450): clotho123
> Till my Last Breath (108): Ellynn
> Not so like Luthien, After All (440): Maeglin
> The Morning Fog (638): Phyncke
> The Eye of the Beholder (581): Raksha the Demon
> Uninvited (473): Windsurfbabe
> Crude Material (608): Ygrain
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet: General***
>
> Judgment (115): Aeärwen
> Unrequited (163): elfscribe
> Balrog (521): Phyncke
> Pilgrimage (517): Raksha the Demon
> Riding the Fire (62): Raksha the Demon
> A Question of Dialect (603): The Lauderdale
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet: Chilren or Family***
>
> Kinsmen (328): Isabeau of Greenlea
> The Hope of Spring (215): Linda Hoyland
> A Rose By Any Other Name (533): Marta
> Sand and Flame (250): Marta
> Expectations (360): Raksha the Demon
> Fosterage (659): Raksha the Demon
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet: Gondor or Rohan***
>
> Harbinger (580): Linda Hoyland
> From the Ashes (185): Marta
> Lessons (607): Nath
> Filling the Breach (499): Raksha the Demon
> Ranger's Dawn (333): Raksha the Demon
> Some Like It Hot - But Maybe Not Quite That Hot (34): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Horror: General***
>
> Spoils of War (116): Aeärwen
> The Tower at Dol Amroth (191): agape4gondor
> Hastaina (144): Dawn Felagund
> Tales from Vairë's Loom: Beyond The Galvorn Door (159): Fiondil
> Under the Forest Eaves (120): Jael
> Questioning (258): Larner
> Crossroads of Light and Shadow (104): Mirach
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Humor: General***
>
> A Lesson Learned (331): agape4gondor
> Vignettes of the Blessed Realm - Caranthir in Lorien (651): Anna Wing
> More Than Meets The Eye (425): Ignoble Bard
> Transformation (590): Larner
> Pillow Talk (172): Lyra
> In Vino Veritas (612): Marta
> Holiday (20): Nath
> The Coimas War (275): Russandol
> The Ladies' Guide To Middle-earth's Eligible Bachelors (399): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Comedy/Drama***
>
> The Noldo is IN (433): Beruthiel's Cat
> Lover's Leap (526): Ellie
> O Misfortune! (260): Hallbera
> A Gift (151): KyMahalei
> And Just Whose Wedding Is This? (297): Larner
> Some Things Never Change (239): Nieriel Raina
> This Side of Paradise (134): Nieriel Raina
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Eriador or Shire***
>
> For Better, or For Worse (196): Cathleen
> Hey Diddle Diddle, the Cat and the Fiddle, the Goat Jumped Over the Moon
> (304): Cathleen
> Undue Patience (667): Celeritas
> The Wizard and the Ranger (380): Gandalfs apprentice
> The Christmas Closet (579): Geale
> A Pretense at Civility (666): Larner
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Gondor***
>
> A Cold Night in June (112): agape4gondor
> A Day In The Life Of The Royal Gondorian Aerial Corps (652): Anna Wing
> Refuge (490): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
> Unripened Fruit (520): Gwynnyd
> Eomer goes Fishing (107): Lady Bluejay
> Fresh Meat (534): Marta
> Brink of the Sea (65): Nieriel Raina
> Wedding Traditions (412): Vilwarin
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Incomplete***
>
> The Silmarillion Gospel (315): Araloth the Random
> Bringing Trouble to Barad-dur (522): Chisscientist
> Tales of Older Days (381): Clodia
> Hobbit Stew (441): Kara's Aunty
> Not Quite A Maia (361): Kara's Aunty
> Oh No! Another Lord of the Rings Parody (455): Kitt Otter
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> 'A' is for 'Apple'. (457): curiouswombat
> The Love of Learning (601): Jay of Lasgalen
> Mightier than the Sword – Indigo (49): Linda Hoyland
> Barreling Out of Mirkwood (621): Nieriel Raina
> Master of Imladris (56): Nieriel Raina
> The Greeting Song (671): Súlriel
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Parody or Black Humor***
>
> Tears on the Battlefield (310): Alassante
> Fair Wanderer, Thou Makest Me Sick (271): Araloth the Random
> The Fanfiction Testament (272): Araloth the Random
> By The Book (423): Ignoble Bard
> Fighting Enemies (33): Larner
> Monty Python's 'Fellowship of the Ring' (64): Morthoron
> Legolas the Bane of My Existence (288): rosethorn59
> Orcs at School (9): Virtuella
> Lord of the Glittering Harem (293): viv
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Longer Works: General***
>
> Ten Thousand Years Will Not Suffice (631): agape4gondor
> Typically Atypical Book I (355): Elaura
> Interrupted Journeys: Journeys Out of Grief (247): elliska
> The Findaráto Diaries (41): Fiondil
> The Sword of Elendil (443): Gandalfs apprentice
> Swan Song (147): Ithilwen
> The Queen's Orc (626): jodancingtree
> I Entulesse (204): MJ
> Truth Be Told (40): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Longer Works: Incomplete***
>
> A Long and Weary Way (131): Canafinwe
> Tainted Light (243): Eldalie
> The Price of Duty (66): Encairion
> The Sell-Sword and the Prince (98): Lady Bluejay
> Or Perchance, When the Last Little Star (600): Larner
> The Embalmer's Apprentice (156): Lyra
> Yew (207): Pearl Took
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Mystery: General***
>
> A Light in May (446): Antigone Q
> Olórë Malë (587): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> A Slaying in Scarlet (405): Gloromeien
> A Disgrace to Gondor (47): Linda Hoyland
> Looking For Boromir (13): Valente
> Into the Woods (75): Wormwood
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Non-Fiction: General***
>
> 'Sindarin' is a Quenya Word: how the clan names make Elvish more
> confusing (280): Darth Fingon
> Elvish Fanons and Canon Contradictions (Or, how to get those canatics
> off your case for stuff you were right about in the first place) (279):
> Darth Fingon
> Are you on the outside looking in, or the inside looking out? (265):
> Dreamflower
> Hobbit Names and Naming Conventions (217): Dreamflower
> Tolkien in Love (478): Eldalie
> Ring-bearers, Aging, and Life in Aman (176): GamgeeFest
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Non-Fiction: Character Essays***
>
> A Man of Quality: Faramir, Captain of Gondor (354): Antane
> Frodo and Grace (347): Baillie from Bree
> Take Pity upon Him: Did Maedhros Really Threaten to Kill Elrond and
> Elros at the Third Kinslaying? (570): Dawn Felagund
> An Essay on Frodo Baggins (349): Margaret Watkins
> Celebrimbor (190): Oshun
> Aragorn - a feminist's nightmare? (489): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Poetry: General***
>
> Obsession (338): Calenlass Greenleaf
> The OTHER Lays of Beleriand (624): Chisscientist
> Not So Easily Mended (352): jan-u-wine
> The Drums (430): Malicean
> Gilraen's Lullaby (518): Mirach
> The Pathway of Dreams II (442): Nerdanel
> A Mighty Bridge Invisible (614): Noliel
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Poetry: Character Study***
>
> Addiction (340): Calenlass Greenleaf
> Corruption (339): Calenlass Greenleaf
> What do you fear milady? (543): elfenears
> Harthad (353): jan-u-wine
> Unbroken (384): jan-u-wine
> A Friend in Need (327): Kara's Aunty
> Contrapposto (531): Marta
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Poetry: Drama***
>
> How I Wish (109): Dawn Felagund
> And Come What Sorrow Can (496): jan-u-wine
> Anniversary (March 13, 1420 S.R.) (497): jan-u-wine
> Descent (625): Lady Roisin
> Forty Days (295): Marta
> Tears for the Fallen (316): pandemonium_213
> End of Days (71): Shipwright's Trick
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Poetry: Hobbits***
>
> Frodo of the Shire (476): Baillie from Bree
> Minas Morgul (475): Baillie from Bree
> Across So Wide a Sea (351): jan-u-wine
> And I Don't Mean To (350): jan-u-wine
> Shall I Sing? (336): Larner
> Sunlight (348): Margaret Watkins
> A New Light (400): Marigold
>
>
> ***SubCategory Genres: Romance: General***
>
> Through a Glass, Darkly (254): Beruthiel's Cat
> Scattered Leaves (256): Eldalie
> Looking at the Stars and Counting the Hours (283): Himring
> Chasing Waterfalls (424): Ignoble Bard
> Perfect Happiness (613): Jedi Sapphire
> The Abduction of Éomer, King of Rohan (3): Lialathuveril
> First Glance (148): Marta
> The Prince and the Shepherdess (154): Nieriel Raina
> A Little Closer to the Edge, My Love … (245): Súlriel
> The Fabled Courtship of Elanor the Fair (318): the_arc5
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Dunedain***
>
> Love Began Here (231): Adonnen Estenniel
> Pure Morning (286): curiouswombat
> Gilraen, the Fair (106): Gwynnyd
> A Seal upon thine Heart (193): Linda Hoyland
> When Winter Comes (138): Marta
> A Blossom of Marble (325): NeumeIndil
> Shieldbrothers (371): Soledad
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Cross-Cultural: General***
>
> Beneath Golden Leaves (488): Avon
> Hyarmendil (665): Dwimordene
> We Speak Through Music (419): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> Strange Land (519): Elfique
> Once Upon a Blizzard (630): Fiondil
> Uldor (284): Himring
> A Dangerous Hunger (466): Ignoble Bard
> The Courier (32): Jael
> The Battle of the Kitchen (102): Raksha the Demon
> Orcs in Hobbiton (447): The Lauderdale
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Friendship***
>
> Surprises of Yule (606): Ainu Laire
> Size Isn't Everything (571): Bodkin
> The Longest Night (145): Dawn Felagund
> Friends in Need (308): Dreamflower
> Witness to a Crime (186): Dreamflower
> Dol Amroth Dip-tych (189): Dwimordene
> Dance in the Moonlight (538): KyMahalei
> Only the Owl Saw it All (494): Levade
> The Trees Were Burning (36): Nieriel Raina
> Lord of Gifts (84): shirebound
> Felagund and the Noegyth Nibin (378): Soledad
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Gapfiller***
>
> The Road to Edoras (326): Dreamflower
> To Lead His People (636): Dreamflower
> Of Wine and Song (527): Ellie
> Tales from Vairë's Loom: Sun-in-Eclipse (562): Fiondil
> A Choice of Life or Death (585): Larner
> Stranger at the Gates (24): Linda Hoyland
> At the Last It Biteth (323): Mercurie
> The Man Who Grew Tomatoes (125): pandemonium_213
> Praiseworthy (536): Thundera Tiger
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Incomplete***
>
> Hand to Hand (167): Adaneth
> Crystal Green (468): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> 'Til Death Do Us Part (164): Haleth
> Murder in the White City (611): Jedi Sapphire
> Another Road (314): KyMahalei
> Hope of a Star (129): Mirach
> Dark Power Arising (235): Shemyaza1
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Triptych (604): Adaneth
