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Msg# 9688

Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by aure\_enteluva December 14, 2008 - 2:45:19 Topic ID# 9688
Hey guys,

Just a quick note to authors who have requested a banner be customized
for their use. I know that our banner volunteers are working hard to
customize banners for this year's winners. There are still some
requests that haven't been handled yet, and the banner volunteers will
get to those as soon as they can. I appreciate your patience as your
banners are prepared.

If you think your banner should be ready but you haven't received it,
please email me privately at mefasupport@gmail.com so I can look into
it for you. It may be that your banner is still being prepared; but it
may also be that it was sent and caught by your spam folder.

Marta

Msg# 9689

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by Arthur Boccaccio December 14, 2008 - 2:55:04 Topic ID# 9688
Hi Marta,

Actually, I haven't gotten around to sending in my banner requests. In fact,
I'm still looking for appropriate banners for some of my stories! I figured
with everyone else sending in requests that there would be a backlog anyway
and thought to wait until after the holidays to send in my selections for
customization. Would that be okay? Is there a particular cut-off date when
banners to be customized won't be accepted? If so, I will endeavor to get my
selections made ASAP. Thanks.

Arthur/Fiondil
--
"What part of 'You're dead' don't you understand?" -- Nımo to an
Unidentified Elven Fıa giving the Lord of Mandos grief

****
Auta i lımı! Utılie'n aurı! ı Battle Cry of the Noldor at the Dagor
Nirnaeth Arnediad

Aurı entuluva! ı Battle Cry of Hırin at the Dagor Nirnath Arnediad

Utılie'n Estel ı Hope hath come


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Msg# 9690

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by Marta December 14, 2008 - 3:00:50 Topic ID# 9688
Hi Arthur,

I haven't gotten around to my own requests, either! Let me talk to the
banner makers and see if they want them by a certain deadline and if
they do, I'll post it here.

If I don't say otherwise, you can assume there isn't a formal
deadline. It would probably be a good idea for people to get them in
sooner rather than later, in any case - say, by the January 15 date I
mentioned for post-mortem requests? Volunteers have to check into an
email account to pick up the requests, and I'd rather not make them do
that indefinitely.

Like I said, if they prefer an earlier deadline, I'll let everyone
know by posting here again.

Thanks,

Marta

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 3:55 AM, Arthur Boccaccio <namondil@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Marta,
>
> Actually, I haven't gotten around to sending in my banner requests. In fact,
> I'm still looking for appropriate banners for some of my stories! I figured
> with everyone else sending in requests that there would be a backlog anyway
> and thought to wait until after the holidays to send in my selections for
> customization. Would that be okay? Is there a particular cut-off date when
> banners to be customized won't be accepted? If so, I will endeavor to get my
> selections made ASAP. Thanks.
>
> Arthur/Fiondil

Msg# 9691

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by Elena Tiriel December 14, 2008 - 3:37:14 Topic ID# 9688
Hi Arthur,

I am one of the banner volunteers, and plan (barring unfortunate events,
like another disk crash!) to be available to handle requests as long as they
come in. Though, as Marta says, I probably won't think to check the email
box after mid-January or thereabouts, if the requests have died down by
then.

And don't forget to check my banner site, photobucket.com/elenatiriel. I
have offered to customize banners from there for anyone on this mailing list
-- and have in fact done several so far -- and would gladly do so for you.
You can browse all of them quickly by clicking on the "Winner" tag. And I
have some new ones in the works, too, like for Smaug, for example....

Hope this helps!
- Barbara




On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 12:55 AM, Arthur Boccaccio <namondil@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Marta,
>
> Actually, I haven't gotten around to sending in my banner requests. In
> fact,
> I'm still looking for appropriate banners for some of my stories! I figured
> with everyone else sending in requests that there would be a backlog anyway
> and thought to wait until after the holidays to send in my selections for
> customization. Would that be okay? Is there a particular cut-off date when
> banners to be customized won't be accepted? If so, I will endeavor to get
> my
> selections made ASAP. Thanks.
>
> Arthur/Fiondil
> --
> "What part of 'You're dead' don't you understand?" -- Nımo to an
> Unidentified Elven Fıa giving the Lord of Mandos grief
>
> ****
> Auta i lımı! Utılie'n aurı! ı Battle Cry of the Noldor at the Dagor
> Nirnaeth Arnediad
>
> Aurı entuluva! ı Battle Cry of Hırin at the Dagor Nirnath Arnediad
>
> Utılie'n Estel ı Hope hath come
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2008/Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


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Msg# 9692

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by Arthur Boccaccio December 14, 2008 - 4:29:39 Topic ID# 9688
Thanks Barbara,

I figured I would try to get my list to the banner makers before Christmas
at least. I'll check out your site as well.

Arthur/Fiondil

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:37 AM, Elena Tiriel <ElenaTiriel@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Arthur,
>
> I am one of the banner volunteers, and plan (barring unfortunate events,
> like another disk crash!) to be available to handle requests as long as
> they
> come in. Though, as Marta says, I probably won't think to check the email
> box after mid-January or thereabouts, if the requests have died down by
> then.
>
> And don't forget to check my banner site, photobucket.com/elenatiriel. I
> have offered to customize banners from there for anyone on this mailing
> list
> -- and have in fact done several so far -- and would gladly do so for you.
> You can browse all of them quickly by clicking on the "Winner" tag. And I
> have some new ones in the works, too, like for Smaug, for example....
>
> Hope this helps!
> - Barbara
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 12:55 AM, Arthur Boccaccio <namondil@gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Hi Marta,
> >
> > Actually, I haven't gotten around to sending in my banner requests. In
> > fact,
> > I'm still looking for appropriate banners for some of my stories! I
> figured
> > with everyone else sending in requests that there would be a backlog
> anyway
> > and thought to wait until after the holidays to send in my selections for
> > customization. Would that be okay? Is there a particular cut-off date
> when
> > banners to be customized won't be accepted? If so, I will endeavor to get
> > my
> > selections made ASAP. Thanks.
> >
> > Arthur/Fiondil
> > --
> > "What part of 'You're dead' don't you understand?" -- Nımo to an
> > Unidentified Elven Fıa giving the Lord of Mandos grief
> >
> > ****
> > Auta i lımı! Utılie'n aurı! ı Battle Cry of the Noldor at the Dagor
> > Nirnaeth Arnediad
> >
> > Aurı entuluva! ı Battle Cry of Hırin at the Dagor Nirnath Arnediad
> >
> > Utılie'n Estel ı Hope hath come
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2008/Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2008/Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


