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Here is your weekly admin post  this week focusing on stories about
Tolkien's "Fair Folk": the Elves. If you're a fan of wily Fëanorians,
like stories about the woodland realms of the Sindar or enjoy the
less-written-about Vanyar or Avari, we have something for you. Whether
you like reading about them crafting marvellous works, fighting bravely
in battle or quarreling as only someone with a grudge hundreds of years
old can, I hope this list helps you find stories you'd like to review.

For the list of pieces in this announcement I've used an author's main
category selection. Each author selects three category choices, only one
of which it can be placed in; but the author has still described it as
being suitable for three category choices, even if it isn't placed
there. So if an author selected the "race" category Elves it will be on
this list.

Finding stories that selected a certain main category is pretty
straightforward. To do this

1. Log in to www.mefawards.net/MEFA2008/
2. Click the "Stories" link at the top of the page.
3. Click the "Show Filter" link.
4. Click the "Clear All Filters" button if you've used the filter before
this session.
5. Select the genre, race, or time period you would like from the
"Genre, Race, Time" filter (sixth from the bottom).
6. Click the "Display selected nominations" button.

This will pull up all of the nominated pieces that selected your main
category as a first-, second-, or third-choice category, even if they
didn't end up categorized in that main category.

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Here are the stories competing in this year's competition whose author
selected Races: Elves to describe their piece.

Alassante
---(260) Out, Damn'd Spot! Out, I Say!
---(682) A Great Cause for Concern
Angelica
---(322) Name Calling: Group Identity and the Other among First Age Elves
aranelgoldenflower
---(171) Upon the Pebbled Shore
Aria
---(321) A Smile
Armariel
---(269) Elrond's Farewell
Bodkin
---(161) Comfort
Bodkin
---(170) Dragons In The Trollshaws
---(190) A Darkness Lies behind Us
---(310) Long Memories
---(419) Healing
---(698) Shadows
---(704) In Search of Stillness
Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
---(33) Wave-Singer
brindlemom2
---(233) Coming Home
Claudia
---(193) The Language of Waves
Dawn Felagund
---(32) An Ordinary Woman
---(74) Stars of the Lesser
---(107) A Woman in Few Words: The Character of Nerdanel and Her
Treatment in Canon and Fandom
---(125) For What I Wait
---(128) The Dance
---(131) Surprise
---(140) Journeys of Vása
---(247) Essecarmë
---(253) Noldolantë
---(254) Discretion
---(255) Rekindling
---(256) The Scribe and the Heir
---(272) The Ghost in the Garden
---(323) One Last Wish
Dot
---(169) A Problem Shared
Elen Kortirion
---(96) A Sea Visit
---(516) Collecting Hearts I, II, III & VI
Elena Tiriel
---(64) Unwilling
---(465) Last Stroke
Elitihien
---(534) All these hands
Elleth
---(218) Ghost
---(399) Return
---(736) Five Fires
Ellie
---(110) Like Roses over a Fence
---(658) If I Had One Wish
Elwen
---(195) Harmony
---(735) Tolo Dan Na Ngalad
Empy
---(589) Silver Rain
Encaitariel
---(191) In This Far Land
---(298) My Oaths I Will Keep
Eresse
---(648) Prior Claim: The Sons of Elrond Series
erobey
---(712) Not Yet
Erviniae
---(538) The Wrong Path
Fiondil
---(55) WAR: A Promise Before Dying
---(57) WOUNDS: Invisible Scars
---(451) MAGIC: The Password
Ford of Bruinen
---(660) Maglor's Harp
---(661) I Married for Love
---(662) Crumbling Walls
---(714) Vodka
gwidhiel
---(289) Don't Explain
Gwynnyd
---(432) Love at First Sight
Ignoble Bard
---(36) Hearts Like the Sea
---(646) Silver Blossoms Blown
Imhiriel
---(356) The Pillar Perished Is
---(367) Taking Roots
---(369) Forsaken
---(375) A Race, To Be Like Me
Istarnie
---(659) Nerdanelâ¬"s Sons
Jael
---(86) King Stag
---(87) Nightfall
---(178) The Houseless
---(204) Here's To The King!
---(205) Out of the Blue
---(348) Elflings
---(408) Wayward Sons
---(557) Twentynine White Horses
Jay of Lasgalen
---(10) A Large Bold Hand
---(176) The Legend of the Grey Riders
---(700) The Librarian
Keiliss
---(76) Footsteps in Time
---(251) Spaces in the Heart
---(252) To Be A King
---(283) Star's End
---(717) Circle of Silver
Kenaz
---(318) Ionnath-Estel ( The Sons Of Hope )
kitt_otter
---(702) Hidden Watcher
---(703) Orc Talk!
Klose
---(540) And Then There Was Cake, or Begetting Day Horrors
Lady Elina
---(151) And Whisper You to This Earth
Larner
---(1) The Craft of the Elven Smith
---(293) Epiphany
Lindelea
---(663) Dorwinion Wine
Maeve Riannon
---(404) The Nightingale
Marta
---(365) They Also Serve
---(475) Galdor: An Elf By Any Other Name....
Meril
---(219) Burdens
---(389) Five things that never happened to Nerdanel
---(390) Flickers
Mews1945
---(202) The Healers from the Sea
MithLuin
---(221) Lessons from the Mountain
Moreth
---(139) The Revenge of Curufin's Horse
---(220) Alqualondë
NeumeIndil
---(382) The Rescue of Celebrian
Nieriel Raina
---(163) Utúlie'n Aurë
---(558) Spiced Wine On A Snowy Day
---(560) The Stranger
---(701) Free To Live
---(707) The Water's Song
---(708) Whatever Harm Encroached
---(709) Hold To Hope
Noliel
---(541) Thicker Than Water
Oshun
---(49) A Harmony In Autumn
---(77) Young Fëanáro Makes A Stone
---(80) Denial
---(212) Full Brothers in Blood
---(371) My Shining Stars
pandemonium_213
---(52) The Apprentice
---(54) Broken Star
---(58) Cat's Paws
---(665) Risk Assessment
Pentangle
---(612) Fidelis
Phyncke
---(160) A Sleep Over
---(609) In Dreams
Queen Galadriel
---(697) The Queen's Gift
Raksha the Demon
---(46) Undivided
---(61) The Blessing of the Waters
---(423) Refuge
RavensWing14337
---(552) The Littlest Warrior
red lasbelin
---(563) Blue
Rhapsody
---(81) Duty, Honour, Country
---(82) The Last Stand
---(409) The Last Words
---(570) Midwinter Thoughts
---(718) Vengeance's Folly
Ribby
---(122) Blood and Iron
Robinka
---(83) The Sky Is Over
---(84) In absentia
---(398) Maglor's Song
---(657) House of Ransom
Savageseraph
---(583) Galadriel Remembers
---(584) The Strength of Men
Sivan Shemesh
---(582) Adar & Ion
spookystoy
---(407) My Legacy
Star In Ruin
---(555) Even Legends Fade
Tanaqui
---(120) The War of Wrath
---(279) Celevon a Mallen
---(387) Possessing the greatest powers
---(406) An Elf-lord Revealed
Tena
---(537) Wherever You Go
---(562) Switch
Thundera Tiger
---(349) Seaworthy
viv
---(182) Dawn Twilight
---(276) Some Confusion in Accounts
weepingnaiad
---(493) Starcrossed
---(494) A Perfect Impression