> An Autumn Journey (212): Jay of Lasgalen
> Giants' Game (429): Larner
> Two Copper Pennies (656): Mysterious Jedi
> Unbearable Parting (48): Nieriel Raina
> Translations from the Elvish (645): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Dwarves: General***
>
> In Durin's Day (373): Marta
> A Dwarven Yuletide (367): Soledad
> In the Shelter of Destroyed Dreams (402): Thevina Finduilas
> Unanswerable Questions (403): Thevina Finduilas
> Mazarbul (72): Thundera Tiger
> Questing (117): Thundera Tiger
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Elves: General***
>
> In His Eyes (92): Alassante
> Vignettes of the Blessed Realm - Everyday Life In Tol Eressea (653):
> Anna Wing
> Blood and Fire (187): Clodia
> Bee-Elves (178): Darth Fingon
> Tales from Vairë's Loom: The Exilic Noldo's Guide to Coping with
> Post-Helcaraxë Stress Syndrome (or PHSS) (566): Fiondil
> A Bit of a Bore (248): Himring
> Avar and Away (227): Ignoble Bard
> Pity Us Not (563): j_dav (JDE)
> The Day of the Dragon (184): Keiliss
> The Dance of Flute and Harp (253): Lintalome (Amaranth)
> Elves Don't Celebrate Yule (87): rhyselle
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Drabbles***
>
> Determined (426): Aeärwen
> Always Something There to Remind Me (480): curiouswombat
> First Snowfall (5): curiouswombat
> Ash to Ash (171): Dawn Felagund
> More Than Memory (241): Marta
> Seeking Perfection (545): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Mirkwood Elves***
>
> Through The Mirror of Fire (94): Esteliel
> A Tale from the Wilderland (675): KyMahalei
> Alone at Yule (504): laichiril
> Forest Assault (620): Nieriel Raina
> The Little Prince (434): ningloreth
> The End? (619): Sivan Shemesh
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Noldorin Elves***
>
> Half-brother in Blood, Full Brother in Heart (133): Alassante
> Vignettes of the Blessed Realm - Celebrimbor in Mandos (649): Anna Wing
> Brightness (427): Faenel
> Tales from Vairë's Loom: Tenn' Ambar-Metta (201): Fiondil
> Eminently Unsuitable (252): Himring
> By the Grey Light of Dawn (406): Nieriel Raina
> No Justice to Yourself (281): Oshun
> Resist Not Evil (188): Perelleth
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Hobbits: General***
>
> Go Not to Aunt Dora for Advice, for She Will Give It at Great Length
> (114): Dreamflower
> One Fine Autumn Day (635): Dreamflower
> Roast Mutton (296): Gandalfs apprentice
> A Pirate's Life (640): Ilthit
> Before Luck Runs Out (401): Marigold
> Sharing Dinner on Lobelia Lane (322): Pearl Took
> A Very Warm Yule (307): pippinfan88
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Family***
>
> Sometimes a Cake is Just a Cake (410): Cathleen
> To Absent Friends (569): Celeritas
> A Not-So-Simple Misunderstanding (31):
> Celeritas/Dreamflower/Larner/Pearl Took CoAuthors
> September Days Across the Brandywine (302): Dreamflower
> Marigold's Yule (306): GamgeeFest
> Worthy of the Name (298): Marigold
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> When the Storms of Life are Raging (Stand By Me) (505): Dreamflower
> Dearest Dora (445): Larner
> The Research Project (602): Larner
> I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way (264): Lindelea
> For All Things, A Time (299): Marta
> Learning His Letters (644): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Post-Quest***
>
> Memorial Day (358): Antane
> Sharing Sam (668): Celeritas
> Sunlight on Ash (484): Ilthit
> The One Left Out of the Conspiracy (320): Larner
> Behind Blue Eyes (610): Marta
> Concerning the Matter of Tom Took (181): Pearl Took
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Men: General***
>
> Tales from Vairë's Loom: To Stand Fast Against the Night (632): Fiondil
> Death and Life (511): Golden
> Doggerel (168): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Firebug (593): Isabeau of Greenlea
> Libation (332): Raksha the Demon
> Penance (278): SurgicalSteel
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Men: Featuring Aragorn***
>
> The Bitter and the Sweet (110): Cairistiona
> Contrapunto (291): Gandalfs apprentice
> Love Unrequited (100): Inzilbeth
> The Fifteenth Fosterling (14): Inzilbeth
> Freedom Is Never Free (132): Nieriel Raina
> Rallying Before the Darkness (219): RadcliffePotter
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Races: Men: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Mother Country (329): Altariel
> Threshing Songs (481): curiouswombat
> Evergreen (451): Linda Hoyland
> Harvest Dreams (500): Linda Hoyland
> A price worth paying (550): Tanaqui
> Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies. (544): Tanaqui
> Dreams of Trees (389): Wormwood
> Hospitality (79): Wormwood
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Other Beings: General***
>
> One Breath of Air (257): Celeritas
> Cleansed (337): Larner
> Lost and Found (225): Linaewen
> The Fool (216): Marta
> Shades of Black and Grey (97): Minviendha
> A Dragon Tale (51): Pearl Took
> Looking For Dragons (237): Raksha the Demon
> Kinslayer (192): Russandol
> Many Hands (276): Russandol
> Living Jewels (182): shirebound
>
>
> ***SubCategory Races: Villains: General***
>
> Unrest: What Evil Fears (477): Eonwe
> I Shall Not Call the Sunbeam Bright (228): j_dav (JDE)
> The Wrath of Light (362): Kara's Aunty
> How the East Was Won (124): pandemonium_213
> Sacrifice (194): SurgicalSteel
> Treed (618): The Lauderdale
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: First Age and Prior: General***
>
> In Bitterness and Loss (572): Bodkin
> Lúthien's Tale (458): clotho123
> Encounter in the Forest (472): Ellynn
> Lover of Fire (269): Encairion
> The Choices of the Peredhil (408): Inzilbeth
> The Havens of Sirion (152): Inzilbeth
> Necessary Sacrifices (431): Ithilwen
> Tutelage (230): Marta
> Follow Thy Fair Sun, Unhappy Shadow (393): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: First Age and Prior: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Dawn & Dusk (160): Clodia
> Once Upon a Twilit Time (444): Clodia
> Seasons (300): Dawn Felagund
> Five Things That Never Happened to Maglor Feanorion (140): Elleth
> The Vessel (617): Elleth
> This Shining Ember Burns my Hand (113): Primsong
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: First Age and Prior: Noldorin Elves***
>
> The Journal of Alatáriel, Missionary (77): Clodia
> A Time to Heal (448): clotho123
> The Military Relevance of Sewage (628): Himring
> Geography Lessons (282): Ithilwen
> Morning Yearning (289): Liadan
> Unrepentant Lovers (68): Oshun
> Unravelling the Past (30): rhyselle
> A Dangerous Guide (394): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: Modern Times: General***
>
> Comfort (119): Aeärwen
> In the Hidden Valley (101): Aeärwen
> Elf Academy (29): Fiondil
> The Last Hero (263): Jael
> Grace (558): Lanyon
> For Every Evil (456): Mirrordance
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: General***
>
> Dance (672): alex_quine
> A Time to Reap (506): Cathleen
> The Jewel of the Shire (346): Kara's Aunty
> Threnody for the Dispossessed (67): Kenaz
> Lasciate Ogne Speranza? (501): Maglor's finch
> Conquering the Helcaraxë (16): Raksha the Demon
> Fifteen Years (436): Red Lasbelin
> Sword and Bow (634): StarLight9
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Drabbles***
>
> Scion (4): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
> Reaping the Reward (18): curiouswombat
> Only Sleeping (597): Linda Hoyland
> Time's Out of Joint (334): Linda Hoyland
> Hearts of Home (1): Súlriel
> Home Comforts (546): Tanaqui
> In his father's footsteps (548): Tanaqui
> Jurisdiction (542): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Gondor***
>
> Winters of Yesterday (407): Golden
> Passover and Pilgrimage (53): Larner
> The Ring- Day Fete (37): Larner
> Of Mice and Men... and Elves... and Dwarves (139): Marethiel
> Women Of Heart And Mind (469): Nancy Brooke
> Good Intentions (395): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Vignettes***
>
> Reckoning (623): Dwimordene
> Pride and Prejudice (398): Marta
> Secrets We Dare Not Tell (374): Marta
> Remembrance in Leather (372): Raederle
> Small Victories (594): Raksha the Demon
> Passing Grace (313): Virtuella
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: Pre-Ring War: General***
>
> Memory of Faery (86): Ellie
> Small Tokens (669): Galadriel
> Midwinter Forfeit (574): Gwynnyd
> The Call of Duty: Legolas at Erebor (246): Jael
> A Mother's Hope (541): Linda Hoyland
> A Last Remaining Hope (661): Rai
> A Brotherly Gift (377): Soledad
> Escaping By The Dozen (319): Thundera Tiger
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: Ring War: General***
>
> A Yule to Remember (575): Cathleen
> Beyond the Pale (35): Dwimordene
> Close Enough to Touch (242): ErinRua
> No Reason To Celebrate (88): Linaewen
> The Old That Is Strong (486): Linda Hoyland
> To See the Light (89): Mirach
> The Awakening (203): MJ
> In Darkness, Light (183): Nath
> Deeper than Breathing (388): ziggy
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Ring War: Gapfiller***
>
> Berilac's Errand (23): Dreamflower
> Sacrifices (83): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> On The Eve Of Battle (213): Jay of Lasgalen
> On the Turning Away (294): NeumeIndil
> The Counsels of Men (103): Thundera Tiger
> The World Below the Mists (43): Thundera Tiger
> Enduring Moria (639): White Wolf
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Ring War: Mixed Drabbles***
>
> Eradication (93): Breemon
> The Last Resort (568): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> Rainbow Drabbles (105): Jay of Lasgalen
> Under a Silent Sky (530): Marta
> Light of the Evenstar (12): Nieriel Raina
> Resistance (554): Tanaqui
>
>
> ***SubCategory Times: Second and Early Third Age: General***
>
> Anadûnai (233): Darth Fingon
> Burden to Bear (85): Ellie
> How Fleeting These Moments (135): Lady Roisin
> Final Voyage (523): MithLuin
> All alone in the Night (366): Soledad
> Mallorn Torment (205): Tehta
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Times: Second and Early Third Age: Fall of Numenor***
>
> Touch of a Vanished Hand (150): elfscribe
> Every Wish (166): Independence1776 (Crystal113)
> Lambe, Ando, Lambe (642): Lady Roisin
> Coda (376): Marta
> Woolgathering (577): pandemonium_213
> All the Days of Their Grace (7): Tanaqui
>
>
>
> Marta
>

