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I have just joined this group. It sounds exciting, and I'd like to thank
the owner and administrators for all their efforts.

I first read LotR at age 16 and was knocked out by the rich detail,
especially the invention of actual languages. I loved and still love the
Elves most of all. Peter Jackson's first film in the trilogy, FotR,
caught my imagination more than any movie has to date, and I'm a serious
movie buff. I started writing fan fiction in February, 2002. I love to
take the little-known areas of M-E and fill in the gaps. My favorite
characters are Arwen (easily the superior to Juliet as a dramatic love
interest, in my opinion) Elrond, a tragic figure, Legolas, and a long
list of others. My literary influences are JRRT of course, Shakespeare,
Marion Zimmer Bradley, Stephen King (especially his book "On Writing"),
the legends of Robin Hood, the King Arthur legends, and readings in
mythology, especially western European.

Best of luck to everyone who is entered in the contest. I love to get
e-mail. Feel free to drop me a line to chat, either on list or at
chathollinn@comcast.net.
Regards - Chathol-linn


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Welcome! And to Arquen, too!

Good to have you both!

Chathol-linn sent me some good questions that I'm going to add to the Q and
A page, so you all might want to look it up. She also brought up the point
that I didn't mention poetry. While I never meant to exclude it, I assumed
it would fall into a subcategory. But I really should say something. So I
will be adding poetry into the FAQ. I don't think it should be a main
category any more than Story should.

--Ainaechoiriel

"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.

http://www.stormpages.com/gabrielle/lotr Land of Myth and Memory
Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chathol-linn [mailto:chathollinn@comcast.net]
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 5:45 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Hello, MEFA!
>
> I have just joined this group. It sounds exciting, and I'd
> like to thank the owner and administrators for all their efforts.
>
> I first read LotR at age 16 and was knocked out by the rich
> detail, especially the invention of actual languages. I loved
> and still love the Elves most of all. Peter Jackson's first
> film in the trilogy, FotR, caught my imagination more than
> any movie has to date, and I'm a serious movie buff. I
> started writing fan fiction in February, 2002. I love to
> take the little-known areas of M-E and fill in the gaps. My
> favorite characters are Arwen (easily the superior to Juliet
> as a dramatic love interest, in my opinion) Elrond, a tragic
> figure, Legolas, and a long list of others. My literary
> influences are JRRT of course, Shakespeare, Marion Zimmer
> Bradley, Stephen King (especially his book "On Writing"), the
> legends of Robin Hood, the King Arthur legends, and readings
> in mythology, especially western European.
>
> Best of luck to everyone who is entered in the contest. I
> love to get e-mail. Feel free to drop me a line to chat,
> either on list or at chathollinn@comcast.net.
> Regards - Chathol-linn
>
>
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Sounds good! A lot is happening at this new Tolkien fan site. All the
polls and the preparations! Many thanks, Ainaechoirel, for all your
efforts. Regards - Chathol-linn

PS - tonight is May Eve and Beltane. Enjoy your evening, pink roses. and
your cup of May wine and sweet woodruff. :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Ainaechoiriel [mailto:mefaadmin@earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 10:23 PM
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [MEFAwards] Hello, MEFA!

Welcome! And to Arquen, too!

Good to have you both!

Chathol-linn sent me some good questions that I'm going to add to the Q
and
A page, so you all might want to look it up. She also brought up the
point
that I didn't mention poetry. While I never meant to exclude it, I
assumed
it would fall into a subcategory. But I really should say something.
So I
will be adding poetry into the FAQ. I don't think it should be a main
category any more than Story should.

--Ainaechoiriel

"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said,
"for
it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.

http://www.stormpages.com/gabrielle/lotr Land of Myth and Memory
Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chathol-linn [mailto:chathollinn@comcast.net]
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 5:45 PM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Hello, MEFA!
>
> I have just joined this group. It sounds exciting, and I'd
> like to thank the owner and administrators for all their efforts.
>
> I first read LotR at age 16 and was knocked out by the rich
> detail, especially the invention of actual languages. I loved
> and still love the Elves most of all. Peter Jackson's first
> film in the trilogy, FotR, caught my imagination more than
> any movie has to date, and I'm a serious movie buff. I
> started writing fan fiction in February, 2002. I love to
> take the little-known areas of M-E and fill in the gaps. My
> favorite characters are Arwen (easily the superior to Juliet
> as a dramatic love interest, in my opinion) Elrond, a tragic
> figure, Legolas, and a long list of others. My literary
> influences are JRRT of course, Shakespeare, Marion Zimmer
> Bradley, Stephen King (especially his book "On Writing"), the
> legends of Robin Hood, the King Arthur legends, and readings
> in mythology, especially western European.
>
> Best of luck to everyone who is entered in the contest. I
> love to get e-mail. Feel free to drop me a line to chat,
> either on list or at chathollinn@comcast.net.
> Regards - Chathol-linn
>
>
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This will be a sample nomination, using my four stories (which will be
actually nominated soon), just so it will be fairly clear how to do it.
Note, I'm going to use two URLs. One for ff.net where everythings plain B&W
for easy reading and one for my own site which isn't plain B&W and maybe not
easy reading. You don't need to use two. One will suffice.

