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Check Ballot #1.5 (revised)

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Cross-cultural
LCC2: Horses and Verses by Altariel and Isabeau
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1263984
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Theonden's funeral feast, Eomer and Faramir have a little chat.

Cross-cultural
LCC3: Knife Work by Thundera Tiger
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1110291
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Vignette set in the middle of Helm's Deep. A quick explanation for
something odd that happens in the middle of the Orc-killing game between
Legolas and Gimli. Aragorn and Eomer appear, too.

Cross-cultural
LCC4: Resurrection by Jillian
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=210
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Legolas and an Orc have an encounter.

Cross-cultural
LCC5: River of Fallen Stars by Fileg
URL: http://henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=1747
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Faramir and Pippin see stars in the Anduin as they share some old
ghosts and a bottle of wine

Cross-cultural
LCC6: Sara-Lisse by Erin's Daughter
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2487
Rating: R
Romance Partners: Aragorn/Arwen
Summary:Aragorn and Arwen are married and all they have fought for is theirs
-- but great love often comes at a great price. Contains explicit het.

Cross-cultural
LCC7: To the Bottle I go by Pervinca
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1214
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:A group of friends spend an evening at Gondor's finest Inn,
remembering the ladies they fought their battles for.

Drabble
LD1: *How Quickbeam Got His Name by Teasel
URL: http://members.aol.com/Brumblepop/fics/drabbles.htm
Rating: PG-13
Romance Partners: Quickbeam/Treebeard
Summary:How Quickbeam got his name. Drabble.

Drabble
LD2: And get my pipe out of my pack, if it isn't broken... by Lindelea
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=371&cid=1532

Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:A quiet moment in the Houses of Healing.

Drabble
LD3: Fireside Chats by Lindelea
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=371&cid=1536
Rating: G tiny bit of violence
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Frodo, Fire and the Ring

Drabble
LD4: Goes A Courting by Chris
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=244&cid=908

Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:A dwarf and his pursuits.

Drabble
LD5: I See the Moon, and the Moon Sees Me by Lindelea
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=371&cid=1534
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Pippin sits with Merry in the Houses of Healing

Drabble
LD6: My Elf by Alexcat
URL: http://www.ofelvesandmen.com/Stories/A/Alex/LOTR/I_P/M/MyElf.htm
Rating: G
Romance Partners: Legolas/Gimli
Summary:Gimli stakes his claim.

Drabble
LD7: That Which is Fairest by Elana
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=1865&cid=7780
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Gimli ponders his gift from Galadriel

Drabble
LD8: The Moon Sees Somebody I'd Like to See by Lindelea
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=371&cid=2568
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Merry sits with Pippin after the Black Gate.

Drabble
LD9: The Stone Tree by LKK
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=1284&cid=5184

Rating: G Graphic imagery
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:During that restless third night of The Great Chase, Gimli ponders
his elven companion.

Dwarves
LDw1: A Different Kind of Sacrifice by Suzene Campos
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=1043
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:This is an entry for the Movie Challenge, specifically for the "What
is Gimli Thinking Each Time He Makes A Joke" idea. Set directly after the
battle for Helm's Deep, this movie-verse story contains spoilers, angst, and
Dwarf-stripping. You have been warned.

Dwarves
LDw2: A True Dwarf by Powerof theBook
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=840
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: Gimli and OFC
Summary:A bride has reservations about her husband-to-be, and he assuages
them in his own inimitable fashion. Written because Gimli needs someone to
come home to as much as any handsome Elf does.

Dwarves
LDw3: Aglarond by Erin Rua
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=1394
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:A dwarf, a cave and a claustrophobic elf. Wherein Gimli and Legolas
venture into the Crystal Caves of Aglarond at the war's end, and Legolas is
lost for words. NO slash. COMPLETE.

Dwarves
LDw4: Keeping Secrets by Deborah Judge
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1131858

Rating: PG-13
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Gimli and Eowyn discover that they have something in common. TTT
movie-based.

Dwarves
LDw5: Whistling Past the Graveyard by Shunt
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2070

Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Superstitions nuzguling challenge -The Fellowship pass the defiled
dwarven tombs in Moria.

