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Check Ballot #3

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Gondor
MeG1: A Pale Light Lingering by Altariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1098780
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: The old year ends, and Faramir makes the journey from Minas Tirith
to Ithilien.

Gondor
MeG2: Adrift by Altariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1282483
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: A spin-off from chapter 12 of 'Captain My Captain' involving the
Steward of Gondor and the Cygnets of Dol Amroth.

Gondor
MeG3: Chance Meetings by Tanaqui
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1401
Rating: R discussion of adult themes/situations - ie prostitution and
intergenerational sexual taboos
Romance Partners: Denethor/OFC and Faramir/OFC
Summary: For the Ruling Steward and his sons, the personal is the political
and private acts can have public consequences. Faramir's odd behaviour on
his return from his first month as Captain of the Ithilien Rangers troubles
Denethor, both as a father and as Ruling Steward. An unexpected meeting in a
place neither thinks to find the other only adds to the tension - and
results in an order that, ten years later, will have significant
consequences in the War of the Ring.

Gondor
MeG4: Choices by Lindelea
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1002
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Beregond's friendship with Pippin, from their first meeting until
their parting.

Gondor
MeG5: Courting The Lady by Celandine Brandybuck
URL: http://henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=362
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: Finduilas/Denethor
Summary: Denethor, Finduilas, and Thorongil [aka Aragorn] - how did Denethor
ever end up married to Finduilas of Dol Amroth?

Gondor
MeG6: Death by Water by Altariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=588202
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: A gapfiller set shortly before the events of TTT. Faramir and
Denethor await news of Boromir, and Faramir dreams of water.

Gondor
MeG7: From the Other Riverbank by Dwimordene
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=5
Rating: R mature themes related to homosexuality
Romance Partners: slash
Summary: Gondor on the brink of war is a political crucible. Those who would
dwell in it must learn never to blink, even when old loyalties are in doubt
and faith in the most basic relationships is shaken.

Gondor
MeG8: Hearth Companions by Alawa
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=780
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: A woman of Minas Tirith goes about her business in the aftermath of
the Siege of Gondor.

Gondor
MeG9: Homecoming by Nancy Brooke
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=363
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Boromir Returns to Minas Tirith.

Gondor
MeG10: How Many Years? by Marta
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1664
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: The road to the hallows above Minas Tirith is travelled only once a
generation, on the coming-of-age of the current steward's oldest son.
Denethor leads Boromir down that scarce-walked path, and Denethor finally
gives Boromir an honest answer to a question he asked as a child.

Gondor
MeG11: I will always be your brother by Avon
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=1960
Rating: PG-13 death and dying mentioned
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Boromir and Faramir's first meeting when Boromir comes home from
his first campaign. There are so many things you can't promise.

Gondor
MeG12: In His Brother's Shadow by Celandine Brandybuck
URL: http://henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=119
Rating: PG-13 discussion of sex and mild adult themes
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: A glimpse at Faramir's youth - his first meeting with Gandalf and
his relationship with Boromir. Seventh and last of the Steward's Family
sequence.

Gondor
MeG13: Lady of Silences by Altariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=935836
Rating: PG-13 abusive father (Denethor
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: In Minas Tirith, Finduilas remembers the sea. Features Boromir,
Faramir, and Denethor. A very bleak vignette.

Gondor
MeG14: Leaves on the Wind by Nancy Brooke
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=269
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Letters from Faramir to Boromir before the last defense of
Osgiliath.

Gondor
MeG15: Possessions by Altariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1285796
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: In the library in Minas Tirith, Gandalf makes a new friend
(Faramir).

Gondor
MeG16: Proof by Altariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1381980
Rating: PG death by hanging
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: How to win friends and influence people. Faramir and the Ithilien
Rangers.

Gondor
MeG17: Reasons by Saralitazie
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=836
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Boromir and Faramir, the night before Boromir leaves for Imladris.

Gondor
MeG18: Requiem by Nancy Brooke
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=49
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: How Boromir and Faramir remember their mother.

Gondor
MeG19: Singer by the shore by Beth Winter
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=3435
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: On a dark night in Dol Amroth, Boromir and Faramir meet a singer
who only sings the truth. Denethor's sons are children in this introspective
story.

Gondor
MeG20: Stargazers by Henneth Annun Writers (Altariel, Starlight, Acacea,
Fileg, Chris, Forodwaith)
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1605391
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Who taught Faramir about the constellations? A series of linked
stories about his lessons.

Gondor
MeG21: The Burial of the Dead by Altariel
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=130
Rating: PG-13 Violent implications
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Denethor remembers the dead and the dying - Boromir, Faramir,
Finduilas.

Gondor
MeG22: The King is Dead by Altariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1124984
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Denethor teaches a young Faramir the game of chess.

Gondor
MeG23: Ties of Love by Avon
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2051
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Boromir and Faramir and the ties that bind us. Boromir explains a
Gondorian superstition to Pippin.

