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As promised, here's the results of the 2011 Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards.

Mostly, they're self-explanatory. Stories in each subcategory are ranked according to the number of points they earned. In larger subcategories, we also assigned Honorable Mentions, based on the size of the subcategory. But there is one thing that deserves a word or two: the Smaug's Treasures stories.

Since some subcategories are more competitive than others, a piece that would have won a less competitive category may not have ranked at all. In light of that, we introduced a new award this year called Smaug's Treasure. If a piece ranks in the top third of all nominations - compared to *all* the nominations, not just what's in its subcategory - it gets a Smaug's Treasure. This is given alongside the awards it won within its subcategory, and it's the author's choice which award they want to say they won. Whichever they prefer, it's their choice. Those pieces are marked with an asterisk.

So, without further adieu...

The following reviewers reached their reviewing goals.

Adonnen Estenniel
Altariel
Azalais
Cairistiona
Caunedhiel
Curiouswombat
Darkover
Dreamflower
Dwimordene
Elfscribe
Ellyn
Erulisse
Goldleaves
Kara's Aunty
Levade
Liadan
Linaewen
Linda Hoyland
Lyra
Malinorne
Marta
Obsidianj
Oshun
Raksha the Demon
Rivergift
Russandol
Sevilodorf
Tanaqui

And the story results:

ADVENTURE: GENERAL
1ST – Burning Bright: The Road (#211) * by Keiliss
2nd – Tales of Older Days (#169) * by Clodia
3rd – Guarding the Heedless Folk (#275) * by Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
Hon. Mention:
--- B2MEM 2011: Haradhrim Nights (#108) * by mirach

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE: ANGST
1st – Worth (#320) * by Citrine
2nd – The Hands of the King (#171) by Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
3rd – Blood Feud (#383) by Wtiger

ALTERNATE UNIVERSE: GENERAL
1st – On the Twilit Planet Below (#15) * by Darth Fingon
2nd – Withered Tree (#35) * by Altariel
3rd – Northern Lights (#117) * by shirebound
Hon. Mention:
--- Lie Down in the Darkness, Rise Up from the Ash (#81) * by Dwimordene
Other Smaug's Treasures:
--- Dogfight (#361) * by Lilith Lessfair

CHARACTER STUDY: ARAGORN
1st – By Such a Foolish Name (#308) * by cairistiona
2nd – Way of the World (#31) by Michelle
3rd – Dusk Follows Dawn (#141) by Striderette
Hon. Mention:
--- The Healer's Journey (#340) by Linda Hoyland

CHARACTER STUDY: GENERAL
1st – Life After (#85) * by Keiliss
2nd – All She Wants to Do Is Dance (#535) * by Dwimordene
3rd – Lament for a Dying Son (#118) * by Fiondil
Hon. Mention:
--- A Question of Breeding (#429) by tyellas
--- Into the Realms of Ulmo (#224) by Dwimordene
--- One Is the Loneliest Number (#431) by Dreamflower
--- Victory (#523) by Tanis

CHARACTER STUDY: GONDORIANS
1st – Kingdom of Ashes (#286) * by Linda Hoyland
2nd – The Baby Pool (#88) by Isabeau of Greenlea
3rd – But He Will Not Return (#214) by Darkover
Hon. Mention:
--- Lord Faramir's Gift (#48) by mews1945

CHARACTER STUDY: HOUSE OF FINWË
1st – Rise Again From Ashes (#58) * by Independence1776 (Crystal113)
2nd – Season of Hope (#21) * by Keiliss
3rd – Racing Down the Mindon (#167) by Himring
Hon. Mention:
--- Huan, the Tale of a Hound (#122) by Nerdanel

CROSS-CULTURAL: ELDER DAYS
1st – Halls of Stone (#9) * by Jael
2nd – Elf, Interrupted: Book Two: Glorfindel's Quest (#121) * by Fiondil
3rd – In Time, Stronger than Silima (#468) by Himring