Gondor
LG1: All of Them Together by Fileg
URL: http://henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=1791
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Boromir and Thorongil, singing and an honorable surrender

Gondor
LG2: As The Arrow Flies by Fileg
URL: http://henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=1912
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Faramir recalls how his grandfather taught him about the stars

Gondor
LG3: Breathe by Fileg
URL: http://henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=1575
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Throughout their lives, Boromir and Faramir meeting at the Anduin

Gondor
LG4: Failure by Liz
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1708
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:As events reach a climax in the War of the Ring, the son of the Lord
of Gondor returns to Minas Tirith, after great deeds. (Written for a
challenge at HASA to explore the impact of the Black Breath on any
character.)

Gondor
LG5: Queen's Gambit by A L Milton
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?
STID=2768

Rating: PG adult implications
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Faramir and Arwen play a game of chess in the summer of 3019 TA.
Politics, the Alekhine Defence by any other name and Faramir taking his
clothes off - a description that is as accurate as it is misleading.

Gondor
LG6: Sting by TreeHugger
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1233315
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:The parting of Boromir and Faramir, in which the brothers again
address the question of which of them should go to Imladris.

Gondor
LG7: Too Late for Misgivings by Shodow975
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1197684
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:The parting of Boromir and Faramir, in which the brothers again
address the question of which of them should go to Imladris.

Hobbits
LHob1: *On Gorgoroth Plain by Teasel
URL: http://members.aol.com/Brumblepop/fics/ogp.htm
Rating: G Violence
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Other things live in Mordor besides orcs. Frodo and Sam encounter
one such creature on their journey.

Hobbits
LHob2: A Way Opens by Thevina Finduilas
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2541

Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:"Where will wants not, a way opens," Eowyn says in The Two Towers. A
series of vignettes about Merry and Eowyn, boots, the afterlife, and joy in
unlikely friendships.

Hobbits
LHob3: The Gift of Iluvatar by Ariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1267180
Rating: G vile deeds of Saruman
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:From the hobbits' fall at Mt. Doom to Sam's waking in Ithilien...
the story Tolkien only hinted at. What really happened when all the healing
powers of wizards, elves and men were summoned to insure that this was not
the end of all things for the halflings? Sorrow, hope and healing in a
strictly canon gapfiller that captures the flavour of Tolkien's writing
remarkably well.

Hobbits
LHob4: Those Who Remain by Marnie
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1233093
Rating: G battle
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:What can Sam Gamgee, and Lord Celeborn of Lorien possibly have in
common?

Hobbits
LHob5: Waiting, Wondering, Wandering, Wishing by Gonzai
URL:
http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter_view.cfm?STID=308&SPOrdinal=1
Rating: PG Violence
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:A series of four missing scenes from RotK.

Incomplete
LI1: *Bagenders by Lady Alyssa and Random Dent
URL: http://bagenders.stormpages.com/episodes.html
Rating: PG-13 language; innuendo
Romance Partners:
Summary:The Fellowship have been made immortal and are living together in
the house-share from Hell.

Incomplete
LI2: An Aussie in King Aragorn's Court by Lady Coralie
URL: http://www.tolkienonline.com/reading_room/author.cm?aid=25859
Rating: PG violence, rape, physical and mental torture, healing techniques
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:An Australian woman shows up in full ski gear on the slopes of the
Caradhas

Incomplete
LI3: I Return by Coriel
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1162
Rating: G n/a
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:The homeward journey for Legolas. from Gondor to Greenwood and
beyond. Some insight into what the War of the Ring must have meant to the
quietest and oft neglected member of the Fellowship, together with his and
Gimli's subsequent efforts to achieve acceptance in opposing worlds.

Incomplete
LI4: Lie Down in Darkness, Rise Up from the Ash by Dwimordene
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=8
Rating: PG13
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:This is a very dark AU for LOTR. The premise: without Gollum, how
does the Quest turn out? Angsty drama ensues as the storyline of the Lord of
the Rings unfolds differently as we attempt to take "the road less traveled
by."

Incomplete
LI5: Moria's Revenge by Kookaburra, Llinos, and Marigold
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=972596
Rating: R
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:The orcs of Moria capture and torture pippin. When he is finally
rescued he faces a long period of healing, in the hands of the Fellowship
and the elves of Lothlorien. And when Gollum attacks and injures Frodo, who
will then take the Ring to the fire?