--
"What part of 'You're dead' don't you understand?" -- Nımo to an
Unidentified Elven Fıa giving the Lord of Mandos grief

****
Auta i lımı! Utılie'n aurı! ı Battle Cry of the Noldor at the Dagor
Nirnaeth Arnediad

Aurı entuluva! ı Battle Cry of Hırin at the Dagor Nirnath Arnediad

Utılie'n Estel ı Hope hath come


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Msg# 9693

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by Agape 4Rivendell December 14, 2008 - 9:40:51 Topic ID# 9688
Where on earth does one display them?


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Msg# 9694

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by Arthur Boccaccio December 14, 2008 - 9:48:13 Topic ID# 9688
I have no idea myself... I just keep them in a special folder on my
computer. *grin* Seeing as how I've already informed my friends which of my
stories won and all, I don't really need to display the banners... they're
for me rather than for others, IMO.

Fiondil

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Agape 4Rivendell <agape4rivendell@gmail.com
> wrote:

> Where on earth does one display them?
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>



--
"What part of 'You're dead' don't you understand?" -- Nımo to an
Unidentified Elven Fıa giving the Lord of Mandos grief

****
Auta i lımı! Utılie'n aurı! ı Battle Cry of the Noldor at the Dagor
Nirnaeth Arnediad

Aurı entuluva! ı Battle Cry of Hırin at the Dagor Nirnath Arnediad

Utılie'n Estel ı Hope hath come


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Msg# 9695

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by Marta December 14, 2008 - 10:06:37 Topic ID# 9688
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Agape 4Rivendell
<agape4rivendell@gmail.com> wrote:
> Where on earth does one display them?
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Banners aren't something everyone is interested in. There have been
some years I never asked for them, though I do intend to this year.

Some sites let you display images, and if they do, you can put the
banners in your story summary. Silmarillion Writers Guild lets you do
this, I think. I'm trying to remember whether HASA lets you do it in
the actual story summary; I know you can do it in your forums there.

They're most useful in my experience on personal sites - at LJs, for
instance, or if you run your own website. They're a more aesthetic
than just adding another line of text, and also grab your attention
more because they're a picture rather than words. To see how I used
2007's banners at my blog, check out

http://telperion-fic.livejournal.com/?skip=40

Just scroll down, you'll see the banners for my stories that won an
award last year on the posts for those stories. I point to this not to
say "Go look at how well I did" - I write ficlets and one-shots so
tend to have a lot of entries, most of which don't win - but to show
what banners look like in a list of LJ posts. I know other people who
do similar things to that at their blogs.

Plus, I just like looking at them for myself. My shinies. :-)

Of course, there really is no pressure to take them if you don't have
any use for banners. Like many areas of these awards, banners are
completely optional.

Marta

Msg# 9696

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by araneltook December 14, 2008 - 10:08:54 Topic ID# 9688
Hi Agape,

I display them on the profile page of my LJ: http://aranel-took.livejournal.com/profile

and I use them on my website: http://aranel-took.fancrone.net/other/other_drabbles.php

You will need to upload your banners somewhere other than the MEFA site (such as
http://www.photobucket.com or the gallery on your LiveJournal) to store them if you
display them online.

Aranel



--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Agape 4Rivendell" <agape4rivendell@...> wrote:
>
> Where on earth does one display them?
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Msg# 9697

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by Dawn Felagund December 14, 2008 - 10:24:46 Topic ID# 9688
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Marta <marta.fandom@gmail.com> wrote:
> Some sites let you display images, and if they do, you can put the
> banners in your story summary. Silmarillion Writers Guild lets you do
> this, I think.

Any site that is based on the eFiction software--like the SWG and most other
smaller Tolkien archives--give the site owner the option of allowing members
to display images. That means that, on most smaller archives, you can
usually display a banner just about anywhere.

The SWG *technically* does not allow images in summaries. It is possible to
display them (i.e., the site accepts the < img > tag in the story summary
field), but we decided not to allow them because 1) we were concerned about
page-load times for our Most Recent page for people using slower connections
and 2) one major image host had us mistakenly labeled as a pornography site
for a while and replaced all images hosted on their site with a placeholder
announcing just that. Not the best image for the site (yes, pun intended.)

Anyone who has been on the SWG lately, though, knows that there are a lot of
MEFA banners up in story summaries. We are pretending not to see them for
now. ;) We're proud of the accomplishments of the authors on our site, for
one, and don't want to dampen the excitement over the awards. However, I'll
probably ask people to move their banners to their profiles or story
summaries in a couple of months. Images are welcome anywhere on the archive
that is under the control of a single author, i.e. the author's profile or
the story itself.

I just wanted to point this out since we have a few SWGers on this list, for
one, and didn't want people putting up banners in their summaries and being
disapppointed when I request that they be moved, and as a moderatorly
reminder to always check with a group's moderation staff about how and where
images can be used on their site. /public service announcement :)

Dawn

--
~oOo~
Dawn Felagund
www.silmarillionwritersguild.org


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Msg# 9698

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by Barbara Rich December 14, 2008 - 10:43:38 Topic ID# 9688
I'm another who has not sent any requests in. I'm sort of
embarrassed, because I've never gotten or used *any* banners, and now
that I finally know what to do with them, I wish I had some from the
previous years.

And I don't really know how to pick one out--so many lovely things to
choose from...