CROSS-CULTURAL: ERIADOR
1st – Inner Light (#4) * by pandemonium_213
2nd – Fathers and Sons (#575) by Gwynnyd
3rd – Babe in the Woods (#422) by Dreamflower
Hon. Mention:
--- Beneath the Birches (#97) by Linda Hoyland
--- Let it Snow (#212) by pandemonium_213

CROSS-CULTURAL: GENERAL
1st – In the Prophet's Tent (#487) * by The Lauderdale
2nd – The Apple of His Eye (#37) * by Russandol
3rd – The Burden of Sons (#178) * by Linaewen
Hon. Mention:
--- Healing in the Halls of Mandos (#399) by Pearl Took
--- Trotter's Triumph (#279) by Dreamflower

CROSS-CULTURAL: GONDOR OR ROHAN
1st – Pelargir (#123) * by Dwimordene
2nd – Foundered Land (#537) * by Altariel
3rd – Charmed (#413) * by SurgicalSteel
Hon. Mention
--- Beruthiel's Kittens (#183) * by Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
--- The Deserter's Just Deserts (#339) * by Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
--- The Use of Memory (#538) * by Altariel

CROSS-CULTURAL: THE FELLOWSHIP
1st – The Ranger and the Eagles (#116) * by cairistiona
2nd – Divided Loyalties (#389) by Darkover
3rd – Green Grows the Holly (#177) by Linaewen
Hon. Mention:
--- Boots Made for Walking (#175) by Linaewen
--- The Eve of Efenniht (#236) by Cathleen

CROSSOVER: GENERAL
1st – Punchline (#473) * by Clodia
2ND – Out of Thought and Time (#488) * by Elleth
3rd – Evidence (#157) by Camwyn
Hon. Mention:
--- Celebrating a Holiday (#423) by Pearl Took
--- War Dust (#472) by mir_noldoris

DRABBLE: CHARACTER STUDY
1st – Ariel (#119) * by Altariel
2nd – White Flame (#494) * by Adlanth
3rd – Cloaked with Love (#589) by Linda Hoyland
Hon. Mention:
--- The Lord of Silver Fountains Shall Come Into His Own (#517) by Azalais
--- The Same River Twice (#222) by Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
--- Unshed Tears (#219) by Linda Hoyland

DRABBLE: DRAMA
1st – Heaven in the Meantime (#234) * by Dwimordene
2nd – In that hour Finarfin forsook the march… but his sons were not with him (#403) by Dwimordene
3rd – Vengeance is Mine (#380) by Linda Hoyland

DRABBLE: ELVES
1st – Constancy (#447) * by Dwimordene
2nd – Morning Song (#540) * by Erulisse
3rd – The Persistence of Memory (#481) * by Robinka
Hon. Mention
--- Songwriting (#213) * by StarSpray
--- Windchimes (#304) * by rhyselle
--- Wrought with Love (#532) * by Linda Hoyland

DRABBLE: GENERAL
1st – From the Balrog-Slayer's Mouth (#515) * by Azalais
2nd – Time is Always time and Place is Always and Only Place (#227) * by Wormwood
3rd – Meals on wheels (#70) * by Jay of Lasgalen
Hon. Mention
--- Till the world is Mended (#582) * by Azalais
--- Untangled Desires (#407) * by Linda Hoyland

DRABBLE: MEN
1st – Eating for Two (#160) * by Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
2nd – A Woman's Touch (#269) * by Linda Hoyland
3rd – Caretaking (#2) by Altariel
Hon. Mention:
--- A Story Told in Fragments (#276) by Wormwood

DRABBLE: POST-RING WAR
1st – Stewardship (#28) * by Dwimordene
2nd – The Stuff of Nightmares (#270) * by Linda Hoyland
3RD – Westmarch (#45) * by Celeritas
Hon. Mention:
--- I must go down to the sea again (#264) by curiouswombat

DRABBLE: PRE-RING WAR
1st – Girl, Embalmed (#408) * by Wormwood
2nd – Towards Númenor that was (#268) by Linda Hoyland, Raksha the Demon
3rd – Star Daughter (#313) by Linda Hoyland
Hon. Mention:
--- Alone, and in bear's shape (#261) by Tanaqui