On 7/7/2010 11:59 PM, linaewen0 wrote:

>
>
> Question -- is it a good idea to send this check ballot around to the
> authors under my care as a liaison? I think I did that last year, but I
> can't recall if it was helpful or even necessary -- how many authors are
> not actually members of this group or have access to the LJ community?
>
> Just wondering how other liaisons deal with check ballots and their authors!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lin
>

Hi Lin,

I just checked, and out of the first twenty-five authors
(alphabetically), eight are *just* authors - not also members of
MEFAwards. So if that trend holds, a fair few don't get MEFAwards
emails. Technically anyone can see the mefas LJ, but I have no way of
knowing how many authors actually read here.

I think it's a good idea to let your authors know about the check
ballot. (A good idea, but maybe not 100% necessary, if other liaisons
don't want to do this.) It may be a good idea to point them to one site
or the other and let them know the check ballots are available, rather
than email them the check ballot. That way they can see the most up to
date version, and can reply there if they need any changes made. It's
probably best to send them to the mefas LJ, since anyone can reply
there, and since only the first post (not the follow-up comments) will
show up.

Marta

Hey guys,

It's important to trim your replies to messages from this group. Many
members are on "Digest" mode, which means they only receive one or two
emails a day, with all of the messages listed one after the other.

This is especially important with the check ballot, because it is so
long. Imagine having to scroll past the whole check ballot any time
people replied. So please, only quote the part you are replying to, or
delete the whole check ballot if you don't need to quote any of it. In
most email programs you can do this by holding down the shift key and
"Page Down" until you have selected the whole digest. Or you can start a
new message rather than replying. Those people on daily digests will
thank you. :-)

Marta

Slight problem with one of mine:

"***SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Dunedain***

>
> Love Began Here (231): Adonnen Estenniel
> Pure Morning (286): curiouswombat
> Gilraen, the Fair (106): Gwynnyd
> A Seal upon thine Heart (193): Linda Hoyland
> When Winter Comes (138): Marta
> A Blossom of Marble (325): NeumeIndil
> Shieldbrothers (371): Soledad"

It's Eowyn/Faramir, so if it's under a race it should be the collective
House of Denethor one, or at least Gondorians. :)


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Hi Neume,

We use the word "Dunedain" to refer to all the Numenor-descended men.
That means all the Gondorians, Aragorn, and any other of Aragorn's folk
in the North (Gilraen, Halbarad, etc.) The Romance: Dunedain subcategory
includes some Aragorn/Arwen stories, but also some involving Gondorians.
I know my own story, "When Witner Comes" is Faramir/Eowyn, and some
others may be as well.

We could *maybe* change the subcategory name, but I was trying to keep
it short to help out the banner makers. Or if you prefer we can add
"Dunedain" to our glossary, so anyone who isn't sure what it means could
look it up.

If you still feel this isn't an appropriate group, let me know.

Marta

On 7/8/2010 2:28 AM, Neume Indil wrote:
>
>
> Slight problem with one of mine:
>
> "***SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Dunedain***
> >
> > Love Began Here (231): Adonnen Estenniel
> > Pure Morning (286): curiouswombat
> > Gilraen, the Fair (106): Gwynnyd
> > A Seal upon thine Heart (193): Linda Hoyland
> > When Winter Comes (138): Marta
> > A Blossom of Marble (325): NeumeIndil
> > Shieldbrothers (371): Soledad"
>
> It's Eowyn/Faramir, so if it's under a race it should be the collective
> House of Denethor one, or at least Gondorians. :)
>

Hi!

The list of categories/genres is final, right? I mean, perhaps there might be some mistakes about authors, but there won't be new categories added?
I ask because, according to this list, I can start making winner banners little by little. ;)

Ellynn

--- On Wed, 7/7/10, telperion1 <marta.fandom@gmail.com> wrote:

From: telperion1 <marta.fandom@gmail.com>
Subject: [MEFAwards] Check Ballot v. 1
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 7:30 PM

Hey guys,

Here is the first version of the checkballot.





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On 7/8/2010 2:59 AM, Ellin Ithilwen wrote:

>
>
> Hi!
>
> The list of categories/genres is final, right? I mean, perhaps there
> might be some mistakes about authors, but there won't be new categories
> added?
> I ask because, according to this list, I can start making winner banners
> little by little. ;)
>
> Ellynn
>

Hiya Ellynn,

The categories and subcategories are basically set - we will move some
stories around, but I don't think we'll be creating whole new
subcategories. However, we *may* be renaming the current ones. So, if
you can hold off another week that would probably be best. After the
16th, the names will be final and you can count on them to stay as they
are at that point.

Marta

Hi Marta,

I was going to say the same thing about 'Pure Morning' - which is in that same category and is about Boromir, Theoden, and Éowyn - none of which would usually be considered 'Dunedain'; but if 'Dunedain', is being used as a much bigger blanket term than some of us, at least, understand the term, then that's fine, it is in the right place and competing against similar. (It looks, from this short thread, as if at least 2 out of 7 of us found the group name confusing... perhaps a change of name for the category could be considered for the future?)


All mine are, therefore, fine. Thanks to the hard working volunteers for doing such a good job.

Curiouswombat

----- Original Message -----
From: telperion1
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Cc: Neume Indil
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Check Ballot v. 1



Hi Neume,

We use the word "Dunedain" to refer to all the Numenor-descended men.
That means all the Gondorians, Aragorn, and any other of Aragorn's folk
in the North (Gilraen, Halbarad, etc.) The Romance: Dunedain subcategory
includes some Aragorn/Arwen stories, but also some involving Gondorians.
I know my own story, "When Witner Comes" is Faramir/Eowyn, and some
others may be as well.

We could *maybe* change the subcategory name, but I was trying to keep
it short to help out the banner makers. Or if you prefer we can add
"Dunedain" to our glossary, so anyone who isn't sure what it means could
look it up.

If you still feel this isn't an appropriate group, let me know.

Marta

On 7/8/2010 2:28 AM, Neume Indil wrote:
>
>
> Slight problem with one of mine:
>
> "***SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Dunedain***
> >
> > Love Began Here (231): Adonnen Estenniel
> > Pure Morning (286): curiouswombat
> > Gilraen, the Fair (106): Gwynnyd
> > A Seal upon thine Heart (193): Linda Hoyland
> > When Winter Comes (138): Marta
> > A Blossom of Marble (325): NeumeIndil
> > Shieldbrothers (371): Soledad"
>
> It's Eowyn/Faramir, so if it's under a race it should be the collective
> House of Denethor one, or at least Gondorians. :)
>




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Hi, this is my first MEFA competition, so apologies to all if my query is not relevant.

I am concerned that two of my nominated stories, "Many Hands", which revolves around Narsil/Anduril through the ages, and Kinslayer, which is an irreverent piece about the Valar, seem to have ended up in the same bag (***SubCategory Races: Other Beings: General***), when they are absolutely disparate stories.

Given the lack of sub-categories for "Other beings" - everything falls under "General" I was wondering if Kinslayer could perhaps be moved to ***SubCategory Genres: Mystery: General*** or to ***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Parody or Black Humor*** Perhaps my liaison can advise on where it fits best?

Thanks,
Russandol.

Hello,
 
I noted a mistake in the placement of one of my stories, and another story's placement that I would really love to see changed.
 
The mistake is in the placement of:
***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Eriador or Shire***
The Imperishable Flame (582): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
It is because the Eriador/Shire part is actually not that consequencial to the story; it is just a sort of epilogue. So could you please put it under another category? Related to the Silmarillion, hopefully? If not, something more neutral would work, I guess... but definitely not this. (It could be misleading to readers.)
 
And then I noticed this:
***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Incomplete***
Crystal Green (468): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
Like the first, it could prove misleading to readers, as it is a crossover. Could you please put it with other crossovers? But if it cannot be done, then I can say I am satisfied with the placement. (I noticed the same thing with Not Quite a Maia by Kara's Aunty... but I have no right to speak for her, nor have I gotten a permission from her to do so. :) I have not checked if there were similar cases.) Please consider it...
 
My other stories were already in their proper categories, and I thank you, volunteers, for the hard work you put up in categorising everything. :)
 
Thank you and best wishes,
Rey




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> Hi, this is my first MEFA competition, so apologies to all if my query
> is not relevant.
>
> I am concerned that two of my nominated stories, "Many Hands", which
> revolves around Narsil/Anduril through the ages, and Kinslayer, which is
> an irreverent piece about the Valar, seem to have ended up in the same
> bag (***SubCategory Races: Other Beings: General***), when they are
> absolutely disparate stories.
>
> Given the lack of sub-categories for "Other beings" - everything falls
> under "General" I was wondering if Kinslayer could perhaps be moved to
> ***SubCategory Genres: Mystery: General*** or to ***SubCategory: Genres:
> Humor: Parody or Black Humor*** Perhaps my liaison can advise on where
> it fits best?
>
> Thanks,
> Russandol.
>

Hi Russandol,

I hear your concern, and I understand why you feel that way. However,
I'm not sure it's the problem you think it is. Here's why.