*hides red face*

Dreamflower

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 2:45 AM, aure_enteluva <marta.fandom@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> Just a quick note to authors who have requested a banner be customized
> for their use. I know that our banner volunteers are working hard to
> customize banners for this year's winners. There are still some
> requests that haven't been handled yet, and the banner volunteers will
> get to those as soon as they can. I appreciate your patience as your
> banners are prepared.
>
> If you think your banner should be ready but you haven't received it,
> please email me privately at mefasupport@gmail.com so I can look into
> it for you. It may be that your banner is still being prepared; but it
> may also be that it was sent and caught by your spam folder.
>
> Marta
>
>

Msg# 9699

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by Marta December 14, 2008 - 10:51:12 Topic ID# 9688
Hi Dawn,

I didn't mean to speak "out of school" and am sorry for mis-speaking
about SWG. Thanks for correcting me; I always like to have accurate
information for myself, and certainly don't want to give anyone else
the wrong impression about a site.

Btw, your reasoning for discouraging images in the summary (especially
#1) make good sense to me.

Marta

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Dawn Felagund <DawnFelagund@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Marta <marta.fandom@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Some sites let you display images, and if they do, you can put the
>> banners in your story summary. Silmarillion Writers Guild lets you do
>> this, I think.
>
[snip]
> The SWG *technically* does not allow images in summaries. It is possible to
> display them (i.e., the site accepts the < img > tag in the story summary
> field), but we decided not to allow them because 1) we were concerned about
> page-load times for our Most Recent page for people using slower connections
> and 2) one major image host had us mistakenly labeled as a pornography site
> for a while and replaced all images hosted on their site with a placeholder
> announcing just that. Not the best image for the site (yes, pun intended.)
>
[snip]

Msg# 9700

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by heartofoshun@aol.com December 14, 2008 - 11:00:42 Topic ID# 9688
In a message dated 12/14/2008 10:41:20 AM Eastern Standard Time,
agape4rivendell@gmail.com writes:

Where on earth does one display them?



I have mine on HASA and the Silmarillion Writers Guild. I have others on
HASA also.
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Msg# 9701

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by Dawn Felagund December 14, 2008 - 11:01:55 Topic ID# 9688
Marta,

Please, no worries! At the moment, one could say that we *are* unofficially
allowing MEFA banners in summaries since we're not asking people to move
them. :) I just didn't want people to add them there and then get an email
from me in two months asking that they be moved and be disappointed.

And just about anywhere else on the site, banners and images are always more
than welcome. :)

Dawn

PS--We do have an FAQ on images for anyone who's curious:
http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/about/faq/faq26.php. And now I'll
stop babbling about my group on yours! :)

--
~oOo~
Dawn Felagund
www.silmarillionwritersguild.org


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Msg# 9702

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by Bonnie L. Sherrell December 14, 2008 - 11:13:01 Topic ID# 9688
I took them the first two years, but gave up on them last year, as it appears
every time I get them downloaded to my computer said computer crashes! I'm not
certain I'll get them this year, either. It's just frustrating for me, as until
this year I had nowhere to post them!
Bonnie L. Sherrell
Teacher at Large

"Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends." LOTR

"Don't go where I can't follow."

Msg# 9703

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by nath kuijpers December 14, 2008 - 12:49:58 Topic ID# 9688
For HASA, the preferred method is to have a text announcement in the summary, and put the link to the banner in the first chapter of the story (that way server load is reduced, the banner doesn't 'break' the summary page if it's too wide, and we still get to show off our banners *g* - that's how I did it for Old Man Willow). Or put it in a forum, as you said.

Nath

--- On Sun, 14/12/08, Marta <marta.fandom@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Marta <marta.fandom@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Banners for 2008 Winners
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, 14 December, 2008, 4:06 PM
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:40 AM, Agape 4Rivendell
> <agape4rivendell@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Where on earth does one display them?
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>
> Banners aren't something everyone is interested in.
> There have been
> some years I never asked for them, though I do intend to
> this year.
>
> Some sites let you display images, and if they do, you can
> put the
> banners in your story summary. Silmarillion Writers Guild
> lets you do
> this, I think. I'm trying to remember whether HASA lets
> you do it in
> the actual story summary; I know you can do it in your
> forums there.
>
> They're most useful in my experience on personal sites
> - at LJs, for
> instance, or if you run your own website. They're a
> more aesthetic
> than just adding another line of text, and also grab your
> attention
> more because they're a picture rather than words. To
> see how I used
> 2007's banners at my blog, check out
>
> http://telperion-fic.livejournal.com/?skip=40
>
> Just scroll down, you'll see the banners for my stories
> that won an
> award last year on the posts for those stories. I point to
> this not to
> say "Go look at how well I did" - I write ficlets
> and one-shots so
> tend to have a lot of entries, most of which don't win
> - but to show
> what banners look like in a list of LJ posts. I know other
> people who
> do similar things to that at their blogs.
>
> Plus, I just like looking at them for myself. My shinies.
> :-)
>
> Of course, there really is no pressure to take them if you
> don't have
> any use for banners. Like many areas of these awards,
> banners are
> completely optional.
>
> Marta

Msg# 9704

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by heartofoshun@aol.com December 14, 2008 - 13:27:42 Topic ID# 9688
In a message dated 12/14/2008 1:50:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,
nath_kuijpers@yahoo.com writes:

For HASA, the preferred method is to have a text announcement in the
summary, and put the link to the banner in the first chapter of the story (that way
server load is reduced, the banner doesn't 'break' the summary page if it's
too wide, and we still get to show off our banners *g* - that's how I did it
for Old Man Willow). Or put it in a forum, as you said.



Minor problem with that. Maybe there is no solution. It's great for someone
who has already decided to read your story to learn when they click on it that
it won an award. I like to think showing the banner would encourage NEW
readers to take a look at something they might otherwise just scroll over. Maybe
I am the only one who looks at them that way.

Oshun
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Msg# 9705

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by nath kuijpers December 14, 2008 - 13:54:12 Topic ID# 9688
That's why the text announcement in the summary... (and that's searchable too, unlike a banner)

But you're right that it isn't ideal.


