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Hey guys,

Here is your weekly admin post  this week we're looking at stories that
showcase the differences between races, cultures and kingdoms in
Middle-earth. Whether it's humour pieces pointing up cultural
misunderstandings, drama based on the competing needs of different
peoples, or international romance, 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 Cross Cultural 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: Cross-Cultural to describe their piece.

agape4gondor
---(66) A Cat in King Elessar's Court
---(111) There Was A Hobbit
---(316) My Sword Weeps
Alassante
---(682) A Great Cause for Concern
Alassiel
---(502) Tales of the Eldandili
Allee
---(155) All That Remained
Amarok
---(281) And so our friendship began...
Ancalime8301
---(185) Slings and Arrows
Angiet
---(728) Trouble at Bag End
annmarwalk
---(41) Courage
annmarwalk/EdorasLass CoAuthors
---(124) The Haradric Whore and Her Son
Aprilkat
---(733) Labour of Love
Aranel Took
---(259) Nine Companions
---(471) Rebirth
---(533) Home
Ariel/Auntie
Meesh/Budgielover/Cathleen/Dreamflower/Gryffinjack/kellyfrankenfield/Lindelea/Pearl
Took/Rosie Took/SlightlyTookish CoAuthors ---(496) To Sleep, Perchance
to Dream
Baggins Babe
---(118) Hope Remains
Baranduin
---(420) Many Branches
Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
---(13) The Onion Riddle
---(15) Beggar's Night
---(22) Horse Sense
---(72) In the Van
Budgielover
---(731) A Moment in the Morning in Bree
cactuskim
---(675) The Weaving Cow
Cathleen
---(358) Where Shadows Lay No More
celticbard
---(373) The Price of Pity
Claudia
---(73) A White Coverlet to Cool a Hobbit's Toes
---(194) The Elanor Bloom
---(223) Sun
---(226) Lost
---(236) Amara
---(308) Land of the Moon
---(725) Arranged Marriage
Dana
---(89) There and Back
Dawn Felagund
---(126) Light of the Westering Sun
docmon
---(340) Answering the Call
---(473) Choosing
Dot
---(169) A Problem Shared
Dreamflower
---(2) Good King Elessar
---(146) Of First Impressions and Old Friends
---(299) On Amon Sûl
---(391) A Place for Gandalf
---(427) And all was made ready
---(532) The Myth of the One Ring's Power
---(617) Eucatastrophe: The Return
---(680) Clear Conscience (The Clear Shot Remix)
Dreamflower/Lindelea CoAuthors
---(669) Pip-napped!
Dwimordene
---(106) On Far Fields
---(156) Cuts Gone Wrong
eiranae
---(312) The Dwarves Treasure
Elen Kortirion
---(515) Diamonds For Forever I, II & III
elfscribe
---(539) Wind and Fire
febobe
---(239) Cold
---(628) Primum Non Nocere (First, Do No Harm)
Fiondil
---(8) The Last Messenger: A Tale of Numenor
---(53) GOBLINS: The Heraldâ¬"s Summons
---(317) Legolas in Mandos
---(452) Parting Gifts
---(545) FAULT: The Doctor Is In
---(578) Somewhere I Have Never Traveled
foxrafer (csevans8)
---(20) In Good Company
Gandalfs apprentice
---(85) Another Prometheus
---(242) Incarnation
---(244) Arwen in the Afternoon
Golden
---(142) A Friend's Hug
Gwynnyd
---(362) Feelings of Superiority
---(434) The Skills That Keep You Alive
Ignoble Bard
---(381) Fait Accompli
---(568) I Ain't Got Nobody
---(646) Silver Blossoms Blown
Imhiriel
---(216) Sharing Good News
---(374) A Meeting in the Tower Hills
---(378) Tying Notes
Isabeau of Greenlea
---(295) Dol Amroth Yule
Jay of Lasgalen
---(10) A Large Bold Hand
---(48) Wedding Nerves
---(176) The Legend of the Grey Riders
Kenaz
---(60) Heart of the Wood
Larner
---(1) The Craft of the Elven Smith
---(112) Concerning Walls
---(293) Epiphany
---(394) Jewels of Light
---(477) The Keys of the Realm
---(645) The Ring That Sauron Forged
---(681) For the Want of ...
---(687) The Birthday Blessing
---(694) A Summer Night's Peace
Le Rouret
---(454) The Misty Month
---(455) The Green Knight and the Master of Esgaroth
Linaewen
---(576) Feet That Wander
Linda Hoyland
---(505) Home is where the heart is
---(521) Sour Milk
---(722) A Dainty Dish
Lindelea
---(663) Dorwinion Wine
---(689) Where the Sky Kisses the Horizon, There My Dreams Lie
Marchwriter (The Lady of Light)
---(311) First Name Terms
Marta
---(297) Leather
Mews1945
---(730) At Cormallen
nau_tika
---(556) The Last Throw
Neoinean
---(359) Arwen
Nieriel Raina
---(332) Fulfilling Oaths
---(551) Apart
---(553) As Was Dwarven Tradition
---(559) Dance of the Deer and Mûmak
Nightwing
---(330) To See A World
pandemonium_213
---(51) Trinity
Pearl Took
---(303) Yule Tails
peredhil lover
---(456) To Give Hope
Perelleth
---(168) Sing My Worth Immortal
Primsong
---(677) Bombur's Diet
---(720) Merry on the Pelennor Fields
Princess Artemis
---(416) Temptation
Radbooks
---(275) A Little Misunderstanding
Raksha the Demon
---(45) Before the Black Gate
---(47) Wind of Change
---(249) Sing All Ye People!
---(650) Summer's Lease
rhyselle
---(69) Courage
---(544) At the Last Minute
Rubynye
---(237) Worlds Within Worlds
shirebound
---(121) Seven Stones and Seven Stars and One White Tree
---(214) Tales from Tol Eressëa
---(599) Pippin's Secret
---(633) Feeling Safe
---(643) Keep Him Secret, Keep Him Safe
---(727) A Warm Sun Shining
Sivan Shemesh
---(710) Wounds of a Friend
SlightlyTookish
---(315) Shelter From the Storm
Soledad
---(103) The Vault of the Dead
sophinisba solis
---(187) Put Aside Your Doubt
---(729) Frodo's Pointed Ears
StarLight9
---(542) Not One of Us
---(610) Bad Idea
Tanaqui
---(271) Lost Love
---(300) Creation Myths
---(450) Stewards
---(719) The World Is Changing
Tena
---(562) Switch
Thundera Tiger
---(470) Oathbreakers
---(472) With Many \Fond\" Acknowledgments"
---(487) Seas of Fate
---(639) The Dooming of Small Hands
viv
---(6) Gently Held

