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Hey guys,

As at least one of you has already realized, nominations for the 2009 awards started about thirteen minutes ago. The nominations are already pouring in, and I look forward to seeing what *everyone* wants to put forward - so have at it! You can nominate a story at

http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/

REMEMBER: Nominations close at the end of June. You must nominate a piece before June 30, at 11:59 PM GMT, if you want to nominate it for this year's awards.

If you have trouble logging in or otherwise need help, let me know. Best way to reach me is mefasupportATmefawardsDOTnet, though you can also post here.

Marta

Last year another person submitted my ongoing series, as an
unfinished whole, as a work-in-progress. This year I have divided my
series into volumes, and would like to submit I, II, and III each as
completed works. Is that doable? IV through VII have not yet been
proofed, VIII is almost but not quite completed, IX will be the final
volume and very short; I consider these still to be works in
progress, and since the whole was already nominated as such, will not
submit them.

I figure that my chances of getting read are much greater if I break
it up into volumes. It's been an ongoing series, like a television
show, which is fine for those who follow it weekly, but not so fine
for those who try to read the entire thing at once. So, since
ongoing series sell their DVD's by the season, I thought I had better
do likewise.

At 05:19 PM 5/21/2009, you wrote:

>Hey guys,
>
>As at least one of you has already realized, nominations for the
>2009 awards started about thirteen minutes ago. The nominations are
>already pouring in, and I look forward to seeing what *everyone*
>wants to put forward - so have at it! You can nominate a story at
>
>http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/
>
>REMEMBER: Nominations close at the end of June. You must nominate a
>piece before June 30, at 11:59 PM GMT, if you want to nominate it
>for this year's awards.
>
>If you have trouble logging in or otherwise need help, let me know.
>Best way to reach me is mefasupportATmefawardsDOTnet, though you can
>also post here.
>
>Marta
>
>
>
>------------------------------------
>
>Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2008/Yahoo! Groups Links
>
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>

* * *
Life is beautiful and dangerous. Beware! Enjoy!