Incomplete
LI6: Once More Into the Urple Depths of OFUM by Camilla Sandman
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=950294
Rating: PG-13
Romance Partners:
Summary:New movie, new students, new lustobjects, new mini-Balrogs and a
whole new curriculum. That's right, children. OFUM is back. But wait. It's
no longer the only University in town. MUSM? What the.? (37?)

Incomplete
LI5: Recaptured by Llinos
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=970288;
http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=969855
Rating: R
Romance Partners: none, but Merry and Pippin have a close relationship. The
reader can decide how close.
Summary:An AU LotR story -- The Uruk-hai recapture Merry and Pippin and
because of this the story changes. The hobbits suffer many trials and
tribulations as a consequence and are led in a completely different
direction to the original story.

Incomplete
LI6: The Fellowship of the Mutants by Samus
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1628447
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:What LOTR might have been like if the characters had the powers of
X-Men characters.

Poetry
LP1: All Ye Fellowship of Nine by Azalais
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/challenge/chapter.cfm?STID=670&NGID=31
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:LoTR retold to a well-known festive Victorian tune

Poetry
LP2: Finduilas by Fileg
URL:
http://www.henneth-annun.net/challenge/chapter_view.cfm?NGID=2&STID=1419&SPO
rdinal=1
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:This is a love poem that was written too late -- a villanelle for
Finduilas...

Poetry
LP3: Goldberry's Song by Vulgarweed
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=809
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:The smitten River-Daughter tries to get a rhyme in edgewise.

Poetry
LP4: Rescue of the Rowan by Chathol-linn
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=778
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:A dream. Two mortal children fall to Rivendell, where Elrond tests
their powers.

Poetry
LP5: Samwise Did See by Moralanqua
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=926

Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Sam laments the days of the Fellowship.

Poetry
LP6: Song Fight at the Swan and Cygnet Saloon by Chathol-Linn
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2299
Rating: R
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:The story of how a couple of archers, Bard and Legolas, resolved a
gambling argument, mellowed out some Orcs, and named a new tavern drink in
the process.

Poetry
LP7: The Hamster by Dwimordene
URL:
http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter_view.cfm?STID=2423&SPOrdinal=1
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Poe pastiche silliness. Obsession and the care and dealing with
hamsters collide-welcome to Denethor's world.

Poetry
LP8: The Lion and the Swan by ErinRua
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/challenge/chapter.cfm?STID=1606&NGID=72
Rating: G
Romance Partners: Eomer/Lothiriel
Summary:A poem of Eomer of Rohan, from musings by his bride, Lothiriel of
Dol Amroth

Poetry
LP9: Tickle the Ranger by Alawa
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=1801
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:A child's verse. Come tickle the Ranger... You know you want to!

Poetry
LP10: War Now Calls Us by War Now Calls Us
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2361
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:A poem from the midst of the battle of the Pelennor Fields, after
Eomer sees the (assumed) dead Eowyn.

Poetry
LP11: Wishes of a King by White Gull
URL:
http://www.frodosharem.org/cgi-bin/stories/display.cgi?>id=287&sort=date&sto
ryview=toc&chapter=1&cat=7

Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Aragorn remembers from whence his kingship came.

Vignette
LV1: A Gift for Pippin by Gwynnyd
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2971
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Poor Pippin. He is traumatized from being exposed to the Eye of
Sauron. Everyone thinks he's been really stupid *again* and no one gives him
any sympathy for being tortured by Sauron... except Legolas. Pippin really
didn't do so badly, when you get right down to it.

Vignette
LV2: After Such Knowledge by Azalais
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=1522
Rating: G N/A
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:While the battle rages on the Pelennor Field, the aged Keeper of
Minas Tirith's House of Lore remembers the last time Mithrandir came to the
White City and sought his help.

Vignette
LV3: For Pity's Sake by Zimraphel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1841411
Rating: PG-13
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:The Mirkwood sentries assigned to guard Gollum take pity on him,
with horrific results

Vignette
LV4: Repairs by Isabeau of Greenleaf
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=883019
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:After the battle of Helm's Deep, Gimli fixes his axe.