You can use the author's description if the site has one, or write one of
your own. Any author can override summaries for his or her own works. (same
with categories)

Okay

We start by copying the nomination form (from the Files section, Forms and
Ballots folder) or the web site. Then we fill it out (remember that all
fields with * are mandatory). Pasting it in as many times as need be. Let's
keep it to 5 per post, though, please.

And here are my sample nominations:

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Story Nomination Form

*Nominator's name: Ainaechoiriel

*Story Title: Immortal

*Story Author: Ainaechoiriel

*Author's E-mail Address: ainae@earthlink.net

*Story URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=944263
or
http://www.stormpages.com/gabrielle/lotr/stories/immortal.html

*Category Choices (see Categories File or FAQ for choices)
*1st: Drama
2nd: Lord of the Rings
3rd: Hobbits
Subcategory (suggest something): 4th Age, Friendship, short story

*Rating: PG

Reason for rating (violence, graphic, etc.): (Rating for dying characters.
No actual death portrayed.)

*Romance Parners (for Romances Only): N/A

*Summary (not a recommendation. Save that for the vote):Merry and Pippin,
approaching the end of their lives, have a request to make of Legolas.

----------------------------------------------------------------

Story Nomination Form

*Nominator's name: Ainaechoiriel

*Story Title: Myth and Memory

*Story Author: Ainaechoiriel

*Author's E-mail Address: ainae@earthlink.net

*Story URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1256706
or
http://www.stormpages.com/gabrielle/lotr/stories/mandm.html

*Category Choices (see Categories File or FAQ for choices)
*1st: Rohan
2nd: Drama
3rd: Adventure
Subcategory (suggest something): War of the Ring, 1st Person narrative,
movie-verse, short story

*Rating: PG

Reason for rating (violence, graphic, etc.): N/A (this is mainly for R's)

*Romance Parners (for Romances Only): N/A

*Summary (not a recommendation. Save that for the vote): A young door warden
of Rohan and his friend observe a certain Elf on the way to Helm's Deep.


----------------------------------------------------------------

Story Nomination Form

*Nominator's name: Ainaechoiriel

*Story Title: Namesake

*Story Author: Ainaechoiriel

*Author's E-mail Address: ainae@earthlink.net

*Story URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1359677

*Category Choices (see Categories File or FAQ for choices)
*1st: Rohan
2nd: Drama
3rd: LOTR
Subcategory (suggest something): First Person narrative, vignette

*Rating: G

Reason for rating (violence, graphic, etc.): N/A

*Romance Parners (for Romances Only): N/A

*Summary (not a recommendation. Save that for the vote): A companion piece
to author's other story, Myth and Memory. An old man speaks to his
grandchild, remembers a fallen friend.


----------------------------------------------------------------

Story Nomination Form

*Nominator's name: Ainaechoiriel

*Story Title: The Lure of the Darkness

*Story Author: Ainaechoiriel

*Author's E-mail Address: ainae@earthlink.net

*Story URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1489653
or
http://www.stormpages.com/gabrielle/lotr/stories/lure.html

*Category Choices (see Categories File or FAQ for choices)
*1st: Horror
2nd: Drama
3rd: Elves
Subcategory (suggest something): Mirkwood, pre-WoTR

*Rating: R

Reason for rating (violence, graphic, etc.): Mirkwood Spiders

*Romance Parners (for Romances Only): N/A

*Summary (not a recommendation. Save that for the vote): Pre-WoTR: In the
time of the Necromancer, an Elf child goes missing. Legolas and a patrol go
looking for her.





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Thank you, Cheysuli, for volunteering to be a Promotion Representative!

As I told Larian, there is a table in the Database area of the Yahoo site
called MEFA Promotions. In there you'll see who has already been contacted
and how they responded. When you contact someone, please enter it there so
we don't double-up and browbeat anyone.
;-) Also, if they respond positively, get a link and button/banner from them
(if they have banner or button). Put the Link in the Link section and
e-mail me that information as well as the banner/button and I'll get them up
on the web site.

Welcome aboard!

--Ainaechoiriel

"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.

http://www.stormpages.com/gabrielle/lotr Land of Myth and Memory
Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com

Give me just three more votes and (provided I'm home to be on the net) I'll
call it done!

So what shall it be? Which shall be the names of our Orc prizes?

(And while we on the subject of polls, the Nomination Season poll is tied.


--Ainaechoiriel

"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.

http://www.stormpages.com/gabrielle/lotr Land of Myth and Memory
Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com

As Administrator and Founder of the Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards, I hereby
declare the 2004 Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards to be open!

Let the nominations begin!

--Ainaechoiriel

"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
it is Windows-compatible, and freeware at that." --H.F.

http://www.stormpages.com/gabrielle/lotr Land of Myth and Memory
Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com