--- On Sun, 14/12/08, heartofoshun@aol.com <heartofoshun@aol.com> wrote:

> From: heartofoshun@aol.com <heartofoshun@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] Banners for 2008 Winners
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, 14 December, 2008, 7:28 PM
> In a message dated 12/14/2008 1:50:22 PM Eastern Standard
> Time,
> nath_kuijpers@yahoo.com writes:
>
> For HASA, the preferred method is to have a text
> announcement in the
> summary, and put the link to the banner in the first
> chapter of the story (that way
> server load is reduced, the banner doesn't
> 'break' the summary page if it's
> too wide, and we still get to show off our banners *g* -
> that's how I did it
> for Old Man Willow). Or put it in a forum, as you said.
>
>
>
> Minor problem with that. Maybe there is no solution.
> It's great for someone
> who has already decided to read your story to learn when
> they click on it that
> it won an award. I like to think showing the banner would
> encourage NEW
> readers to take a look at something they might otherwise
> just scroll over. Maybe
> I am the only one who looks at them that way.
>
> Oshun
> **************Make your life easier with all your friends,
> email, and
> favorite sites in one place. Try it now.
> (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2008/Yahoo!
> Groups Links
>
>
>

Msg# 9706

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by heartofoshun@aol.com December 14, 2008 - 13:57:48 Topic ID# 9688
In a message dated 12/14/2008 2:54:29 PM Eastern Standard Time,
nath_kuijpers@yahoo.com writes:

That's why the text announcement in the summary... (and that's searchable
too, unlike a banner)

But you're right that it isn't ideal.
I guess there is no ideal. I know one person who complains about loading
time. But eventually there will be no more phone-hookup to the internet and that
will solve that. But as far as using up too much of the web sites space is
another question altogether. It's not a huge question, but it's always nice to
have a way to reach more readers easily.

Oshun





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Msg# 9707

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by GamgeeFest December 14, 2008 - 15:11:16 Topic ID# 9688
Actually, I just barely got around to selecting my banner, so I'm
certainly not expecting it to be finished any time soon. Whenever they
get to it is fine by me.

I've been wondering what to do with my banners also, so I will be
looking over the links provided by others. Thanks!

And I'm a little embarrassed to bring this up, but I have a problem
with one of my 2007 award banners. I was without computer for most of
the last year and so just recently got around to downloading the
banners that were sent to me last year, and I noticed one of them is
wrong. Is it too horribly late to have it corrected? If so, I just
won't use that one.

GamgeeFest


--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "aure_enteluva" <marta.fandom@...>
wrote:
>
> Hey guys,
>
> Just a quick note to authors who have requested a banner be customized
> for their use. I know that our banner volunteers are working hard to
> customize banners for this year's winners. There are still some
> requests that haven't been handled yet, and the banner volunteers will
> get to those as soon as they can. I appreciate your patience as your
> banners are prepared.
>
> If you think your banner should be ready but you haven't received it,
> please email me privately at mefasupport@... so I can look into
> it for you. It may be that your banner is still being prepared; but it
> may also be that it was sent and caught by your spam folder.
>
> Marta
>

Msg# 9708

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by Neume Indil December 14, 2008 - 15:27:18 Topic ID# 9688
Not sure if this is possible for *all* banners, but those lamenting a place
to post their banners may be able to have them resized to icons (usually
120x100, 100x100, or on some sites 80x80 pixels) and use them in signature
lines or under personal information displays as well. Luckily my main
archive (Open Scrolls Archive) allows pictures under a certain size in the
story summary, but I picked an icon sized Junkie 'banner' to use in my LJ
and on OSA under my name. It seems to be much easier to use and change icons
than banners as well, depending on the site.


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Msg# 9709

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by Elena Tiriel December 14, 2008 - 17:50:30 Topic ID# 9688
Hi Dreamflower,

If you see any banners on my personal banner site that you would like to use
for prior year's stories, I would be glad to customize them for you. It is
at <photobucket.com/elenatiriel> (click on the "Winner" tag at the left to
quickly browse the entire group of available banners).

I can only extend that offer for my own banners, because I keep the original
files that have the text in layers, so it is very easy to just "turn off"
the current year, and add the text for another year.

- Barbara

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Barbara Rich <aelfwina@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm another who has not sent any requests in. I'm sort of
> embarrassed, because I've never gotten or used *any* banners, and now
> that I finally know what to do with them, I wish I had some from the
> previous years.
>
> And I don't really know how to pick one out--so many lovely things to
> choose from...
>
> *hides red face*
>
> Dreamflower
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 2:45 AM, aure_enteluva <marta.fandom@gmail.com<marta.fandom%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > Just a quick note to authors who have requested a banner be customized
> > for their use. I know that our banner volunteers are working hard to
> > customize banners for this year's winners. There are still some
> > requests that haven't been handled yet, and the banner volunteers will
> > get to those as soon as they can. I appreciate your patience as your
> > banners are prepared.
> >
> > If you think your banner should be ready but you haven't received it,
> > please email me privately at mefasupport@gmail.com<mefasupport%40gmail.com>so I can look into
> > it for you. It may be that your banner is still being prepared; but it
> > may also be that it was sent and caught by your spam folder.
> >
> > Marta
> >
> >
>
>


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Msg# 9710

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by Elena Tiriel December 14, 2008 - 18:07:29 Topic ID# 9688
Hi Gamgeefest,

Send the banner (with its ID number, if you have it) and the correct details
for your story (name, the award it won, year) to mefa.banners@yahoo.com. We
currently have a backlog, but if no other banner volunteer grabs it before I
can deal with it, I will be glad to fix it up for you.

- Barbara


On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 1:11 PM, GamgeeFest <gamgeefest@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
> And I'm a little embarrassed to bring this up, but I have a problem
> with one of my 2007 award banners. I was without computer for most of
> the last year and so just recently got around to downloading the
> banners that were sent to me last year, and I noticed one of them is
> wrong. Is it too horribly late to have it corrected? If so, I just
> won't use that one.
>
> GamgeeFest
>
>


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Msg# 9711

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by PGF December 14, 2008 - 23:03:21 Topic ID# 9688
I'm another one who is still selecting banners, slowly. Would it be
possible to post a link to ElenaTiriel's banners in the same place as
the link to the MEFA banners (which are lovely, and so many of them -
like Dreamflower, I find it hard to choose!)? I've only looked over
ElenaTiriel's banners once and can't remember where they are.