DRABBLE SERIES: CHARACTER STUDY
1st – To Death and Beyond (#458) * by Rivergift
2nd – Ladies and Captains (#91) * by FireSign
3rd – Seven Deadly Drabbles, or The Fosterling (#130) * by curiouswombat
Hon. Mention:
--- Bequests (#220) * by Altariel
--- Seven Deadly Sins (#16) * by Azalais

DRABBLE SERIES: GENERAL
1st – Introspection (#283) * by Lyra
2nd – Fighting Dragons (#187) * by Larner
3rd – Beneath the Sickle's Swing (#170) * by Clodia
Hon. Mention:
--- Labadal and Túrin (#550) by Dreamflower
--- The memory of many things both glad and sorrowful (#255) by Tanaqui

DRABBLE SERIES: MEN
1st – Return of the Governess (#412) * by curiouswombat
2nd – Garden of Gondor (#221) * by Altariel
3rd – Over a Lifetime (#147) * by Wormwood
Hon. Mention:
--- Closure (#139) * by Wormwood

DRAMA: ANGST
1st – All Shadows' Night (#334) * by Raksha the Demon
2nd – A Matter of Duty (#105) * by Larner
3rd – Bereft (#503) by Celeritas
Hon. Mention:
--- Alone (#237) by anolinde
--- Winters Chill (#89) by Aeärwen

DRAMA: FAMILY
1st – A Brother's Vision (#273) * by Darkover
2nd – Heart of Glass (#332) * by Raksha the Demon
3rd – Unseen, Unheard, Not Forgotten (#300) by Windsurfbabe
Hon. Mention:
--- Gaffers and Gardens (#180) by Linaewen

DRAMA: FEATURING ARAGORN
1ST – The Ranger and the Man in Yellow Boots (#159) * by cairistiona
2nd – A Great King (#274) * by Sandra S
3rd – On a Stormy Night (#386) * by Ellynn
Hon. Mention:
--- a Tree Grows in the Pass (#251) * by Larner

DRAMA: GENERAL
1st – Folly (#184) * by SurgicalSteel
2nd – Fair and Foul (#508) * by DrummerWench
3rd – Places in the Heart (#384) * by Raksha the Demon
Hon. Mention:
--- Broken (#298) * by Fiondil
--- The Gift of Men (#357) by Marta
--- Truth (#203) * by Starlight

ELVES: ELRONDS HOUSEHOLD
1st – A Powerful Absence (#131) * by curiouswombat
2nd – Elros' Gift (#54) * by agape4gondor
3rd – In Mordor, Where the Shadows Are (#417) by Marta

ELVES: GENERAL
1st – A Fragile Chalice (#79) * by pandemonium_213
2nd – Spell of the Crossing (#61) * by Elleth
3RD – Lullaby (#477) * by Oshun
Hon. Mention:
--- Brighter Than Ten Thousand Suns (#555) * by Anna_wing
--- Reflections (#336) * by Angelica

ELVES: HOUSE OF FINWË
1st – Reembodied (#99) * by Dawn Felagund
2nd – The Feast of Reuniting (#337) * by Oshun
3rd – A Minor Talent (#284) * by Lyra
Hon. Mention:
--- The West Wind Quartet (#166) * by Himring

ELVES: WILDERLAND
1ST – Another Road (#82) * by KyMahalei
2nd – Competition (#593) * by Raksha the Demon
3rd – Things That Yet May Be (#410) * by Marta
Hon. Mention:
--- Love's Persistence (#38) by Ignoble Bard
--- The Dragon Bride (#281) by Malinornë

FICLET: ELDER DAYS
1st – Five Things That Never Happened to Sauron (#101) * by Russandol
2nd – A Momentary Pause in the Act of Death (#57) * by grey_gazania
3rd – Promises (#402) * by grey_gazania
Hon. Mention:
--- Children of Heroes (#425) by Kaylee Arafinwiel

FICLET: GENERAL
1st – Grace and Memory (#27) * by Larner
2nd – Sam the Turtle Goes to Mordor (#194) * by Dreamflower
3RD – In the Name of the King (#385) by Ellynn
Hon. Mention:
--- A Fond Farewell (#414) by StarSpray

