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Hey guys,

As many of you probably already noticed, nominations closed yesterday
night, at midnight GMT. So what's next?

Authors have until the midnight between Thursday June 22 and Friday
June 23 (GMT) to finish up the information forms for any stories that
have been nominated. There's been a fair bit of confusion about this:
the June 22 deadline does not refer to the stories themselves but to
the form at http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2006/ where you give us
characters, settings, and other information about your story. Your
stories aren't ready to compete until you hear from the volunteer
working with you that we have all the information we need.

After that date all the stories whose nominations we *weren't* able to
complete will be withdrawn. They'll be eligible again next year. That
means you can be confident that every story that is in the database
will end up competing. You could vote for stories throughout
nominations, but we couldn't guarantee those stories would compete
until you saw "Nomination Complete" beside the story. Now you know: if
you see it, it's in the competition.

Next weekend we'll also begin categorizing stories. Every category and
mandatory subcategory needs to have at least five stories by two
authors, and no subcategory or category without any subcategories can
have more than fifteen stories. So we'll be dividing the stories into
categories and sub-categories that will compete against each other. We
may have to move some stories into their second- or third-choice
category, to make everything work.

Last year we really had too many people categorizing stories. This
year I want to limit the gorup to no more than three or four
volunteers. This will help us discuss the stories we have to move, as
waiting for everyone to comment was one of the most time-consuming
things about last year.

Rhapsody and I have already volunteered to help. If you're interested
in helping with this process please speak up; one or maybe two people
with a fair amount of time in the month of June, and we're ready to
go. :-D Previous experience with the awards is helpful but not
necessary, as we can get you up to speed on what you need to know
about the awards. More important is an open mind and pretty consistent
internet time for the next month or so.

As soon as we settle things into categories and sub-categories I will
post "ballots" to this Yahoo group: lists of the stories that will be
competing in each category. For a sample of what this might look like,
last year's ballots can be found starting at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEFAwards/message/4516?l=1 .

And then things will probably get pretty quiet around here. Once
things are sorted into categories and subcategories you will be able
to vote for not just stories but authors as well. This isn't
technically possible until the categories are set up. No reviews will
be visible until August 31; starting September 1 all "final" reviews
will be visible at our website, released in weekly batches. You'll
have until the middle of November to vote on your favourite stories
and authors.

The other thing you can do is design award banners. Rhapsody has
agreed to oversee the fanart portions of these awards, so if you have
any questions or want to get involved she can probably help you better
than me. There have been a few banners already created (thanks,
Thevina!) but there's room for many, many more. ;-)

That's what you can expect from the MEFAs over the next few months. If
you have any questions do feel free to ask.

Marta

> The other thing you can do is design award banners. Rhapsody has
> agreed to oversee the fanart portions of these awards, so if you have
> any questions or want to get involved she can probably help you better
> than me. There have been a few banners already created (thanks,
> Thevina!) but there's room for many, many more. ;-)

You're welcome! :D Unfortunately I was showing them to a friend who
pointed out a typo in one of them, and I long ago trashed the
photoshop file. *cries* I'll try and recreate it and get the spelling
right. I've had a lot of fun with photoshop and making some award
banners and nomination buttons was a pleasure. I'll probably end up
making a few more.

~Thevina

Thevina's Fanfiction
www.thrihyrne.net

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "thevina_finduilas" <thevina33@...>
wrote:

>
>
> > The other thing you can do is design award banners. Rhapsody has
> > agreed to oversee the fanart portions of these awards, so if you
> > have any questions or want to get involved she can probably help
> > you better than me. There have been a few banners already created
> > (thanks, Thevina!) but there's room for many, many more. ;-)
>
> You're welcome! :D Unfortunately I was showing them to a friend who
> pointed out a typo in one of them, and I long ago trashed the
> photoshop file. *cries* I'll try and recreate it and get the
> spelling right.

Oh! I must have missed it as well!

> I've had a lot of fun with photoshop and making some award
> banners and nomination buttons was a pleasure. I'll probably end up
> making a few more.

That would be great, it's quite addictive isn't it?

For those who want to join the fun of making award banners, the FAQ on
it should answer most of your questions:
http://www.mefawards.net/faq/viewforum.php?f=7

If not, just ask! :c)

Rhapsody