Raksha The Demon





<<<<<<--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Elena Tiriel"
<ElenaTiriel@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Dreamflower,
>
> If you see any banners on my personal banner site that you would
like to use
> for prior year's stories, I would be glad to customize them for
you. It is
> at <photobucket.com/elenatiriel> (click on the "Winner" tag at the
left to
> quickly browse the entire group of available banners).
>
> I can only extend that offer for my own banners, because I keep the
original
> files that have the text in layers, so it is very easy to
just "turn off"
> the current year, and add the text for another year.
>
> - Barbara
>
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Barbara Rich <aelfwina@...> wrote:
>
> > I'm another who has not sent any requests in. I'm sort of
> > embarrassed, because I've never gotten or used *any* banners, and
now
> > that I finally know what to do with them, I wish I had some from
the
> > previous years.
> >
> > And I don't really know how to pick one out--so many lovely
things to
> > choose from...
> >
> > *hides red face*
> >
> > Dreamflower
> >
> >
>>>>>>>>>

Msg# 9712

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by Elena Tiriel December 15, 2008 - 1:20:22 Topic ID# 9688
Hi Raksha,

I'm rather embarrassed to say that the only reason I have so many unofficial
banners (at photobucket.com/elenatiriel), is that the banner muse simply
wouldn't shut up, even after the deadline passed for submitting official
ones this year. Plus, I started very late, after someone mentioned that we
needed more Silm banners... I have a lovely illustrated Silm, so I scanned
many of the artworks from it in high resolution.

Anyway, I'm hoping to submit all of mine through official channels next
year.... *glares at pesky, demanding muse*, so any mention of them on the
web site would have to be removed in a few months.

- Barbara



On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 9:01 PM, PGF <PGail99@aol.com> wrote:

> I'm another one who is still selecting banners, slowly. Would it be
> possible to post a link to ElenaTiriel's banners in the same place as
> the link to the MEFA banners (which are lovely, and so many of them -
> like Dreamflower, I find it hard to choose!)? I've only looked over
> ElenaTiriel's banners once and can't remember where they are.
>
> Raksha The Demon
>
> <<<<<<--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com <MEFAwards%40yahoogroups.com>,
> "Elena Tiriel"
> <ElenaTiriel@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Dreamflower,
> >
> > If you see any banners on my personal banner site that you would
> like to use
> > for prior year's stories, I would be glad to customize them for
> you. It is
> > at <photobucket.com/elenatiriel> (click on the "Winner" tag at the
> left to
> > quickly browse the entire group of available banners).
> >
> > I can only extend that offer for my own banners, because I keep the
> original
> > files that have the text in layers, so it is very easy to
> just "turn off"
> > the current year, and add the text for another year.
> >
> > - Barbara
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Barbara Rich <aelfwina@...> wrote:
> >
> > > I'm another who has not sent any requests in. I'm sort of
> > > embarrassed, because I've never gotten or used *any* banners, and
> now
> > > that I finally know what to do with them, I wish I had some from
> the
> > > previous years.
> > >
> > > And I don't really know how to pick one out--so many lovely
> things to
> > > choose from...
> > >
> > > *hides red face*
> > >
> > > Dreamflower
> > >
> > >
> >>>>>>>>>
>
>
>


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Msg# 9713

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by queeniejosephine December 15, 2008 - 10:50:49 Topic ID# 9688
You can display banners within the body of your story at

N&N
http://www.naiceanilme.com/
The Last Ship
http://www.thelastship.org/
and the new gen fic site LOTR fanfiction writers
http://lotr.fanfictionwriters.com/

I usually put mine on my personal website

Linda

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "araneltook" <araneltook@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Agape,
>
> I display them on the profile page of my LJ: http://aranel-
took.livejournal.com/profile
>
> and I use them on my website: http://aranel-
took.fancrone.net/other/other_drabbles.php
>
> You will need to upload your banners somewhere other than the MEFA
site (such as
> http://www.photobucket.com or the gallery on your LiveJournal) to
store them if you
> display them online.
>
> Aranel
>
>
>
> --- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Agape 4Rivendell"
<agape4rivendell@> wrote:
> >
> > Where on earth does one display them?
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>

Msg# 9714

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by surgeon\_ruth December 15, 2008 - 14:02:07 Topic ID# 9688
I've got mine displayed on LJ - grouped together on the user info page
here, if you want a look:
http://surgsteelfic.livejournal.com/profile

And I've got them on The Last Ship as well, with the appropriate
banners on the corresponding stories.

Certain archives allow you to post the images, others don't - but you
can definitely plaster them all over your LJ. ;)

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Agape 4Rivendell"
<agape4rivendell@...> wrote:
>
> Where on earth does one display them?
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Msg# 9715

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by Marta December 15, 2008 - 18:29:06 Topic ID# 9688
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 12:01 AM, PGF <PGail99@aol.com> wrote:
> I'm another one who is still selecting banners, slowly. Would it be
> possible to post a link to ElenaTiriel's banners in the same place as
> the link to the MEFA banners (which are lovely, and so many of them -
> like Dreamflower, I find it hard to choose!)? I've only looked over
> ElenaTiriel's banners once and can't remember where they are.
>
> Raksha The Demon
>

Hi Raksha,

I'd rather not try to add a link to Elena's banners somewhere on the
MEFA site simply because I'm not sure where we'd do it. Hopefully next
year we will have all the banners in a single place, and I'd like to
work toward that - making it easier for artists to get their creations
all up in the same place.

What I *can*, do, is repost what I said when voting first closed, the
three pages where banners are available:

http://mefawards.net/fanart/categories.php?cat_id=799
http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f163/Elena_Tiriel/

All banners at both of these sites are available for you to use.

http://mefawards.net/fanart/categories.php?cat_id=801

This is the banners for nominated authors. The following banners can
be converted into banners for winning authors: 19; 72-86, 88-96,
104-111. Just ask.

HTH,

Marta

Msg# 9716

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by GamgeeFest December 15, 2008 - 21:24:45 Topic ID# 9688
Hi Barbara,

Will do. Thanks!