FICLET: LATER AGE ELVES
1st – Song of Summer (#482) * by pandemonium_213
2nd – The Green Grave (#125) * by Ellynn
3rd – Empty Heart (#95) * by Ellynn

FIRST AGE AND PRIOR: FEANORIANS
1st – The Children of Alqualondë (#318) * by Lyra
2nd – Your Sins Into Me (#29) * by Oshun
3rd – Five Bells (#100) * by Dawn Felagund
Hon. Mention:
--- Breaking Bread (#545) * by Elleth
Other Smaug's Treasures
--- Scent of Reality (#163) * by Himring

FIRST AGE AND PRIOR: GENERAL
1st – My Grandfather's Cottage (#42) * by Oshun
2nd – Toys in the Hall (#428) * by Dawn Felagund
3rd – Battle Strategy (#484) * by Dawn Felagund
Hon. Mention:
--- Still Waters (#18) * by Olorime
--- The Crafting of the Seeing stones (#199) * by Larner

FIXED-LENGTH FICLETS: GENERAL
1st – On the Edge (#331) * by Raksha the Demon
2nd – At the Turn of the Tide (#333) * by Raksha the Demon
3rd – In the Beginning (#151) by Marta

FIXED-LENGTH FICLETS: IMMORTALS
1st – Together We Will Take the Road (#14) * by Azalais
2nd – Cold feet (#65) * by Aeärwen
3rd – Down the Withywindle (#382) * by Clodia
Hon. Mention:
--- Cost (#536) * by grey_gazania

HOBBITS: BAGGINSES
1st – Leave-Taking (#525) * by Larner
2nd – Spite Scorned (#505) by Larner
3rd – In Dremes (#400) by jan-u-wine
Hon. Mention:
--- Hearts of Stone (#68) by Marta

HOBBITS: FAMILY
1st – Out to Play (#454) by Celeritas
2nd – Sometimes Wonder is Built, Brick by Brick (#32) by Larner
3rd – A Day of Rest (#507) by GamgeeFest

HOBBITS: GENERAL
1st – Preliminary Analysis of the Warwickshire Hoard Yields Insights, Raises Questions About Fourth Age Su (#47) * by Celeritas
2nd – Selfless (#200) by GamgeeFest
3rd – Green (#568) by goldleaves
Hon. Mention:
--- If Ever You'd Met Me (#182) by Linaewen
--- Kindred (#486) by GamgeeFest

HORROR: GENERAL
1st – The Orc's Claw (#7) * by Jael
2nd – Copper (#46) * by Darth Fingon
3rd – In the Shadow of the Tower (#51) * by Ignoble Bard
Hon. Mention:
--- The Unwilling (#110) * by Thundera Tiger
Other Smaug's Treasures:
--- Hollow (#115) * by Thundera Tiger
--- Things That Have Not Yet Come to Pass (#52) * by Levade
--- Where no Birds Sing (#310) * by Linda Hoyland

HUMOR: COMEDY/DRAMA
1st – Of Shape and Hue and Home (#34) * by Thundera Tiger
2ND – A Mirkwood Spider Landed On My front Porch (#69) by Nieriel Raina
3rd – How the Mighty are Fallen (#312) by Linda Hoyland
Hon. Mention:
--- Thranduil's Dilemma (#59) by Aeärwen

HUMOR: FEATURING MERRY OR PIPPIN
1ST – Read and Review (#442) * by Celeritas, Dreamflower
2nd – Markings in the Snow (#174) by agape4gondor
3rd – Stupid Is As Stupid Does (#420) by Dreamflower

HUMOR: GENERAL
1st – A Rose By Any Other Name (#55) * by pandemonium_213
2nd – Spring Cleaning (#76) * by Russandol
3rd – Ransom at the Redhorn (#495) * by Jael
Hon. Mention:
--- Boring Afternoon (#387) by Ellynn
--- Forty-eleven (#501) by cairistiona
--- Lost Tales of Gondolin (#129) * by Darth Fingon
--- The Hostage (#49) by Darth Fingon

