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We've still got plenty of time for nominations (Nomination Season doesn't
end until the middle of June), but Viv thought some people might be
interested in the numbers.

Remember that viability for a category is at least 5 stories by at least 2
authors. Now, we've only counted the stories, not necessarily the authors.
These categories have at least fives stories easily enough:

Drama, Elves, Hobbits, Humor, Men, Mystery, Rohan, Romance.


But there are still some categories waiting for viability:

Orcs, The Hobbit, Horror, Adventure, Numenor, and I'm not sure about the
Silm and LOTR.

I know I can think of a great number of Adventure fics to nominate..all by
the same two authors..

Don't think I've read very many Orc stories, but I know at least a couple
people that write them.

I can even think of a good The Hobbit era story. Yep, I've already got that
on a list to nominate..

And gosh there has got to be some great Silm fics. Oh, I know a Numenor one!
I'm not sure we've had any Numenor stories yet...

--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


Put your thinking caps on everyone! Here are some ideas where I'm getting
my nominations: My Favorites list on ff.net but also my Review History! Got
tons of stories there, not all of them worthy of nomination but surely quite
a few. Also my recommendations list at HASA, which is where I started.

Let's make sure every main category is viable. We've got anough Elves and
Drama stories to subcategorize (and those subcategories must be viable as
well) and perhaps some others. (And we could always use more! There's no
limit!) But I'd definitely like to see each of our awards given out, which
means at least every main category viable.


--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



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Sorry about the double-sig in this one. I sent from the wrong address first
and had to resend and apparently didn't scroll down far enough. So, just in
case you didn't either, here is the rest of the message:

> Put your thinking caps on everyone! Here are some ideas
> where I'm getting my nominations: My Favorites list on ff.net
> but also my Review History! Got tons of stories there, not
> all of them worthy of nomination but surely quite a few.
> Also my recommendations list at HASA, which is where I started.
>
> Let's make sure every main category is viable. We've got
> anough Elves and Drama stories to subcategorize (and those
> subcategories must be viable as
> well) and perhaps some others. (And we could always use more!
> There's no
> limit!) But I'd definitely like to see each of our awards
> given out, which means at least every main category viable.
>
>
> --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
>
>
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But there are still some categories waiting for viability:

Orcs, The Hobbit, Horror, Adventure, Numenor, and I'm not sure about the
Silm and LOTR.


Hi, and a Stupid Question:

If one category is "oversubscribed", why not move other stories into the "undersubscribed"
ones???

khazar

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dawn Martinez-Byrne [mailto:dlmbyrne@gte.net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 12:34 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Categories and viablity
>
>
> But there are still some categories waiting for viability:
>
> Orcs, The Hobbit, Horror, Adventure, Numenor, and I'm not
> sure about the Silm and LOTR.
>
>
> Hi, and a Stupid Question:
>
> If one category is "oversubscribed", why not move other
> stories into the "undersubscribed"
> ones???
>
> khazar

That is a possibility at the end of Nomination Season. Some stories in very
viable categories might possibly be moved to unviable ones where they still
qualify (like 2nd or 3rd choice) and the author approves. We won't turn an
Elf story into an Orc category unless it really has a lot to say about Orcs,
for instance.

--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

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

> But there are still some categories waiting for
> viability:

> Orcs, The Hobbit, Horror, Adventure, Numenor,

> And gosh there has got to be some great Silm fics.
> Oh, I know a Numenor one!
> I'm not sure we've had any Numenor stories yet...

Orcs only needs 1 more story before its viabile, but
Numenor hasn't got any yet.
Someone much know some good Numenor stories.

Nerwen





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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nerwen Calaelen [mailto:nerwen_calaelen@yahoo.co.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 8:11 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Categories and viablity
>
> --- Ainaechoiriel <mefaadmin@earthlink.net> wrote:
> ---------------------------------
>
> > But there are still some categories waiting for
> > viability:
>
> > Orcs, The Hobbit, Horror, Adventure, Numenor,
>
> > And gosh there has got to be some great Silm fics.
> > Oh, I know a Numenor one!
> > I'm not sure we've had any Numenor stories yet...
>
> Orcs only needs 1 more story before its viabile, but Numenor
> hasn't got any yet.
> Someone much know some good Numenor stories.

I know there were at least five stories written for my Tar-Miriel nuzgul at
HASA. If they are good (some definitely are. Other'\s I haven't read yet.)
and if they publicly posted, they are eligible and would make the category
viable.

I know for sure I'll be nominated at least one of them. Just have to get
around to it.

--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

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Ainaechoiriel" <mefaadmin@e...>
wrote:

> Remember that viability for a category is at least 5 stories by at

least 2 authors. Now, we've only counted the stories, not
necessarily the authors.

"The Hobbit" and "Horror" are okay now, too.

Soledad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Soledad [mailto:annaliess@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 5:24 AM
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [MEFAwards] Re: Categories and viablity
>
> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Ainaechoiriel" <mefaadmin@e...>
> wrote:
>
> > Remember that viability for a category is at least 5 stories by at
> least 2 authors. Now, we've only counted the stories, not
> necessarily the authors.
>
> "The Hobbit" and "Horror" are okay now, too.

Great!

--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