Vignette
LV5: The Hours by Thevina Finduilas
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=3118
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:A set of vignettes which all take place during one particularly
challenging day during the War of the Ring, March 14, 3019. The vignettes
are based around the monastic services of the hours, seven in all, from 3:15
a.m. to 7:30 p.m; additionally, each vignette focuses on one of the senses-
taste, touch, etc. Some are well-known characters in well-known scenarios,
others are more obscure.

L1: *Don't Panic by boz4PM
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=545
Rating: PG-13
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Penny is panicking. Where is she? How did she get here? How will she
get home and whose backside will she kick first when she finally does? A
woman lost in Middle Earth wearing only her pyjamas. This can't be good..

L2: Answering Machines of Middle Earth by Lindelea
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=409
Rating: G Some violence, lots of angst, but the rating should really be more
of a PG13
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:If they had answering machines and voice mail in Middle-earth, what
would you hear? (Not as stupid as it sounds, I promise)

L3: Estel by Viv
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=290
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:A mortal boy living in Rivendell must have overheard things, must
have sensed his uniqueness. And his burden.

L4: For The Road by Alawa
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1022638
Rating: G Charcter Death
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:While preparing to depart for the Havens, Bilbo receives a final
letter from Aragorn.

L5: Gilraen's Memorial by Alawa
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1177897
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Before the Fellowship's departure from Rivendell, Aragorn thinks
about Arwen, Elrond and his duty while visiting Gilraen's grave.

L6: Leave Us Not In Darkness by Zimraphel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1405254
Rating: PG-13
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:When Gandalf, Aragorn and Legolas enter the Tower of Orthanc for the
first time, they discover Saruman's most vile deed.

L7: Lord of the Rings: Kyshri's Story by Lady Shinigami
URL: http://www.tolkienonline.com/docs/9946.html
Rating: PG-13 sex scenes
Romance Partners: Legolas/f
Summary:This is the battle at Amon Hen where Boromir is killed, and the
Fellowship is split. Part of a 10th Walker story.

L8: Only the Beginning by Cassia
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1644976
Rating: G language
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Slightly extended and appended version of part of the Coronation
scene near the end of ROTK. Decidedly Aragorn & Legolas centric.

L9: Promises by Viv
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=546
Rating: PG N/A
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:Legolas never had a wife, but that doesn't mean he never had a love.
A short history of what was and what might have been, had the war not
interrupted.

L10: To Dream by Iluvien
URL: http://www.tolkienonline.com/docs/12370.html
Rating: G
Romance Partners: Elladan/F
Summary:Oloriel, an Elf maiden from Lothlorien has by some reason unknown to
either of them, been meeting Elladan in her dreams. They have both been
developing feelings for each other, and this is where they finally express
their feelings.

--Ainaechoiriel
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"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
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>
> Dwarves
> LDw4: Keeping Secrets by Deborah Judge
> URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1131858
>
> Rating: PG-13
> Romance Partners: n/a
> Summary:Gimli and Eowyn discover that they have something in common.

TTT

> movie-based.

I nominated this one and suggested "Dwarves", being at a loss
otherwise. However, if there is going to be a "Cross Cultural"
category, I think this story might do better there, as it really is
more about the encounter between Gimli and Éowyn than about
Dwarvishness and Dwarvish culture per se.

Dwim

--- Ainaechoiriel <mefaadmin@earthlink.net> wrote:

>
> The Lord of the Rings
> Check Ballot #1.5 (revised)
>
> Please check Check Ballots over carefully so that we can correct any
> mistakes before the official ballot is released.

Hobbits
LHob4: Those Who Remain by Marnie
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1233093
Rating: G battle
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary:What can Sam Gamgee, and Lord Celeborn of Lorien possibly have in
common?


I don't think this should be under the Hobbits sub-cat. It features Celeborn
and Sam. Should maybe go in the general category or maybe cross-cultural?

Depending on what you consider the length of a vignette, it might fit there.
(It's 5200 words or so).