HUMOR: MIRKWOOD ELVES
1st – Trade Off (#39) * by Ignoble Bard
2nd – The Thorn Gate (#12) * by Jael
3rd – Missing the Forest for the Trees (#263) by Starlight

INCOMPLETE: CROSS-CULTURAL
1st – Carefully Taught (#409) * by Linda Hoyland
2nd – In the Court of the High King (#552) by Dreamflower
3rd – Tree and Stone (#561) by Barra the Bard (aka Barrabard)

INCOMPLETE: DRAMA
1st – Chasing Mirages (#75) * by Russandol
2nd – Light Over the Mountain (#135) * by pandemonium_213
3rd – Dark Forest (#249) * by Anarithilien

INCOMPLETE: GENERAL
1st – Fourth Age (#13) * by Isabeau of Greenlea
2nd – The Prince and the Nightingale (#260) by Melusine
3rd – Where the Grass Grows Green (#491) by Ragnelle
Hon. Mention:
--- Fael Amrûn (#240) by Esteliel
--- Sweet the Sin, Bitter the Taste (#360) by Lilith Lessfair
--- The Forgotten Tree (#370) by Two-point

MEN: ARAGORN
1st – Tongues of Men and of Angels (#302) * by Linda Hoyland
2nd – The Darkest Night (#521) by Nath
3rd – Reforged (#406) by Linaewen
Hon. Mention:
--- Where the Trees Touch the Water (#148) by shegollum

MEN: BOROMIR
1st – The Kindness of Strangers (#148) by Marta
2nd – Echoes Inhabit the Garden (#137) by Wormwood
3rd – Talking to a Dead Tree by Moonlight (#146) by Wormwood

MEN: FARAMIR
1st – Heart of the Storm (#202) by Raksha the Demon
2nd – Weregild (#11) * by Isabeau of Greenlea
3rd – Picking Up the Threads (#374) * by alex_quine
Hon. Mention:
--- Once (#319) * by Noldo
--- Reconstruction (#325) * by Tanaqui

MEN: GENERAL
1st – On the Brink (#208) * by SurgicalSteel
2nd – Sea Wing (#463) by Himring
3RD – Still Some Way to Go (#140) by Wormwood
Hon. Mention:
--- Watching the Dance (#56) by Lyra

MODERN TIMES: GENERAL
1st – Bronwe Athan Harthad (#150) * by Marta
2nd – The Job Interview (#453) * by Larner
3rd – Golden (#41) by Jael

MYSTERY: GENERAL
1st – King Thingol's Codpiece (#1) * by elfscribe
2nd – The Well (#156) * by Keiliss
3rd – Shadows of Memory (#216) * by Linda Hoyland

NON-FICTION: GENERAL
1st – Not Just the Son of That Guy: Creating Effective Names for Original Characters (#358) * by Darth Fingon
2nd – Character biography of Miriel Serinde (#198) * by Oshun
3rd – Character Biography of Eöl (#197) * by Oshun
Hon. Mention:
--- Character Biography of Gildor Inglorion (#164) * by Oshun
--- Characterization in Fanfic: Using Canon as the DNA for Your Characters (#190) * by Dreamflower
--- Masculinity in Tolkien (#359) * by Esteliel
Other Smaug's Treasures:
--- Losing Mary (#193* * by Eldalie
--- The Unnatural History of Tolkien's Orcs (#599) * by tyellas

OTHER BEINGS: GENERAL
1st – In the Court of the Dragon Emperor (#5) * by pandemonium_213
2nd – Lalma, Alalme (#44) * by Himring
3rd – If Ever a Fruit Ripens (#440) * by Pearl Took
Hon. Mention:
--- Breath of Arda (#201) by Fiondil
--- Eä (#265) by Marta
--- The Web of the World (#83) * by Dwimordene

POETRY: CHARACTER STUDY
1st – The Last Hours (#465) by jan-u-wine
2nd – At the Crossroads of the King (#443) by jan-u-wine
3rd – Shall the Marring be Amended? (#398) by openmeadow

POETRY: DRAMA
1st – Another Sunless Dawn (#464) by jan-u-wine
2nd – Quietly (#30) by Pearl Took
3rd – Frodo's Remembrance of Gollum (#446) by jan-u-wine