To find more information about any of these pieces, just do the following

1. Log in to www.mefawards.net/MEFA2008/
2. Click the "Stories" link at the top of the web page.
3. Type the Story ID followed by the "#" sign into the search bar, and
click the "Search" button.

For instance, searching for "709#" will bring up story #709, Hold To
Hope by Nieriel Raina

Stories about Elves are competing in the following subcategories:

---Genres: Adventure: General
---Genres: Adventure: Gondor
---Genres: Alternate Universe: Angst/Tragedy
---Genres: Alternate Universe: Drabbles
---Genres: Alternate Universe: Other Fixed-Length Ficlets
---Genres: Drama: Featuring the Noldor
---Genres: Drama: Final Partings
---Genres: Drama: General
---Genres: Drama: General Drabbles
---Genres: Drama: General Fixed-Length Ficlets
---Genres: Drama: Hurt/Comfort
---Genres: Drama: Incomplete
---Genres: Horror: General
---Genres: Humor: Drabbles
---Genres: Humor: Elven Lands
---Genres: Humor: General
---Genres: Humor: Other Fixed-Length Ficlets
---Genres: Humor: Valar & Maiar
---Genres: Non-Fiction: Character Studies
---Genres: Non-Fiction: General
---Genres: Poetry: Drama
---Genres: Poetry: General
---Genres: Romance: Drabbles
---Genres: Romance: Elven Lands
---Genres: Romance: General
---Genres: Romance: Other Fixed-Length Ficlets
---Races: Cross-Cultural: Elves and Men
---Races: Cross-Cultural: Fixed-Length Ficlets
---Races: Cross-Cultural: General
---Races: Cross-Cultural: Post-Ring War
---Races: Elves: Drabbles
---Races: Elves: Family
---Races: Elves: General
---Races: Elves: House of Elrond
---Races: Elves: House of Finwe
---Races: Elves: Incomplete
---Races: Elves: Mirkwood Elves
---Races: Elves: Noldor Fixed-Length Ficlets
---Races: Hobbits: General
---Races: Villains: Fixed-Length Ficlets
---Races: Villains: General
---Times: First Age and Prior: General
---Times: First Age and Prior: House of Finwe
---Times: Fourth Age and Beyond: General
---Times: Late Third Age: General
---Times: Modern ---Times: General
---Times: Multi-Age: Fixed-Length Ficlets
---Times: Multi-Age: General
---Times: Second and Early Third Age: General

Remember: The lists of stories and sub-categories listed above are based
on the main categories chosen by the author.

Happy reading!

Tanaqui
(MEFA Tech Support)

P.S. - If you noticed a mistake in this post, please email about it so I
can check whether a mistake has been made and, if necessary, correct my
announcement. You can reach me privately at
techsupport(.at.)mefawards(.dot.)net. Thanks!