Stories can be grouped in many ways. Just looking at the varieties of
main categories, there are three ways stories can be split up - Race,
Time Period, or Genre. So each story selects three main categories, but
they only end up in one of those. The end result is that, whatever main
category you are in, there's a good deal of variety regarding the other
two. (First Age stories would involve the same timeline, but could
contain fluff about Feanor's children growing up in Valinor, to romance,
to action/adventure, to angst, to give just one example.) The Races:
Other Beings is set up for those stories that involve characters that
are a bit off the beaten track: inanimate objects, the Valar/Maiar, and
characters like Tom Bombadil and Gollum that don't really seem to fit in
anywhere else. That is the common thread, and they will draw people who
want to read about characters that are a bit off the beaten track. A
story about Narsil and the Valar qualify, I think. Even though they are
very different from each other, they have that in common.

This isn't that different from a larger category. It may not be so
obvious because you might not have two stories together, but you will
find a lot of diversity in the various subcategories, if you're familiar
with the other stories. Humor will involve all the different Races and
Time Periods; Elves will involve all the different Genres and Time
Periods, and so on. The important thing is what they do have in common.
In this case, that means that all the sotire sare about characters that
don't fit into the more common races.

So unless you feel strongly about this, I think your pieces are actually
in a pretty good place. :-) And so I'd like to leave them there.

Marta

Hi Rey,

Thanks for noticing these. I saw your email and want to discuss the
options for moving your stories around with the other categorizing
volunteers. Hopefully I'll have an answer for you by tonight or tomorrow.

Marta

On 7/8/2010 5:58 AM, melissa chandra wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I noted a mistake in the placement of one of my stories, and another
> story's placement that I would really love to see changed.
>
> The mistake is in the placement of:
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Eriador or Shire***
> The Imperishable Flame (582): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> It is because the Eriador/Shire part is actually not that consequencial
> to the story; it is just a sort of epilogue. So could you please put it
> under another category? Related to the Silmarillion, hopefully? If not,
> something more neutral would work, I guess... but definitely not this.
> (It could be misleading to readers.)
>
> And then I noticed this:
> ***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Incomplete***
> Crystal Green (468): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
> Like the first, it could prove misleading to readers, as it is a
> crossover. Could you please put it with other crossovers? But if it
> cannot be done, then I can say I am satisfied with the placement. (I
> noticed the same thing with Not Quite a Maia by Kara's Aunty... but I
> have no right to speak for her, nor have I gotten a permission from her
> to do so. :) I have not checked if there were similar cases.) Please
> consider it...
>
> My other stories were already in their proper categories, and I thank
> you, volunteers, for the hard work you put up in categorising everything. :)
>
> Thank you and best wishes,
> Rey
>

Marta,
Thanks for your quick reply! Perhaps it is because I don't understand this setup completely, but I still disagree.

"Many Hands" main category was "Multi-Age", not "Other beings". It has ended up with "Kinslayer" by default.

You say the "Other beings" category is no different to the others, but I can see a myriad of of subcategories for Elves, Hobbits and Men, so that they are split into "humour" or "angst", or "family" or by period or length. But there is only one bucket for "Other beings". "One size fits all," if the key character is an unusual one. But, as I say, the stories are complete opposites, they were submitted under different categories and they have ended up together by chance, when I think they are like cheese and chalk.

Thanks,
Russandol


PS. You may prefer to take this discussion off-line.

Hi Marta,

I checked my stories and everything looks hunky-dory. I do find one thing confusing, though. You state:

'There is one exception regarding "Incompletes": we didn't have enough Incompletes subcategories to have one in very many main category, and some authors were given the choice to run against finished fic rather than go into a main category that didn't really fit. This affects 238. A Singular Honour by Shemyaza1; it is a WIP but is competing in Genres: Crossover: Incomplete.'

This makes no sense. There is no Genres: Crossover: Incomplete. And "A Singular Honour is not a WIP. You have the story listed under Genres: Crossover: General:

>
> To Represent the Wizzards (63): aotearoan
> Return of The Key. (422): curiouswombat
> Tempered Rain (311): Ilada'Jefiv
> Encore (268): Lady Roisin
> To Face the Wolf (465): Maglor's finch
> A Singular Honour (238): Shemyaza1
> The Devil Is In The Detail (609): Tanaqui
> Dwarf Fashions (411): Virtuella

Shemyaza's other story "Dark Power Arising" is the WIP and you have it listed correctly under Races: Cross-Cultural: Incomplete.

At any rate, I do recall that during the nomination period I pointed out to you that "A Singular Honour" was incorrectly labeled as a WIP and you said you would fix it. I also contacted Shemyaza about it as well and I believe she agreed that it wasn't a WIP. Apparently, the WIP tag was never removed? Just thought you should know. You might wish to contact Shemyaza and ask her. She's new to the MEFAs and may not be aware of these check ballots or their significance and so may not bother to look at them.

Kudos to the volunteers for a great job in getting all these stories into categories.

Fiondil

Hi. I don't think "Not so like Luthien, after all" should be categorized as
a Silmarillion ficlet. It is set in the Fourth Age, at the time of
Aragorn's 200th birthday, and deals with the thoughts of Arwen, who isn't
mentioned in the Quenta Silmarillion (for obvious reasons :) ). Maybe the
title and her thoughts on Luthien and Beren, Idril and Tuor confused the
matter :)

As far as what category it *should* be put in, there are so many, but
perhaps something involving Fourth Age, character studies, or cross-culture?

Thanks,
Maeglin

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 10:30 PM, telperion1 <marta.fandom@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> Here is the first version of the checkballot. Look it over and let me
> know if you see anything you think needs to be moved. Possible moves
> would be:
>
> --- The piece is in a main category you didn't select.
> --- The story is competing against different-type stories.
> --- The story is in a subcategory built around characters, subgenres, or
> locations you didn't select.
>
>
>
> ***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlet: The Silmarillion***
>
> No Regrets (483): clotho123
> Roads Not Taken (450): clotho123
> Till my Last Breath (108): Ellynn
> Not so like Luthien, After All (440): Maeglin
> The Morning Fog (638): Phyncke
> The Eye of the Beholder (581): Raksha the Demon
> Uninvited (473): Windsurfbabe
> Crude Material (608): Ygrain
>
>


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I've not seen any of mine inappropriately placed this year.
Bonnie L. Sherrell
Teacher at Large

"Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends." LOTR

"Don't go where I can't follow."

Hi there!

> Thanks for letting us know about this problem. I need to discuss it with
> the other categorizers, but we'll do our best to accommodate you. I'll
> reply back in a day or two about this.

That works for me. Thanks for the assistance.

Cuio mae.

Aeärwen

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Since everyone else was chiming in, I decided to jump in, too, even if only to say that I'm very happy with both the categories and the subcategories my stories landed in. Many thanks to all the hard-working volunteers! I can only imagine how complicated this became in trying to make viable categories with 600+ stories.

Thundera

I'm good with the placement of my four stories. I realized after I'd
submitted my form that "Unravelling the Past" probably could have been
considered AU from some perspectives, but I think that the First Age time
period thing it ended up in is perfectly fine.

You MEFA volunteers are doing a fantastic job!

Vorondavë ar linalmië,
Rhyselle


Fantasy remains a human right: we make in our measure and in our derivative
mode, because we are made: and not only made, but made in the image and
likeness of a Maker. -- J.R.R. Tolkien, On Fairy-Stories, 1939


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Hey guys,

After conferring with the other categorizing volunteers, I decided to
move Aearwen's story "In the House of Elrond" to Races: Cross-Cultural:
Incomplete. This is because it was incorrectly marked as a completed fic
(which I've now also fixed at our website). Moving it made its old
subcategory too small to compete, something I try very hard to avoid at
this stage, but for a genuine error like this we decided to make an
exception.



To deal with the too-small subcategory, I moved some stories out of
Genres: Character Study: General into Genres: Character Study: Aragorn.
These stories involved Gondorians, and so I think they will appeal to
similar readers. We are tentatively renaming that subcategory "Genres:
Character Study: Dunedain," but are discussing alternate names since so
many people were confused by that Dunedain label elsewhere. We may make
it "Genres: Character Study: Aragorn or Gondorians" or something
similar. Once we make a final decision on what to do with the "Dunedain"
subcategory names (there are several), I'll make another post about
that. But for the mean time, the new subcategories are:


***SubCategory Genres: Character Study: General***

Lessons Learned (654): Anna Wing
In the Cards (470): Dwimordene
To the Crossroads (592): Isabeau of Greenlea
Turn Down an Empty Glass (344): Keiliss
Warm Bread (415): KyMahalei
The Light (303): Pearl Took
In the deep places of the world (396): Tanaqui
Broken (515): Thundera Tiger


***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Dunedain***
[was: SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Aragorn]

*In Which Comes Sorrow Long Expected (655): Anna Wing
Beneath the Surface (19): Canafinwe
Pale faced Tark (452): Canafinwe
The New Queens Bounty (136): Larner
Darkest Before the Dawn (555): Leianora
The Gift of Foresight (342): Linda Hoyland
*Bruises (368): Soledad


***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Incomplete***

Hand to Hand (167): Adaneth
*In The House of Elrond (123): Aeärwen
Crystal Green (468): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
'Til Death Do Us Part (164): Haleth
Murder in the White City (611): Jedi Sapphire
Another Road (314): KyMahalei
Hope of a Star (129): Mirach
Dark Power Arising (235): Shemyaza1

(Asterisk'd stories were moved.)

Marta

Hey guys,

I'm following up on Earille's request to have her story "The
Imperishable Flame".

On Imperishable Flame, Earille said:

"It is because the Eriador/Shire part is actually not that consequencial
to the story; it is just a sort of epilogue. So could you please put it
under another category? Related to the Silmarillion, hopefully? If not,
something more neutral would work, I guess... but definitely not this.
(It could be misleading to readers.)"