GamgeeFest


--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, "Elena Tiriel" <ElenaTiriel@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi Gamgeefest,
>
> Send the banner (with its ID number, if you have it) and the
correct details
> for your story (name, the award it won, year) to mefa.banners@... We
> currently have a backlog, but if no other banner volunteer grabs it
before I
> can deal with it, I will be glad to fix it up for you.
>
> - Barbara
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 1:11 PM, GamgeeFest <gamgeefest@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > And I'm a little embarrassed to bring this up, but I have a
problem
> > with one of my 2007 award banners. I was without computer for
most of
> > the last year and so just recently got around to downloading the
> > banners that were sent to me last year, and I noticed one of them
is
> > wrong. Is it too horribly late to have it corrected? If so, I just
> > won't use that one.
> >
> > GamgeeFest
> >
> >
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Msg# 9729

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by Barbara Rich January 10, 2009 - 19:50:34 Topic ID# 9688
Hi Elena!

I'm sorry it took so long, but it was hard for me to pick.

Here are my 2008 picks; I hope that this is the right way to do these--I
never have before. Sorry about the links, I couldn't get rid of them when I
pasted.


2008

Between Childhood and Coming of
Age<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5745>received
Second Place in Races: Hobbits: Friendship 08win354


Of First Impressions and Old
Friends<http://thelastship.org/eFiction331/viewstory.php?sid=1789&chapter=1>received
Third Place in Races: Cross-Cultural: Frodo and Faramir 08win050


A Place for Gandalf
<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=2107>received an
Honorable Mention in Times: Mid Third Age: Eriador

08win033


The Importance of Being
Bilbo<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4201&cid=23156>received
an Honorable Mention in Genres: Non-Fiction: Character Studies
08win031


Yule at Great Smials
<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=5103&cid=24122>received
Third Place in Races: Hobbits: Family 08win192


Good King Elessar
<http://community.livejournal.com/hobbit_holidays/47573.html>received an
Honorable Mention in Races: Cross-Cultural: Friendship

08win050


Eucatastrophe: The Return
<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5181>received Third
Place in Genres: Alternate Universe: General 08win356


And all was made
ready<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5895>received
an Honorable Mention in Races: Cross-Cultural: Friendship 08win356


On Amon Sûl<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4556&cid=23548>received
First Place in Genres: Drama: Featuring Frodo or Sam 08win269


25 Rethe, S.R. 1422: The Three Travellers Remember
<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4203&cid=16625>received
Second Place in Genres: Poetry: Drama 08win358


The Myth of the One Ring's
Power<http://dreamflower02.livejournal.com/286774.html>received First
Place in Genres: Non-Fiction: General 08win055



And here are my ones for 2007 if you still feel like doing that for me. I'm
not sure if I put the right information here--I just used the titles over
the pics---I don't know if that's right or not.

2007

"Miss Dora Baggins' Book of Manners" - 2nd - Races: Hobbits: Incomplete Book
of Mazarbul

"The Three Hunters" - 1st - Genres: Adventure: General

Fellowship Climbing

"A Mother's Work" - 2nd - Races: Hobbits: Vignette

Galadriel

"The Dwarf Dagger" - Honorable Mention - Genres: Drama: The Shire

Gimli

"When the King Comes Back (the Great Smials)" - 3rd - Genres: Drama: The
Shire

Fellowship Leaving

"The Archives Incident" - 3rd - Genres: Adventure: Minas Tirith

Scroll of Isildur

"A New Reckoning" - Honorable Mention - Races: Cross-Cultural: General

Fellowship Leaving

"Tom Cotton" - 2nd - Races: Hobbits: Post-Grey Havens

Sam

"A Passing Troll" - 3rd - Genres: Humor: The Shire or Buckland

Troll of Mordor

Thanks again for your generous offer! And once more, I'm sorry to be so
late in choosing.

(((hugs)))

Dreamflower (AKA Barbara Rich)




On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Elena Tiriel <ElenaTiriel@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Dreamflower,
>
> If you see any banners on my personal banner site that you would like to
> use
> for prior year's stories, I would be glad to customize them for you. It is
> at <photobucket.com/elenatiriel> (click on the "Winner" tag at the left to
> quickly browse the entire group of available banners).
>
> I can only extend that offer for my own banners, because I keep the
> original
> files that have the text in layers, so it is very easy to just "turn off"
> the current year, and add the text for another year.
>
> - Barbara
>
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Barbara Rich <aelfwina@gmail.com<aelfwina%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm another who has not sent any requests in. I'm sort of
> > embarrassed, because I've never gotten or used *any* banners, and now
> > that I finally know what to do with them, I wish I had some from the
> > previous years.
> >
> > And I don't really know how to pick one out--so many lovely things to
> > choose from...
> >
> > *hides red face*
> >
> > Dreamflower
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 2:45 AM, aure_enteluva <marta.fandom@gmail.com<marta.fandom%40gmail.com>
> <marta.fandom%40gmail.com>>
> > wrote:
> > > Hey guys,
> > >
> > > Just a quick note to authors who have requested a banner be customized
> > > for their use. I know that our banner volunteers are working hard to
> > > customize banners for this year's winners. There are still some
> > > requests that haven't been handled yet, and the banner volunteers will
> > > get to those as soon as they can. I appreciate your patience as your
> > > banners are prepared.
> > >
> > > If you think your banner should be ready but you haven't received it,
> > > please email me privately at mefasupport@gmail.com<mefasupport%40gmail.com>
> <mefasupport%40gmail.com>so I can look into
> > > it for you. It may be that your banner is still being prepared; but it
> > > may also be that it was sent and caught by your spam folder.
> > >
> > > Marta
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Msg# 9730

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by Elena Tiriel January 14, 2009 - 8:36:41 Topic ID# 9688
Hi Dreamflower,

Just to let you know, I got your requests... still have quite a bit of a
backlog, so it will take me a while... thanks for your patience!