Gondor
MeG24: Too Late for Misgivings by Shadow975
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.

Gondor
MeG25: Worship by Destina_Fortunato
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=77
Rating: PG mentions consummated relationship
Romance Partners: Aragorn/Boromir
Summary: Every man needs something to believe in. Slash fic.

Incomplete
MeI1: Blackbow by Isabeau of Greenlea
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1333043
Rating: PG-13 some violence
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: How Hethlin became a Ranger of Ithilien.

Incomplete
MeI2: Of One to Me by M. N & E. M. Theis
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1380712
Rating: R violence, graphic descriptions of wounds, much angst
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: A fall in Moria sets Legolas and Boromir on a different and very
dangerous road.

Incomplete
MeI3: Orcbrat by The Lauderdale
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1184601
Rating: R Violence, rape, bad language
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Orcs destroyed Maevyn's village. She wants revenge.

Incomplete
MeI4: The Queen's Orc by jodancingtree
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1741
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: He was the Ringbearer's Orc, bound to him by solemn blood-pact, and
he wore the Jewel that Frodo gave him. That was all Aragorn knew of him
until he appeared in Minas Tirith, seeking the Queen whose Jewel he wore.
Was it blessing or curse that he came during the last springtime of
Aragorn's reign?

Incomplete
MeI5: There and Back Again: The Fellowship Goes to Stalag 13 by San Antonio
Rose
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=596681
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: A funny thing happened on the way through the mines, and WWII will
never be the same.... Hogan's Heroes/Lord of the Rings/Newsies crossover.

Poetry
MeP1: An Elegy for Elfhild by Alawa
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1391656
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Theoden after the death of his wife in childbirth.

Poetry
MeP2: Ascension by Fileg
URL:
http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter_view.cfm?STID=1425&SPOrdinal=1
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: A terzanelle that questions the futile nature of waiting for
redemption.

Poetry
MeP3: Darkness Falls by flick
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2575
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: A sestina on the death of Boromir. Inspired by both book-verse and
movie-verse.

Poetry
MeP4: Eowyn, my fair one by Dwimordene
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=1233
Rating: PG-13 sexuality (non-explicit)
Romance Partners: Grim/Eowyn, sort of
Summary: A very Bitter (and belated) Valentine's Day poetry challenge. Grima
lets his inner poet loose. Pity the world. And Eowyn, of course.

Poetry
MeP5: Home by Morning by Fileg
URL:
http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter_view.cfm?STID=1765&SPOrdinal=1
Rating: G
Romance Partners: A Ranger and his partner
Summary: A love poem from the heart of war and a Nursery Rhyme to scare the
daylights out of the little ones when you tuck them in.

Poetry
MeP6: I Ride by RennWench and Alstaria
URL: http://www.ofelvesandmen.com/Stories/R/RennWench/IRide.htm
Rating: PG-13
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Faramir's thoughts as he brings news from Osgiliath to Minas
Tirith.

Poetry
MeP7: Oh, Elessar by Malissa Koebel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1812621
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Poem of Elessar coming to the throne of Gondor after the fall of
Sauron.

Poetry
MeP8: 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.

Post-WOTR
Me4-1: A Kind of Valediction by Altariel
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=585
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: A Minas Tirith ghost story. Ten years after the pyre, Faramir is
still haunted by the past.

Post-WOTR
Me4-2: Black Captain by Altariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1307131
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Office politics in Minas Tirith; Aragorn and Faramir.

Post-WOTR
Me4-3: Fair Game by Altariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1488736
Rating: PG violent death
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: In which people go bird-watching and find their courage. Set a
little while after the events of 'A Game of Chess'. Faramir, Eowyn, Eomer,
OCs.

Post-WOTR
Me4-4: Light Lingering by Earmire/Nol
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1605
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Over swordplay, dreams and academics, Faramir, Prince of Ithilien,
makes a new friend.

Post-WOTR
Me4-5: Missing by Firerose
URL: http://www.viragene.com/missing.htm
Rating: PG-13 adult situations implied, language
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: The new Steward delves into the past, whilst coming to terms with
the present, and the future.

Post-WOTR
Me4-6: My Dark-haired Love by Avon
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2636
Rating: PG some nudity
Romance Partners: Eowyn/Faramir
Summary: On the night of her wedding to Faramir Eowyn thinks about love and
words.

Post-WOTR
Me4-7: Sufficient by Tanaqui
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2784
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Faramir, Legolas, and a bow of the Galadhrim. The morning after
Aragorn's coronation, two archers find themselves down at the practice
grounds. A few arrows, a lot of words, the start of a friendship, and how
Faramir beings to learn to let go of the things he no longer needs. Mild
angst.

