[AngmarofCarnDum]

Leaward,

I would be the first to agree with this statement: "Internet Explorer on MacOS is extremely lame. It hasn't been updated in ages and doesn't follow many of the html specifications."

I tried to download iCab but I cannot decompress the file because my computer does not have a more recent version of Stuffit/Dropstuff. The current versions are for later versions of Macintosh and therefore not compatible with my old computer. I will have to live with this obsolescence until my wallet becomes thicker, an event I do not predict to happen in the near future. I have more or less learned to live with this problem, however.

Fortunately, I can read the stories for they are off-site. Thanks again to all of you for your advice and help. There is a great group of people at OSA.

[Leaward]

to your old Mac But glad you think you can still work with it. I hear you about the cost of replacing them.

And be sure to call for anytime you need it!

[Sulriel]

Many many thanks to everyone who is reading and voting.

... for those of you thinking about the MEFA's...

- think about it this way ... This is your chance to reward those authors you know and the stories you love, and a wonderful opportunity to find new stories, including those hidden gems that everyone talks about that are so seldom seen.

There are over 1200 stories nominated for the MEFA's and already nearly 2500 reviews. That sounds like a lot of reviewing, but considering the number of stories available, that's a low average - a lot of stories don't even have one or two reviews yet.

Consider that most sub-categories have between 5 and 15 entries, so competition is very fierce in some categories.

This is your chance to make a real difference to someone in the fandom. Just think about how excited you are to hear from a new reader, this is the perfect time to pass that along, to pay it forward. Even a single line of praise is worth at least a point, maybe two. YOUR VOTE MATTERS. Even if you only read and review a few stories, you've been a part of these awards.

Remember that fanfiction is about community as much as it is about the craft. Be a part of that community. We need you to participate to make these awards work. In most contests, the winners are decided by a handful of judges. In this contest, ANYONE, EVERYONE, contributes to the judging pool. But you have to sign up, log in and do some reviewing. The more reviewers we have, the more even the results will be. *Every single individual counts.* The more you review, the more you count. It's entirely up to YOU.

In most organizations, any kind of local or national club, you have a few activists who do most of the work. The MEFAs are the same way - and we greatly appreciate those who have the time and energy to devote to managing and especially those who are putting in high numbers of reviews, but unless you take a proactive role in this community, those few are deciding for you who'll win these awards.

Do you feel that your work is overlooked for the more popular names? This is your chance to read/review and publicly recognize other authors like yourself who may be new to the community or have only a few stories to their name.

If you care about seeing authors and stories recognized for their work, sign up, log in, read and review. If you can only do one or two - you've made a difference. If you can do a couple a week, you've made a lot more difference and that's what this community is all about. Sharing our work and supporting each other.

Sulriel

[Rhapsody]

The Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards are drawing to a close. We would like to thank all the nominators, reviewers, artists, authors, and volunteers who have worked hard to make this happen. We hope that everyone has enjoyed them, and look forward to next year.

The results will be announced tomorrow night at the [MEFAwards] Yahoo group. You don't have to be a member to read posts to this group; just check out

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEFAwards/messages/

The results will also be available at midnight US Central time tomorrow night:

http://gabrielle.sytes.net/MEFA2005/index.php

For everyone who had writing nominated for the awards, you should be receiving an from mefasupport@gmail.com by Tuesday night. We'll also let you know as soon as the banners are ready for you to use.

If you have any suggestions for how next year's awards can be run more smoothly, please send an email to mefasupport@gmail.com. We will discuss it in our post-mortem, beginning November 1.

Thanks again for everyone's help!

On behalf of the MEFA staff,
Rhapsody

[ghettoelleth]

Wow, thanks to everybody and Congrats to everyone

Sil, Duchess, Spaceums???

There are a whole lotta winners from OSA, some I don't even know, so chime in here if you won and take a bow!


And cheers to all who won

edited cuz I'm a tard...

[Havetoist]

"My Girl" Honorable Mention in Poetry
"Fued of Shadow and Light" Honorable Mention in Pre-LOTR

Wow.

Congrats to all of the winners!!!!!

[ellisk]

Ghetto didn't explicitly comment in her post that her story, Circle of Hands, won first place in Incomplete Romance. And she won the first place author award in the Romance category. So let's make that clear! Go Ghetto!


And for me in the Drama/Mirkwood category:
The Turin Turambar Award (First Place):
Interrupted Journeys: Part One - New Journeys, elliska

The Frodo Baggins Award (Second Place):
Interrupted Journeys: Part Two - Journeys Perforce, elliska

Honourable Mention:
Interrupted Journeys: Part Three - Journeys Begin, elliska

and first place author in the Drama category.

OSA did indeed have a lot of winners. Congrats to everyone!

[ghettoelleth]

I'm still going through the list here


Havetoist darlin! Yay, you know how much I like your stuff, good for you honey.

Elliska Jane made a killing! Her Interrupted Journies Trilogy made a killing. I think she even got an award for best story with some letters and spaces in it.

Gooo Elliska Jane!

And Rhaps, omg, I'm sooo proud of you honey. Yay for you!

And Haleth and Eruannaroobeedoobaby!!!! Get some armor smut!

There's more, OHHHH, and Scribe!! Mustn't forget Scribe.

[SpaceWeavil]

[ghettoelleth]

Update!

Leaward, my lovely author liaison and fellow romance geek! YAY!!!

Isn't ErinRua an osa member? Either way, congrats.

Sil has 987,001 awards so far, my favorite Hobbity smuttress

My darling, talented, wonderful, beautiful, drabbletastico Vivveh!!! oh yayyy

The Duchess, Goddess of the drabble, in 100 words or less, she can say, and in the most poetic terms, anything that's worth saying. I'm rather partial to the analogy that, a picture paints a thousand words, then Duchess comes along and edits them down to 100 equally telling and lyrical ones.

[ellisk]

[ghettoelleth]

I was just on my way to do that Elliska, thanks dearest. And Fair Green Country is one of my absolute favorites Space, Yay

Ohhh, another big fat YAY!!! Jay of Lasgalen won

And Elena Tiriel won two awards in one category for two different drabbles, wow. Good for you

[VanatheEverYoung]

Congratulations to everybody who won! I saw a lot of great stories and authors on the list. I'm honored to be among them.



"The Trees Remember" won the Elladan and Elrohir, Sons of Elrond (3rd Place) award for Post-Ring War Incomplete.

It's all thanks to Ellisk who nominated me and to everyone who reviewed. A big, long, gushing thank you PM is in the works. First I have to get over the shock of winning something ... anything.

[ghettoelleth]

Vana Banana, omg, I didn't even know that Trees was nominated! How did I miss that??? Awwww honey, congratulations galore!! Hey, remember when....? lol

[ellisk]