=====
Larian
larian_elensar@yahoo.com
Keeper of the OEAM archive http://www.ofelvesandmen.com

dwimmer_laik@yahoo.com wrote:

>
> >
> > Dwarves
> > LDw4: Keeping Secrets by Deborah Judge
> > URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1131858
> >
> > Rating: PG-13
> > Romance Partners: n/a
> > Summary:Gimli and Eowyn discover that they have something in common.
> TTT
> > movie-based.
>
> I nominated this one and suggested "Dwarves", being at a loss
> otherwise. However, if there is going to be a "Cross Cultural"
> category, I think this story might do better there, as it really is
> more about the encounter between Gimli and Towyn than about
> Dwarvishness and Dwarvish culture per se.
>
> Dwim

Hi Dwim,

Thanks for bringing this up. The only problem with moving it to
Cross-cultural is there are only five stories in Dwarves (I think?) so
if we move "Keeping Secrets" to Cross-cultural Dwarves isn't viable.

Of course there's no law that says we have to have a Dwarves
subcategory. If you really feel "Keeping Secrets" would be better in
Cross-cultural, I suppose the other four dwarf stories could be movd to
LotR/no subcategory?

Marta

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dwimmer_laik [mailto:dwimmer_laik@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 12:14 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: LOTR Check Ballot #1.5 (revised)
>
>
> >
> > Dwarves
> > LDw4: Keeping Secrets by Deborah Judge
> > URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1131858
> >
> > Rating: PG-13
> > Romance Partners: n/a
> > Summary:Gimli and Eowyn discover that they have something in common.
> TTT
> > movie-based.
>
> I nominated this one and suggested "Dwarves", being at a loss
> otherwise. However, if there is going to be a "Cross Cultural"
> category, I think this story might do better there, as it
> really is more about the encounter between Gimli and Éowyn
> than about Dwarvishness and Dwarvish culture per se.

Well, we can put it under Cross-Cultural. That will eliminate the
LOTR/Dwarves subcategory though, as there will be only 4.

So be it.

--Ainaechoiriel
MEFA Admin and Founder

"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://home.earthlink.net/~ainae/mefa The Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards
Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larian Elensar [mailto:larian_elensar@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 12:22 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] LOTR Check Ballot #1.5 (revised)
>
> --- Ainaechoiriel <mefaadmin@earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > The Lord of the Rings
> > Check Ballot #1.5 (revised)
> >
> > Please check Check Ballots over carefully so that we can
> correct any
> > mistakes before the official ballot is released.
>
>
> Hobbits
> LHob4: Those Who Remain by Marnie
> URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1233093
> Rating: G battle
> Romance Partners: n/a
> Summary:What can Sam Gamgee, and Lord Celeborn of Lorien
> possibly have in common?
>
>
> I don't think this should be under the Hobbits sub-cat. It
> features Celeborn
> and Sam. Should maybe go in the general category or maybe
> cross-cultural?

I can make it Cross-Cultural, but like the Dwarves one, this will make
LOTR/Hobbits non-viable.

So be it.

> Depending on what you consider the length of a vignette, it
> might fit there.
> (It's 5200 words or so).

Vignettes are one scene stories so no, it wouldn't fit there.

--Ainaechoiriel
MEFA Admin and Founder

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

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Can't move them from LOTR/Hobbits to Hobbits/General or Hobbits something else?
(The four left in the LOTR/Hobbits?

Or maybe that's making it rather complicated?

> > I don't think this should be under the Hobbits sub-cat. It
> > features Celeborn
> > and Sam. Should maybe go in the general category or maybe
> > cross-cultural?
>
> I can make it Cross-Cultural, but like the Dwarves one, this will make
> LOTR/Hobbits non-viable.
>
> So be it.