I looked at this, and see why we put it in "Eriador or Shire." Under
Story Settings Earille listed Dorthonion but also The Angle which is
part of Eriador. What this tells us (the categorizing volunteers) is
that the story could go equally okay in either place. Similarly, there
were events and characters from both the Silm and Lord of the Rings
chosen. The characters were "Characters for Readers" rather than
"Characters for Categorization," but as there were non "Chars for Cat."
selected, there was no way to know one was more important than the
other, short of reading the story. (Which unfortunately we didn't have
time to do!) So while I see while it's not really an appropriate
subcategory, we did follow the information provided by the author.

What I'm going to do is do a *conditional* move. I will move this story
into a Silmfic subcategory (Genres: Drama: Quenta Silmarillion) - for
now. This move makes "Genres: Drama: Eriador or Shire" as small as it
can be and still compete. If anyone else asks to move, if it's due to an
error on the part of the categorizers, I will have to move "Imperishable
Flame" back in with the Eriador or Shire stories. The only other option
would be to totally disband the subcategory, and I don't want to do that.

In the future, it's best to only list locations if you'd be happy for
your story to be categorized based on that. This applies to everyone,
and is not meant as a harsh criticism of this particular author, by the
way! It's an easy mistake to make, but we *do* depend on this
information, and it's not always possible to move stories around.

The affected subcategories are:

***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Eriador or Shire***

A Star in Midwinter (11): Cairistiona
The Fairy Wife (200): Daffodil Furrow
Hobbit Aid (633): Dreamflower
Yavanna's Gift (22): Linda Hoyland
The Last Gift (449): Nieriel Raina
All Was Safe With the Sea (223): RadcliffePotter


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Quenta Silmarillion***

After the Fall (482): clotho123
*The Imperishable Flame (582): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
Blessed by Fortune (578): Ellie
A Part in Great Deeds (417): Hallbera
A Long Time Falling (249): Himring
Envy (317): Larner
Different Terms (170): Lyra
Within a Dark Wood (386): Marchwriter
The World That Ends With You (179): Minviendha

(Asterisk'd story is moved.)

Marta

Hey guys,

I'm following up on Earille's request regarding "Crystal Green":

"Like the first, it could prove misleading to readers, as it is a
crossover. Could you please put it with other crossovers? But if it
cannot be done, then I can say I am satisfied with the placement. (I
noticed the same thing with Not Quite a Maia by Kara's Aunty... but I
have no right to speak for her, nor have I gotten a permission from her
to do so. :)"

In this case I think we'll leave it where it is. This story is a WIP,
right? We try very hard to have all the WIPs compete against other WIPs,
and the only time we make an exception to that is when there aren't
enough WIPs in *any* of their category choices for them to compete
together. This year there are only three crossovers, and one of them was
a crossover between Tolkien and "real life" history. So we didn't have
enough WIP crossovers to set up a "Genres: Crossover: Incomplete"
subcategory. That's why we moved "Crystal Green" and the other stories
into their second- or third-choice category.

For the record, the affected stories are:

--- 361. Not Quite a Maia by Kara's Aunty (in Genres: HUmor: Incomplete)
--- 235. Dark Power Rising by Shemyaza1 (in Races: Cross-Cultural:
Incomplete)
--- 468. Crystal Green by Earille (in Races: Cross-Cultural: Incomplete)

I think the summaries of these stories all make it reasonably clear that
these are crossovers, but if any of the authors want me to change their
summaries, I can do that easily. Just let me know.

Marta

On 7/8/2010 12:13 PM, Robert Hoy wrote:

>
>
> Hi. I don't think "Not so like Luthien, after all" should be categorized as
> a Silmarillion ficlet. It is set in the Fourth Age, at the time of
> Aragorn's 200th birthday, and deals with the thoughts of Arwen, who isn't
> mentioned in the Quenta Silmarillion (for obvious reasons :) ). Maybe the
> title and her thoughts on Luthien and Beren, Idril and Tuor confused the
> matter :)
>
> As far as what category it *should* be put in, there are so many, but
> perhaps something involving Fourth Age, character studies, or cross-culture?
>
> Thanks,
> Maeglin
>

Hiya Maeglin,

Thanks for bringing this up. I'm discussing it with the other
categorizers and we'll do our best to move it for you.

If we move it, I wanted to run some suggestions by you for the new
subcategory. We need to keep it in the Ficlet main category, since
that's what you chose. The other options are Gondor, Eriador or Shire,
and General. I see it's set in Minas Tirith so, assuming we move it,
would you be okay with "Genres: Ficlets: Gondor"?

Marta

Hey guys,

Over at the mefas LJ, Linda Hoyland expressed a concern about her
drabble series "Harvest Dreams." It was in Races: Men: Mixed Drabbles.
If you recall, Mixed Drabbles means it contains both drabbles and
drabble series, but usually there's a better mix than we managed to get
there. ("Harvest Dreams" was the only series along other single
drabbles.) In her third-choice category, there was a group of drabble
series, so I moved Linda's drabbles there. The affected subcategories are:


***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Drabble Series***

To look out upon life (439): Cairistiona
Warping Arda: Spectrum (285): Clodia
A Decent and Respectable Hobbit (460): Dreamflower
Midsummer's Eve (627): Dwimordene
Misericordia (173): Dwimordene
*Harvest Dreams (500): Linda Hoyland
Seasons of Gladness (60): Raksha the Demon
Arrival in Avallone (561): rhyselle
Not In Our Stars (397): Tanaqui


***SubCategory: Races: Men: Drabbles***
(was: Races: Men: Mixed Drabbles)

Mother Country (329): Altariel
Threshing Songs (481): curiouswombat
Evergreen (451): Linda Hoyland
A price worth paying (550): Tanaqui
Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies. (544): Tanaqui
Dreams of Trees (389): Wormwood
Hospitality (79): Wormwood

(The asterisk'd story was moved.)

Marta

Hey guys,

Below is an updated check ballot. I have moved several stories, and
wanted to give you the most up-to-date information.

There are still a few requests pending. If I replied back saying I
needed to discuss your situation with the other volunteers, or if I
haven't replied yet, don't panic; this doesn't mean that we're saying
no. It just means a decision hasn't been reached yet.

If I have replied back saying we'll move your story, *please* check and
make sure it's actually moved below. There are a lot of requests being
made just now, and it's easy for me to agree to move something but
somehow forget to actually do that.

Marta




***SubCategory Genres: Adventure: General***

The Ranger and the Hobbit (42): Cairistiona
A Son of Eärendil (266): DrummerWench
Wicked Thieving Elf! (525): Ellie
Blackbow (206): Isabeau of Greenlea
The Blue Boar (493): Minniemoggie
Little Tolkien (232): Mortizya
Flame of the Desert (158): pandemonium_213


***SubCategory Genres: Alternate Universe: General***

Five Things That Never Happened To Bilbo Baggins (58): Dreamflower
Before the Fall (141): Elleth
To be Black (290): Encairion
The Tinker's Tale (495): Levade
Choices (224): Linaewen
When I Said I Would Die A Bachelor (471): Nancy Brooke
The Son of Glóin (622): Nieriel Raina
Gilraen the Living Dead (513): Sivan Shemesh
The Joys of a Beard (370): Soledad
King's Ransom (673): splix


***SubCategory: Genres: Alternate Universe: Incomplete***

A Bit of Rope (197): Aiwendiel
You Live Your Life in the Shadow of the Mountain (177): Darth Fingon
Mountain Guards (391): Malicean
Starship (50): shirebound
Fear, Elrond, Fear! (512): Sivan Shemesh
Sylvanlight, Book I (312): slflew
Sons of Thunder (387): ziggy


***SubCategory Genres: Character Study: General***

Lessons Learned (654): Anna Wing
In the Cards (470): Dwimordene
To the Crossroads (592): Isabeau of Greenlea
Turn Down an Empty Glass (344): Keiliss
Warm Bread (415): KyMahalei
The Light (303): Pearl Took
In the deep places of the world (396): Tanaqui
Broken (515): Thundera Tiger


***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Angst***

Lonely Watches (46): Canafinwe
No One Rembers (130): Canafinwe
Walls of White (27): Elleth
Seeds in Dark Earth (643): Ilthit
The Return of the King (573): Jael
A King in Winter (637): Jedi Sapphire
Rebuffed (524): MithLuin


***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Drabble Series***

To look out upon life (439): Cairistiona
Warping Arda: Spectrum (285): Clodia
A Decent and Respectable Hobbit (460): Dreamflower
Midsummer's Eve (627): Dwimordene
Misericordia (173): Dwimordene
Harvest Dreams (500): Linda Hoyland
Seasons of Gladness (60): Raksha the Demon
Arrival in Avallone (561): rhyselle
Not In Our Stars (397): Tanaqui


***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Dunedain***

In Which Comes Sorrow Long Expected (655): Anna Wing
Beneath the Surface (19): Canafinwe
Pale faced Tark (452): Canafinwe
The New Queens Bounty (136): Larner
Darkest Before the Dawn (555): Leianora
The Gift of Foresight (342): Linda Hoyland
Bruises (368): Soledad


***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Family***

The Apology of Elrond (453): Canafinwe
Old Horses (218): Crantz/Snacky CoAuthors
A Copper Band (251): Himring
Self-Defense (26): Isabeau of Greenlea
Reflections (174): Perkyandproud
Cold Comfort (369): Soledad
The Greatest Warrior (537): Windsurfbabe


***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Gapfiller***

A Meal Fit for a King (234): Aranel Took
Overheard in the Dark (57): Dreamflower
Moments (414): Gandalf 3213
Sisterhood (535): Marta
Tie Me to This Our Ancient Earth (259): Mercurie
Fourteen Days (510): Rabidsamfan
Elusive Scents in Wartime (404): Thevina Finduilas
Darkness Creeping (459): Ygrain


***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: General Drabbles***

Innocence (662): Dwimordene
Following the Star (584): Linda Hoyland
The Ranger's Respite (487): Linda Hoyland
Good News (392): Paranoidangel
Fired Up (553): Tanaqui
Vigilance (647): Tanaqui


***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Gondor Drabbles***

What The Lightning Said: 20th June 3018, Minas Tirith (435): Azalais
The Long and Winding Road (28): Linda Hoyland
Tree of Life and Death (255): Linda Hoyland
A Steward's Dreams (229): Marta
First Time (547): Tanaqui
Stalk like a Snow-troll (646): Tanaqui
Calm (80): Wormwood