POETRY: GENERAL
1st – On Being Part of a Grand Story (#459) * by jan-u-wine
2nd – Mellon (#460) by jan-u-wine
3rd – A Silmaril in the Morning (#490) by rhyselle
Hon. Mention:
--- Valley of Twilight and Stars (#36) by Adonnen Estenniel

POETRY: HOBBITS
1st – The Summons (#316) * by Baillie from Bree
2nd – Rosie's Song (#50) by Armariel
3rd – Where You Are Bound (#451) by jan-u-wine
Hon. Mention:
--- Soon (#462) by jan-u-wine

POETRY: POST RING WAR
1st – The Fairest Flower (#547) by jan-u-wine
2ND – Meriadoc and Peregrin, S.R. 1484 (#542) by Dreamflower
3rd – Slave to Power (#315) by Baillie from Bree

POST-RING WAR AND BEYOND: ELVES OR DWARVES
1st – We Three Kings (#10) * by Jael
2nd – The Gates of the Kingdom (#513) * by Azalais
3rd – A Conversation with the Dead (#120) * by Fiondil
Hon. Mention:
--- Beneath a Bitter Rain (#266) * by Marta

POST-RING WAR AND BEYOND: GENERAL
1st – Keep Him Secret, Keep Him Safe (#292) * by shirebound
2nd – Wings of Summer (#8) * by Raksha the Demon
3rd – Lullaby (#154) * by Celeritas
Hon. Mention:
--- The Price of Duty (#381) * by Wtiger

POST-RING WAR AND BEYOND: GONDOR
1ST – By Sad Waters We Sat Down and Wept (#230) * by Altariel
2nd – Through all the Changing Scenes of Life (#136) * by Linda Hoyland
3rd – Light Lingering (#90) * by mir_noldoris
Hon. Mention:
--- Rematch (#87) by Isabeau of Greenlea

PRE-RING WAR: GENERAL
1st – Voice in the Night (#191) * by Linda Hoyland
2nd – The Rhythm of Love (#375) * by Red Lasbelin
3rd – I Shall Not Be Supplanted (#232) by Larner

RING WAR: GENERAL
1st – Stray but a little… (#25) * by Thundera Tiger
2nd – Day's Ending (#22) * by Raksha the Demon
3rd – Ranger, Ringbearer and Resolution (#158) * by Linda Hoyland

ROMANCE: GENERAL
1st – Ice and Tears (#92) * by Adonnen Estenniel
2nd – Hunter of the Heart (#40) * by Ignoble Bard
3rd – Lúthien Meets Beren (#127) * by Oshun
Hon. Mention:
--- The Unspoken (#128) * by Elfique

ROMANCE: GONDORIANS
1st – Amid the Powers and Chances of the World (#78) * by Azalais
2nd – From the Ashes (#379) * by EdorasLass
3rd – Boromir's Return (#544) by Osheen Nevoy
Hon. Mention:
--- Mapping Desire (#376) by empy

SECOND AGE AND EARLY THIRD AGE: GENERAL
1st – Driftwood (#126) * by pandemonium_213
2nd – Playing Politics (#217) * by SurgicalSteel
3rd – Things Unseen (#19) * by Marta
Hon. Mention:
--- Clouds Will Clear (#63) by Elleth

VILLAINS: GENERAL
1st – Shadows and Memories (#153) by mirach
2ND – Losing Something Precious (#297) by Fiondil
3rd – The Turning of the Year Approaches (#244) by Larner
Hon. Mention:
--- King's Men (#267) by Marta
--- Respite (#71) by Marta

P.S. – The results are also available at the MEFA website. Go to http://www.mefawards.org/, and just click on "The 2011 MEFAs are over. See the results." From there you can find links to the nominations, summaries and other information, and read peoples' reviews by clicking the "Info" link beside each nomination.

The website version is the "official" results, and this listing is provided for your convenience. If you notice any omissions or mistakes, email me privately (marta.fandomATgmailDOTcom) and I will look into it, and edit the LJ version of this post if needed.