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 "340#" will bring up story #340, Answering
the Call by docmon.

Cross-Cultural stories are competing in the following subcategories:

---Genres: Adventure: General
---Genres: Adventure: Incomplete: General
---Genres: Alternate Universe: General
---Genres: Alternate Universe: Angst/Tragedy
---Genres: Alternate Universe: Incomplete
---Genres: Alternate Universe: Steward's Family
---Genres: Drama: General
---Genres: Drama: Featuring Aragorn
---Genres: Drama: Featuring Boromir or Faramir
---Genres: Drama: Featuring Frodo or Sam
---Genres: Drama: Featuring the Noldor
---Genres: Drama: General Drabbles
---Genres: Drama: General Fixed-Length Ficlets
---Genres: Drama: Gondor Fixed-Length Ficlets
---Genres: Drama: Hurt/Comfort
---Genres: Drama: Incomplete
---Genres: Humor: General
---Genres: Humor: Drabbles
---Genres: Humor: Elven Lands
---Genres: Humor: Gondor
---Genres: Humor: Other Fixed-Length Ficlets
---Genres: Humor: Shire
---Genres: Humor: Valar & Maiar
---Genres: Mystery: General
---Genres: Non-Fiction: General
---Genres: Poetry: General
---Genres: Poetry: Drama
---Genres: Poetry: Hobbits
---Genres: Poetry: Late Third Age
---Genres: Romance: Drabbles
---Genres: Romance: Elven Lands
---Genres: Romance: Gondor
---Genres: Romance: Other Fixed-Length Ficlets
---Races: Cross-Cultural: General
---Races: Cross-Cultural: Elves and Men
---Races: Cross-Cultural: Fixed-Length Ficlets
---Races: Cross-Cultural: Friendship
---Races: Cross-Cultural: Frodo and Faramir
---Races: Cross-Cultural: Post-Ring War
---Races: Dwarves: General
---Races: Dwarves: Drabbles
---Races: Elves: Mirkwood Elves
---Races: Hobbits: General
---Races: Hobbits: Childhood
---Races: Hobbits: Friendship
---Races: Hobbits: Incomplete
---Races: Hobbits: Post-Ring War
---Races: Other Beings: General
---Times: First Age and Prior: General
---Times: First Age and Prior: House of Finwe
---Times: Fourth Age and Beyond: General
---Times: Fourth Age and Beyond: Fixed-Length Ficlets
---Times: Late Third Age: General
---Times: Late Third Age: General Fixed-Length Ficlets
---Times: Late Third Age: Gondor
---Times: Late Third Age: Gondor Drabbles
---Times: Mid Third Age: General
---Times: Mid Third Age: Eriador
---Times: Modern Times: General
---Times: Multi-Age: General
---Times: Multi-Age: Fixed-Length Ficlets
---Times: Second and Early Third Age

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!