***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: The Silmarillion***

Along Came A Spider (273): Aeärwen
Vignettes of Beleriand - The Giant Vampire Bat Problem (657): Anna Wing
Goldilocks and the Three Balrogs (76): Clodia
The Death of a Star (244): Encairion
Flying Free (343): Keiliss
Even Roses Have Thorns (274): Lady Roisin
Into This Wild Abyss (61): pandemonium_213


***SubCategory: Genres: Character Study: Vignettes***

Seasons of Rivendell (650): Anna Wing
Slipped Under the Door of the Master Bedroom, September 25, 1444 (45):
Celeritas
Unravelling (142): Elleth
RECONCILIATION: Ascent (556): Fiondil
Five Kisses for Rosie Cotton (641): Ilthit
The Passing of Fire (461): Primsong
Knife's Edge (454): Rumpleteasza


***SubCategory Genres: Crossover: General***

To Represent the Wizzards (63): aotearoan
Return of The Key. (422): curiouswombat
Tempered Rain (311): Ilada'Jefiv
Encore (268): Lady Roisin
To Face the Wolf (465): Maglor's finch
A Singular Honour (238): Shemyaza1
The Devil Is In The Detail (609): Tanaqui
Dwarf Fashions (411): Virtuella


***SubCategory Genres: Drama: General***

Prodigal (589): Aeärwen
The Song of a Friend (676): KyMahalei
At the Edge of the World (146): Lady Roisin
Of Cabbages and Kings (122): Lamiel
When the Stars do not Shine (91): Mirach
Tales from Tol Eressea (663): Mithadan
Caught Between (658): Mysterious Jedi
Hostage (277): SurgicalSteel


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Eriador or Shire***

A Star in Midwinter (11): Cairistiona
The Fairy Wife (200): Daffodil Furrow
Hobbit Aid (633): Dreamflower
Yavanna's Gift (22): Linda Hoyland
The Last Gift (449): Nieriel Raina
All Was Safe With the Sea (223): RadcliffePotter


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Family or Children***

Half-Brother (82): Ellie
The Last Gift (10): Ellynn
King of Shadowed Halls (121): Jael
Silver Bells (153): Nieriel Raina
Little Bird (379): Soledad
Find Me (95): StarLight9


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Gapfiller***

Foundlings (99): Aeärwen
The Most Timid Hobbit (321): Antane
Gentlemen's Agreement (261): khazar_khum
Weapons Forged (175): Larner
What Becomes of Snow? (221): RadcliffePotter
Who Shall Be the Bearer? (220): RadcliffePotter


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: General Mixed Drabbles***

Before the Black Gate, Second Age 3434 (479): Azalais
Enlightenment (464): Mercurie
BONES FOUND ON POSH ESTATE (437): MrKinch
Choosing (498): rhyselle
The Insolence of the Corsairs (599): Tanaqui
The Last (un)Homely House (549): Tanaqui


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Gondor or Rohan***

The Fourth of July (214): agape4gondor
The Lady (670): alex_quine
The Moon Has Waned (503): Erfan Starled
Promises (81): Lialathuveril
A Sting in the Tale (335): Linda Hoyland
Hearts in Stone (8): Raksha the Demon
Ice Sculptures (59): Shipwright's Trick


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Gondor or Rohan Mixed Drabbles***

Imminent Defeat (55): Nieriel Raina
Peace Denied (39): Nieriel Raina
A Question of Character (648): Tanaqui
Fruition (551): Tanaqui
Quarantine (552): Tanaqui
In the Uncertain Hour Before Morning (390): Wormwood


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Hurt/Comfort***

The Riddle of Strider (208): Cairistiona
Kin No More (516): Ellie
The House of Uial and the Tale of The Last son (195): Elvenson
A Forgotten Song (341): KyMahalei
Explaining (54): Larner
Returning to Cirith Thoronath (90): Mirach
Tales from Tol Eressea: Conversations in Avallone (664): Mithadan
Sing and Be Glad, All Ye Children of the West (222): RadcliffePotter


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Incomplete***

Quest (198): Cathleen
A Beleriand Treasury of Childish Tales (365): Clodia
To Everything ... Time (202): Estelyn Telcontar
The Cusp of Victory (382): Kara's Aunty
Oh, Mercy (560): Lanyon
Duty (674): Lindelea
The Tempered Steel (616): Lyra
Tablut (127): NeumeIndil
And The Woods Responded (364): Windsurfbabe


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Later Age Elves***

Ghost (588): Aeärwen
Sacrifices (118): Aeärwen
The Valley is Jolly (44): Canafinwe
The Light Returned (52): Ellynn
Never Look Back (155): Independence1776 (Crystal113)
Gil-Estel (128): Mirach
Reach for the Stars (38): Raksha the Demon
Starlit Shadows (385): StarSpray


***SubCategory: Genres: Drama: Quenta Silmarillion***

After the Fall (482): clotho123
The Imperishable Flame (582): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
Blessed by Fortune (578): Ellie
A Part in Great Deeds (417): Hallbera
A Long Time Falling (249): Himring
Envy (317): Larner
Different Terms (170): Lyra
Within a Dark Wood (386): Marchwriter
The World That Ends With You (179): Minviendha


***SubCategory Genres: Ficlet: General***

Each Familiar Bough (262): aranelgoldenflower
Fifteen Hot Haradrim (591): Isabeau of Greenlea
Not All Who Wander Are Lost (240): Kaylee Arafinwiel
A Deck of Heroes (595): Larner
Farewell (78): mirasaui
After the Hour of Doom (345): Raksha the Demon
The Tower (96): Raksha the Demon


***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlet: Eriador or Shire***

Heirs of Gondor (502): Ainu Laire
In the Corner (267): DrummerWench
Paradise Lost (25): Isabeau of Greenlea
The First One (292): Isabeau of Greenlea
The Birthday Guest (73): Primsong
Meeting of Quiet Minds (70): Virtuella


***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlet: Gondor***

For This Relief Much Thanks (576): Azalais
The Archivist (6): foxrafer (csevans8)
Design Flaw (169): Isabeau of Greenlea
Spring Dance (301): Leianora
The Silver Tree (583): Linda Hoyland
In the King's Shadow (287): Raksha the Demon


***SubCategory: Genres: Ficlet: The Silmarillion***

No Regrets (483): clotho123
Roads Not Taken (450): clotho123
Till my Last Breath (108): Ellynn
Not so like Luthien, After All (440): Maeglin
The Morning Fog (638): Phyncke
The Eye of the Beholder (581): Raksha the Demon
Uninvited (473): Windsurfbabe
Crude Material (608): Ygrain


***SubCategory Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet: General***

Judgment (115): Aeärwen
Unrequited (163): elfscribe
Balrog (521): Phyncke
Pilgrimage (517): Raksha the Demon
Riding the Fire (62): Raksha the Demon
A Question of Dialect (603): The Lauderdale


***SubCategory: Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet: Chilren or Family***

Kinsmen (328): Isabeau of Greenlea
The Hope of Spring (215): Linda Hoyland
A Rose By Any Other Name (533): Marta
Sand and Flame (250): Marta
Expectations (360): Raksha the Demon
Fosterage (659): Raksha the Demon


***SubCategory: Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet: Gondor or Rohan***

Harbinger (580): Linda Hoyland
From the Ashes (185): Marta
Lessons (607): Nath
Filling the Breach (499): Raksha the Demon
Ranger's Dawn (333): Raksha the Demon
Some Like It Hot - But Maybe Not Quite That Hot (34): Virtuella


***SubCategory Genres: Horror: General***

Spoils of War (116): Aeärwen
The Tower at Dol Amroth (191): agape4gondor
Hastaina (144): Dawn Felagund
Tales from Vairë's Loom: Beyond The Galvorn Door (159): Fiondil
Under the Forest Eaves (120): Jael
Questioning (258): Larner
Crossroads of Light and Shadow (104): Mirach


***SubCategory Genres: Humor: General***

A Lesson Learned (331): agape4gondor
Vignettes of the Blessed Realm - Caranthir in Lorien (651): Anna Wing
More Than Meets The Eye (425): Ignoble Bard
Transformation (590): Larner
Pillow Talk (172): Lyra
In Vino Veritas (612): Marta
Holiday (20): Nath
The Coimas War (275): Russandol
The Ladies' Guide To Middle-earth's Eligible Bachelors (399): Virtuella


***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Comedy/Drama***

The Noldo is IN (433): Beruthiel's Cat
Lover's Leap (526): Ellie
O Misfortune! (260): Hallbera
A Gift (151): KyMahalei
And Just Whose Wedding Is This? (297): Larner
Some Things Never Change (239): Nieriel Raina
This Side of Paradise (134): Nieriel Raina


***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Eriador or Shire***

For Better, or For Worse (196): Cathleen
Hey Diddle Diddle, the Cat and the Fiddle, the Goat Jumped Over the Moon
(304): Cathleen
Undue Patience (667): Celeritas
The Wizard and the Ranger (380): Gandalfs apprentice
The Christmas Closet (579): Geale
A Pretense at Civility (666): Larner


***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Gondor***

A Cold Night in June (112): agape4gondor
A Day In The Life Of The Royal Gondorian Aerial Corps (652): Anna Wing
Refuge (490): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
Unripened Fruit (520): Gwynnyd
Eomer goes Fishing (107): Lady Bluejay
Fresh Meat (534): Marta
Brink of the Sea (65): Nieriel Raina
Wedding Traditions (412): Vilwarin


***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Incomplete***

The Silmarillion Gospel (315): Araloth the Random
Bringing Trouble to Barad-dur (522): Chisscientist
Tales of Older Days (381): Clodia
Hobbit Stew (441): Kara's Aunty
Not Quite A Maia (361): Kara's Aunty
Oh No! Another Lord of the Rings Parody (455): Kitt Otter


***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Mixed Drabbles***

'A' is for 'Apple'. (457): curiouswombat
The Love of Learning (601): Jay of Lasgalen
Mightier than the Sword  Indigo (49): Linda Hoyland
Barreling Out of Mirkwood (621): Nieriel Raina
Master of Imladris (56): Nieriel Raina
The Greeting Song (671): Súlriel