- Barbara

On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Barbara Rich <aelfwina@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Elena!
>
> I'm sorry it took so long, but it was hard for me to pick.
>
> Here are my 2008 picks; I hope that this is the right way to do these--I
> never have before. Sorry about the links, I couldn't get rid of them when I
> pasted.
>
> 2008
>
> Between Childhood and Coming of
> Age<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5745>received
> Second Place in Races: Hobbits: Friendship 08win354
>
> Of First Impressions and Old
> Friends<
> http://thelastship.org/eFiction331/viewstory.php?sid=1789&chapter=1
> >received
> Third Place in Races: Cross-Cultural: Frodo and Faramir 08win050
>
> A Place for Gandalf
> <http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=2107>received an
> Honorable Mention in Times: Mid Third Age: Eriador
>
> 08win033
>
> The Importance of Being
> Bilbo<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4201&cid=23156
> >received
> an Honorable Mention in Genres: Non-Fiction: Character Studies
> 08win031
>
> Yule at Great Smials
> <http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=5103&cid=24122>received
> Third Place in Races: Hobbits: Family 08win192
>
> Good King Elessar
> <http://community.livejournal.com/hobbit_holidays/47573.html>received an
> Honorable Mention in Races: Cross-Cultural: Friendship
>
> 08win050
>
> Eucatastrophe: The Return
> <http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5181>received Third
> Place in Genres: Alternate Universe: General 08win356
>
> And all was made
> ready<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5895>received
> an Honorable Mention in Races: Cross-Cultural: Friendship 08win356
>
> On Amon Sûl<
> http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4556&cid=23548>received
> First Place in Genres: Drama: Featuring Frodo or Sam 08win269
>
> 25 Rethe, S.R. 1422: The Three Travellers Remember
> <http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4203&cid=16625>received
> Second Place in Genres: Poetry: Drama 08win358
>
> The Myth of the One Ring's
> Power<http://dreamflower02.livejournal.com/286774.html>received First
> Place in Genres: Non-Fiction: General 08win055
>
> And here are my ones for 2007 if you still feel like doing that for me. I'm
> not sure if I put the right information here--I just used the titles over
> the pics---I don't know if that's right or not.
>
> 2007
>
> "Miss Dora Baggins' Book of Manners" - 2nd - Races: Hobbits: Incomplete
> Book
> of Mazarbul
>
> "The Three Hunters" - 1st - Genres: Adventure: General
>
> Fellowship Climbing
>
> "A Mother's Work" - 2nd - Races: Hobbits: Vignette
>
> Galadriel
>
> "The Dwarf Dagger" - Honorable Mention - Genres: Drama: The Shire
>
> Gimli
>
> "When the King Comes Back (the Great Smials)" - 3rd - Genres: Drama: The
> Shire
>
> Fellowship Leaving
>
> "The Archives Incident" - 3rd - Genres: Adventure: Minas Tirith
>
> Scroll of Isildur
>
> "A New Reckoning" - Honorable Mention - Races: Cross-Cultural: General
>
> Fellowship Leaving
>
> "Tom Cotton" - 2nd - Races: Hobbits: Post-Grey Havens
>
> Sam
>
> "A Passing Troll" - 3rd - Genres: Humor: The Shire or Buckland
>
> Troll of Mordor
>
> Thanks again for your generous offer! And once more, I'm sorry to be so
> late in choosing.
>
> (((hugs)))
>
> Dreamflower (AKA Barbara Rich)
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Elena Tiriel <ElenaTiriel@gmail.com<ElenaTiriel%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Dreamflower,
> >
> > If you see any banners on my personal banner site that you would like to
> > use
> > for prior year's stories, I would be glad to customize them for you. It
> is
> > at <photobucket.com/elenatiriel> (click on the "Winner" tag at the left
> to
> > quickly browse the entire group of available banners).
> >
> > I can only extend that offer for my own banners, because I keep the
> > original
> > files that have the text in layers, so it is very easy to just "turn off"
> > the current year, and add the text for another year.
> >
> > - Barbara
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Barbara Rich <aelfwina@gmail.com<aelfwina%40gmail.com>
> <aelfwina%40gmail.com>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I'm another who has not sent any requests in. I'm sort of
> > > embarrassed, because I've never gotten or used *any* banners, and now
> > > that I finally know what to do with them, I wish I had some from the
> > > previous years.
> > >
> > > And I don't really know how to pick one out--so many lovely things to
> > > choose from...
> > >
> > > *hides red face*
> > >
> > > Dreamflower
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 2:45 AM, aure_enteluva <marta.fandom@gmail.com<marta.fandom%40gmail.com>
> <marta.fandom%40gmail.com>
> > <marta.fandom%40gmail.com>>
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hey guys,
> > > >
> > > > Just a quick note to authors who have requested a banner be
> customized
> > > > for their use. I know that our banner volunteers are working hard to
> > > > customize banners for this year's winners. There are still some
> > > > requests that haven't been handled yet, and the banner volunteers
> will
> > > > get to those as soon as they can. I appreciate your patience as your
> > > > banners are prepared.
> > > >
> > > > If you think your banner should be ready but you haven't received it,
> > > > please email me privately at mefasupport@gmail.com<mefasupport%40gmail.com>
> <mefasupport%40gmail.com>
> > <mefasupport%40gmail.com>so I can look into
> > > > it for you. It may be that your banner is still being prepared; but
> it
> > > > may also be that it was sent and caught by your spam folder.
> > > >
> > > > Marta
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Msg# 9731

Re: Banners for 2008 Winners Posted by Barbara Rich January 14, 2009 - 8:43:44 Topic ID# 9688
No problem. I've lived without them this long, a little longer won't hurt,
LOL! But now that I finally know what to do with them now that I have them,
I think it's about time I did something about it.

Thanks for letting me know you got my requests, though. Saves me bugging
you to ask if they arrived.