(My "Frodo Gardner" fanfic is updated to episode #273 at
http://dreamdeer.grailmedia.com , or those who follow it.)
The same site has a link to "The Once and Future Grail" (about
intentional community) and "Faerie Exploration International".


~~~Dolores J. Nurss~~~


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Hi Dreamdeer,

Wow, way to come up with a complicated situation! There are several
rules that come into play here, and any one of them are pretty
complicated on their own. I won't go into those rules in depth, because
as I said, they're complicated and it's late. :-)

And in fact I don't need to. You said this piece was nominated last
year, but it was actually put forward in 2007. That is before the new
rules came into play about series, and you couldn't have known about
them. We agreed to grandfather in other things that competed before this
rule (poems published within stories), so I think we can make a similar
"grandfather" exception here.

But can I get you to refer to "The Adventures of Frodo Gardner" as a
serial rather than a series, if you want to describe the whole piece?
For the MEFAs "series" has a rather specific meaning and I don't think
your piece meets it. But since these rules can be kind of complicated, I
don't want to confuse people who have things that are properly series,
and were nominated in 2008 or later.

To be absolutely clear: each volume is eligible when it is completed.
But just once more; the piece was already nominated as a WIP and it
can't compete again as a WIP, nor can any part of it. So for instance
"The Adventures of Frodo Gardner Volume IV" could not compete as a WIP;
you'd have to wait until you were finished with it and have it nominated
as a finished piece.

Make sense?

Marta

I probably should know this because I think I remember seeing it last year. How can we tell who nominated our stories so we can thank them?`

~~**~~ I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.  JRR Tolkien    ..·*´¨¨))   -:¦:-
        ¸.·´  .·´¨¨))  -:|:- 
°º.. Alassante .. º°
    -:¦:-    ((¸¸.·´*  -:|:-

--- On Fri, 5/22/09, Marta <marta.fandom@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Marta <marta.fandom@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] 2009 Nominations Open
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, May 22, 2009, 1:15 AM

















Hi Dreamdeer,



Wow, way to come up with a complicated situation! There are several

rules that come into play here, and any one of them are pretty

complicated on their own. I won't go into those rules in depth, because

as I said, they're complicated and it's late. :-)



And in fact I don't need to. You said this piece was nominated last

year, but it was actually put forward in 2007. That is before the new

rules came into play about series, and you couldn't have known about

them. We agreed to grandfather in other things that competed before this

rule (poems published within stories), so I think we can make a similar

"grandfather" exception here.



But can I get you to refer to "The Adventures of Frodo Gardner" as a

serial rather than a series, if you want to describe the whole piece?

For the MEFAs "series" has a rather specific meaning and I don't think

your piece meets it. But since these rules can be kind of complicated, I

don't want to confuse people who have things that are properly series,

and were nominated in 2008 or later.



To be absolutely clear: each volume is eligible when it is completed.

But just once more; the piece was already nominated as a WIP and it

can't compete again as a WIP, nor can any part of it. So for instance

"The Adventures of Frodo Gardner Volume IV" could not compete as a WIP;

you'd have to wait until you were finished with it and have it nominated

as a finished piece.



Make sense?



Marta





























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Alassante7 wrote:

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> I probably should know this because I think I remember seeing it last
> year. How can we tell who nominated our stories so we can thank them?`
>

Hi Alassante,

It should be mentioned in the email you receive from your liaison (or
will receive, if it hasn't come already).

You can also find it by clicking the "Story Details" link beside your
story on the list of nominated pieces.

Marta

It appears in the author notification email that your liaison sends out to you, as well as the 'Story Details' of the nomination on the MEFA site.

Elea :)

--- In MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com, Alassante7 <alassante7@...> wrote:
>
> I probably should know this because I think I remember seeing it last year. How can we tell who nominated our stories so we can thank them?`
>
> ~~**~~ I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.  JRR Tolkien    ..·*´¨¨))   -:¦:-
>         ¸.·´  .·´¨¨))  -:|:- 
> °º.. Alassante .. º°
>     -:¦:-    ((¸¸.·´*  -:|:-
>
> --- On Fri, 5/22/09, Marta <marta.fandom@...> wrote:
>
> From: Marta <marta.fandom@...>
> Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] 2009 Nominations Open
> To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Friday, May 22, 2009, 1:15 AM
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> Hi Dreamdeer,
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> Wow, way to come up with a complicated situation! There are several
>
> rules that come into play here, and any one of them are pretty
>
> complicated on their own. I won't go into those rules in depth, because
>
> as I said, they're complicated and it's late. :-)
>
>
>
> And in fact I don't need to. You said this piece was nominated last
>
> year, but it was actually put forward in 2007. That is before the new
>
> rules came into play about series, and you couldn't have known about
>
> them. We agreed to grandfather in other things that competed before this
>
> rule (poems published within stories), so I think we can make a similar
>
> "grandfather" exception here.
>
>
>
> But can I get you to refer to "The Adventures of Frodo Gardner" as a
>
> serial rather than a series, if you want to describe the whole piece?
>
> For the MEFAs "series" has a rather specific meaning and I don't think
>
> your piece meets it. But since these rules can be kind of complicated, I
>
> don't want to confuse people who have things that are properly series,
>
> and were nominated in 2008 or later.
>
>
>
> To be absolutely clear: each volume is eligible when it is completed.
>
> But just once more; the piece was already nominated as a WIP and it
>
> can't compete again as a WIP, nor can any part of it. So for instance
>
> "The Adventures of Frodo Gardner Volume IV" could not compete as a WIP;
>
> you'd have to wait until you were finished with it and have it nominated
>
> as a finished piece.
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> Make sense?
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> Marta
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Thanks Marta =0) You're the best.

~~**~~ I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.  JRR Tolkien    ..·*´¨¨))   -:¦:-
        ¸.·´  .·´¨¨))  -:|:- 
°º.. Alassante .. º°
    -:¦:-    ((¸¸.·´*  -:|:-

--- On Fri, 5/22/09, Marta <marta.fandom@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Marta <marta.fandom@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MEFAwards] 2009 Nominations Open
To: MEFAwards@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, May 22, 2009, 1:49 AM

















Alassante7 wrote:

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>

> I probably should know this because I think I remember seeing it last

> year. How can we tell who nominated our stories so we can thank them?`

>



Hi Alassante,



It should be mentioned in the email you receive from your liaison (or

will receive, if it hasn't come already).



You can also find it by clicking the "Story Details" link beside your

story on the list of nominated pieces.



Marta





























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I think I phrased my question very poorly indeed. What I'm asking
is, if somebody else, last year, nominated the long version of your
story as an unfinished work, can you, this year, propose some smaller
portion of the work as a finished product, and the rest next year, or
does it have to all go up in one lump sum next year? Honestly, as a
serial, it was never really meant to be read all in one sitting.

At 05:19 PM 5/21/2009, you wrote:

>Hey guys,
>
>As at least one of you has already realized, nominations for the
>2009 awards started about thirteen minutes ago. The nominations are
>already pouring in, and I look forward to seeing what *everyone*
>wants to put forward - so have at it! You can nominate a story at
>
>http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/
>
>REMEMBER: Nominations close at the end of June. You must nominate a
>piece before June 30, at 11:59 PM GMT, if you want to nominate it
>for this year's awards.
>
>If you have trouble logging in or otherwise need help, let me know.
>Best way to reach me is mefasupportATmefawardsDOTnet, though you can
>also post here.
>
>Marta
>
>
>
>------------------------------------
>
>Visit our website: http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2008/Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

* * *
Life is beautiful and dangerous. Beware! Enjoy!

(My "Frodo Gardner" fanfic is updated to episode #273 at
http://dreamdeer.grailmedia.com , or those who follow it.)
The same site has a link to "The Once and Future Grail" (about
intentional community) and "Faerie Exploration International".


~~~Dolores J. Nurss~~~


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

Hi Dreamdeer,

The situation you're describing sounds like it would work to me.

You can break it up like that. The parts have to be finished before they
can compete again, though. (Just to be clear.)

Marta

Dolores J. Nurss wrote:

>
>
>
> I think I phrased my question very poorly indeed. What I'm asking
> is, if somebody else, last year, nominated the long version of your
> story as an unfinished work, can you, this year, propose some smaller
> portion of the work as a finished product, and the rest next year, or
> does it have to all go up in one lump sum next year? Honestly, as a
> serial, it was never really meant to be read all in one sitting.
>
> At 05:19 PM 5/21/2009, you wrote:
> >Hey guys,
> >
> >As at least one of you has already realized, nominations for the
> >2009 awards started about thirteen minutes ago. The nominations are
> >already pouring in, and I look forward to seeing what *everyone*
> >wants to put forward - so have at it! You can nominate a story at
> >
> >http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/ <http://www.mefawards.net/MEFA2009/>
> >efore
> >REMEMBER: Nominations close at the end of June. You must nominate a
> >piece before June 30, at 11:59 PM GMT, if you want to nominate it
> >for this year's awards.
> >
> >If you have trouble logging in or otherwise need help, let me know.
> >Best way to reach me is mefasupportATmefawardsDOTnet, though you can
> >also post here.
> >
> >Marta
> >
> >
> >