***SubCategory: Genres: Humor: Parody or Black Humor***

Tears on the Battlefield (310): Alassante
Fair Wanderer, Thou Makest Me Sick (271): Araloth the Random
The Fanfiction Testament (272): Araloth the Random
By The Book (423): Ignoble Bard
Fighting Enemies (33): Larner
Monty Python's 'Fellowship of the Ring' (64): Morthoron
Legolas the Bane of My Existence (288): rosethorn59
Orcs at School (9): Virtuella
Lord of the Glittering Harem (293): viv


***SubCategory Genres: Longer Works: General***

Ten Thousand Years Will Not Suffice (631): agape4gondor
Typically Atypical Book I (355): Elaura
Interrupted Journeys: Journeys Out of Grief (247): elliska
The Findaráto Diaries (41): Fiondil
The Sword of Elendil (443): Gandalfs apprentice
Swan Song (147): Ithilwen
The Queen's Orc (626): jodancingtree
I Entulesse (204): MJ
Truth Be Told (40): Virtuella


***SubCategory: Genres: Longer Works: Incomplete***

A Long and Weary Way (131): Canafinwe
Tainted Light (243): Eldalie
The Price of Duty (66): Encairion
The Sell-Sword and the Prince (98): Lady Bluejay
Or Perchance, When the Last Little Star (600): Larner
The Embalmer's Apprentice (156): Lyra
Yew (207): Pearl Took


***SubCategory Genres: Mystery: General***

A Light in May (446): Antigone Q
Olórë Malë (587): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
A Slaying in Scarlet (405): Gloromeien
A Disgrace to Gondor (47): Linda Hoyland
Looking For Boromir (13): Valente
Into the Woods (75): Wormwood


***SubCategory Genres: Non-Fiction: General***

'Sindarin' is a Quenya Word: how the clan names make Elvish more
confusing (280): Darth Fingon
Elvish Fanons and Canon Contradictions (Or, how to get those canatics
off your case for stuff you were right about in the first place) (279):
Darth Fingon
Are you on the outside looking in, or the inside looking out? (265):
Dreamflower
Hobbit Names and Naming Conventions (217): Dreamflower
Tolkien in Love (478): Eldalie
Ring-bearers, Aging, and Life in Aman (176): GamgeeFest


***SubCategory: Genres: Non-Fiction: Character Essays***

A Man of Quality: Faramir, Captain of Gondor (354): Antane
Frodo and Grace (347): Baillie from Bree
Take Pity upon Him: Did Maedhros Really Threaten to Kill Elrond and
Elros at the Third Kinslaying? (570): Dawn Felagund
An Essay on Frodo Baggins (349): Margaret Watkins
Celebrimbor (190): Oshun
Aragorn - a feminist's nightmare? (489): Virtuella


***SubCategory Genres: Poetry: General***

Obsession (338): Calenlass Greenleaf
The OTHER Lays of Beleriand (624): Chisscientist
Not So Easily Mended (352): jan-u-wine
The Drums (430): Malicean
Gilraen's Lullaby (518): Mirach
The Pathway of Dreams II (442): Nerdanel
A Mighty Bridge Invisible (614): Noliel


***SubCategory: Genres: Poetry: Character Study***

Addiction (340): Calenlass Greenleaf
Corruption (339): Calenlass Greenleaf
What do you fear milady? (543): elfenears
Harthad (353): jan-u-wine
Unbroken (384): jan-u-wine
A Friend in Need (327): Kara's Aunty
Contrapposto (531): Marta


***SubCategory: Genres: Poetry: Drama***

How I Wish (109): Dawn Felagund
And Come What Sorrow Can (496): jan-u-wine
Anniversary (March 13, 1420 S.R.) (497): jan-u-wine
Descent (625): Lady Roisin
Forty Days (295): Marta
Tears for the Fallen (316): pandemonium_213
End of Days (71): Shipwright's Trick


***SubCategory: Genres: Poetry: Hobbits***

Frodo of the Shire (476): Baillie from Bree
Minas Morgul (475): Baillie from Bree
Across So Wide a Sea (351): jan-u-wine
And I Don't Mean To (350): jan-u-wine
Shall I Sing? (336): Larner
Sunlight (348): Margaret Watkins
A New Light (400): Marigold


***SubCategory Genres: Romance: General***

Through a Glass, Darkly (254): Beruthiel's Cat
Scattered Leaves (256): Eldalie
Looking at the Stars and Counting the Hours (283): Himring
Chasing Waterfalls (424): Ignoble Bard
Perfect Happiness (613): Jedi Sapphire
The Abduction of Éomer, King of Rohan (3): Lialathuveril
First Glance (148): Marta
The Prince and the Shepherdess (154): Nieriel Raina
A Little Closer to the Edge, My Love & (245): Súlriel
The Fabled Courtship of Elanor the Fair (318): the_arc5


***SubCategory: Genres: Romance: Dunedain***

Love Began Here (231): Adonnen Estenniel
Pure Morning (286): curiouswombat
Gilraen, the Fair (106): Gwynnyd
A Seal upon thine Heart (193): Linda Hoyland
When Winter Comes (138): Marta
A Blossom of Marble (325): NeumeIndil
Shieldbrothers (371): Soledad


***SubCategory Races: Cross-Cultural: General***

Beneath Golden Leaves (488): Avon
Hyarmendil (665): Dwimordene
We Speak Through Music (419): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
Strange Land (519): Elfique
Once Upon a Blizzard (630): Fiondil
Uldor (284): Himring
A Dangerous Hunger (466): Ignoble Bard
The Courier (32): Jael
The Battle of the Kitchen (102): Raksha the Demon
Orcs in Hobbiton (447): The Lauderdale


***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Friendship***

Surprises of Yule (606): Ainu Laire
Size Isn't Everything (571): Bodkin
The Longest Night (145): Dawn Felagund
Friends in Need (308): Dreamflower
Witness to a Crime (186): Dreamflower
Dol Amroth Dip-tych (189): Dwimordene
Dance in the Moonlight (538): KyMahalei
Only the Owl Saw it All (494): Levade
The Trees Were Burning (36): Nieriel Raina
Lord of Gifts (84): shirebound
Felagund and the Noegyth Nibin (378): Soledad


***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Gapfiller***

The Road to Edoras (326): Dreamflower
To Lead His People (636): Dreamflower
Of Wine and Song (527): Ellie
Tales from Vairë's Loom: Sun-in-Eclipse (562): Fiondil
A Choice of Life or Death (585): Larner
Stranger at the Gates (24): Linda Hoyland
At the Last It Biteth (323): Mercurie
The Man Who Grew Tomatoes (125): pandemonium_213
Praiseworthy (536): Thundera Tiger


***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Incomplete***

Hand to Hand (167): Adaneth
In The House of Elrond (123): Aeärwen
Crystal Green (468): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
'Til Death Do Us Part (164): Haleth
Murder in the White City (611): Jedi Sapphire
Another Road (314): KyMahalei
Hope of a Star (129): Mirach
Dark Power Arising (235): Shemyaza1


***SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Mixed Drabbles***

Triptych (604): Adaneth
An Autumn Journey (212): Jay of Lasgalen
Giants' Game (429): Larner
Two Copper Pennies (656): Mysterious Jedi
Unbearable Parting (48): Nieriel Raina
Translations from the Elvish (645): Tanaqui


***SubCategory Races: Dwarves: General***

In Durin's Day (373): Marta
A Dwarven Yuletide (367): Soledad
In the Shelter of Destroyed Dreams (402): Thevina Finduilas
Unanswerable Questions (403): Thevina Finduilas
Mazarbul (72): Thundera Tiger
Questing (117): Thundera Tiger


***SubCategory Races: Elves: General***

In His Eyes (92): Alassante
Vignettes of the Blessed Realm - Everyday Life In Tol Eressea (653):
Anna Wing
Blood and Fire (187): Clodia
Bee-Elves (178): Darth Fingon
Tales from Vairë's Loom: The Exilic Noldos Guide to Coping with
Post-Helcaraxë Stress Syndrome (or PHSS) (566): Fiondil
A Bit of a Bore (248): Himring
Avar and Away (227): Ignoble Bard
Pity Us Not (563): j_dav (JDE)
The Day of the Dragon (184): Keiliss
The Dance of Flute and Harp (253): Lintalome (Amaranth)
Elves Don't Celebrate Yule (87): rhyselle


***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Drabbles***

Determined (426): Aeärwen
Always Something There to Remind Me (480): curiouswombat
First Snowfall (5): curiouswombat
Ash to Ash (171): Dawn Felagund
More Than Memory (241): Marta
Seeking Perfection (545): Tanaqui


***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Mirkwood Elves***

Through The Mirror of Fire (94): Esteliel
A Tale from the Wilderland (675): KyMahalei
Alone at Yule (504): laichiril
Forest Assault (620): Nieriel Raina
The Little Prince (434): ningloreth
The End? (619): Sivan Shemesh


***SubCategory: Races: Elves: Noldorin Elves***

Half-brother in Blood, Full Brother in Heart (133): Alassante
Vignettes of the Blessed Realm - Celebrimbor in Mandos (649): Anna Wing
Brightness (427): Faenel
Tales from Vairë's Loom: Tenn' Ambar-Metta (201): Fiondil
Eminently Unsuitable (252): Himring
By the Grey Light of Dawn (406): Nieriel Raina
No Justice to Yourself (281): Oshun
Resist Not Evil (188): Perelleth


***SubCategory Races: Hobbits: General***

Go Not to Aunt Dora for Advice, for She Will Give It at Great Length
(114): Dreamflower
One Fine Autumn Day (635): Dreamflower
Roast Mutton (296): Gandalfs apprentice
A Pirate's Life (640): Ilthit
Before Luck Runs Out (401): Marigold
Sharing Dinner on Lobelia Lane (322): Pearl Took
A Very Warm Yule (307): pippinfan88


***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Family***

Sometimes a Cake is Just a Cake (410): Cathleen
To Absent Friends (569): Celeritas
A Not-So-Simple Misunderstanding (31):
Celeritas/Dreamflower/Larner/Pearl Took CoAuthors
September Days Across the Brandywine (302): Dreamflower
Marigolds Yule (306): GamgeeFest
Worthy of the Name (298): Marigold