Dreamflower

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Elena Tiriel <ElenaTiriel@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Dreamflower,
>
> Just to let you know, I got your requests... still have quite a bit of a
> backlog, so it will take me a while... thanks for your patience!
>
> - Barbara
>
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 5:50 PM, Barbara Rich <aelfwina@gmail.com<aelfwina%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Elena!
> >
> > I'm sorry it took so long, but it was hard for me to pick.
> >
> > Here are my 2008 picks; I hope that this is the right way to do these--I
> > never have before. Sorry about the links, I couldn't get rid of them when
> I
> > pasted.
> >
> > 2008
> >
> > Between Childhood and Coming of
> > Age<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5745>received
> > Second Place in Races: Hobbits: Friendship 08win354
> >
> > Of First Impressions and Old
> > Friends<
> > http://thelastship.org/eFiction331/viewstory.php?sid=1789&chapter=1
> > >received
> > Third Place in Races: Cross-Cultural: Frodo and Faramir 08win050
> >
> > A Place for Gandalf
> > <http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=2107>received an
> > Honorable Mention in Times: Mid Third Age: Eriador
> >
> > 08win033
> >
> > The Importance of Being
> > Bilbo<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4201&cid=23156
> > >received
> > an Honorable Mention in Genres: Non-Fiction: Character Studies
> > 08win031
> >
> > Yule at Great Smials
> > <http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=5103&cid=24122>received
>
> > Third Place in Races: Hobbits: Family 08win192
> >
> > Good King Elessar
> > <http://community.livejournal.com/hobbit_holidays/47573.html>received an
>
> > Honorable Mention in Races: Cross-Cultural: Friendship
> >
> > 08win050
> >
> > Eucatastrophe: The Return
> > <http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5181>received
> Third
> > Place in Genres: Alternate Universe: General 08win356
> >
> > And all was made
> > ready<http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5895>received
>
> > an Honorable Mention in Races: Cross-Cultural: Friendship 08win356
> >
> > On Amon Sûl<
> > http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4556&cid=23548>received
>
> > First Place in Genres: Drama: Featuring Frodo or Sam 08win269
> >
> > 25 Rethe, S.R. 1422: The Three Travellers Remember
> > <http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4203&cid=16625>received
>
> > Second Place in Genres: Poetry: Drama 08win358
> >
> > The Myth of the One Ring's
> > Power<http://dreamflower02.livejournal.com/286774.html>received First
>
> > Place in Genres: Non-Fiction: General 08win055
> >
> > And here are my ones for 2007 if you still feel like doing that for me.
> I'm
> > not sure if I put the right information here--I just used the titles over
> > the pics---I don't know if that's right or not.
> >
> > 2007
> >
> > "Miss Dora Baggins' Book of Manners" - 2nd - Races: Hobbits: Incomplete
> > Book
> > of Mazarbul
> >
> > "The Three Hunters" - 1st - Genres: Adventure: General
> >
> > Fellowship Climbing
> >
> > "A Mother's Work" - 2nd - Races: Hobbits: Vignette
> >
> > Galadriel
> >
> > "The Dwarf Dagger" - Honorable Mention - Genres: Drama: The Shire
> >
> > Gimli
> >
> > "When the King Comes Back (the Great Smials)" - 3rd - Genres: Drama: The
> > Shire
> >
> > Fellowship Leaving
> >
> > "The Archives Incident" - 3rd - Genres: Adventure: Minas Tirith
> >
> > Scroll of Isildur
> >
> > "A New Reckoning" - Honorable Mention - Races: Cross-Cultural: General
> >
> > Fellowship Leaving
> >
> > "Tom Cotton" - 2nd - Races: Hobbits: Post-Grey Havens
> >
> > Sam
> >
> > "A Passing Troll" - 3rd - Genres: Humor: The Shire or Buckland
> >
> > Troll of Mordor
> >
> > Thanks again for your generous offer! And once more, I'm sorry to be so
> > late in choosing.
> >
> > (((hugs)))
> >
> > Dreamflower (AKA Barbara Rich)
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Elena Tiriel <ElenaTiriel@gmail.com<ElenaTiriel%40gmail.com>
> <ElenaTiriel%40gmail.com>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Dreamflower,
> > >
> > > If you see any banners on my personal banner site that you would like
> to
> > > use
> > > for prior year's stories, I would be glad to customize them for you. It
> > is
> > > at <photobucket.com/elenatiriel> (click on the "Winner" tag at the
> left
> > to
> > > quickly browse the entire group of available banners).
> > >
> > > I can only extend that offer for my own banners, because I keep the
> > > original
> > > files that have the text in layers, so it is very easy to just "turn
> off"
> > > the current year, and add the text for another year.
> > >
> > > - Barbara
> > >
> > > On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Barbara Rich <aelfwina@gmail.com<aelfwina%40gmail.com>
> <aelfwina%40gmail.com>
> > <aelfwina%40gmail.com>>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm another who has not sent any requests in. I'm sort of
> > > > embarrassed, because I've never gotten or used *any* banners, and now
> > > > that I finally know what to do with them, I wish I had some from the
> > > > previous years.
> > > >
> > > > And I don't really know how to pick one out--so many lovely things to
> > > > choose from...
> > > >
> > > > *hides red face*
> > > >
> > > > Dreamflower
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 2:45 AM, aure_enteluva <
> marta.fandom@gmail.com <marta.fandom%40gmail.com><marta.fandom%40gmail.com
> >
> > <marta.fandom%40gmail.com>
> > > <marta.fandom%40gmail.com>>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Hey guys,
> > > > >
> > > > > Just a quick note to authors who have requested a banner be
> > customized
> > > > > for their use. I know that our banner volunteers are working hard
> to
> > > > > customize banners for this year's winners. There are still some
> > > > > requests that haven't been handled yet, and the banner volunteers
> > will
> > > > > get to those as soon as they can. I appreciate your patience as
> your
> > > > > banners are prepared.
> > > > >
> > > > > If you think your banner should be ready but you haven't received
> it,
> > > > > please email me privately at mefasupport@gmail.com<mefasupport%40gmail.com>
> <mefasupport%40gmail.com>
> > <mefasupport%40gmail.com>
> > > <mefasupport%40gmail.com>so I can look into
> > > > > it for you. It may be that your banner is still being prepared; but
> > it
> > > > > may also be that it was sent and caught by your spam folder.
> > > > >
> > > > > Marta
> > > > >
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