Post-WOTR
Me4-8: The Endless Knot by E.M Theis
URL: http://www.illegiblescroll.net/The%20Endless%20Knot/title.htm
Rating: R violence, much angst.
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Shortly after the Ring is destroyed, a group of warriors travels to
eliminate the remnants of Mordor's forces at the citadel of Minas Morgul.
Led by Eomer, the newly crowned King of the Mark, and by Faramir, Steward of
Gondor, the warriors find more at the Moontower than any expected. The
simple mission turns out to be the trial of Faramir's life, and the attack
on Minas Morgul becomes a struggle to simply survive.

Post-WOTR
Me4-9: The Unsung by Alexcat
URL: http://www.ofelvesandmen.com/Stories/A/Alex/LOTR/Q_Z/U/Unsung.htm
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Aragorn thinks back to how many gave so much.

Me1: A House Divided by Thevina Finduilas
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2549
Rating: R adult sexual situations (not explicit)
Romance Partners: Morwen of Lossarnach/Thengel and Morwen/Aragorn
Summary: A story about the lesser-written, earlier-generation marital
uniting of Gondor and Rohan--a telling of the lives of Morwen of Lossarnach
and Thengel, their family, and those who intersect with it: Ecthelion,
Aragorn, Rangers and Marshals.

Me2: Bindings of Gold by Lyllyn
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=626
Rating: PG adult themes
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: The Witch-king reflects on his choice and its consequences.
Vignette.

Me3: Captain, My Captain by Isabeau of Greenlea
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=2
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Events in RoTK as experienced by a young Ranger of Ithilien. Main
character is OFC. Faramir is featured prevalently in the first half, the
second half features, among others, Imrahil, the sons of Elrond, Elrond
himself, Eowyn and Eomer, Arwen and Lord Celeborn. Warning--this is a
novel-length story.

Me4: Gift Horses by Jedishampoo
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=3266
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: Eowyn/Faramir
Summary: How is Eowyn to get out of the Houses of Healing or escape an
inescapable future in Rohan?

Me5: Kinsmen by Dwimordene
URL:
http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter_view.cfm?STID=944&SPOrdinal=2
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: Aragorn/f
Summary: From father to son, the line of Isildur has remained unbroken
through long years of toil and peril. Of the names of Chieftains recorded, a
full quarter of them died untimely but were able to pass their title to
their sons. This is a tale of the Dunedain, and of keeping the line alive at
all costs, as seen through the eyes of two mothers.

Me6: Night in Hollin by Nancy Brooke
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=751
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Aragorn discovers something less than orthodox about Boromir's
teaching methods.

Me7: The Believer by Cori Lannam
URL:
http://www.henneth-annun.net/challenge/chapter_view.cfm?NGID=90&STID=2061&SP
Ordinal=11
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Boromir and Aragorn have a little chat about some Gondorian
superstitions..

Me8: The Sickle of the Valar by Altariel
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=1588051
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Denethor listens to a lesson about the stars.

Me9: Thorongil by Eledhwen
URL: http://www.dreamyaspirations.co.uk/thorongil.htm
Rating: PG
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Between 2957 and 2980 of the Third Age, Aragorn undertook his great
errantries and journeys. In this time he also served Thengel of Rohan and
Ecthelion of Gondor under the name 'Thorongil' - Eagle of the Star.

Me10: Through A Glass by Altariel
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=273
Rating: G
Romance Partners: n/a
Summary: Faramir's answer to the challenge question: Eowyn, heroine or
deserter? Gapfiller set during RotK.

--Ainaechoiriel
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"This evil cannot be concealed by the power of the Elves," Elrond said, "for
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--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Ainaechoiriel" <mefaadmin@e...> wrote:

>
> Mystery
> Check Ballot #3
>

This should be "Men," not "Mystery."

Elana

> -----Original Message-----
> From: angelabrooks@yahoo.com [mailto:angelabrooks@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 12:02 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: Men Check Ballot #3
>
> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Ainaechoiriel"
> <mefaadmin@e...> wrote:
> >
> > Mystery
> > Check Ballot #3
> >
>
> This should be "Men," not "Mystery."

Ah yes. Well, at least the subject line was right. Thanks.

--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
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> Gondor
> MeG13: Lady of Silences by Altariel
> URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=935836
> Rating: PG-13 abusive father (Denethor
> Romance Partners: n/a
> Summary: In Minas Tirith, Finduilas remembers the sea.
> Features Boromir,
> Faramir, and Denethor. A very bleak vignette.

Missing Parenthesis after (Denethor
in Rating

Best wishes Elanor

> -----Original Message-----
> From: elanor of aquitania [mailto:elanor@codacode.net]
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 2:35 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: AW: [MEFAwards] Men Check Ballot #3
>
> > Gondor
> > MeG13: Lady of Silences by Altariel
> > URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=935836
> > Rating: PG-13 abusive father (Denethor Romance Partners: n/a
> > Summary: In Minas Tirith, Finduilas remembers the sea.
> > Features Boromir,
> > Faramir, and Denethor. A very bleak vignette.
>
> Missing Parenthesis after (Denethor
> in Rating

Ah, thank you.

--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