***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Mixed Drabbles***

When the Storms of Life are Raging (Stand By Me) (505): Dreamflower
Dearest Dora (445): Larner
The Research Project (602): Larner
I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way (264): Lindelea
For All Things, A Time (299): Marta
Learning His Letters (644): Tanaqui


***SubCategory: Races: Hobbits: Post-Quest***

Memorial Day (358): Antane
Sharing Sam (668): Celeritas
Sunlight on Ash (484): Ilthit
The One Left Out of the Conspiracy (320): Larner
Behind Blue Eyes (610): Marta
Concerning the Matter of Tom Took (181): Pearl Took


***SubCategory Races: Men: General***

Tales from Vairë's Loom: To Stand Fast Against the Night (632): Fiondil
Death and Life (511): Golden
Doggerel (168): Isabeau of Greenlea
Firebug (593): Isabeau of Greenlea
Libation (332): Raksha the Demon
Penance (278): SurgicalSteel


***SubCategory: Races: Men: Drabbles***

Mother Country (329): Altariel
Threshing Songs (481): curiouswombat
Evergreen (451): Linda Hoyland
A price worth paying (550): Tanaqui
Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies. (544): Tanaqui
Dreams of Trees (389): Wormwood
Hospitality (79): Wormwood


***SubCategory: Races: Men: Featuring Aragorn***

The Bitter and the Sweet (110): Cairistiona
Contrapunto (291): Gandalfs apprentice
Love Unrequited (100): Inzilbeth
The Fifteenth Fosterling (14): Inzilbeth
Freedom Is Never Free (132): Nieriel Raina
Rallying Before the Darkness (219): RadcliffePotter


***SubCategory Races: Other Beings: General***

One Breath of Air (257): Celeritas
Cleansed (337): Larner
Lost and Found (225): Linaewen
The Fool (216): Marta
Shades of Black and Grey (97): Minviendha
A Dragon Tale (51): Pearl Took
Looking For Dragons (237): Raksha the Demon
Kinslayer (192): Russandol
Many Hands (276): Russandol
Living Jewels (182): shirebound


***SubCategory Races: Villains: General***

Unrest: What Evil Fears (477): Eonwe
I Shall Not Call the Sunbeam Bright (228): j_dav (JDE)
The Wrath of Light (362): Kara's Aunty
How the East Was Won (124): pandemonium_213
Sacrifice (194): SurgicalSteel
Treed (618): The Lauderdale


***SubCategory Times: First Age and Prior: General***

In Bitterness and Loss (572): Bodkin
Lúthien's Tale (458): clotho123
Encounter in the Forest (472): Ellynn
Lover of Fire (269): Encairion
The Choices of the Peredhil (408): Inzilbeth
The Havens of Sirion (152): Inzilbeth
Necessary Sacrifices (431): Ithilwen
Tutelage (230): Marta
Follow Thy Fair Sun, Unhappy Shadow (393): Tanaqui


***SubCategory: Times: First Age and Prior: Mixed Drabbles***

Dawn & Dusk (160): Clodia
Once Upon a Twilit Time (444): Clodia
Seasons (300): Dawn Felagund
Five Things That Never Happened to Maglor Feanorion (140): Elleth
The Vessel (617): Elleth
This Shining Ember Burns my Hand (113): Primsong


***SubCategory: Times: First Age and Prior: Noldorin Elves***

The Journal of Alatáriel, Missionary (77): Clodia
A Time to Heal (448): clotho123
The Military Relevance of Sewage (628): Himring
Geography Lessons (282): Ithilwen
Morning Yearning (289): Liadan
Unrepentant Lovers (68): Oshun
Unravelling the Past (30): rhyselle
A Dangerous Guide (394): Tanaqui


***SubCategory Times: Modern Times: General***

Comfort (119): Aeärwen
In the Hidden Valley (101): Aeärwen
Elf Academy (29): Fiondil
The Last Hero (263): Jael
Grace (558): Lanyon
For Every Evil (456): Mirrordance


***SubCategory Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: General***

Dance (672): alex_quine
A Time to Reap (506): Cathleen
The Jewel of the Shire (346): Kara's Aunty
Threnody for the Dispossessed (67): Kenaz
Lasciate Ogne Speranza? (501): Maglor's finch
Conquering the Helcaraxë (16): Raksha the Demon
Fifteen Years (436): Red Lasbelin
Sword and Bow (634): StarLight9


***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Drabbles***

Scion (4): Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
Reaping the Reward (18): curiouswombat
Only Sleeping (597): Linda Hoyland
Time's Out of Joint (334): Linda Hoyland
Hearts of Home (1): Súlriel
Home Comforts (546): Tanaqui
In his father's footsteps (548): Tanaqui
Jurisdiction (542): Tanaqui


***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Gondor***

Winters of Yesterday (407): Golden
Passover and Pilgrimage (53): Larner
The Ring- Day Fete (37): Larner
Of Mice and Men... and Elves... and Dwarves (139): Marethiel
Women Of Heart And Mind (469): Nancy Brooke
Good Intentions (395): Tanaqui


***SubCategory: Times: Post-Ring War and Beyond: Vignettes***

Reckoning (623): Dwimordene
Pride and Prejudice (398): Marta
Secrets We Dare Not Tell (374): Marta
Remembrance in Leather (372): Raederle
Small Victories (594): Raksha the Demon
Passing Grace (313): Virtuella


***SubCategory Times: Pre-Ring War: General***

Memory of Faery (86): Ellie
Small Tokens (669): Galadriel
Midwinter Forfeit (574): Gwynnyd
The Call of Duty: Legolas at Erebor (246): Jael
A Mother's Hope (541): Linda Hoyland
A Last Remaining Hope (661): Rai
A Brotherly Gift (377): Soledad
Escaping By The Dozen (319): Thundera Tiger


***SubCategory Times: Ring War: General***

A Yule to Remember (575): Cathleen
Beyond the Pale (35): Dwimordene
Close Enough to Touch (242): ErinRua
No Reason To Celebrate (88): Linaewen
The Old That Is Strong (486): Linda Hoyland
To See the Light (89): Mirach
The Awakening (203): MJ
In Darkness, Light (183): Nath
Deeper than Breathing (388): ziggy


***SubCategory: Times: Ring War: Gapfiller***

Berilac's Errand (23): Dreamflower
Sacrifices (83): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
On The Eve Of Battle (213): Jay of Lasgalen
On the Turning Away (294): NeumeIndil
The Counsels of Men (103): Thundera Tiger
The World Below the Mists (43): Thundera Tiger
Enduring Moria (639): White Wolf


***SubCategory: Times: Ring War: Mixed Drabbles***

Eradication (93): Breemon
The Last Resort (568): Eärillë (AiedailWing)
Rainbow Drabbles (105): Jay of Lasgalen
Under a Silent Sky (530): Marta
Light of the Evenstar (12): Nieriel Raina
Resistance (554): Tanaqui


***SubCategory Times: Second and Early Third Age: General***

Anadûnai (233): Darth Fingon
Burden to Bear (85): Ellie
How Fleeting These Moments (135): Lady Roisin
Final Voyage (523): MithLuin
All alone in the Night (366): Soledad
Mallorn Torment (205): Tehta


***SubCategory: Times: Second and Early Third Age: Fall of Numenor***

Touch of a Vanished Hand (150): elfscribe
Every Wish (166): Independence1776 (Crystal113)
Lambe, Ando, Lambe (642): Lady Roisin
Coda (376): Marta
Woolgathering (577): pandemonium_213
All the Days of Their Grace (7): Tanaqui

Hi there!

> After conferring with the other categorizing volunteers, I decided to
> move Aearwen's story "In the House of Elrond" to Races: Cross-Cultural:
> Incomplete.

Thank you! With that, I'm fine with my subcategories. You guys rock!

Cuio mae.

Aeýrwen

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hi Arthur,

I mis-spoke (mistyped?) when I refered to Crossover: Incomplete. Of
course there's no such subcategory. What I meant was Crossover: General.

As for the WIP issue, you are correct. I have looked up the email you
sent me, and I was sure I had fixed it. But perhaps I made a mistake
somehow? Luckily this will not affect categorization. Actually, it makes
things a bit simpler, because no WIPs are running against finished
stories. :-)

Marta

On 7/8/2010 11:55 AM, elhanan_austin wrote:
>
>
> Hi Marta,
>
> I checked my stories and everything looks hunky-dory. I do find one
> thing confusing, though. You state:
>
> 'There is one exception regarding "Incompletes": we didn't have enough
> Incompletes subcategories to have one in very many main category, and
> some authors were given the choice to run against finished fic rather
> than go into a main category that didn't really fit. This affects 238. A
> Singular Honour by Shemyaza1; it is a WIP but is competing in Genres:
> Crossover: Incomplete.'
>
> This makes no sense. There is no Genres: Crossover: Incomplete. And "A
> Singular Honour is not a WIP. You have the story listed under Genres:
> Crossover: General:
> >
> > To Represent the Wizzards (63): aotearoan
> > Return of The Key. (422): curiouswombat
> > Tempered Rain (311): Ilada'Jefiv
> > Encore (268): Lady Roisin
> > To Face the Wolf (465): Maglor's finch
> > A Singular Honour (238): Shemyaza1
> > The Devil Is In The Detail (609): Tanaqui
> > Dwarf Fashions (411): Virtuella
>
> Shemyaza's other story "Dark Power Arising" is the WIP and you have it
> listed correctly under Races: Cross-Cultural: Incomplete.
>
> At any rate, I do recall that during the nomination period I pointed out
> to you that "A Singular Honour" was incorrectly labeled as a WIP and you
> said you would fix it. I also contacted Shemyaza about it as well and I
> believe she agreed that it wasn't a WIP. Apparently, the WIP tag was
> never removed? Just thought you should know. You might wish to contact
> Shemyaza and ask her. She's new to the MEFAs and may not be aware of
> these check ballots or their significance and so may not bother to look
> at them.
>
> Kudos to the volunteers for a great job in getting all these stories
> into categories.
>
> Fiondil
>