>
> --Ainaechoiriel
> MEFA Admin and Founder
>
> "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://home.earthlink.net/~ainae/mefa The Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards
> Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com
>
>
>
>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marta [mailto:MartaL0712@netscape.net]
> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 12:27 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Re: LOTR Check Ballot #1.5 (revised)
>
> dwimmer_laik@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >
> > >
> > > Dwarves
> > > LDw4: Keeping Secrets by Deborah Judge
> > > URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1131858
> > >
> > > Rating: PG-13
> > > Romance Partners: n/a
> > > Summary:Gimli and Eowyn discover that they have something
> in common.
> > TTT
> > > movie-based.
> >
> > I nominated this one and suggested "Dwarves", being at a loss
> > otherwise. However, if there is going to be a "Cross Cultural"
> > category, I think this story might do better there, as it really is
> > more about the encounter between Gimli and 3owyn than about
> > Dwarvishness and Dwarvish culture per se.
> >
> > Dwim
>
>
> Hi Dwim,
>
> Thanks for bringing this up. The only problem with moving it
> to Cross-cultural is there are only five stories in Dwarves
> (I think?) so if we move "Keeping Secrets" to Cross-cultural
> Dwarves isn't viable.
>
> Of course there's no law that says we have to have a Dwarves
> subcategory. If you really feel "Keeping Secrets" would be
> better in Cross-cultural, I suppose the other four dwarf
> stories could be movd to LotR/no subcategory?

That's what I did. LOTR/Hobbits went away also.

--Ainaechoiriel
MEFA Admin and Founder

"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://home.earthlink.net/~ainae/mefa The Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards
Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larian Elensar [mailto:larian_elensar@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 12:43 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [MEFAwards] LOTR Check Ballot #1.5 (revised)
>
> Can't move them from LOTR/Hobbits to Hobbits/General or
> Hobbits something else?
> (The four left in the LOTR/Hobbits?
>
> Or maybe that's making it rather complicated?

Well, by the author's request yes. But they were nominated in the LOTR
category. So they'll stay there unless the author(s) request them to be
changed.

We tried not to move too many stories around. We had to move some around
because they were in non-viable categories. And we moved two or three that
were in viable ones to their second or third choice to make the latter ones
viable. Some were moved to small categories like Mystery, but only by their
authors' consent.

--Ainaechoiriel
MEFA Admin and Founder

"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://home.earthlink.net/~ainae/mefa The Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards
Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com

Hi Ainae,

>The Lord of the Rings
>Check Ballot #1.5 (revised)
>
>Please check Check Ballots over carefully so that we can correct any
>mistakes before the official ballot is released.
>
>
>Cross-cultural
>LCC2: Horses and Verses by Altariel and Isabeau
>URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1263984
>Rating: G
>Romance Partners: n/a
>Summary:Theonden's funeral feast, Eomer and Faramir have a little chat.

There's a typo. It should be Theoden's.

>L4: For The Road by Alawa
>URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1022638
>Rating: G Charcter Death
>Romance Partners: n/a
>Summary:While preparing to depart for the Havens, Bilbo receives a final
>letter from Aragorn.

There is no character death in this story.

Thanks
Alawa

> -----Original Message-----
> From: alawa [mailto:alawa@madasafish.com]
> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 2:14 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] LOTR Check Ballot #1.5 (revised)
>
> Hi Ainae,
>
> >The Lord of the Rings
> >Check Ballot #1.5 (revised)
> >
> >Please check Check Ballots over carefully so that we can correct any
> >mistakes before the official ballot is released.
> >
> >
> >Cross-cultural
> >LCC2: Horses and Verses by Altariel and Isabeau
> >URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1263984
> >Rating: G
> >Romance Partners: n/a
> >Summary:Theonden's funeral feast, Eomer and Faramir have a
> little chat.
>
> There's a typo. It should be Theoden's.

Thanks.

> >L4: For The Road by Alawa
> >URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1022638
> >Rating: G Charcter Death
> >Romance Partners: n/a
> >Summary:While preparing to depart for the Havens, Bilbo receives a
> >final letter from Aragorn.
>
> There is no character death in this story.

Are you sure? Just kidding. ;-)

--Ainaechoiriel
MEFA Admin and Founder

"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://home.earthlink.net/~ainae/mefa The Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards
Blog: http://www.ainaechoiriel.blogspot.com

Ainae wrote:

> > >L4: For The Road by Alawa
> > >URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1022638
> > >Rating: G Charcter Death
> > >Romance Partners: n/a
> > >Summary:While preparing to depart for the Havens, Bilbo receives a
> > >final letter from Aragorn.
> >
> > There is no character death in this story.
>
>Are you sure? Just kidding. ;-)

LOL - This was the first time I wrote major characters and you've no idea
how terrified I was that I'd committed horrible slaughter - especially as
it's a bit quirky :-)

Alawa